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REVIEW: 100th La Liga match in which Messi scores

OOTBALL - Lionel Messi converted a penalty against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, thus promoting this match to the 100th in the Premier League in which he has scored at least once. Tonight’s was his 206th La Liga match meaning that he has not scored in 106 league matches. FC Barcelona’s track record in the 100 matches in which he nets at least once is 91 wins, eight draws and one defeat (4-3 against Atlético Madrid in 2009). Messi’s La Liga goal total has reached 155.

Mar 31, 2012

#Review #Football #FC Barcelona #Lionel Messi #En Fuego

REVIEW: Real Madrid tally 100th goal of La Liga season

FOOTBALL - The good people from Pamplona are used to being chased by stampeding bulls but the red home jerseys served as the proverbial red rag in Madrid’s chase to absolutely shatter the single season La Liga goalscoring record tonight. The visitors won 5-1 and brought up 100 goals with eight matches remaining.

Mar 31, 2012

#Review #Football #La Liga #Real Madrid

REVIEW: Robben's March Hare Madness saves Bayern

FOOTBALL - It was not Bayern’s turn to slam in seven goals, but it was Arjen Robben’s March Madness that saved the day. Since his arrival in 2009, no Bundesliga player has scored more league goals in matches played in March than the 12 by the Dutchman in that month. Click ‘Read More’ to see Robben’s monthly distribution.

Mar 31, 2012

#Review #Football #Bundesliga #Bayern München #Arjen Robben

OFF THE MARK - Cannot hit the side of a barn

FOOTBALL - Queens Park Rangers’ Adel Taarabt finally scored his first PL goal of the season and it was not for lack of effort. Before today, his 61 attempts without a goal led the Premier League. He has now passed the torch to Stewart Downing. Click ‘Read More’ to see the rankings at the start of the day.

Mar 31, 2012

#Football #Premier League #Queens Park Rangers #Adel Taarabt #Off the mark

PREVIEW: Boonen can join Flanders Tour elite (Cycling)

CYCLING - In-form Tom Boonen will be among the favourites to win the ‘Ronde van Vlaanderen’ (Tour of Flanders) tomorrow. This race is one of the most important one-day races of the season. If Boonen (or countryman Stijn Devolder) claim their third win they will join the record holders on three career wins. Click ‘Read More’ to see who they are.

Mar 31, 20121 note

#Cycling #Classic #Ronde van Vlaanderen #Tour of Flanders #Tom Boonen #Stijn Devolder

ON THIS DAY: 1975: Wooden wins 10th title (Basketball)

BASKETBALL - Precisely 37 years ago, John Wooden won his 10th and last NCAA crown with the UCLA Bruins. In a way, it is ironic that a man who never spoke about winning or losing is one of the most successful at all time. Click here for a tribute to Coach Wooden, whose virtues embody everything that this website, and its makers, stand for. Character, consideration of others, personal preparation.

Mar 31, 2012

#On This Day #Basketball #NCAA #UCLA #John Wooden #31 March

BIRTHDAY - 31 March: Gordie Howe (Ice Hockey)

ICE HOCKEY - Only very few athletes manage to get a statistic named after them. Gordie Howe is such a person and the ‘Gordie Howe hat-trick’ would involve scoring at least once, providing at least one assist and winning one fight in a single match. Howe became a legend of the Detroit Red Wings and a six-time NHL MVP. He was the childhood hero of Wayne Gretzky, who, when he found Howe’s trademark No. 9 unavailable on his first pro team, decided to play with No. 99.

Shares birthday with: René Descartes, Christopher Walken, Angus Young

Mar 31, 2012

#Birthday #Ice Hockey #NHL #Detroit Red Wings #Gordie Howe #31 March

ODDS AND ENDS - Oddschanger's best bets

FOOTBALL - The stand out fixture in England sees out of form Liverpool (11/8) head to Newcastle (85/40) for Sunday’s early kick off. An incredible statistic shows that Kenny Dalglish’s side would be in 18^th position if the Premier League had begun at the start of January.

Mar 30, 2012

#Odds and ends #Oddschanger #Football #Premier League #Bundesliga

INFOGRAPHIC: Premier League woodwork analysis

FOOTBALL: Our own Mark Montvai researched all 209 Premier League shots this season that hit the woodwork. Precisely 109 hit the post and 100 hit the bar. Liverpool is the most woodwork happy PL club this season with 22 hits. Mark has even figured out how the PL table would look like if goals came out of everything that has ‘crawled from the woodwork’. Click ‘Read More’ and let him blow your mind.

Mar 30, 2012

#Infographic #Football #Premier League #Liverpool #Luis Suarez

INFOGRAPHIC: Football clubs in seventh heaven

FOOTBALL - One of the people helping us to regular Infographics has pointed out to us that there are three teams from the Euro Club Index Top 20 that are riding seven-match winning streaks in their domestic leagues. As championship races are heating up, find out here who those three teams are. They are ‘en fuego’.

