Monday, May 27, 2013

Mumbai wins IPL 2013


Mumbai Indians finally annexed their maiden Pepsi Indian Premier Legue title upstaging a jittery Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in the final here today to bring the curtains down to a tarnished sixth season of the cash-rich league. Mired in spot-fixing controversy after the arrest of owner N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, Chennai Super Kings found the 149-run target, usually an easy ask by their standard, a little too much as they finished on 125 for nine on a difficult track.

Bayern Munich Wins Champions League 2013


Robben scored a go-ahead goal in the 89th minute to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 victory over German rival Borussia Dortmund on Saturday night in the Champions League final, ending four years of frustration for his team in club soccer's biggest tournament. "I don't know how many times I dreamed about it," Robben said. "Everybody I spoke to before the game, I said, `Today is going to be the night and we're going to do it.' To do it in the end is an unbelievable feeling." Bayern had lost two of the last three Champions League finals.