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| Marchisio gives Juventus extra-time Cup win Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST
Former giants Juve are top of Serie A after two years of woe and although their Cup showing was not quite as fluent as recent displays, boss Antonio Conte will be glad they kept up their winning ways. After a goalless 89 minutes, Emanuele Giaccherini scored for a much-changed Juve at the end of normal time but Andrea Raggi netted for the visitors six minutes into stoppage time to dramatically force the game into an extra 30 minutes. Italy midfielder Marchisio had the last laugh. It was Juve's first match this term in the much-maligned competition and they progress to the quarter-finals. The rest of the last 16 fixtures take place later this month and in January when holders Inter Milan host Genoa. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Dublin included on London 2012 torch route Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:59 AM PST  Children watch the Saint Patrick's Day parade along Dublin's city centre in this file photo of March 17, 2007. Dublin will be on the torch relay route for next year's London Olympics. – Reuters pic "It's going to be a one-day event," Gilbert Felli, Executive Director of the Olympic Games, told reporters. "It is why it took a bit of time (to finalise). We always pop into the neighbouring countries. Knowing the sensibility of the issue here we wanted to make sure the government was in the loop." Organisers LOCOG said the flame would arrive in Dublin in the morning of June 6 and be carried through the city before a mid-morning celebration at a central location. "I am delighted that the Olympic Flame will travel across the border into the Republic next year," said Irish Sports and Tourism Minister Michael Ring in a statement. "This historic occasion recognises the friendship, peace and cooperation that now exists on the island of Ireland and demonstrates the unifying power of sport. "A number of international teams have already chosen Dublin as a training base before the London Games. The visit of the Olympic Flame next year will be a wonderful opportunity for the whole of Ireland to be even more closely involved with the 2012 London Olympic Games and for Irish people to be part of the biggest sporting event in the world," added Ring. The 70-day torch relay will travel some 12,800km around Britain, taking in 1,018 villages and the 1,085-metre summit of Snowdon, before culminating with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron on July 27. The relay will also take in landmarks around Britain with the flame travelling at times by canal boat, cable car, tram, steam train, hot air balloon and even motorcycle sidecar on the Isle of Man TT course. More than 95 per cent of the population will be within an hour of the route. London has chosen a lower profile relay than the protest-marred international route to Beijing in 2008, which included the problematic ascent of Everest. Organisers made the first conditional offers today to some of the 8,000 torch bearers who will take part in the relay. Some 90 per cent of the places were made available to people nominated through public campaigns run by LOCOG and sponsor partners while the remainder are by invitation. – Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
TURIN, Dec 9 — Claudio Marchisio struck in extra-time as Juventus shrugged off Bologna 2-1 in an Italian Cup last 16 match yesterday that only burst to life in the closing stages.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Sports To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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