Premier League Preview: Liverpool Vs Wigan

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Premier League match time dawns at Anfield as Liverpool get set to host Wigan on Saturday, February 12, in match week 27.

This is the second of a two-leg contest between the sides, with the first, hosted by Wigan on November 11, ending in a 1-1 draw.

Torres got the Merseysiders speedily ahead on 7 minutes, and exactly seven minutes soon after the interval, Rodallega got the Latics level at 1-1. Torres' opening strike was the result of poor defending by Wigan who committed the cardinal mistake of allowing Gerrard too much space, and the captain threaded a pass through to the Spain striker, even as Alcaraz was beaten by the pass and Caldwell was all too simple and easy for Torres to  get past and put the ball behind Al Habsi into the Wigan net.

Liverpool had been brilliant for about 20 minutes at the get started, and inexplicably appeared to go into a shell thereafter.

The draw left Liverpool fans fuming and renewing the call for Hodgson's head. Some of the criticism seemed warranted as Liverpool appeared to be in an overly defensive mindset following the interval, when Poulson was brought on for Meireles. Hodgson kept N'gog on the bench and did not even use him as a second half substitute.

Rodallega and N'Zogbia's pace harried the Red's back-line. Tom Cleverley was yet another Wigan player who had a fantastic day at the office. Liverpool came back to life in the last 10 minutes and their efforts helped create chances for Torres and Gerrard, creating it all the even more baffling as to why they did not attempt it earlier.

Head to head, Liverpool lead Wigan 7-1 in 11 games played among them, with the remaining three matches ending in stalemates.

In their last league games, Liverpool have registered  five wins, 4 losses and a draw Wigan have won and lost two each of their last 10, drawing the remaining 6. Of 13 house games, this season, Liverpool have won 8, drawn three and lost 2, when Wigan have won just two of 12 away games, though losing and drawing five every.

In match week 26, Liverpool beat Chelsea 1- away at Stamford Bridge, whilst Wigan beat Blackburn 4-three at home.

Their win against Chelsea has propelled Liverpool to 6th spot and with 13 match weeks to play, they could go nonetheless greater.

On current form, Wigan will want far more than a slice of luck to get away with any points from Saturday's game.

Liverpool's beginning eleven against Chelsea had Reina, Skrtel, Carragher, Agger, Kelly, Lucas, Meireles, Johnson, Gerrard, Maxi and Kuyt. Poulsen and Aurelio featured as substitutes.

Wigan had the following males in their starting eleven against Blackburn: Al Habsi, Boyce, Gohouri, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Diame, N'Zogbia, Watson, McCarthy, Moses and Rodallega. McArthur, Di Santo and Cleverley played as substitutes.

Preview of ONC Certification Process

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Well being and Human Services (HHS) issues a final rule to establish a certification program for EHR technology. They detail out the process to be established in order to turn into a certifying body. The Wellness Data Technologies for Economic and Clinical Well being (HITECH) Act directs Workplace of National Coordinator to promote the meaningful use of EHR technology nationwide. Under the program, firstly to be an ONC-ATCB, the applicants need to have to follow the below process:

• National Coordinator accepts applications
  
• Applicants demonstrate their competency
  
• Check ability to test and certify complete EHR and EHR Modules
  
• Adhere to Principles of Proper conduct below ONC

At present, the six organizations recognized by ONC as ATCBs are:

• CCHIT
  
• Drummond Group
  
• InfoGard Laboratories Inc.
  
• SLI Global Solutions
  
• ICSA Labs
  
• Surescripts LLC

These organizations then conduct programs for inspection of the Wellness IT Company's EHR technologies wherein the functionalities, security and interoperability criteria are tested. The Health IT Provider has to follow the following method to attain the Certification from the Certifying Bodies:

• Evaluation of the Agreement
  
• Assessment of the Handbook
  
• Assessment of Test Scripts
  
• Application form
  
• Self-Attestation
  
• Get the scheduled date

Having identified the approach by now the question could possibly be why ONC ATCB certification? The major reason why a software development corporation would be interested in this certification is simply because it provides the developers of the technology to have their healthcare solution tested and accepted by healthcare providers to be utilized. And why really should the healthcare provider pick out ONCT ATCB tested item? It is beneficial for any provider below the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program to claim their incentives of adopting the healthcare technologies. It would offer confidence to the physicians in the capabilities of the product that they program to adopt.

