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The moment which whole Euopre and world was waiting for, UEFA has disclosed the groups for 16 nations which compete to get Europe’s ultimate glory - Euro cup.  world champions Italy have been place in Group C which i think should be called as group of death with France and Netherlands too in the same group.

Following are the details of Groups:

Group A : Switzerland,Czech Republic,Portuga,Turkey

Group B : Austria,Croatia,Germany,Poland

Group C: Netherlands,Italy,Romania,France

Group D :Greece,Sweden,Spain,Russia

Arsenal maintained their top stop in Premier League with 5 points adrift from 2nd place chelsea. It seems that this will be the season of gunners who are yet to loose any Premiership game. If they maintained their current form all through this season then it will be rare and second instance for gunners where they will win a title without loosing a single match .

India - 616/5 dec.
Pakistan- 385/6
centuries from Kamran Akmal and Misbah ul haq

 So, another brave effort being put by these two pakistani batsmen but still they need some 80 odd runs to ave follow on and india require 4 wickets. If Pakistan save this follow on then this test match might be heading towards draw. I think first session on Day 4 should decide the fate of the match, Lets wait and watch.

Still wondering do really India need a Cricket coach, they are playing so well for the last 6 months without any head coach but yes the real test for them will be in Australia.

Two great players in Tennis - one holding 14 Grand Slams and other with 12. One retired back in 2002 and other is at highest peak of his career. One holding the record of 14 Grand Slam titles and other moving towards it at pace. Pete Sampras and Roger Federer - without doubt two of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen.

Last week, they met each other in three exhibition matches across Asia.  Federer, being at peak of his career, took Sampras in straight sets for first game at Seoul. Next match at Kuala Lumpur was the tough one with Sampras showing some reluctance but Federer again edge the Sampras. Third and the last one at Macau, was the most interesting one with Sampras shocked Federer in straight sets.

US legend proved that age is no bar for any person. But no doubt, both are the great players, one had ruled the game in 90s and other is ruling the game at present.

5ODI series is levelled by nail bitten victory of Pakistan in 2nd ODI at Mohali. Teams are geared up again head to head for another exciting encounter at Kanpur.

As per pitch curator, it will be a batting paradise with expectation of highest ever score in this ground tomorrow. Although score of more than 300 will be achievable, but keeping in mind, even a massive score of 321 did not prove defendable in the 2nd ODI at Mohali. Moreover with Sachin’s jinx of 90’s following him and Younis exciting century in last game will make it tougher for India and momentum to Pakistan. Breaking through in the middle overs will be the key for both team. Lesson from last match, India may just want the option of another bowler. Pakistan, on the other hand, may not want to change a winning combination. Both team need to be on toes in every part of this game - be it batting, bowling, fielding or toss :).

As far as I am concerned, I would like to see both teams demonstrating the best of them and let the best emerge as winner.

The action starts at 09:00 IST. Looking forward for it !!
Pakistan (From): Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal(w), Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik(c), Misbah Ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Rao Iftikhar, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Abdur Rehman, Fawad Alam, Imran Nazir, Yasir Hameed
India (From): Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Murali Kartik, Praveen Kumar, Rohit Sharma, S Sreesanth

Can’t believe that we play rugby also and on top of it wins something at international level.
But here is the story and confirmed by other sources that India under 14 has won the world cup beating South Africa. Team was made up mostly of tribals from Orissa.
One more chak de Moment.