 | Portugal beats Denmark in a thriller PORTUGAL beat Denmark
3-2 in a thrilling Euro 2012
Group B clash here on
Wednesday to keep alive their
hopes of reaching the quarter-
finals.
A stunning goal by substitute
Silvestre Varela three
minutes from time saw the
2004 finalists take the points
after they...
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| | Nadal wary of Halle shock repeat |  SEVEN-TIME French Open
champion Rafael Nadal admitted
on Wednesday that he is
wary of history repeating itself
when he returns to the grass
courts of Halle for the first time
in seven years on Thursday.
Nadal has played this pre-
Wimbledon just once, in 2005,
arriving in Germany on the
back of his first Roland Garros
title.
But his career grasscourt
bow was brief when he lost in
three sets to Germany´s
Alexander Waske in his opening
match, a defeat that did little
to boost his confidence on
what was then an alien surface.
"When you win a tournament
like Roland Garros, it´s
very difficult to play the following
week. Especially when you
win for the first time, the first
Grand Slam in my career," said
the world number two... | | | Night training for Qatar cycling team during Ramadan |
 IN what would be a major
first for the riders, Qatar
cyclists will hone their riding
skills at night when the
ongoing training camp in
Slovenia extends into the
holy month of Ramadan,
officials and riders said
from Slovenia on
Wednesday.
"Yes, we will be training
at midnight hours during
the month of Ramadan,"
Qatar coach Branko Filip
said.
The Qatar squad left for
Slovenia last week where it
will attend a three-monthlong
training camp. The 14-
member squad includes
nine riders and five officials.
"We are focusing on
endurance riding during the
first one month and a half,"
Filip said. "Come Ramadan
and we will switch over to
night training so that the
programme of the riders is not affected in any way,†he added... | | | UEFA condemns Poland,
Russia for fans clashes |  EUROPEAN football´s governing
body on Wednesday
condemned clashes between
rival supporters at the highly
charged Euro 2012 match
between co-hosts Poland and
old rivals Russia in Warsaw.
"UEFA condemns the isolated
incidents that occurred yesterday
(Tuesday)... when some
groups of known troublemaker
pelted the police with missiles
and attacked fans irrespective
of the team they were
supporting," it said in an
emailed statement.
"Those arrested and charged
will have to be dealt with by
the relevant authorities."
The match, which ended 1-1,
was played amid tight security
and a fiercely political backdrop,
with both countries´
recent and past history intertwined
and lingering resentment
among the Poles creating
an intense ... | |
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