IPL:Second Auction, Chennai get Flintoff, KP lands in Bangalore

Even before the second auction of the IPL began, there was lot of talks that Kevin Pietersen was in talks with Bangalore and had met owner Vijay Mallya regarding the same. And rumours floated that Chennai was in talks with Flintoff, when he came to the city for the first test against India. And these talks were vindicated when both these players headed in the mentioned directions. Chennai got Flintoff for a whopping $1.55million and that made him the most expensive player in the IPL and he was joined by Kevin Pietersen who was purchased by Bangalore for the same price and they both have become the most expensive players in the IPL surpassing M.S.Dhoni's tag of $1.5million. There were little doubt concerning the buying of they both unlike Michael Clarke, who pulled out fearing that he may be not be bought. And when Flintoff came under the hammer, Chennai who had the full $2 million purse went all out and got their man. Though there wasn't much talk about Flintoff's destination, Chennai team later revealed that they had targeted Flintoff long back. I cannot wait to see Flintoff teeing off for my Chennai side!!!!!!!!!!!!

EPL:Week 23 - Mid Week : Goals

Liverpool further dropped points away at Wigan while Chelsea moved up to second after beating Middlesbrough. Bellamy scored on his Manchester City debut while Hull City slumped to a sixth successive Premier League defeat at West Ham United.

Chelsea 2 - 0 Boro
1-0 Kalou - Watch
2-0 Kalou - Watch

Wigan 1 - 1 Liverpool
0-1 - Bennayoun - Watch
1-1 - Mido - Watch

Everton 1-1 Arsenal
1-0 Cahill - Watch
1-1 Van Persie - Watch

Goals in downloadable format will be posted later

IPL:England players set to play

All the roadblocks for the English players participating in the second edition of the IPL have been removed with The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) agreeing to allow England players to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for a three-week period. Ealier it was said that KP and Flintoff would be available for 2 weeks only, which made the franchises think about buying but after this finals resolution we can see a host of English players including Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen and few more in the IPL. And the players have struck a deal with the counties and it means they will give 10% of whatever they get from the auction. But once they are put on auction, there is no doubt that they will attract high bids and its been rumoured that KP is in talks with the Bangalore team while Chennai are in dialogues with Flintoff. Lets wait and watch as all of them will come under the hammer and have no say in deciding they play!!!!

Manchester United: Champions League Special 1968,2008

Manchester United, the current English,European and World Champions are a club with rich footballing history and their first European triumph came in 1968 and they won their third Champions league in 2008. So re-live the journey towards winning those titles.

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Road to finals - 1968

Road to moscow - 2008

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Flintoff , Pietersen to play in IPL

The doubts over the participation of Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen has been cleared after the ECB and PCA, Professional cricketers association cleared the star players for the lucrative domestic tournament. But they will be available only for the earlier parts of the IPL,just like how the Aussies were available for the inaugral IPL as they will have to return to play in the first test against West Indies which starts onMay 6. Now its certain that they will be available for the auction on February 16. Pietersen is rumoured to have been roped in by Bangalore team as he has a good relationship with Vijay Mallya and Flintoff has been signed by Kolkata Knight Riders but both these players will have to go under the hammer during the auction. Both there players are likely to be sold for arounf $700,000 - $900,000 but that figure may even breach $1 million mark as the franchises have been given $2 million for the auction.