Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 24th 2011 | no comments
Defending champion Juan Ignacio Chela has continued his easy progress at the Romanian event with a straight set win against Andres Seppi who the Argentine defeated 7-5, 6-3 in the quarter finals.
The two managed to exchange seven breaks in the opener, four of [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 24th 2011 | no comments
First seed Jo Wilfried Tsonga fought back to win the all French quarter final against Nicolas Mahut in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 and secure a semi final berth. Next up for the main favorite is third seed Alexandr Dolgopolov who has also flown in the best four term.
Mahut [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 24th 2011 | no comments
Lewis Hamilton and world champion Sebastian Vettel won the first and second free practices respectively at the Singapore Grand Prix where the German is chasing his ninth title of the season.
The Briton set the best time per lap in the first training session, [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Tampa Bay Rays finished their four game series against Yankees with an impressive 15-8 win grabbed yesterday at the Yankee stadium where the visitors scored their first 13 points within the first half and in succession.
Rays’ lively start brought them three points only [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Philadelphia have conceded their sixth straight loss when the East champions were stunned 1-6 last night at the Citizens Bank Park where Washington have extended their winning streak to five successes.
Nationals dominated the entire game as Phillies could only chase [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Claudio Ranieri has been named as Inter new coach following Gian Piero Gasperini’s sacking. The 59 year old Italian manager has been appointed amid this week and is likely to make his debut with the Nerrazzuri tomorrow when the former champions face Bologna on [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Sixth seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez provided by far the biggest surprise of the South Korean event after ousting third favorite Julia Goerges in two sets, 7-6, 6-1 to play Polona Hercog in the next phase.
The Spaniard struggled for nearly two hours to get rid of this [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Romania responds to the decision made on Thursday by the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council to deny admittance to Romania an Bulgaria to the Schengen zone by banning import of flowers from the Netherlands, one of the countries that opposed the free-travel zone admittance [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the international community on Thursday on the occasion of his annual speech at the United Nations General Assembly, being the first Middle Eastern leader to speak.
He used the opportunity to disregard the American efforts at [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Main favorite Maria Kirilenko has reached the Guangzhou semi finals when the Russian defeated Tetiana Luzhanska in straight sets, 6-1, 7-5 in the final eight term. Kirilenko will next play Chanelle Scheepers who follows a three set win over Urszula Radwanska.
Kirilenko [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Defending champion Juan Ignacio Chela has made an impressive debut at the Romanian clay event when the Argentine crashed Florent Serra in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0 to meet Andreas Seppi in the quarter finals.
Chela grabbed three breaks only in the first set [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 23rd 2011 | no comments
Top seed Jo Wilfried Tsonga has booked a spot into the last eight term in Metz after upsetting Matthieu Rodrigues in two sets, 6-3, 6-4. Next up for the highest ranked French player is conational Nicolas Mahut.
Tsonga, who fired ten aces past Rodrigues, broke his [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 22nd 2011 | no comments
The relations between Pakistan and the United States of America is about to worsen further considerably as the American chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen told the Senate on Thursday that Pakistani intelligence services have aided the insurgents who attacked [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 22nd 2011 | no comments
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that the regime he is leading in Iran is a “new model of live for the world.” He spoke on Wednesday evening to a group of U.S. university students and then gave an interview to a Iranian satellite television channel. He delivered [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 22nd 2011 | no comments
Chicago Cubs stunned leaders Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 on Wednesday at the Wrigley Field after surviving an early scare.
The game started with a two inning drought in what seemed to be a tight meeting in Chicago. Brewers were the first to take the minimal advantage [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 22nd 2011 | no comments
Manchester City have made an easy progress into the League Cup’s fourth term when Roberto Mancini’s side beat Birmingham City 2-0 last night at the Etihad stadium where Hargreaves and Balotelli’s first half goals put the Eastlands side through the next round.
The first [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | September 22nd 2011 | no comments
Romania and Bulgaria have been denied entering in the Schengen zone on Thursday, as the EU ministers were unable to reach the unanimity of votes and decided not to hold a vote. The countries that opposed the admission were the Netherlands and Finland.
The Polish interior minister, [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | September 22nd 2011 | no comments
Chelsea have made a hard progress into the fourth term of the Carling Cup after ousting local rivals Fulham 4-3 on penalties, following a scoreless draw which saw the Blues go down to ten shortly after the half time.
Villas Boas’s side survived a big scare when [...]