YOKOHAMA: Substitute Wayne Rooney scored twice as Manchester United beat Gamba Osaka 5-3 in the FIFA Club World Cup semi-final.The Red Devils will meet LDU Quito of Ecuador in the final on Sunday. Nemanja Vidic and Cristiano Ronaldo both with headers found the target as did Darren Fletcher. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was quick to praise his keeper despite the Dutchman conceding three goals and thought that his side were deserved winners. “It was a terrific match, an amazing game, the people got their money’’s worth,” Ferguson said. “The football from both teams was very good. For me Edwin Van der Sar was our best player, his saves helped secure the victory for us. “We are in the final and I think we deserve to be there.” The Reds chief also praised the opponents, “Their movement on the ball was very good and it shows you much Japanese football has improved.” As for two-goal Rooney, “His movement, strength and penetration are very good,” Ferguson said. “The goal that really killed them was the third one.”
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MOHALI: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in overcast conditions in the second Test against England here on Friday. The start was delayed by 30 minutes due to bad light. England made one change from the side that lost the first Test in Chennai, bringing in fit-again Stuart Broad in place of seamer Steve Harmison. Fast bowler Broad missed the Chennai Test due to a hamstring injury suffered during the preceding one-day series. India retained the same team, as expected. England: Kevin Pietersen (capt), Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Matt Prior, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Monty Panesar, Graeme Swann. 12th man: Owais Shah.India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma. 12th man: Subramaniam Badrinath.
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LAHORETHE National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab has filed a reference in the Accountability Court against six Ex-Directors/Guarantors of
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LAHOREA 30-year-old woman was shot dead by her rivals over property dispute in Factory Area police limits on Thursday. The victim iden
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IslamabadSecurity arrangements for the month of Muharram were finalised here on Thursday during a meeting between religious scholars and the I
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BUENOS AIRES: German industrial giant Siemens, which agreed this week to a $1.4 billion fine for corruption schemes in the United States and Germany,
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IslamabadThe Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the UN, has developed a comprehensive joint programme on environment, which will b
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