ONC with its certification of meaningful use is tremendously supporting the nation's move towards secured and functional exchange of healthcare details, benefitting both the technologies provider and the healthcare provider.

World Cup Cricket Spread Betting Preview 2011

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On the 1 hand, spread buyers of their outright index at 22 (winner = 60 points runner-up = 40 points shed semi-final = 20 points shed in the quarter-final = 10 points group stage = points) will nonetheless be thinking of the back-to-back Ashes wins the Test side secured, which includes the comprehensive victory Down Below this winter. Even though not as fresh in the memory banks, there is also last year's triumph at the Globe Twenty20 to increase the same spread buyers' hopes. The experience in winning a maiden major international trophy was a large monkey off the team's back, says all-rounder Paul Collingwood. Spread sellers of the Three Lions' outright index will be blocking this out and pointing directly to the 6-1 defeat the side suffered at the hands of Australia in their current ODI series, with this competition taking the exact same 50-over format.

Sporting Index makes India its outright favourite and spread buyers at 30 of the joint-host - Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the others - will be hoping a partisan backing will see the ICC's leading-ranked Test side into at least the final in order to return a profit. Spread bettors receiving with the 1983 champions in the spread betting firm's Group B Index (group Winner = 60 points, runner-up = 40 points, third = 30 points, fourth = 20 points, fifth = 10 points, sixth = five points, seventh = points) will only turn a profit if they claim best spot. Spread sellers of India's position in this marketplace at 42 will be relying on the combination of South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland or Netherlands to topple MS Dhoni's males.

In the other pool, Sri Lanka's Group A index spread is set at 41-44 and cricket spread betting buyers will be predicting the 1996 winners of this tournament can replicate the feat they achieved then when they topped the group, romping dwelling with a 100 percent record. To do that, the only previous host to have ever lifted the trophy, will want to finish above Australia - just as it did 15 years ago. The Michael Clarke-led one day side is leading of the ICC rankings in this form of the game and spread bettors will be quoted a spread of 39-42 for the Aussies' Group A index. Australia's spread sellers in this market - and in the tournament outright index at 23 (spread 23-26) will be keeping their fingers crossed that Australia's tournament winning run ends with the hat-trick the Baggy Greens achieved when taking the crown in the West Indies 4 years ago.

2011 Tampa Bay Rays Season Preview and MLB Predictions

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The Tampa Bay Rays won their second AL East title in 3 seasons in 2010 by finishing with a 96-66 record. A speedy exit in the Divisional Round at the hands of the Texas Rangers would soon follow. Soon after what took place this offseason Tampa Bay went from being 1 of baseball's most skilled and vibrant teams back to a little-industry wannabe. Tampa Bay lost Carl Crawford (their very best player ever) to the Red Sox, Carlos Pena (their preferred residence run hitter) to the Cubs, and Jason Bartlett (their top shortstop ever) to San Diego. Not to mention, closer Rafael Soriano left in cost-free agency and No. two starter Matt Garza was traded to the Cubs. Take a appear at how all the changes will influence this team by checking out my MLB predictions on the Rays below.

