The world number one Novak Djokovic meet World number two Rafael Nadal in Australia Open final Grand slam for 2012

The world number one Novak Djokovic meet World number two Rafael Nadal in Australia Open final Grand slam for 2012.  The two have played 29 head to head games against each other so far and as it stand before 2012 Australian Open R. Nadal leads Novak Djokovic with 16 win compared to N. Djokovic. Last time they meet on hard court in US open final and N Djokovic won the tie. D jokovic beats R nadal in the last six ties which took place last year.  In hard court Novak Djokovic leads Rafael Nadal with 9 win out of 13 encounters, Australian Open Men is played on Hard Court.

Rafael Nadal

Real Madrid overcome Real Zaragoza with 3-1 win to go seven points clear at La liga summit after Barcelona drew 0-0 with Villarreal.

Real Madrid responded well to Copa del Rey exit with fight back from one goal behind to win the La liga tie against Real Zaragoza 3-1 at the Bernabeu, thanks to goals from Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mezil Ozil.

Earlier Angel Lafita put Zaragoza infront at 11th minute before the special one club cruise to comfortable win and goes seven points clear at La Liga summit. La Liga champions, Barcelona has the opportunity to cut Real Madrid lead back to form five points but they failed to beat struggling Villarreal. Real Madrid stay top with 52 points and four more goals difference than Barcelona at second place with 45 points after 20 matches.

Man of the match

Villarreal goalkeeper, Diego Lopez inspired his club and he was top man of the match and goal.com gave him 8.5 points. Diego Lopez denied Lionel Messi and his accomplices to earn the deserved one point against UEFA champions. Though the host was doing better in most position had better position 35% than most team against Barcelona.

Real Madrid vs Real Zaragoza goals summary

Lafita 0-1 (11')
Kaka 1-1 (32')
Cristiano Ronaldo 2-1 (49')
Mesut Ozil 3-1 (56')

La liga results and fixtures
Espanyol vs Mallorca 1-0
Athletic Bilbao vs Rayo Vallecano 3-2

Real Madrid vs Real Zaragoza video highlights

szólj hozzá: Real Madrid 3-1 Zaragoza

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund stay at bundesliga summit as top scorer Mario Gomez netted again

Bayern Munich remained at the top of the Bundesliga log after 2-0 victory against Wolfsburg, but has same points as second placed Borussia Dortmund, the reigning champions playing without teenager Mario Götze managed to secure three points with 3-1 win against Hoffenheim. Current Bundesliga top scorer, Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben scored the two goals on 60th and 90th minutes respectively.Schalke will face Cologne and may go on level points with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund if they win.

Borrusia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim

Bundesliga fixtures and results

Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen 1-1

Hamburg vs Hertha Berlin 2-1

Kaiserslautern vs Augsburg 2-2

Schalke vs Cologne 0-1 (42th minute)

Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg video highlights

szólj hozzá: BAYERN vs WOLFSBURG 2:0 GOALS

Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim video highlights

szólj hozzá: D3-1H

Premier League: Manchester City vs Tottenham - late Mario Balotelli penalty maintain 100% home record

Manchester City maintained 100% home record this season after snatching 3-2 victory in five-goal thriller. Samir Nasri opened the score line with fantastic goal after super vision and assist from David Silva, the leading top assistor in premier league this season. Joleon Lescott went in with the ball to make it 2-0. Jermain Defoe capitalized on defence error to pull one back before Gareth Bale superb direct volley to level the score 2-2.

Then came Jermain Defoe miss in final minutes, he just miss timed the ball following good effort from Bale. Spurs then have to pay the price, Mario Balotelli fouled by Ledley King in penalty box, Balotelli converted the spot kick on 94 minutes. Salute to Roberto Mancini for Balotelli substitution, he looked dangerous with every ball despite controversial fouls which look like the good, the bad and Balotelli pointed out in soccernet.com. City remain 3 points clear at the top of premier league table after United 2-1 victory over Arsenal.

