Hot favourites the United States won Olympic men’s basketball gold by outgunning Spain 118-107 in a final of hard fouls and flying elbows. The American players whooped with joy at the final buzzer before forming a huddle and dancing around the centre circle as chants of “USA, USA” erupted from the crowd of 18,000.
Gli Stati Uniti tornano a vincere l’oro, che mancava da Sydney 2000. Contro i campioni del mondo finisce 118-107. Partita stupenda: interpreti strepitosi Wade e Fernandez, ma i canestri decisivi sono di Bryant.
Valencia extended their overall lead in the Spanish Super Cup when David Silva planted a low shot into the corner of Casillas’ net. Things got worse for Madrid five minutes before the break when new signing Rafael van der Vaart was sent off for a bad tackle on Mata. Three minutes after the break, Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled Real level on the night from the penalty spot after Albiol had handled. But, van Nistelrooy looked to have ruined Madrid’s chances of winning the tie when he was sent-off for a second bookable offence with a bad tackle on Baraja. Amazingly the nine men then took the lead through Sergio Ramos, before two goals in three minutes sealed the win. Ruben de la Red hit the third with a great long-range strike and then Higuain hit the fourth with an easy tap in after a poor back pass. Morientes pulled one back but Real won the two-legged Spanish curtain raiser with a famous late comeback with just nine men.
Incredibile rimonta dei madridisti nella Supercoppa spagnola: la squadra di Schuster ribalta il 3-2 subito al Mestalla e vince 4-2, segnando tre gol in doppia inferiorità numerica rispetto agli avversari. Di Silva, Van Nistelrooy (rigore), Ramos, De la Red, Higuain e Morientes le reti del match.
It was hard to tell who was happier with the results of the PEAK Antifreeze and Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County — Team Penske or the IndyCar Series. After a disastrous week in which their primary transporter burned to the ground on a rural Wyoming Interstate while en route to Infineon Raceway, destroying two race cars and more than $1 million worth of equipment, Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe scored a 1-2 finish for Roger Penske’s organization. For Castroneves, the victory ended a 29-race winless streak that started in April 2007, while Briscoe’s runner-up finish solidified his position in the top five of the IndyCar Series standings.
City were unlucky to go into the break deadlocked, after they had pressed West Ham throughout the first half. The Hammers were reduced to 10-men after Mark Noble was sent off for a second yellow card. Early in the second half the match was held up for ten minutes as Micah Richards was stretchered off in a clash with Tal Ben Haim. Eventually City took the lead, Daniel Sturridge firing in the opener after Upson’s poor clearance. Elano bagged the second after a cut back from Ireland, and the same two players combined again as Elano made it three.
Sulley Muntari put Inter in front after a swift move saw Mexes hit his own bar. Daniele De Rossi equalised just before the hour mark with a howitzer of a strike from long distance. With seven minutes remaining Mario Balotelli nipped in and looked to have won the match for Jose Mourinho’s side but Mirko Vucinic equalised in the dying seconds of normal time. After Stankovic and Totti had missed for either side in the shoot-out, Jean saw his penalty saved and it was left to Javier Zanetti to win the game.
I nerazzurri conquistano il trofeo per la quarta volta battendo la Roma 8-7 ai rigori. Fatale l’errore di Juan, poi Zanetti segna il penalty della vittoria. Al 90′ 2-2 con i gol di Muntari, De Rossi, Balotelli e Vucinic.
After scoring on his debut, Deco showed he is the real deal with a stunning free-kick after just 4 minutes at the JJB, arching the ball from right to left and giving Pollitt (who came in for Kirkland minutes before kick-off) no chance. Wigan responded in a spirited fashion, and dominated the half with Petr Cech the far busier of the keepers. For their part, Chelsea looked off the boil for the majority of the first half. The second half was largely a dull affair, Chelsea nullifying Wigan who lacked the same penetration which they displayed in the opening 45. Kapo forced Cech into a smart save in the final minutes but in the end Chelsea, without playing well, made it two wins from two.
Ne l primo posticipo della domenica il Chelsea batte 1-0 il Wigan con un gol di Deco e raggiunge il Liverppol in testa a punteggio pieno.
Felipe Massa won a controversial European GP ahead of Lewis Hamilton, as the Brazilian’s Ferrari team were punished following a pit-lane incident. In the first race at the Valencia street circuit, the Brazilian was released from his second pit stop into the path of Force India’s Adrian Sutil and he was fined 10,000 euros. The verdict will come as a relief to Massa, who could have been subjected to a time penalty or a 10-place grid penalty for the Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps.
Il brasiliano Massa felice per il trionfo di Valencia: “Ferrari strepitosa, abbiamo fatto un ottimo lavoro. Non vedo l’ora che si disputino le prossime gare”. Hamilton: “Impossibile superare Felipe, per me va bene così”.