Projected Lineup

With the losses of Crawford and Pena, Tampa Bay is going to have rely on third baseman Evan Longoria much more than ever in 2011. Longoria has the tools to carry this offense, but if he doesn't get some assist, you have to wonder how many pitches he will even see worth swinging at. Longoria has 82 property runs and 302 RBIs more than the last 3 seasons, and has continued to get much better with each season. Tamp Bay is hoping the signings of Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon will offest the losses this offseason, but both are coming off disappointing 2010 campaigns. Damon, who is expected to bat leadoff, watched his household run totals fall from 24 to eight and at 37 it's difficult to imagine a large turn around. Ramirez turns 39 in May perhaps, but if he comes ready to play, we feel he could genuinely help this team win games. An additional player the Rays will definitely count on this year is B.J. Upton, who needs to return to the form of 2007 when he hit.300 with 24 home runs.

The rest of the lineup is full of unkowns, and you genuinely do not know what to anticipate out of this bunch. Ideal fielder Ben Zobrist has an remarkable eye at the plate, but his home runs totals dropped from 27 in 2009 to just 10 last year. First baseman Dan Johnson showed flashes of what he is capable of bringing to this team down the stretch with two game winning property runs, and it will be interesting to see what he does in a full season. Second baseman Sean Rodriguez and shortstop Reid Brignac displayed a little of what they are capable of producing last year, and how they perform this year will have a significant impact on no matter if or not the Rays can continue to compete in the AL East. Catcher John Jaso had a pretty good initial season in the majors, and Tampa Bay is hoping that by dropping him in the lineup he will be able to to have an even larger second season.

Projected Rotation

With With the trade of Garza, the Rays only sure starter this season is ace David Price, who went 19-6 with a two.72 ERA in 2010, and the 24-year-old only figures to get greater as he matures and develops his secondary pitches to go along with his 95-mph fastball. If the Rays are going to win this year it will be considering the other 4 starters in this rotation improved off last season. Jeff Niemann started the year on fire, going 6- in his 1st 12 begins, but faded down the stretch, going five-8 over his final 17 begins. If he can get some consistency and pitch like he did to start out 2010, Tampa Bay will have a solid No. two or No.3 starter. Wade Davis also had an up and down year. He went just 2-8 with a 5.58 ERA in an 11-start stretch, but was 10-two with a 3.30 ERA in all other begins. James Shields continues to get burnt with additional base hits, he has led all of baseball with 379 more than the last five years. He has to uncover a way to lower those numbers and improve off his 13-15 finish to last season. Jeremy Hellickson was the minor league pitcher of the year in 2010, and was 3- with a 2.05 ERA with Tampa Bay. If he can put together a full season, he could honestly surprise this year.

2011 Projection: 3rd Place AL East

Common Manager Andrew Friedman said it ideal, "To have a company model that is based on becoming proper additional than any one else, it's not truly a lasting organization model. We relish the reality that we have to swim against the tide. It's just that the existing is obtaining stronger." To translate that for you, the Yankees and Red Sox are spending a lot more income, our energy and bullpen are shaky at preferred, and even if things go as effectively as achievable, we'll still finish third in the division. I don't think the cupboard is bare here, but with the losses the Rays suffered in the offseason, they will not be able to maintain up with Boston and New York again.

Premier League Preview: Manchester United Vs Birmingham

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Premier League match time returns to Old Trafford as Manchester United host Birmingham on January 22, in match week 24, in the second of a two-leg contest.

The initially leg game between the sides, hosted by Birmingham at St Andrews' Ground on December 28, 2010, was a 1-1 draw. Berbatov put St Alex's wards ahead on the hour, fed by a Gibson cross from the proper.

But United would feel justifiably aggrieved with the referee immediately after getting to concede a point on the back of Bowyer's equaliser in the 89th minute. As it transpired, Johnson's corner kick went off Zigic's arm to fall perfectly in location for Berbatov to score.

Birmingham have been difficult to beat at St Andrews, and which includes the game with Man United, they have conceded defeat at home just when in 28 games. Larrson was particularly industrious throughout the game for Birmingham, but was substituted by Hleb in the last 20 minutes. That said, it is tough to fathom why McLeish chose not to give a player of Hleb's obvious skill a spot in his starting eleven.