Mar 30, 2012

#Infographic #Football #Euro Club Index #En Fuego

MESSI STATS: Inside and outside the box

FOOTBALL - Our Twitter follower @SuperMik_ told us a story about Lionel Messi that we are sharing with you here. He is only 15 years old and has no data or writing experience. But he loves football and wants to share! So we helped him to all of Lionel Messi’s goals and he found out that 30 of Lionel Messi’s 235 official goals for FC Barcelona were scored from outside the penalty box! We did not know that, but now we do. Thanks!

Mar 29, 2012

#Messi Stats #Football #FC Barcelona #Lionel Messi #Outside The Box

OFF THE WALL - Is Marcus Camby Dude Perfect?

BASKETBALL - Check out this intercontinental ballistic missile from Marcus Camby, scoring a basket almost from his own baseline. Click here and be amazed. He reminds us of the guys from Dude Perfect, masters of the basketball trick shot. Click here. This idea came to us via our friends on Facebook.

Mar 29, 2012

#Off The Wall #Basketball #Dude Perfect #Marcus Camby

IN THE NEWS - Who is La Liga's premier provider?

FOOTBALL - We understand how much attention Xavi and Andrés Iniesta are receiving for being among the world’s best passers and providers. But the overlord of La Liga assists is someone that we have not seen for a while. Want to know who that is?

Mar 29, 2012

#Andres Iniesta #FC Barcelona #Football #La Liga #Xavi #real Madrid #In The News

ON THIS DAY: 1982: Shot that launched Air Jordan

BASKETBALL - Thirty years later, it might be easy to see how all panned out so well for Michael Jordan, one of the most celebrated and decorated basketball players in history. However, as he tells us in his video documentary ‘Come Fly With Me’ it is this shot that wins North Carolina the 1982 NCAA Championship that truly puts him ‘on the map’.

Mar 29, 2012

#On This Day #Basketball #NCAA #March Madness #Michael Jordan #29 March

BIRTHDAY - 29 March: Téofilo Stevenson (Boxing)

BOXING - Téofilo Stevenson is 60 years old today. The Cuban heavyweight is one of three boxers to win three Olympic Gold Medals (László Papp and Felix Savón being the others). He is also a three-time world amateur champion, with Cubans not being involved in the professional ranks at the time (the 1970s). Click here to read his profile on the Infostrada Sports Wall Of Fame.

Shares birthday with: Bol-y-Bol

Mar 29, 2012

#Boxing #Olympic Games #Cuba #Téofilo Stevenson #Heavyweight #29 March

DEBATE - When did the Laser Games start?

FOOTBALL - In both of Wednesday’s Champions League matches, supporters of the home team employing laser pens made an attempt to distract visiting players. We are by no means saying that both home teams wore white, because dark colours attract more bright light, whereas the whites deter it. But what we want to know is, which was the first match influenced by Dr. Evil?

Mar 28, 2012

#Debate #Football #Champions League #Laser Game #Laser

EPIC BATTLES - Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal

TENNIS - Introducing a brand new category on this website: Epic Battles. We will pit great adversaries against each other and let YOU be the judge. The opening feature belongs to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the most gripping rivalry in tennis today. Click here for footage of their unforgettable 2008 Wimbledon final matchup. Retweet your favourite player in our Twitter debate.

Mar 28, 2012

#Epic Battles #Roger Federer #Rafael Nadal #Tennis #ATP #Wimbledon

ON THIS DAY: 1992: Laettner's buzzer beater

BASKETBALL - The most famous moment in March Madness History? Maybe. One of the most lasting memories of a clutch shot in the history of basketball? Certainly. Twenty years ago to the day, there was ‘that shot’. Duke trailing Kentucky 103-102, a mere 2.1 seconds to go in the game. Grant Hill in-bounding from his own end. Hits Laettner. And then this! #epicstuff What is YOUR favourite March Madness moment?

Mar 28, 20121 note

#On This Day #Basketball #NCAA #March Madness #Duke #Christian Laettner #28 March

BIRTHDAY - 28 March: Sepp Herberger (Football)

FOOTBALL - Josef “Sepp” Herberger would have been 115 years old if he were alive today. Herberger is epitomised as the man who led West Germany to winning the 1954 FIFA World Cup. In the final dubbed “The Miracle Of Bern”, the Germans rallied from 2-0 down to beat Hungary 3-2, after having been pummeled by the “Mighty Magyars” 8-3 in the group stage of the same tournament. Every Person Needs A Dream.

Shares birthday with: Maxim Gorky, Dianne Wiest, Lady Gaga

Mar 28, 2012

#Birthday #Football #World Cup #Germany #1954 #Sepp Herberger #28 March

REVIEW: CL frontrunner Benzema trumps even Messi

FOOTBALL - When all the smoke had settled on Cyprus, Karim Benzema had scored his 25th and 26th career Champions League goals, reaching the quarter century even quicker than FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. Karim Benzema needed 41 CL matches to reach at least 25 goals (26 in total). Only Filippo Inzaghi (30) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (30) needed fewer matches to reach this milestone. Lionel Messi needed 42.

Mar 27, 2012

#Review #Football #Champions League #FC Barcelona #Lionel Messi #Real Madrid #Karim Benzema

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