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European league second semi-final saw another interesting finish as Valencia grabbed a 4-0 victory over Real Betis at Mestalla. With this win over the Real Betis, Valencia made a firm hold on the third position of the Primera Division.

Valencia opened their account very early with Jonas Oliveira scoring the first goal of the match after the absence of Antonio Dorado as he was sent off the field. After the first goal of the match Valencia?s strikers scored three goals in succession to wrap up the match as 4-0.

Betis did continue their grim run as Jorge Molina was sent off the field due to his protest. This victory of Valencia over betis made Los Che move four points down making the fourth placed Malaga slip by one position.

Atletico Madrid won over Espanyol in the European league football by 3-1 as Arda Turan scored two phenomenal goals in the second half minute of the match.

At the starting of the game Diego Godin had controlled Espanyol for about ten minutes. In response of the act Didac Vila responded very finely if favour of the Espanyol. Within the one hour of the game Arda Turan restored the lead of the Atletico Madrid by a magnificent overhead kick. He later in the game had stretched the lead of Atletico over Espanyol by a superb left footed shot that passed by the Goalkeeper of Espanyol.

Gaizka Toquero had given an early goal in order to lift back Athletic Bilbao back into the good position in the European league making the Racing Santander go down the table. This goal was the only goal of the match which has fetched Athletic Bilbao the sixth position in the points table with 4 games still to go.

Splendid over head kick by Carlos Vela within five minutes of the start of the match fetched Real Sociedad 1-1 draw with Villarreal. Dominant position in the first half of the game was taken up by the visiting team with Marcos Senna firing the ball into the post. Claudio Bravo stood out courageous to face the strong attacks from the host?s side. At the end the match was equalized by Xabi Preito who has given a magnificent header. This was his 5th goal of the season which comprised of five matches for him.

Granada grabbed their first win after four games against Getafe that allowed them to move out of the relegation zone.

Well, interesting proceeding is already started happening in the much known British Open. The qualifier for this event ended in great results. Asian International qualifier on Friday helped Thailand?s Prayad Marksaeng to enter the British open with Kodai Ichihara of Japan, and India?s favorite Anirban Larhiri. Lahiri made an incredible final round entry, by hitting a five under par 67. They were then joined by Mardan Mamat who belongs to Singapore by defeating Jonathan Moore and Lam for United States of America.

Anirban Lahiri is quite a popular name in India, and hence if he makes it at the big one you can expect a large crowd of Indian origin in the event. More and more Indian fans are getting interested in the game of golf mostly youngsters, and all thanks to the previous as well as this performance of Anirban Lahiri. People want to see more of Lahiri, lots of Asian supporters are backing all four stars which will be fighting it out at the grand stage with all eyes hooked to them.

Lahiri?s play was held for two and a half hour as there had been threats of lighting in the area, but then also he managed to qualify for the dream; he has been looking for decade. He also stated that it was his childhood dream to be in the British Open. He also mentioned that he was heartbroken by previous two attempts in which he failed to book the spot for himself. Thus, now this guy from India is in high spirits and all the other players should watch him, as he can turn the tables this time in the British Open. Lahiri claimed that the threat of lightning frustrated him like hell and he is glad that the event is finally over and that he has qualified it.

Prayad showed some incredible talent to manage his spot in the British Open; he managed a 50 feet birdie and lots of hot putting. He will be featuring in the event for the fifth time. He marvelously stated that he was lucky in getting all the putts most essentially the long ones. Moreover golf legend claimed that the loved the driving skills of Prayad. He also stated that he will try to make the first cut of his career in British Open this time. So, keep yourself informed about the proceedings of this coming event as there will be many interesting moment which you would not like to miss.

Well, who could have thought of watching all his favorite boxing champions on a single stage? But it was the much hyped press tour, which made it happen and people really loved what they saw Floyd Money Mayweather, the much known name in boxing and a multi division boxing star with Super welterweight Champion of the world Miguel Cotto alongside WBC world champion in super welterweight Canelo Alvarez. They all were joined by non other than, the former world champion Sugar Shane Mosley at the Hollywood?s most incredible and renowned Grauman Chinese Theater for promotion of the coming matches, which will be held on 5th May and is regarded as the Megafight.

Floyd Money Mayweather talked about doping and other stuff and claimed that they choose Olympic style blood testing, so that they is no foul play in their matches and the player remain on an even ground. He also claimed that Miguel Cotto is a very solid guy and that; no one who is in a ring with him should overlook him by any chance. He looked charming in the event as he always is. This fight is looking to take interesting turns and hence one should really watch these guys throw some hands at each other.

Miguel Cotto claimed that he want to train had for this match and that he doesn?t want his training to stop even for a single day. So, that on The Day he can find something from his arsenal to beat Floyd Money Mayweather this coming May. There is one more match on May 5th which is between Former world champion and Super Welterweight Champion. Canelo Alvarez and Shane Mosley have a match which is much awaited and there are many people waiting for this historical match to happen sooner.

Canelo Alvarez claimed that he started training for boxing watching fights of Shane Mosley and now he is going to have a match with him. He said that this was an amazing feeling for him and that he will give his 100% in this coming May. He said that it is like a dream coming true for him to be with Shane in the same ring. Shane said that he is quite honored to be a part of this event and he is looking forward to his match with Canelo Alvarez and that he will be holding on to his card. So, the fans of boxing are waiting for May 5th for these incredible and historical matches.