Possibly in deference to Birmingham's very good residence record, United played with an overly defensive 4-3-3 formation. The contrast between United's property and away records is startling. That apart, Sir Alex's squad have uncharacteristically thrown away leads in 3 other games this season, against Everton, Fulham and West Brom.

Head to head, in 9 league games between the sides, Man United have established a dominant 5- benefit more than Birmingham.

The Old Trafford squad have won four of their last five league games, in the present season, though Birmingham have won just as soon as in their last five games, though drawing and losing twice every single.

Sir Alex Fergusson's squad have enjoyed the most impressive house record of all teams this season, with 10 wins in 11 games hosted, with a draw in the remaining 1. Birmingham have not had a superb away record, winning just 1 of 10 games ion the road, when drawing five and losing four.

On present form, it would be extremely difficult for Birmingham to avoid Man United from banking full points from this game.

Man United had the following males in their beginning eleven against West Brom in match week 21: Kuszczak, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Obertan, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Berbatov and Rooney. Da Silva, Hernandez and Gibson played as substitutes.

Birmingham's beginning eleven against Arsenal in match week 21 had Foster, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Gardner, Bowyer, Beausejour and Jerome. Zigic, Derbyshire and Hleb had been made use of as substitutes.

Premier League Preview: Chelsea Vs Wigan

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It is Premier League match when once again at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea get ready to welcome Wigan in match week 32 on Saturday, April 9, in athe second of a two-legged contest.

The initial, hosted by Wigan on August 21, 2010, ended 6- in the visitors' favour. Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou scored twice every single as Chelsea crushed Wigan. The match was such a stroll in the park for Chelsea that the champions' loss at the exact same venue last year appeared baffling, by contrast.

To Wigan's credit, they came out firing in the initially 20 minutes. But immediately after Chelsea went into the lead on 34 minutes, on the back of Malouda's strike, the dwelling team just faded away. Chelsea took hold of the game and their midfielders and forwards took turns at scoring.

For a change, Anelka got to score himself, rather of having to supply Drogba with objective scoring fodder. Chelsea's defence was solid, with Terry and Alex outstanding. Benayoun came in as an 80th minute substitute and scored his side's last objective of the game.

Head to head, Chelsea have established a 9-1 benefit over Wigan, in the last 11 league games played among the sides, with the remaining match drawn.

In their last 10 league games, Chelsea have registered 5 wins, three draws and two losses Wigan have won 2 of their last 10, even though losing 3 and drawing the remaining five. Of their 14 dwelling games this season, Chelsea have won 10, and drawn and lost 2 every, though Wigan have won just 2 of their 14 games on the road, while losing and drawing 6 every single.

In match week 31, Chelsea drew 1-1 away at Stoke, whilst Wigan drew - against Tottenham, playing at dwelling.

Wigan are currently propping up the league table and seem destined to remain exactly where they are, at least in match week 32.

Chelsea who have been pushed down once again to fourth spot by Man City will want to regain third spot, and a win against Wigan will be a step in that direction. Playing at Stamford Bridge, Wigan can anticipate no mercy from the champions who ought to be keen to salvage as significantly pride as they can from the fag end of their campaign, given that their defence of their title appears all but over.

Chelsea's starting eleven against Stoke had the following players: Cech, Bosingwa, David Lutz, Terry, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Malouda, Drogba and Anelka. Ivanovic, Kalou and Torres featured as substitutes.

Wigan had the following men in their starting eleven against Tottenham: Al Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Watson, McCarthy, N'Zogbia, Cleverley, Moses and Rodallega. Diame, Samson and Di Santo were applied as substitutes.

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Preview - Rebooting the Planet of the Apes

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With the release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 1 of Hollywood's most enduring franchisees gets however a different make-more than. Younger audiences feel of Tim Burton's 2001 're-imagination' of the original Planet of the Apes to be the 'first' in the series but to believe that would be a gross injustice to one of the most fascinating concepts ever.

