Swiss number one seed Rojer Federer crashed out of Wimbledon by Czech 12^th seed Tomas Berdych by 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over defending champion in the quarter finals. Rojer Federer reign brought to an end in a sensational fashion as he grabbed the Wimbledon title six times and appearing in every final since 2003, and he was the permanent feature on centre court from last many years. Rojer Federer experienced a humbling defeat from the tournament which he graced from so long. In 2002, he lost first round match against Croatia’s Mario Ancic and then beaten just once in the hand of Rafael Nadal in the 2008 final.

Czech Berdych produced a life time performance and earns a semi final spot with Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic. Rojer Federer failed to win any of his eight tournaments since beating Andy Murray in the Australian Open final in Jan 2010. Rojder Federer run of 23 successive Grand Slam semi finals appearances was shattered at the French Open and he even lost for just the second time in 78 matches on grass when Lleyton Hewitt beat him in the final at Halle earlier this month. After his devastating loss, many questions comes in mind that Rojer hunger needed to sustain his remarkable run of success at international level, and his second successive grand slam quarter final exit.

Therefore Federer had superior record against Czech Berdych, and won eight of previous 10 encounters. Berdych a lofty 6ft 5in tall, has the ideal frame to bring a barrage of big serves and his fearsome delivery kept Federer from establishing any thrust in the first set. The 24 year old had never been past the last eight here but he was in excellent shape after making the French Open semi finals earlier this month. Federer had escaped from an even more terrifying position in the first round match when he came from two sets down to defeat Alejandro Falla. But Berdych had never lost a five set match at Wimbledon. Berdych made him pay to seal one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history.

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Brazilian Coach Dunga confessed that he is very concerned over Kaka’s rows of yellow cards as five-time world champions Brazil ready for the quarter-final tie against mighty Netherlands at the World Cup.

Former world player of the year Kaka was shown third yellow card in match against Chile of the tournament as Brazil knocked out Chile 3-0 to reach final 8. Kaka was his playing his first match after was suspended for a match against Portugal due to red card which was shown against Ivory Coast. Coach Dunga acknowledge that he is very much worried over Kaka’s series of yellow cards in ongoing World Cup which could hurt Brazil a lot and could shatter their dreams for to be crowned Champions again for the record six time. I am going to talk to Kaka about this we don’t want to get swamped down on the problem of yellow cards. Kaka poor form is also a concern for Dunga as he still hasn’t managed to show brilliant performance in this World Cup so far as Dunga wants something special from Kaka in a match against Netherland whose attack is in great form.

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ortugal elimination form FIFA World Cup 2010, has left Cristiano Ronaldo unimaginable sadnesss, as star player didn’t perform well as its best and struggling to produce his splendid club form at international level. Portugal suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of European champion Spain on Tuesday in Cape Town. The Real Madrid player admitted the huge disappointment over the defeat that is hard to come believe. I am completely dejected, disturbed and an unimaginable sadness, and I feel a broken man now. Even he didn’t explain the defeat after the final whistle and refused to answer questions. He later denied criticizing his manager, while he also hit back at suggestions that he had not assumed his responsibilities as the national captain. He further said, I was not in that positions to explain the defeat causes, and I am a human being, and any human being I suffer and I have the right to suffer alone. I know very well that I am the captain and being a leader I have always assumed and will assume my responsibilities.

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David Silva of Valencia reportedly has signed a deal of £28 million with Manchester United this morning and leaves other clubs also to induct new players in their lineup. Other clubs are also on the verge of signing new players leaving club in a competition for players. FIFA 2010 World Cup has cleared ways for mangers to pick quality players

Other surprising rumor is of former Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole that he will soon sign up a deal with its former club one of the arch rival Liverpool. But AC Milan is also interested in the 28-year-old to whom they will pay £3 million a year. In the meantime Real Madrid is also keen to sign two of England’s healthier players in type of Ashley Cole and Steven Gerrard. It’s also rumored that Spanish giants would have to generate at least £50 million for both players. Not only this Real Madrid newly appointed manager Jose Mourinho also in links with Argentine and former Manchester United winger to sign Carlos Tevez who performed really well against Mexico in pre quarter finals of ongoing FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Wolfsburg’s striker Edin Dzeko is in talks with Manchester unveiled today which is very surprising move by Man City. Landon Donovan can be a valid objective for Mancini who had a remarkable time at Everton last season. Aston Villa is also not behind in race for signing new players for next season as they are eyeing Arsenal Eduardo.

