Yet another milestone achieved : Fourth straight Ballon d'OR won by Messi

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Breaking every previous record Lionel Messi once again won the FIFA Ballon d'OR for the fourth time in a row. For this glory he stood ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta.
He scored 91 goals in 2012 which was the record by any player in a year however he failed to gave his team  the title of La Liga and Champions League as well.But as far as individual performance is considered Messi was way above any other players in the planet.With this award Messi proved himself as the best player of the world for the fourth time since 2009.
With 41.6% votes Messi won the award and with 23.6% vote Ronaldo was the runner-up and with 10.9% votes Iniesta was the second runner-up for the award.
Messi expressed - "To tell the truth this is really unbelievable and the fourth award i have had is too great for words."
Even his competitor Cristiano said if he would have got chance to vote he certainly would have voted for Messi. With this Ballon d'OR Messi has become the first ever player on the planet to have this honor.Apart from this he was also included in the FifPro world XI team. 

Barcelona vs Celtic 2-1 Champions league highlight video 23 October 2012

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Match Summary :
Barcelona 2 - 1 Celtic
Iniesta 45'          Samaras 18'
alba  90+4'
Venue : Camp Nou , Barcelona
Date : October 23,2012
With a late goal in additional minute by Alba gave the catalans a hard win over Celtic. Samaras from Celtic scored the first goal crashing the hopes of Barca's fans in just 18 minute. Barcelona find it hard to find equalizer goal until Iniesta scored in 45th minute for Barcelona. In second half after that no goal was scored and the match seemed to be a tie .But raising the hopes of the catalans Alba scored a magnificent goal in 94th minute giving them the wonderful victory. 

Barcelona vs Celtic 2-1 highlights 2012 champions league

India test squad - India vs New Zealand test series 2012

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The two test and two t20 tour of New Zealand in India will be starting from 23 August to 11 September.
Below here is the fixture of two test series :
  • India vs New Zealand : 1st test match
    23 - 27 August ,2012 : Hyderabad
  • India vs New Zealand : 2nd test match
    31 August - 4 Sept,2012 : Bangalore
Initially VVS Laxman was also listed in the 15 man test squad for India however after his sudden International retirement from cricket on Saturday S Badrinath was placed in the squad for him.Badrinath has only played two international test matches.

India vs New Zealand: India test squad

  • MS Dhoni
  • Gautam Gambhir
  • Virat Kohli
  • S Badrinath
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Virendra Sehwag
  • Suresh Raina
  • Cheteshwor Pujara
  • Umesh Yadav
  • Zaheer Khan
  • Ishant Sharma
  • Pragyan Ojha
  • Ajinkya Rahane
  • Piyush Chawla
  • R Ashwin

Barcelona vs Samdoria 0-1 highlights video 20 August 2012

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Match Summary
Barcelona 0-1 Samdoria
2'  [0-1] R. Soriano

Barcelona vs Samdoria 0-1 highlights

Manchester United vs Everton 0-1 highlights video 20 August 2012

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Everton ceased the 3 points and Manchester United was thrilled by the defeat against Everton. Manu's camp got a difficult start in this new 12/13 season of Primiere league. Manu's players enetered in field  with Van persie still on the bench who was entered in 67th minute as a substitute player.
First half was goal less. Both teams players missed multiple chances to score however on 57th minute in second half Belgium Star Fellaini gave the lead to Everton with which Everton earned three points.Prior to the match there was a huge expectation from Manu's summer signing Van Persie who was entered late in the match but couldn't score however he targeted many strikes but were successfully defended by Everton.
Match Summary
Manuchester United 0-1 Everton
                                      57' Fellaini
Venue : Goddisson Park, liverpool
Date : 20August 2012

Everton vs Manu 1-0 highlights video : Full Match

Real Madrid vs Valencia 1-1 highlights video 19 August 2012

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Mourinho's mens failed to cease a victory at home ground and opened up this new 12/13 season of La Liga with a draw against Valencia.Gonzalo Higauin gave a lead to Madrid in 10th minute with a wonderful kick however it was later equalized by Jonas in 42th minute.
Certainly this wasn't the start Mourinho could have expected while they are going to face Barcelona in upcoming week in Super Cup.
Match Summary
Real Madrid 1-1 Valencia
Higuain 10'           Jonas 42'
Venue : Santiago Bernabeu,Madrid
Date : August 19 , 2012

Real Madrid vs Valencia 1-1 video highlights

WBA vs Liverpool 3-0 highlights video premiere league 18th August 2012

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Match Summary : 
West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Liverpool
43' Zoltan Gera
64' Odemwingie (PG)
77' Romen Lukaku
Venue : The hawthorns , West Bromwich
WBA started 12/13 season of Premiere league with a thrilling win over Liverpools by 3-0 score. Steve Clarke started with a win as a WBA manager. With this win WBA secured an important 3 points on the point table.

West Bromwich vs Liverpool 3-0 highlights video

Fulham vs Norwich city 5-0 highlights

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Match Summary :
Fulham    5-0     Norwich city
27' Damein Duff
42' , 54' Mladen Petric
66' Kacaniklic
87' Steve Sidwell
A stunning win for the Fulham at Craven Cottage London in which Fulham warriors crashed Norwich city with 5-0. This was an exciting opening in EPL season 12/13 for Fulham.

Fulham vs Norwich City 5-0 highlights video

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