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Story

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is about a man who's working on a cure for Alzheimer's illness. Will Rodman (James Franco) performs tests on apes and his tests on one of them, Caesar (Andy Serkis) genetically modifies the chimpanzee's way of thinking, therefore giving way to a new breed that possesses man-like intelligence. Initially impressed, humans try to harness Caesar's new-identified genius but its only a matter of time ahead of the 'lesser' of the two decide to make their own options. Like the film's tagline suggests, the evolution transforms into a revolution with Caesar escaping and thousands of apes joining forces to challenge man.

The 1968 original with Charlton Heston in the lead can be named one of the most audacious concepts to be ever filmed. The tale of a bunch of astronauts who crash on to earth that is taken over by apes, the film is set in the future and has a sub-plot of Heston's Taylor attempting to put the pieces of the jigsaw together. Subjugated by simians Taylor can't figure how the world order ended up the way it did and the last shot of him coming face-to-face with the truth that he didn't want to believe nonetheless has it in it to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!

Even though it's been a decade since Tim Burton tried to, in his words, 're-imagine' the story, his 2001 film is largely worth remembering for Tim Roth's menacing Common Thade. The film couldn't inspire sequels and it's in this light that Rise of the Planet of the Apes aims to do to this tale what Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins did for the caped crusader. According to director Rupert Wyatt, this film is closest to the Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) as far as elements of the story are deemed but it's not a remake in the accurate sense of the word.

With James Franco and Frieda Pinto in the lead along with heavy-duty names like John Lithgow, Andy Serkis and Brain Cox, Rise of the Planet of the Apes hopes to build a platform on which the franchise could carry on. Searching at the trailer of the film the effects by Perter Jackson's Weta Digital are intriguing and Serkis, the individual behind King Kong and Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is one individual who knows how to infuse life into creatures!

The trailer whets the appetite and even though what's promised is not a sumptuous meal it certain looks like one hell of a snack!

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Director: Rupert Wyatt
Star cast: Freida Pinto, James Franco
Release Date: five August 2011
Producers: Amanda Silver, Dylan Clark, Peter Chernin, Rick Jaffa
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure

Windows 7 Preview - The Top 5 New Features

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Windows 7 is the next release of Windows from Microsoft and is scheduled for release on October 22, 2009. It will replace Vista which has had troubles with overall performance, device compatibility and annoying /invasive pop-ups, alerts and notifications.

We've been seeking at the Release Candidate (RC) and so far, Windows 7 looks a vast improvement on Vista. Here is a speedy tour of some of the characteristics of Windows 7 that we like.

1) Greater overall performance

Microsoft appear to have worked hard to sort out the performance difficulties that Vista had. It appears that Windows 7 does appear to be faster and even more responsive than its predecessor (Vista).

two) Enhanced taskbar

• Icons are bigger & clearer and easier to work with. Rearrange icons, new "Jump Lists" and full Aero enabled previews of open windows make it a lot less difficult to work with lots of open windows.
  
• The "Show desktop" button is now more prominent and easier to use. Easily decrease all windows with the touch of a button.

3) Desktop improvements

• No a lot more sidebar. Add "Gadgets" rapidly and effortlessly directly to your desktop.
  
• New themes. Beneficial looking new themes include several high excellent backgrounds that periodically rotate (comparable to the Mac).
  
• "Snap" feature enables you to very easily compare windows side by side.

4) Much less annoyance & interruption from pop-ups and alerts

• All alerts are now contained in 1 location in the notification region. You can customize the notifications (pop ups) that you obtain.
  
• Much less alerts from User Account Manage (UAC). Usually, you really should notice a reduction in alerts from Windows 7 compared to Vista. UAC level can be set to 1 of four possible levels.

5) Parental manage - New to Windows 7

• Conveniently set what programs (e.g. games) your children can use and when (i.e. schedule).

So far, we are impressed with Windows 7. Though we are only running the Release Candidate at this time, it does appear quite fast and stable. The adjustments and improvements go a long way towards addressing the criticisms levelled at Vista. We think that this could be the top operating method that Microsoft has released since XP.

