Brazil vs Argentina and England vs Germany are among the traditional rivalries of football, but when it comes to club football, Barcelona vs Real Madrid is perhaps the biggest football rivalry. Both the clubs have huge fan base across the world. So, millions of footballs fans are waiting for this match. The match also features some of today’s best footballers including Ronaldo, Kaka, Ibrahimovic, Messi and few others.
Venues
The match will take place at the CampNou stadium of Barcelona. Naturally, Barcelona will have home advantage. Last time the two sides faced each other on this ground saw the home side winning by 2-0 margin. CampNou is one of the biggest stadiums in the world with 98,772 of seating capacity, and thus, being the largest stadium in Europe.
Date and Time
The much-awaited match will be held on 29 October 2009. It is a weekend, so football fans are expected to be glued on TV sets to watch this match.
The match kicks off at 18:00 GMT (UK time). According to local time (Barcelona), the will start at 19:00 Barcelona time. Timing of the match as per some other regions of the world is given below:
New Zealand pulled off a dramatic victory over Pakistan in the first test of the ongoing three-match test series. Pakistan was given a winning target of 251 runs, but Pakistan got all out for 218 with Kiwi bowlers giving no room to the visiting side.
The current test series is talking place in New Zealand, but Pakistan holds home series status. Pakistan did not have much success in the longer version of the game this year and it seems that they are going to lose this series too.
Pakistan was on top when they bowled out New Zealand only for 153 runs in the second innings, but Pakistani batsmen, except Umar Akmal, failed to show any resistance against the New Zealand bowlers. After picking up 5 wickets in the first innings, Shane Bond got 3 wickets in the second innings too. Pacer Ian O’Brien also picked up 3 wickets to help New Zealand clinch a 32-run victory in the first test.
Shane Bond was awarded the man of the match award for his 8 wickets in the match. The second test starts from December 3 at Wellington.
Real Madrid visits Barcelona on 29 November 2009 in the first ‘el-classico’ of the season. With Madrid leading the point table by 1 point over Barcelona, the result of the match could see a change in the standings. Remembering last season’s 6-2 record victory at Real Madrid, Barcelona is determined to pick up three points on Sunday against their arch rivals and a victory for the Catalan side will see them move back to the top. However, Real Madrid is also gearing up to take revenge of their humiliating defeat of last season at home. Real has spent heavily in the Summer to close the gap on Barcelona who became the first Spanish club in the history of Spanish football to win three prestigious titles: Champions League, La Liga, Copa del Rey last season.
Match: Barcelona vs Real Madrid; Spanish La Liga 2009-10
Date: 29 November 2009
Venue: CampNou, Barcelona, Spain
Time: 18:00 GMT
Live on: Sky Sports 1, Super Sports 3 TV Channels
El Classico is perhaps the fiercest rivalry in European club football and most important this rivalry also has ad global appeal thanks to the world wide fan base of the two Spanish giants. However, Sunday’s match is special as it involves some of today’s best footballers in the world including Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and some others. Actually, both the clubs invested huge amount in Summer transfer market to strengthen their squads. In fact, the combined spending amount of the two clubs is more than £300million. Real Madrid signed Cristiano Ronaldo for a record transfer fee and spent a big amount to buy the likes to Kaka, Xabi Alonso, Karim Benzema and some others, while Barcelona signed Ibrahimovic for a big amount.
So, tomorrow’s match will see some of the best players being involved in it. From another point of view, you can say that it is a battle between Ronaldo and Messi, the two widely regarded best footballers of today. Ronaldo is the reigning holder of world player of the year award, while Messi is the most favorite to win the same title this year. Naturally, football fans are looking for a face-to-face battle between the two. The interesting thing is that both the players missed few games due to their respective injuries, but are now fit enough to feature in tomorrow’s game. Ronaldo played just 20 minutes of Real Madrid’s 1-0 Champions league victory over FC Zurich, while Messi has also reportedly recovered from his muscle injury that forced him out of Barca’s midweek 2-0 win over Inter Milan in Champions League. There is good news in Barcelona camp as star striker Ibrahimovic is also ready for the clash against Real Madrid.
So, it seems that both sides will have their star players available for the high profile fixture and it seems that the match has everything to be a classic. However, Barcelona will miss their Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure who has just returned to training after suffering from Swine flue. It is true that Real Madrid landed many star players last Summer, but Barcelona also has a star-studded squad. Their forward line up boasts of the likes of Messi and Ibrahimovic, while their midfield is perhaps one of the best in the world with Xavi and Iniesta in dominating form. So, Toure’s absence may not be a big deal for manager Josep Guardiola. Barcelona defense is also very strong in the presence of Dani Alves, Puyol, Pique and Abidal.