Manchester City vs Tottenham goals summary

Samir Nasri  1-0 (56')      

Joleon Lescott 2-0 (59')

Jermain Defoe  2-1 (60')

Gareth Bale  2-2 (65')

 Mario Balotelli  3-2 (pen 90')

 
Manchester City vs Tottenham video highlights


szólj hozzá: City vs Spurs 3:2 EXTENDED

Tottenham hotspurs starting lineup and subs: Brad Friedel, Ledley King, Joleon Lescot, Younes Kaboul, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Kyle Walker, Scott Parker, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon (Steven Pienaar), Jermain Defoe and Rafael Van der Vaart (Jake Livermore).

Manchester City starting lineup and subs: Joe Hart, Stefan Savic, Gaël Clichy, Micah Richards, Gareth Barry, James Milner, David Silva, Samir Nasri, Edin Dzeko (Mario Balotelli) and Sergio Agüero.

Premier league: Manchester United stay in touch with City with 2-1 victory over Arsenal FC

Manchester United doubles win Arsenal vs Manchester encounters

Manchester United stayed closer to Manchester City with 2-1 win over Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. Goal from Antonio Valencia and Danny Welbeck were enough to see off Arsenal and restore 3 points gap with Premier league leaders. Premier league top scorer,  Robin van Persie scored his 18 premier league goal of the season but was not enough to stop Sir Alex Ferguson club. The gunners lost to United 8-2 in the first round Arsenal vs Manchester United encounter. Earlier Manchester City grabbed a 3-2  late minute win over Tottenham.

Van Persie joined Torres in this week crucial goal miss
Van Persie joined in Torres miss drama this week. Chris Smalling fell down allowed Tomas Rosicky  to snatch the ball and presented Van Persie with goal scoring opportunity, he hit the ball with left foot just ten yards in front of the gaping goal but surprisingly the ball went wide and it his Van Persie miss. What a miss for top striker!!

Arsenal FC vs Manchester United goals summary
Antonio Valencia 0-1 (45')
Robin Van Persie 1-1 (71')
Danny Welbeck 1-2 (81')
Arsenal vs Manchester United video highlights

szólj hozzá: A1-2M

Arsenal FC starting lineup and subs:  Wojciech Szczęsny, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, , Johan Djourou (Nicholas Yennaris), Tomas Rosicky, Alex Song, Robin Van Persie, Aaron Ramsey (Park Chu-Young), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Andrei Arshavin) and Theo Walcott.

Manchester United starting lineup and subs:  Anders Lindegaard, Jonathan Evans, Chris Smalling, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones (Rafael - Park Ji-Sung), Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Nani (Paul Scholes), Antonio Valencia, Danny Welbeck and Wayne Rooney.

Africa Cup of Nations 2012: Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea secured a $1 million bonus plus plus $20,000 for a goal in 1-0 victory against Libya

Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea secured a $1 million bonus plus $20,000 for a goal in 1-0 victory against Libya in African Nations Cup opening game of the tournament. The bonus is a reward promised by president son Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Midfielder Javier Balboa scored the winning goal on 87'.

For Libya team this is more than just a football tournament, it is coupled by celebration for Libya freedom post Colonel Gadaffi. El Khatroushi and Juma Gtat joined the then rebel force and fight Gadaffi regimen. El Khatroushi said “Everybody is afraid of dying at a young age, but we had to do something,” …… “I'm proud of what we did, but that's not why we fought. We did it for our country.”

Equatorial Guinea vs Libya video highlights

The tournament give opportunity for more football minor teams to show their quality as the famous Africa giants Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt and South Africa failed to qualify. Ivory Coast are clear favorites and would fance the opportunity to capitalize on absence of Africa giant. Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Koro Toure and Yahya Toure are among top player among with many others.

Premier league: Fulham destroy Newcastle United in 5-2 victory, Clint Dempsey hattrick

Fulham FC vs Newcastle United goals summary

Danny Guthrie 0-1 (43')

Danny Murphy (pen) 1-1 (52')

Clint Dempsey 2-1 (58')

Clint Dempsey 3-1 (64')

Bobby Zamora (pen) 4-1 (67')

Hatem Ben Arfa 4-2 (85') 

Clint Dempsey 5-2 (89')

Fulham FC vs Newcastle United video highlights - Clint Dempsey hattrick

szólj hozzá: Fulham v Newcastle 5:2 GOALS