IPL 4 Preview: Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings

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MI are scheduled to host CSK in IPL four, at Mumbai, on April 22, 2011. This is arguably the biggest match prior to the semi-finals. The two teams last met in the final of IPL 3, last year they had shared the two league games held before that. When they won their property match comfortably, MI suffered a batting collapse at Chennai, after Tendulkar retired hurt.

On present form, MI are among the strongest teams of this year's edition, even though Chennai are searching a lot more self-assured immediately after being joined by Aussies Hussey and Bollinger.

MI have a solid batting line-up, led by skipper Tendulkar, partnered by Jacobs at the top of the order, and followed by Rayudu, Sharma, Symonds and Pollard. Even so, there is a psychological dependence on Tendulkar, and CSK could aim to exploit that by dismissing the MI skipper early. MI's bowling has been weakened due to the fact last year by the departure of Zaheer Khan, but on the evidence of the game with Pune Warriors, Munaf Patel is performing his most beneficial to compensate.

Malinga remains the major strike bowler and is at present the highest wicket taker and purple cap wearer of IPL 4. Harbhajan's lack of form has been worrying, although, and the team has shown an over-reliance on Malinga to get an early breakthrough. The solitay loss against Kochi Knight Riders came when McCullum took on Malinga and won the battle. Ali Murtaza, Symonds, and Rohit Sharma are spinners at Tendulkar's disposal, although Pollard is another bowler who can fill into a component-time bowling slot.

CSK's batting revolves about four Indian batsmen, all of whom are in reasonable form. Vijay, Badrinath, Raina and Dhoni have all been striking the ball effectively, and Dhoni is arguably the preferred finisher of the tournament, alongside PW's Yuvraj. Mike Hussey has joined Vijay at the best of the order and strengthened the batting.

CSK's primary concern has been in the inconsistency in the bowling department. Even though Bollinger's arrival will need to ease that be concerned somewhat, the Aussie bowler will require some extra time in the middle prior to he gets into a rhythm. On paper, CSK's bowling is a bit stronger with Ashwin and Southee lending support. Randiv and Jakati are additional spin alternatives, and bring wide variety to the attack.

Even though Dhoni is amore astute captain, Tendulkar has led from the front, scoring runs in every game, such as a century aginst Kochi, in the approach earning the orange cap for the highest scorer of IPL 4.

This will need to be a fascinating contest among evenly matched teams, with MI enjoying a slight edge owing to property benefit.

Premier League Preview: Liverpool Vs Wigan

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Premier League match time dawns at Anfield as Liverpool get set to host Wigan on Saturday, February 12, in match week 27.

This is the second of a two-leg contest in between the sides, with the very first, hosted by Wigan on November 11, ending in a 1-1 draw.

Torres got the Merseysiders easily ahead on 7 minutes, and specifically seven minutes right after the interval, Rodallega got the Latics level at 1-1. Torres' opening strike was the result of poor defending by Wigan who committed the cardinal mistake of permitting Gerrard too significantly space, and the captain threaded a pass via to the Spain striker, even as Alcaraz was beaten by the pass and Caldwell was all too uncomplicated for Torres to  get past and put the ball behind Al Habsi into the Wigan net.

Liverpool were brilliant for about 20 minutes at the start, and inexplicably appeared to go into a shell thereafter.

The draw left Liverpool fans fuming and renewing the call for Hodgson's head. Some of the criticism seemed warranted as Liverpool appeared to be in an overly defensive mindset following the interval, when Poulson was brought on for Meireles. Hodgson kept N'gog on the bench and did not even use him as a second half substitute.

Rodallega and N'Zogbia's pace harried the Red's back-line. Tom Cleverley was an additional Wigan player who had a terrific day at the office. Liverpool came back to life in the last 10 minutes and their efforts helped develop chances for Torres and Gerrard, creating it all the more baffling as to why they did not attempt it earlier.