Ibrahimovic is confident of winning the match, even though he agrees that Real Madrid is a strong team.
Ibrahimovic says the European champions have a stronger team then its archrival, despite Madrid having spent over ?250 million ($375 million) on players in the offseason. Ibrahimovic was confident his side will "beat them.''
Ibrahimovic is expected to be available for Sunday's game at the Camp Nou after missing a midweek Champions League win over Inter Milan to rest a sore hamstring, saying that these are the games that go down in "history.''
Real Madrid undoubtedly has one of the best footballers in its squad at this moment. Kaka, Benzema, Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy are there in their forward line up alongside in-form Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain. In the midfield, Real has the players like Ronaldo and Xabi in the midfield alongside Marcelo and Lass. However, Real Madrid defense must be at their best while facing Barcelona because they have to stop the players like Ibrahimovic and Messi. I do not think that Real Madrid defense is as strong as Barcelona defense, even though they have the defenders like Sergio Ramos and Arbeloa.
Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso is now wary of the threat posed by Spain teammates Xavi and Iniesta. However, he does not think that the match will be decisive for the season.
Alonso has revealed that Los Blancos are trying to treat the Barca showdown as just another three points, insisting the tie will not prove decisive in who will win the league this season.
The former Liverpool midfielder - who returned to his homeland last summer in a £30million move - hailed Xavi and Andres Iniesta as the players to watch.
"It will be important, but not decisive. Three more points are at stake, but we will face our greatest opponent and there are nevertheless many games left in the championship," he told his club's official website.
Actually, it is a high profile affair and players will be temped to give their best. Naturally, some psychological pressure will be there on the players of both sides. So, holding their nerve and remaining clam would be important and the side who will be bale to do it better would come out of winner. On technical ground, the main battle will be in the midfield. The likes of Xavi and Iniesta will try to dominate the game, while Real will expect Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso to be at their best.
Online Live Score and Updates
You can get the live score and updates of the match from the following websites:
BBC Football
Live Score
Goal.com
Sportpress
Goalzz
Live Football Scores
Overall, I think that neither side has any advantage over each other. You may say that Barcelona is very strong at home and they will capitalize on the home advantage. Then you should know that Real Madrid suffered a devastating defeat in front of their home fans last season. So, for a match of this magnitude, home advantage does not count a lot; rather playing their natural game will be much more important than any other issue. Whoever wins the battle, one thing is pretty much certain that a lot of things are at stake ahead of the game and there is every possibility football fans could experience a classic match.
I just noticed that there are 37 comments in this entry. It shows that many people are interested about this kind of information. Well, I just wrote about the most expensive and cheapest. OLPC is undoubtedly the cheapest laptop. However, the emergence of netbooks by companies like Asus and Acer has perhaps made OLPC almost irrelevant to the ordinary consumers. In fact, now, most people don’t bother about OLPC in the western countries.
To come back to the topic, he most expensive laptop does not have anything significant except the fact that there are some diamonds. So, you can easily guess that the price of $350,000 is mainly for the diamonds not for any computing feature. I really don’t care to have one even if I become insanely rich. In fact, there are other things to buy like rare paintings not the most expensive laptop.
Rich people have weird taste and companies take advantage of this matter. There are so many hungry children in the world that I really cannot understand that how a person can get any mental satisfaction by spending this amount of money for buying a laptop.
Tigers Woods suffered a car accident earlier today while driving his Cadillac SUV. Fortunately, help arrived at the right time and Woods was taken to hospital. He received some treatment and then became better. Everything is fine now. So, this is good news for the fans of this golf legend. The accident took place at 2:25 AM and I wonder what he was doing at that time.
The single-vehicle accident occurred about 2:25 a.m. in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, according to police. Woods pulled out of his driveway in a 2009 Cadillac SUV and struck a fire hydrant and then a tree, according to an incident report from the Florida Highway Patrol in OrangeCounty.
Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn said local police arrived within two minutes of being notified. The golfer was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for facial lacerations and released, Bruhn said.
"I think it's nothing more than an accident," he said.