Transfer rumor report would be incomplete without Manchester United after they failed to defend their Premier League title as The Red Devils are in link with brilliant midfielders who are all happy on a move to Old Trafford. Three midfielders include Esteban Cambiasso, Sotiris Ninis and Stephane Sessegnon.

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Former Holland international Roy Makaay regarded as Argentina performance is the best on display in South Africa so far. But big question marks about the coaching capabilities of Diego Maradona.  Those questions have changed into exclamations as the Albiceleste have astonished in winning all four matches they have played so far. The competition not really caught fire yet. We have had a couple of tremendous games, but quite a few poor ones also. But I feel it’s beginning to adjust now we have entered in the knockout stages, and the games will be increasingly attractive. Holland and Argentina are the only teams who had hundred percent win record in the tournament so far.

Dutch performance is satisfied so far, and qualified for the quarter finals very comfortably, and not faced any trouble in all their matches and I believe they can still play a lot better too. Germany is another team who fully deserve the place in quarter finals, they outplayed England 4-1, and knocking him out of the tournament. Now Germany will play Argentina in quarter finals and could be best match of the tournament, both are best teams I have seen so far. Spain is another spirited team in this tournament, they have ignites of victory passion, they were bit unlucky in the first game, but later on united them  with their potential and I regard them as one of favourites for the golden trophy. I would have said; Brazil and Spain are the favourites to lift the trophy, and I would like to see Holland versus Brazil meeting Argentina or Spain in the final and that could go either way.

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Spain Winger David Silva has left Valencia and joined Manchester City on a four year deal. The 24 year old Silva has a medical examination after the World Cup, he is rising youth prospects, and it is right time for me to search new challenges. He said, I am excited about playing from Manchester City. I believe the English Premier League is one of the best leagues in the World, and I shall try to apply my best abilities to bring the success to Manchester City and win the trophies for them. Manchester City has invested hundreds of millions of dollars on players, since being bought by Abdu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansoor in Sept 2008. Despite of heavy investment, Manchester City has failed to qualify for Champions League, and could finish only fifth last season.

Roberto Mancini (Manchester city manager) believes Silva impact could be huge and raise their chances to win first English Premier League title since 1968, and he is the one of best midfielders in Europe. We are trying to bring best player in Manchester City, who gives hope to win Premier League title. They are attracted to what we are building and want to be a part of it.

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Stylish Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh has recalled for three Test match series against Sri Lanka starting July 18. He was dropped from Asia Cup squad due to fitness problems and lack of forms. Yuvraj Singh was dropped from ODI side for the first time since he cemented his place in the early 2000s. He had never dropped due to forms, but this is wake up call for him. Therefore Indian captain MS Dhoni is big fan of Yurvaj talent; he thought that necessary message had been delivered. Suresh Raina made it as first choice player for the first time. He was part of Indian squad against South Africa in February. Although he has the weakness over shortball, but he has shown that he can survive in international cricket. Raina played a match winning inning against arch rival Pakistan in a pressure situations that inning boost his confidence also. So Raina deserve the chance to play Test cricket as well.

Selectors have picked three spinners Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha and Harbhajan Singh, and as expected Ishant Sharma and Sreesanth to partner Zaheer Khan in the pace department. Both Ishant Sharma and Sreesanth have pretty ordinary times in limited over’s cricket, but selectors have full faith on them in Test cricket, and realized to protect them from excessive one day cricket, which is main factor of their downfall. Ashish Nehra is not willing to play Tests, while Praveen Kumar reckon only a limited over’s bowler. A 16-man member squad was chosen to include a reserve wicketkeeper, Wriddhiman Saha.