Head to head, Liverpool lead Wigan 7-1 in 11 games played among them, with the remaining three matches ending in stalemates.

In their last league games, Liverpool have registered  5 wins, 4 losses and a draw Wigan have won and lost 2 each of their last 10, drawing the remaining 6. Of 13 property games, this season, Liverpool have won 8, drawn three and lost two, whilst Wigan have won just two of 12 away games, although losing and drawing 5 each and every.

In match week 26, Liverpool beat Chelsea 1- away at Stamford Bridge, though Wigan beat Blackburn 4-three at residence.

Their win against Chelsea has propelled Liverpool to 6th spot and with 13 match weeks to play, they could go nonetheless greater.

On existing form, Wigan will need additional than a slice of luck to get away with any points from Saturday's game.

Liverpool's starting eleven against Chelsea had Reina, Skrtel, Carragher, Agger, Kelly, Lucas, Meireles, Johnson, Gerrard, Maxi and Kuyt. Poulsen and Aurelio featured as substitutes.

Wigan had the following males in their starting eleven against Blackburn: Al Habsi, Boyce, Gohouri, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Diame, N'Zogbia, Watson, McCarthy, Moses and Rodallega. McArthur, Di Santo and Cleverley played as substitutes.

Premier League Preview: Sunderland Vs Tottenham

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Premier League match time is set to return to The Stadium of Light when Sunderland host Tottenham on Saturday, February 12, in a second-leg game in match week 27.

The 1st leg, hosted by Tottenham, at White Hart Lane, on November 9, ended in a 1-1 draw. Van der Vaart put the hosts ahead on 64 minutes, and three minutes later, Gyan brought the game back to level terms for Sunderland.

Post-match speak centred around Van der Vaart's perceived handling of the ball before scoring his aim for Tottenham. Spurs' fans could effectively have retaliated that Sunderland captain Cattermole had been let off for a similar offence the previous week, and what goes round, comes round.

It was an ordinary game, in particular for Spurs, whose manager Redknapp had been tom-tomming his side's title pretensions. Their 18 million pound signing Bentley was particularly disappointing. Gareth Bale was a different player from whom much was expected oin the day, Onuoha had the measure of the Welshman. Gallas was a different Spurs player who had a mediocre day. In truth, Sunderland were dominant in the last 10 minutes, and Spurs hung on to salvage a point.

Some of Redknapp's decisions were questionable. For instance, he took off Pavlyuchenko, 1 of his few players to have had a decent game, right after the initial half. In comparison, Crouch has been a non-performer for the most portion, but makes it additional beginning elevens.

For Sunderland, Gyan underlined his importance to the team immediately after having been ignored in his starting elevens by Steve Bruce.

Head to head, Tottenham have established a 12-5 lead more than Sunderland in the last 20 league games in between the sides.

In their last 10 league games, the Black cats have won and lost four each, though drawing the remaining two. Tottenham have won 5 of their last 10, whilst drawing 4 and losing just the one. In 13 home games this season Sunderland have registered 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses of 12 away games, Tottenham have won 5, drawn three and lost 4.

In match week 26, Sunderland lost three-two away at Stoke Tottenham beat Bolton 2-1 at home.

On present form, Sunderland will need home benefit and more to cope with Tottenham's attack.

Sunderland's starting eleven aganst Stoke comprised: Gordon, Onuoha, Mensah, Ferdinand, Bramble, Bardsley, Henderson, Muntari, Sessegnon, Richardson and Gyan. Malbranque and Zenden played as substitutes.

Tottenham had the following males in their beginning eleven against Bolton: Gomes, Corluka, Gallas, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Jenas, Van der Vaart, Crouch and Defoe. Pienaar, Kranjcar and Pavlyuchenko featured as substitutes.

Premier League Preview: Aston Villa Vs Newcastle

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Villa Park will witness Premier League match time when Newcastle visit Aston Villa in match week 32, on Sunday, April 10.

