 | Spain beats Portugal in penalty
shoot-out, enters Euro final
PORTUGUESE superstar
Cristiano Ronaldo will have
to wait another two years to
see if he will grace a major
final for only the second time
after Spain edged his side 4-2
on penalties in their Euro
2012 semi-final here on
Wednesday.
However ...
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| | Federer, Djokovic cruise to 3rd round |  SIX-TIME winner Roger
Federer and defending champion
Novak Djokovic reached
the Wimbledon third round on
Wednesday as the women´s
draw was blown wide open
with the shock exits of three
top seeds.
Federer enjoyed a troublefree
6-1, 6-3, 6-2 win over
Italy´s Fabio Fognini in a regal
performance witnessed by
Britain´s Prince Charles, who
was making his first visit to the
All England Club in more than
40 years.
The third-seeded Swiss took
just 74 minutes to defeat
Fognini, who even received a
quick lesson in bowing from
Federer before walking onto
Centre Court where Charles
was watching with his wife
Camilla from the royal box.
Federer, chasing Pete
Sampras´s record of seven
Wimbledon titles, fired 13 aces
... | | | Aspire Academy
squash graduate
shines in Germany |  THE Aspire Academy squash
boys have started their summer
camps tournaments in
Europe on a buoyant note.
They took part in the Italian
Junior open in Reccione
from June 15 to 17, and in the
Pioneer Junior Cup Open in
Cologne, Germany. Later,
they arrived in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands, to compete
in the Dutch Junior Open.
Abdulla al Tamimi, a fresh
graduate of the ASPIRE
Academy distinguished himself
in the Pioneer Junior
Cup Open in Cologne,
Germany, finishing 3rd in
the U-19 category event. This
is a very good result in this
strongest European squash
circuit.
Another ASPIRE
Academy squash student
Azlan Amjad also did well in
Cologne finishing in the 14th
place in the U-17 event
although he had chances... | | | In battle of goalies, young
Neuer faces veteran Buffon |
 HAVING already seen off one
pretender to his throne, Italy
goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon
will face another as the Azzurri
tackles Germany in the Euro
2012 semi-finals on Thursday.
The 34-year-old 2006 World
Cup winner had said a couple
of years ago that Joe Hart
could become the best goalkeeper
in the world, the honorifc
title most observers would
still hang around the veteran
Juventus stopper´s neck.
But when those two met on
the pitch in Sunday´s quarterfinal,
it was Buffon who came
out on top, proving he is still
the best.
Opposite him at the National
Stadium on Thursday will be
Bayern Munich´s Manuel
Neuer, whose form for Schalke
04 two seasons ago was so
impressive that Manchester
United were also ... | |
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