Pakistan beat England and marches into ICC Champions Trophy Final

The winning embrace: Hafeez and Babar

It was a great day at Cardiff for Pakistan when it smashed the hosts' batting order line and restrict them to just 211 runs in 49.5 overs in the first semi final of ICC Champions Trophy being played in England. Bairstow scored 43 and Root 46.

Batting first, the English batting line miserably crumbled against superb bowling of Pakistani bowlers. Hassan took three wickets, while Junaid and Raees two wickets each.

Like their batsmen, the bowlers too could not contain Pakistani batsmen who played superbly with two half centuries of Azhar and Fakhar. Azhar scored 76 while Fakhar scored 56. Pakistan won by 8 wickets.

Hassan with 10 wickets in total tops the bowlers for the Golden Ball Award. Pakistan will face winner of second semi final (India vs Bangladesh) being played on 15 June.

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Watch Germany vs Italy live stream free - EURO 2012 Semi Final, 28 June

While the first semi final of Euro 2012 is being played between the defending champion Spain and Portugal Wednesday evening, Germany gets ready for its semi final against Italy on 28th June at National Stadium, Warsaw Poland.

Courtesy: Ronaldo.net

Italy marched into the semi final as luck favoured the Azzurris in the penalties aginst their match with England. But would they be lucky against the Germans too? Remember, Germans are win-less against Italy in the Euros and World Cup.

It may be added that the German-Italy duel would remind many of their duel in the semi finals of the 2006 World Cup, when the Azzuris beat Germany 2-0 in the extra time. Italy then went onto win the World Cup five days later while a German victory of 3-1 victory over Portugal have them finish third.

Although the Germans prevailed upon their group matches and won all of the matches, it took them a while and face tough Greek resistance in the quarterfinal - though they finally won over the Greeks 4-2.

Germany have won three World Cups and are trying to win their fourth European trophy. as for Italy, they have four World Cup trophies and are for their second Euorpean title.

Meanwhile it is learnt that the German coach Joachim Loew has told his team to forget past disappointments and just focus on beating Italy - or shall we say that the German hunt for a first tournament win over the Azzurri has just started?

So who wins Thursday night? Well Germans are favourites - but they have never been able to outscore Italy. So let us watch the match and see who previals and marches into the finals.

Watch the exciting semi final between Germany and Italy on Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 18:45 GMT live from National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland.

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Semi Finals Euro 2012: Portugal vs Spain 27 June

The Euro 2012 has finally came to the semi finals stage with four top teams contesting to lift the cup this year. These include the defending champion Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy.

Getting ready for Euro 2012 semi final: Portugal's midfielder Ronaldo [left] and Spain's defender Ramos [right] 

The first semi final being played on Wednesday, 27 June is between the defending champion Spain and Portugal from Group B, followed by the second semi final between Germany and Italy on 28th June.

Portugal finsished second in Group B behind Germany. They only lost to Germany1-0, while they overpowered Denmark and Netherlands. Portugal then played against Czech Republic in the quarterfinals and beat them 1-0 with a solitary goal by Ronaldo.

The defending champion Spain is almost on a winning spree since they have not lost a single game this Euro. While they defeated Ireland, Croatia and France with clear margin and getting no goal from the opponents, it was only Italy that scored a goal and levelled their match 1-1.

The match thus will be a treat to watch between the defending champions and a team that 'dared' to score a goal against them: Italy. Portugal's Ronaldo will be the main man to take Portugal to final much to the dismay of the Spaniards. 

But would Sergio Ramos of Spain let Portugal beat Spain?

Watch the exciting semi final between Spain and Portugal on Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at 02:45 PM ET at Donbass Arena Donetsk, Ukraine. 

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Watch Aisam/Rojer vs Bryan Brothers Roland Garros 7 June 2012

The Pakistan-Dutch duo Qureshi/Rojer play the men's double semi final against the third ranked American Bryan Brothers at Court Suzanne Lenglen Thursday afternoon.

Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and his Dutch partner Jean Julian Rojer

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has earned his best position at Roland Garros French Open by reaching its semifinal, whereby he also boosted his prospects of getting a berth in the London Olympics. This is the second time Aisam has reached the semifinal stage of any grand slam.

The american Bryan Brothers

Aisam and  Jean Julien Rojer defeated the pair of Michael Llorda of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, who are ranked 5th and 6th respectively On Tuesday to reach the semis. 

If Aisam-Rojer pair won the Open they would get 2,000 points. If they lose the final they would earn 1,200 points. Winning the semifinal would bag them 720 points. But Aisam, currently ranked 16th, needs more than 1,000 points to be among the top ten players - so this means the Aisam/Rojer duo must win the Roland Garros semi Thursday.

Well best of luck then Aisam and Rojer for Thursday's semi.

The match is scheduled for Thursday 7 June 2012 at 14:00 GMT on Court Suzanne Lenglen

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Watch Djokovic vs Federer: Roland Garros Semi Final

So the day finally arrives after the Roland Garros or the most commonly known the French Open started in last week of May - the day of semi finals.

In the first semi final World No.1 Serbian Novak Djokovic plays against world No.2 Swiss Roger Federer.

Both top stars have had innumerous encounters in their career starting 2006 when the first played against each other at Monte Carlo in the first round - Federer beat Djokovic 6-3 2-6 6-3. Thereafter, both players have played against each other 25 times, with Fedewrer having a winning edge of 13-12 over the Serb. In their last match at Rome recently, Djokovic beat Federer in the semi final 6-2 7-6(4).

Djokovic has lost only of his last ten matches at Rome at the hands of Rafael Nadal, While Federer too lost one his last ten matches against the Serb at Rome.

Djokovic beat J. Tsonga 6-1 5-7 5-7 7-6(6) 6-1 in the quarter finals while Federer moved to the semi final after beating J.M. Del Potro 3-6 6-7(4) 6-2 6-0 6-3. Both matches have been tough. But the tougher match comes when the Serb and Swiss clash in the semi final on Friday, 8 June.

Both players are in their striking form and it would be a real pleasure watching the them playing the semi final - with fans from both camps keeping their fingers crossed. 

The match is scheduled for Friday, 8 June 2012 on Court Philippe-Chatrier at 13:30 GMT.

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Watch Djokovic vs Federer: ATP Rome Semis

Defending Champion and World No.1 Serbian Novak Djokovic moved into the Semi Finals of the ATP Rome after an easy 7-5, 6-1 win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday. He now faces 2nd ranked Swiss Roger Federer in Saturday afternoon's semi final today.

Defending champion Djokovic [L] meets Federer [R] in ATP Romes semi finals Saturday today

Roger Federer, who was recently elevated to World No.2 ranking after his Madrid Masters triumph, beat Italian  Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals Friday to move to the semis.

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will clash for the 25th time in Rome Masters semi-finals since 2006. Of these 25 encounters, the Swiss dominates the Serb 14-11. The last time the two clashed against each other was at ATP The Mubadala World Tennis Championship (UAE) in 2011 when the Swiss overpowered the Serb in straight simple two srts 6-2, 6-1.

Both players are in their best form whith Federer having a 9-1 win/loss of the last ten matches he played, while Djokovic lost two of his last ten matches against Nadal at Monte Carlo and J. Tipsarevic at Madrid.

Today's encounter would tell whether the Swiss allows the Serb to defend the title or takes upon himself to do hold the title silverware.

The match is scheduled for Saturday, 19 May 2012 at 18:00 GMT

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ATP Madrid Semis: R. Federer Vs J. Tipsarevic

In the second semi final of ATP Madrid Saturday, 12 May 2012, World No 3 Roger Federer meets J. Tipsarevic. The first semi is between 11th ATP ranked Juan Martin Del Porto  and 7th ATP ranked Tomas Berdych at 13:30 GMT today.