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Like many other people, when I saw the trailer of De Dana Dan on cable channels , I thought it was a sequel of Hera Pheri (HP). Who would not? It has all the three major characters of HPincluding Paresh Rawal, Sunil Shetty, and Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan as director but it is not. In reality, the movie is not as good as HP that has a good story and great characters. If you are looking for some timepas movies with mindless plot and munching in some pop corns with laughing moments from time to time then this is the movie for you. Like any typical Priya Darshan comedy, De Dana Dan is a big collection of inter-woven stories with lots of characters being at the wrong place at the wrong time. The strong point of this movie is its dialogue. The movie has twenty seven characters it has assembles all the comedy actors in Bollywood.
After a hectic marriage schedule, Shilpa Shetty and her husband, Raj Kundra are going to honeymoon in the Bahamas, yes, the paradise island. However, the couple is also accompanied by their respective family members. Why? Well, after a hectic marriage schedule both the Shetty’s and the Kundra’s are very tired and they are looking forward to relax and enjoy for themselves. What can be a better choice than the Bahamas? Husband Raj Kundra booked a regal suite at the Atlantis resort where few months back Miss Universe 2009, one of the most famous beauty pageants in the world took place.
Prior to Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty was in a serious relationship with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. The couple broke up in 2000. This was followed by a short stint with Bollywood director, Anubhav Sinha. Her relationship with Raj Kundra also created lots of controversy. A London based businessman of Indian origin, Raj Kundra is a self-made millionaire. Raj was previously married and his former wife-Kavita accused of Shilpa Shetty of breaking her marriage. Ending all the controversies, Shilpa finally got married and is now heading towards the Bahamas for honeymoon.
After the success of Wanted and London Dreams and Main Aur Mrs. Khanna, Salman Khan is now working on Veer, a periodic movie. Scheduled to release in theatres on January 22, 2010, Veer tells the story of a brave warrior named Veer who fought against the British. Salman Khan played the central role here. The script of the movie had been written by Salman Khan. He has been working on this script since 1990 when he was acting in Baaghi: A Rebel for Love. The movie is a dream project for Salman Khan.
One interesting thing about the movie is that many people thought that the movie stars Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan’s real life girl friend in the female lead, but that is not true. It was actually another actress named Zarine Khan. Veer is her first movie and she looks a lot like Katrina Kaif. This does not mean Salman Khan did not listen to his girlfriend. In press conference Salman Khan admitted that Anil Sharma, who directed the movie was actually suggested by Katrina Kaif. Rumor also spread out that Salman Khan had some disagreements with the director on the set but Salman Khan ignored the matter.
If have not seen the theatrical promo of the movie, here is the promo for you. The movie looks good and Salman Khan effortlessly fits into the character of a warrior. He has the physique to carry it off and he did it. The movie has some great action sequences. Other major actors of the movie includes- Sohail Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Lisa Lazarus, Gita Soto, Neena Gupta, Aryan Vaid, Bharat Dabholkar, and Bunny Anand.
Recently, the preview of Veer, Salman Khan’s upcoming movie was arranged at a theatre in Mumbai. Along with many other Bollywood personalities, Salman Khan’s father, Salim Khan also came to see the movie. Interestingly, Salim Khan did not say anything to Salman Khan after the movie was over and silently left the theatre. This worried Salman Khan very much. He thought that his father did not like the movie but then at 2 a.m. his father called him on the phone and said that the movie was very good and Salman Khan looked great in the movie. It was a very emotional moment for Salman Khan.
After twenty years, Salim Khan came to see Salman Khan’s movie. It was also his 74th Birthday and Salman Khan wanted to do something special for him. Salim Khan also attended the theatrical premiere of Salman Khan’s first movie as a hero, Main Pyaar Kiya in 1989 which became one of the biggest blockbusters of that year. On that day, he silently left the theatre and after coming home. He told Salman Khan that the movie will become very successful and he would gain cult status. The rest of the story is known to you all. Let’s see whether Salman Khan’s Veer can work some miracle at the box office.
Arsenal hosts Chelsea in a much-awaited match of English premier league on 29 November 2009 at the Emirates Stadium. Chelsea has a 5-point lead at the top, while third placed Arsenal is behind the leaders by 8 points, though they played a game less than Chelsea. So, Arsenal will be looking to close the gap on Chelsea, picking up three points, while the West London club will try to increase the lead to 11 point over Arsenal. Chelsea has lost only 1 of their last five visits of Arsenal and they defeated the Gunners 4-1 at the Emirates last season after winning over the same opponent in the FA Cup.