Indian Squad for Test Series

1. MS Dhoni (wk & capt.)
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Virender Sehwag (vice-capt.)
4. Rahul Dravid
5. Sachin Tendulkar
6. VVS Laxman
7. Harbhajan Singh
8. Zaheer Khan
9. M Vijay
10. Yuvraj Singh
11. Suresh Raina
12. Ishant Sharma
13. Sreesanth
14. Amit Mishra
15. Pragyan Ojha
16. Wriddhiman Saha (wk)

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Joe Cole believes this is England time now as they are gear up for their last 16 meeting with old rivals Germany in Bloemfontein. Joe Cole has expressed his displeasure as England has failed to win a major tournament long time ago. We don’t like it because we have not won anything. I remember the Portugal team who were called the same and they never won anything either. We don’t like to be called the Golden Generation. That was put upon us we want to win something. Then people can rightly call us that.

Joe Cole admitted, I think we can win this time, I have never felt it like this before in other tournament. You always think you can do it but this time I think it’s our time and we can do it if the country believes. We really played well against Slovenia, and based on that performance I am confident that we will not lose the grips against Germany. The rival countries had great history, and 1990 World Cup was the first tournament I watched. I still remember when England lost on penalties to Germany in the semi-finals. Joe Cole is not s penalty specialist, and he never taken a penalty in his professional career neither for West Ham, Chelsea nor for England spanning more than a decade. But he is willing to face the penalty challenge if it is required at any stage against Germany.

Frank Lampard takes them at Chelsea and David Beckham always did for England, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t take one. I have never taken a professional penalty, and I am hoping for no surprise, normally England depends upon Steven Gerrards, Frank Lampards, and Wayne Rooneys but if manager ask me to take the penalty I’ll be there to face the pressure situations.

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Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack is poised to sign a two year contract with his old club Bayer Leverkusen. German Sports agency SID reported that deal worth is 15 million euro. Michael Ballack presently on holiday with his family and will sign contract when he returns. Former German captain ruled out of Germany World Cup side due to injury, and he will be released by English premier League champions at the end of season.  Ballack 33 years old said, that he wants to continue his career in his home country.

Three major clubs Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg showed interest to sign powerful midfielder. His basic annual pay is around six million euros, but various bonuses will increase up his total deal to around 15 million euros. Michael Ballak already played with Leverkusen in between 1999 and 2002, scoring 27 goals before he move to Bayern Munich. Less high profile Leverkusen narrowly missed out on a Champions League spot and fourth in the last season’s Bundesliga. Both Hamburg and Wolfsburg offered more money but he elected to choose his former club.

After playing a outstanding role for Chelsea in the Champions League, he capped 98 times for Germany and set to take the captain’s armband in South Africa, but his World Cup dream shattered due to his ankle injury playing match for Chelsea against Portsmouth in FA Cup final in May. Therefore, Garmany coach Jurgen Klinsmann urged him to get over his World Cup injury and heartbreak by focusing on the 2012 European Championship.

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Pakistan is blocking at least 17 other sites which is lesser known sites due to offensive to Muslims would block links due to sacrilegious content found on those sites, and will start monitoring seven major websites, including Yahoo, Google, MSN, Hotmail, Youtube, Amazon and Bing said by a PTA spokesman Khurram Mehran. The decision comes in a response to a new order from a judge in Punjab province. In May Pakistan temporarily banned Facebook for about two weeks due to post images of Islams’s Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

The Ministry of Information Technology directed the PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) to watch the Google search engine and six other major websites for having material reckon offensive to Muslim. Another Ministry official agreed that it is impossible to monitor search engines like Google, and blocking search engines may be disastrous and will draw a lot of criticism, we are doing our best to restrain anti-Islamic contents. PTA authority would respond to complaints from users about objectionable material posted online, in order to maintain a balance between the court orders and socially acceptable.  An official accepted that incessant ‘interference’ could have an effect on businesses and discourage online commercial activities.

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