World No 3 Swiss Roger Federer [L] takes on Seventh seeded Serbian Tipsarevic [R] in the second semifinal of ATP Madrid 

Federer beat Ferrer Friday to advance to the semis of the ATP Madrid, while the seventh seeded Janko Tipsarevic stunned world No. 1 and the defending champion Novak Djokovic in an all-Serbian quarterfinal showdown 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.

Both Federer and Janko Tipsarevic have met four times since 2006 and each time the Swiss prevailed upon the Serb.

Federer is in good form this year as he has only lost one match in the last ten matches he played. Federer lost to to Roddick in Miami after a tough battle of 7-6(4) 1-6 6-4. Tipsarevic on the other hand has lost three of his last ten matches, losing to Nadal at Barcelona recently 6-2 6-2.

After Friday's upset in which the seventh seeded Tipsarevic beat the world no. 1 and the defending champion Djokovic, seeing this semi final would be very interesting as its results may surprise the tennis lovers. Would it?

The semi final is scheduled for Saturday, 12 May 2012 at 17:00 GMT

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Kvitova Vs Sharapova: WTA Stuttgart Second Semifinal

In the second semi final of the WTA Stuttgart, World Number Two Russian Maria Sharapova faces 3rd ranked Czech Petra Kvitova at Stuttgart Saturday. 

Second Semi Final WTA Stuttgart: Kvitova [L] Vs Sharapova [R]

Maria Sharapova had a difficult day Friday in beating the US Open winner Australian Sam Stosur in back breaking three set marathon 6-7, 7-5 and 7-5.

On the other hand Petra Kvitova beat A Kerber in straight sets 6-4, 6-4.

Kvitova and Sharapova have come face to face only four times in their careers, with a 2-2 win by each. Sharapova last overcame Kvitova in the australian Open earlier this year 6-2, 3-6 and 6-4, while Kvitova last had an edge over Sharapova in Tokoyo in 2011 when Sharapova retired in the first set at 4-3.

In the last ten matches, Kvitova has won seven, while Sharapova has won eight.

Both seem to be in full form to to move into the final and it may not be easy to predict the outcome of the semi final between Kvitova and Sharapova. 

So let was wait and watch the second semi final between the two at Stuttgart that is scheduled fr Saturday 28 April 2012 at 16:30 GMT.

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Nadal vs Simon: Second Semi Final Monte Carlo Masters - Watch Live Online

Saturday today has two semi finals of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters as it almost comes to its culmination. While in the first semi final, World Number One Djokovic takes on Seventh seed Czech Berdych, the World Number 2 and the defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain meets Simon in the second semi final later Saturday afternoon.

Defending Champion Nadal (L) takes on Simon (R) in the second semi final of Monte Carlo Masters

Rafael, who is suffering from knee injury for over a year now has not been able to win any major title since. However his 40th successive match win at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday shows that he has greatly overcome his injury when he defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

The win has definately raised morale of the 25 years old defending champion of the Monte Carlo Master: "I'm in the semi-finals. That's a fantastic news for me. Just looking forward to playing a good match tomorrow." He is eyeing to grab the title for the eighth consecutive times.

World Number 15 Frenchman Gilles Simon, who faces Nadal in the semi final Saturday, defeated fifth seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 6-4 on Friday in the quarterfinals. This was Simon’s second consecutive Top 10 victory, having defeated Janko Tipsarevic in Thursday’s third round.

Simon has won seven out of last ten matches, while Nadal has won eight. His loss to Andy Murray at Miami due to knee injury was a setback and we hope he holds on to his present state till the final and even wins it over as well.

Both Nadal and Simon have met five times before, with Nadal having an upper edge over Simon 4-1. Their last duel was at US Open 2010 when Nadal won over Simon 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

The match is scheduled for Saturday April 21, 2012 at 9:00 PM ET / 13:00 GMT

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