Match: Arsenal vs Chelsea; English Premier League 2009-10
Arsenal has a number of injury blows to deal with. Gunners are already missing some of their best players including two in-form strikers Robin Van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner. Midfielder Abou Diaby and regular left back Gael Clichy are also out of action. The recent injury blow hit at Arsenal camp is Kieran Gibbs, who was deputizing for Clichy, as he has now been ruled out for 3 months after breaking a metatarsal in his left foot during last week’s 2-0 win over Standard Liege in Champions League. His injury has limited Wenger’s left back option to Armand Traore and experienced Mikael Silvestre. However, Traore is more likely to start against Chelsea.
Meanwhile, influential central midfielder William Gallas is also doubtful for Sunday’s high profile clash. The veteran sustained an eye injury after colliding with teammate Andrei Arshavin. However, manager Arsene Wenger is hopeful that both Gallas and Arshavin would be fit for the match against Chelsea.
"Gallas has an ankle problem and a swollen eye," said manager Arsene Wenger. "I think he will recover for Sunday, we hope so. It wasn't concussion but he couldn't see anymore because his eye was swollen.
"Arshavin has some staples in his head. He will be available for Sunday," he added.
So, you can see that Arsene Wenger do not have much options left to choose from for his attacking line up. Eduardo and Carlos Vela are the contenders for Arsenal’s forward line up, but the duo are not performing at their best at the moment. If Wenger decides to play one striker as he has been doing recently, then Eduardo is more likely to start, leaving Vela in the bench. In defense, Gallas (if fit) would pair up with Vermaelen, but in case he fails to recover from the eye injury in time, Philippe Senderos will be deputizing for Gallas. Sagna will occupy at the right back position as usual.
When it comes to midfield, Arsenal has a number of quality options, despite the absence of Diaby. Gunners have a holding midfielder like Song, while captain Cesc Fabregas and Arshavin play the create role. Nasri and Denilson are also there alongside Ramsey and Rosicky. Theo Walcott returned in action as he came from bench in the champions league win on Tuesday, but it is less likely that Wenger would feature the youngster in the starting eleven against Chelsea. Arsene Wenger has shown due respect for Chelsea, but remains confident of winning the game.
"The only thing I would say with Theo is that every time I have rushed him back he has got injured again," he said. "This time, I have decided to take the time to get him completely 100% fit to come back.
"You know they are a good side and, to beat them, you have to deliver a good performance," he said. "It is more important we focus on what we do than any strength or weakness of Chelsea.
"They are a strong side and have a good manager in Carlo Ancelotti, but I still believe that despite all that, we can still beat them. Let us expect them to be strong on the day, and then let us be stronger."
Chelsea does not have as much injury problems as Arsenal has at the moment, but the Blues are also missing right back Jose Bosingwa. However, the good news for the Chelsea fans is that influential attacking midfielder Frank Lampard is all set to return to action with the Arsenal match.
"Frank is fit, yes," said Ancelotti after the England midfielder injured his thigh on international duty. "He trained for the last two days and did very well. He's in good condition. I think that our physio and our doctor worked very well with him. He is a fantastic professional player. He stayed to improve his condition for a long time in Cobham."
"He stayed one hour with the doctor for treatment and 80 hours – I don't know – in Cobham here to work," confirmed Ancelotti. "But it is a very important game because Arsenal are one of the most important teams in England and Europe.
So, Chelsea manager has also given his due respect to Wenger’s side as the Arsenal manager did the same for Chelsea, without gibing at each other in a traditional way before a high profile game. There is no doubt, Chelsea has a very strong squad in the presence of some of the world class players. More importantly, most of their players are playing at their best at the moment. Drogba and Anelka have formed a lethal combination up front, while the midfield features the likes of Michael Ballack, Michael Essien, Deco, Malouda, Joe Cole and John Obi Mikel. Moreover, Chelsea has a very strong central midfield in the presence of experienced defenders like John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho. Ivanović is a quality player to deputize for Bosingwa, while Ashley Cole is doing very well in the left back position.
Online Live Score and Updates
Here, I am giving some live score and updates websites from where you can get the live score of this highly anticipated premier league game:
BBC Football
Live Score
Goal.com
Sportpress
Goalzz
Live Football Scores
Arsenal seems to have the home advantage, but given their injury problems, it seems that Chelsea also has a very good chance in the match. It is true that both Chelsea and Arsenal have been playing spirited football so far this season and you can expect an entertaining affair between two big-four sides of premier league. Given Chelsea’s recent record, it seems that they have a very good chance, but the Blues should also know that Arsenal has been playing good football so far this season.
