New Zealand shamed world champions South Africa 19-0 in their Newlands Cape Town home in the Tri-Nations. Conrad Smith, Dan Carter and Keven Mealamu scored the tries for the All Blacks. Percy Montgomerie made his 100th appearance for South Africa but missed two penalties, while Carter also missed a host of set-pieces for New Zealand while adding two conversions. The victory took the All Blacks to the top of the table and revived their chances of retaining their title.
Blackburn moved ahead at Goodison Park, Pederson played in David Dunn who took a touched inside, steadied himself, and curled a sweet left-footer into the bottom right corner. But Paul Robinson was at fault for allowing Everton to equalise on the stroke of half-time, allowing Mikel Arteta to fire home a free-kick in the keeper’s near post from a tight angle. The Toffees moved ahead in the second half, Arteta burst down the left wing, fired in a cross, and Yakubu powered home a header. But back came Paul Ince’s side, Lescott defended poorly from a long ball, allowing Roque Santa Cruz free space in the box and Rovers’ leading striker levelled. Late on it was Andre Ooijer who scored the winner, tapping home from close range.
New boys Hull pulled off a great win after Seol Ki-Hyeon had headed the Cottagers into the lead. Giovanni equalised with a fine curling effort and Caleb Folan slid home the winner after Fagan had robbed Konchesky.
Gretar Steinsson scored a stunner to give Bolton the lead over Stoke, smashing a bending shot from the right hand side of pitch which sailed into the far post off the underside of the bar. Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander added goals before the break, Ricardo Fuller scored the consolation for Stoke in injury-time.
A US team of NBA All Stars made easy work out of defeating Spain in a 119-82 victory as the reigning world champions suffered their first defeat in the Beijing Olympic basketball tournament. This victory left the United States one win away from topping Group B, something they will achieve if they beat Germany next week. The Americans used their signature blanket defense and a high powered offense to put the game away early in the second quarter, going up by 20 points with a balanced attack based on an array of fast break dunks and savvy outside shooting.
Gli americani danno una lezione di basket ai campioni del mondo imponendosi 119-82, ma allungando sul 56-36 prima del riposo lungo. Grande difesa e contropiede spettacolari le armi vincenti dei ragazzi di coach Krzyzewski. Punito l’atteggiamento da fenomeni degli iberici.
David Wheater and Mido condemned Spurs to an opening day defeat to deflate much of their optimism after yet another impressive pre-season. Huth scored an og in injury-time.
Switzerland’s Roger Federer could not stop hugging partner Stanislas Wawrinka after they beat Swedes Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-3 to win the Olympic men’s doubles final. The best player in the world for the past five years produced flashes of brilliance throughout the contest but he also owed much to his lesser known opponent who played a full part in the centre court.
E’ la prima medaglia olimpica per il campione elvetico. Insieme a Wawrinka ha battuto in finale gli svedesi Aspelin-T.Johansson 3-1.
Barcelona mounted a stunning injury time comeback to score in the 91st and 94th minutes and practically snatch the Joan Gamper trophy from the hands of Boca Juniors.
Il Barcellona si aggiudica l`edizione 2008 del trofeo Gamper ribaltando il punteggio nel recupero. Il trofeo intitolato alla memoria del fondatore del club catalano Hans Gamper ha visto la vittoria del Barça per 2-1.
