security fears haunt hockey world cup in delhi but ihf stands firm

... england will fly in to delhi today, the last of the 12 teams to arrive for the world cup that starts on sunday, but security concerns continue to cast a shadow over the game’s showpiece event ... pillai, the indian home secretary, said this week that the country will impose a security clampdown during the world cup as it tests counter-terrorism measures before the commonwealth games ... “the excitement of playing in a world cup has been dented and it is unsettling,” he said ... ” the two former giants of the game have not met in a world cup match since 1986 and with the game sold out, an emotional and passionate contest is expected

fulham owner al fayed bans shakhtar donetsk players from his harrods store

... shakhtar, who won the uefa cup last year, meet fulham in the last 32 of the europa league at craven cottage tonight ... harrods tomorrow lads: shakhtar donetsk players watch fulham's fa cup match against notts countya statement on shakhtar's official website said: 'the players decided to increase the earnings of one of london's reputable shops, harrods ... but not the big fourfa cup sixth round draw: chelsea head for potential showdown with man cityfulham fc

vermezovic challenges psl teams

... "south africa has the facilities and the clubs are organised and i think the teams here can be on top in africa, especially after the world cup, when the world will continue to watch what happens here without a rest," the chiefs' mentor adds ... moroka swallows beat pamplemousses sc 2-1 in mauritius in a caf confederations cup match

why is there a tree in the middle of the pitch?

... a cathartic soccer match played before 15,000 people, with the tree in the middle, was the closure of the piece ... unfortunately, considering the size of both the stadium and the city, we won't be seeing any world cup matches there in 2014 ... "fosslien, who at the time was 56 years old, enjoyed a brief spell as a national celebrity when, in 2001, fk toten played a first-round cup match against division one team raufoss

the list- sportsmails top 50 fa cup matches of all time - nos 30-21

... what is your favourite fa cup match from down the years? the fa cup is back this weekend as the race for wembley hots up ... but what is your top memory from the cup's long history? tell us what you think who said fa cup romance was dead? if anyone doubted themagic of the globe's most famous club trophy then this year'scompetition has proved those doubters wildly wrong ... thefa cup has come back with a bang this year to add more stories ofgiant-killings, shocks and upsets to the endless anecdotes of days goneby ... and sportsmail have come up with our top 50 ever fa cup matches ... cup kings: everton's alex scott (second left) and jimmy gabriel (right) crown brian harris with the trophy29 ... and this fa cup semi-final replay at maine road certainly didn't fail to deliver ... wednesday won the replay 1-0 at hillsborough and eventually made it to their second cup final of the season but both ended in defeat for trevor francis' side, both to arsenal ... arsenal 1 liverpool 2 (2001)the fa cup's sabbatical at the millennium stadium in cardiff gave us some wonderful finals, but none quite as dramatic as this ... arsenal totally dominated proceedings and were left cursing missed chance after missed chance when michael owen won the cup for liverpool almost single-handedly ... freddie ljungberg had given the gunners a deserved 1-0 lead with 20 minutes left but owen's strike in the 83rd-minute levelled things up and then he stole the winner with a minute left after skinning lee dixon for pace and sliding the ball home across david seaman to steal the cup from arsenal's grasp ... comeback kings: liverpool snatched the 2001 fa cup from arsenal's grasp26 ... appearing in their first fa cup final, steve coppell's side came within 17 minutes of lifting the famous old trophy in a classic against a manchester united team which had cost £13 million to assemble - a fortune in those days ... it was game, set and match before any of the players even had the chance to break sweat, well, almost

the list- sportsmails top 50 fa cup matches of all time - nos 50-41

... what is your favourite fa cup match from down the years? the fa cup is back this weekend as the race for wembley hots up ... but what is your top memory from the cup's long history? tell us what you think who said fa cup romance was dead?if anyone doubted the magic of the globe's most famous club trophy then this year's competition has proved those doubters wildly wrong ... the fa cup has come back with a bang this year to add more stories of giant-killings, shocks and upsets to the endless anecdotes of days gone by ... and sportsmail have come up with our top 50 ever fa cup matches ... west ham 3 preston north end 2 (1964) one-hundred thousand fans packed wembley to the rafters to watch this most dramatic of cup finals with bobby moore's west ham, who had seen off manchester united in the semi-final 3-1, expected to dispatch second division preston with the minimum of fuss ... the match got off to a lively start: doug holden gave preston the lead on 10 minutes but john sissons equalised soon after ... the second half was all west ham's - geoff hurst's header from a corner levelled the score and preston's gallant challenge was finally ended just after the 90 minute marked had passed when ronnie boyce's header found the corner of the net to seal the match and the east end club's first major trophy ... happy hammers: west ham's fa cup winning side of 196449 ... leicester 1 wycombe 2 (2001)things were tough for lawrie sanchez's league one wycombe - no money for new players, missing three of their four strikers through injury and an fa cup quarter final with premier league leicester to play ... roy essandoh's agent saw the ad, picked up the phone and the clubless northern irish forward was thrust into the glare of the oldest cup competition in the world ... shrewsbury 2 everton 1 (2003)everton's former captain masterminding the humiliation of his former employers - this is the kind of upset that has defined the fa cup since its inception ... northampton were in the old fourth division and were facing a united side who had won the european cup just two years previous - pat crerand, david sadler, alex stepney, brian kidd and bobby charlton all featured but it was best who grabbed the headlines

tottenham hotspur defeat fulham in english premier league match

... spurs were guilty of throwing away the lead twice during saturday's fa cup match with leeds, so it was understandable that they curtailed their attacking instincts for a while after that

onyewu closing in on return to milan

... national team's world cup qualifying draw vs ... team's chances at this summer's world cup, but even onyewu admitted to being very worried when he first heard of clint dempsey's recent knee injury, which left many u ... "clint's blow was definitely a heart-stopper because that's the last thing you want is to have one of your key players injured leading up to the world cup," onyewu said ... " onyewu is looking forward to playing in his second world cup, but isn't buying into the belief that the united states scored an easy draw at this summer's tournament (the usa will face england, slovenia and algeria) ... "i think we were a textbook example of that in the confederations cup, onyewu said ... " as for the opening world cup match against england? onyewu doesn't consider it any more meaningful than the other group matches ... " before he can think about the world cup, onyewu is focused on returning to ac milan, where he will be in a tough battle for playing time

restarting the bundesliga in frankfurt

... during the break, the green-whites went to dubai and took part in the first uea-germany super cup match against al-ain, which we won 2-1 ... we went up 2-0 in the first half, all was looking well, but, typically, we decided to sit back and pretty much invite them back into the match (which, for werder, especially 2-0 up, can be disastrous) ... but fortunately, our team seemed fit for the match against frankfurt yesterday – unfortunately, we totally lost 1-0

west ham fined for crowd violence

... the crowd's unacceptable behavior occurred at their carling cup match against millwall in august ... read all about the world cup 2010 at worldcup