Indian automaker Tata Motors has reported a combined profit of $4.7 million (217.8 million rupees) for the third quarter of the current fiscal year. No doubt, it was really unexpected and came as a big surprise. The company recorded a net loss of 9.42 billion rupees in the same period of last year when economic recession was rife in the global auto market. However, it seems that Tata Motors is gradually retaining its strength in the market.
One of the two possible reasons behind the company’s profit in the last quarter is its attempt to cut costs. Tata Motors over the last few months tried hard to control its costs and that helped the company return to profit. Another factor that worked positively for the company is the investments in its associate companies.
India’s export sector is now going through a gradual improvement. Exports in October fell by 6.6%, a much better condition compared to May when Indian export sector experienced 13.8% decline. Indian export sector has been improving gradually as August saw 19.4% fall and September experienced 13.8% decline in the export sector of India.
Anand Sharma, Commerce minister of India, recently said that export policy which was published in August brought out positive results for the export sector of the country. With economic recession is over, Mr. Sharma is very much sure about growth of Indian export sector from the first quarter of 2010. He is also expecting a 15% yearly growth in export next year and a double growth by 2014.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the global Indian community to invest in education and business sectors of the country. He was addressing a local Indian community in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Toboga, while talking about the development of India. He asked the global Indian community to invest in Indian business and education sector. Mr. Singh also said that Indian education sector lost ground over the last few decades and the current government was trying to bring back the past glory of Indian education system.
Reaching out to the People of Indian Origin, he said, "You are, for millions of Indians, the most visible symbol of our own globalisation process... For us, globalisation is a natural means of linking up with the international community of Indians."
Education and business are the "two major areas through which we are reconnecting with the people of Indian origin worldwide," he said in the capital of Trinidad and Toboga, whose almost half of 1.3 billion population is of Indian origin.
Ministers and Mps of Indian origin were present at the reception arranged for Manmohan Singh. Indian prime minister also said that Indian government was working on making a bond between Indian and Indian-origin people. He asked the global Indian community to come to India and make the best use of investment and business facilities available in the country.
Barcelona and Real Madrid are facing each other at CampNou in the much-awaited first ‘El Clasico’ of the season. A Barcelona win could see them move to the top the table, while a win for Real would open up a four-point gap at the top as Real Madrid currently has one-point lead over second placed Barcelona.
To get the live score and updates of the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid visit the following link:
El Classico is one of the fierce rivalries in football and millions of fans would follow this game. Last season, Barcelona won both of their meetings including the 6-2 mauling of Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu last May. Real Madrid, after spending heavily in the Summer transfer window to sing some of world’s best players, will be looking to take revenge of last season’s defeats. With Ronaldo, Messi, Ibrahimovic all recovered from their recent injuries, Sunday’s el classico has everything to be a classic match. The match kicks off at 18:00 GMT.
Millions of football fans are eagerly waiting for the game and several TV channels will telecast the match for their viewers. Here, I am giving a list of television channels where the match will be telecast live:
Sky Sports 1 TV Channel
European football fans can watch the match live on Sky Sports 1 television channel. It is one of the most popular sports channels in Europe and it has an expert team of commentators and analysts. So, you can expect quality coverage of the el classico. You can also watch the match online on Sky Sports HD1.
Joy Sports Channel of Multi TV
The good news for the Ghanaian football fans is that they can enjoy the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid live on Joy Sports Channel of Multi TV. I do not know a lot about Joy Sports Channel, but there are lots of reasons for the football fans of Ghana to be happy as they would be able to watch the match live on Joy Sports channel.
Super Sports 3 TV Channel
Super Sports 3 will also telecast the match live for the football fans of Africa. Super Sports is now one of the most popular sports channels in the world. It is a new channel compared to ESPN, Star Sports, Sly Sports and Fox Sports, but it is gradually becoming a major TV channel in sports world. So, a good coverage of the match is expected from Super Sports 3 television channel.
Best Buy has had an excellent offer for those who are looking for a low-priced notebook ahead of Black Friday (on 27 November). HP G60-507DX notebook is now available only for $197. Its usual price is around $550. It also offers some eye-catching features including Intel Celeron processor 900, 160 GB storage, 15.6-inch HD widescreen display, 2GB DDR2 memory and some others. I am also excited about its battery life of 2 hours and 45 minutes.
This offer is available only for 27th November, 2009. So, if you think that this is the laptop you are looking for, then be quick to buy it before the stock finishes.