The game will be the second of a two-legged contest the very first, hosted by Newcastle on August 22, 2010, ended 6- in the hosts' favour. Andy Carroll's hat-trick was the highlight of the Magpies' rout of manager-much less Villa, following the sudden departure of O'Neill from the helm. It was a day when nobody would have faulted caretaker MacDonald for not wanting to take permanent charge of the Villa Park squad.

A lot credit must go to Chris Hughton for turning around a Newcastle squad who had been relegated 15 months earlier. Hughton's tactical acumen was there for all to see, as he utilized a 4-four-1-1 formation to devastating effect against Villa. His clever use of Nolan among a midfield and an attacking role was a different pointer.

There was no indication of what was to follow, when Villa earned a penalty, early on in the game, when Ashley Young was brought down by Harper, in Newcastle's location. John Carew, assigned the job of converting the penalty into a lead, shot high more than the bar.

Villa, renowned for their strength on the counter-attack, were subjected to a sizeable dose of the exact same, themselves, by Newcastle. For the Magpies, Barton was outstanding in midfield, and it was his objective in the 12th minute that put Newcastle ahead.

Head to head, Newcastle have established an 8-five advantage over Aston Villa, in the last 20 league games played in between the sides, with the remaining 7 matches drawn.

In their last 10 league games, Aston Villa have registered 2 wins, when having drawn and lost four games every Newcastle have won 2 of their last 10, even though losing three and drawing the remaining 5. Of their 15 property games this season, Aston Villa have won 6, drawn 5 and lost four, though Newcastle have won five of their 15 games on the road, while losing 7 and drawing the remaining 3.

In match week 31, Aston Villa drew 2-2 away at Everton, whilst Newcastle won 4-1 against Wolves, at house.

Newcastle are comfortably placed ninth on the points table, while Villa are in 16th, barely two points adrift of the relegation zone. On paper, at least, Villa should be the additional motivated team on the day, though present form says otherwise.

Aston Villa's beginning eleven against Everton had the following players: Friedel, Walker, Dunne, Collins, Young, Downing, Makoun, Reo-Coker, Young, Agbonlahor and Bent. Heskey was applied as a substitute.

Newcastle had the following males in their beginning eleven against Wolves: Harper, Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Ferguson, Barton, Guthrie, Nolan, Gutierrez, Ameobi and Lovenkrands. Ranger, Perch and Taylor featured as substitutes.

ICC World Cup 2011 Preview: Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan

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Sri Lanka are favourites going into the match against Pakistan at Colombo on Saturday, February 26.

The hosts will back themselves to win the game owing to residence benefit added to a settled team with a variety of batsmen in form.

Tharanga, Dilshan, Sangakkara and Jayawardene have all been among the runs recently, whilst Samaraweera has been exceptionally consistent on subcontinental wickets. Kapudegera while not as consistent has shown what he is capable of, particularly in T 20 games. Matthew is a genuine all-rounder, chipping in with ball and bat alike.

The bowling, though not as penetrative as it was a couple of years ago when Murali was at his prime, will thrive on knowledge of local conditions. In particular going in Sri Lanka's favour is a newly laid track that the Pakistanis haven't played on.

Pakistan have a great record at Colombo where they have registered five consecutive victories over the hosts. In truth, Pakistan's overall ODI record against Sri Lanka is impressive, with 70 wins against 46 losses in 120 games. The sides last met in June 2010 at Dambulla, a match that the hosts won.

Can the current Pakistan team trump Sri Lanka? Pakistan have a few frailties in batting, beginning with the opening slots. Though Mohammad Hafeez appears to settling into some consistency, the problem has been the absence of partnerships with one or the other opener failing in every single game.

Pakistan have opted for Shahzad at the top of the order, thereby ignoring the claims of comparatively experienced players such as Imran Farhat and Imran Nazir. The lack of experience in such a crucial position in a tournament of this size need to be cause for alarm. Speaking of the require for encounter, the exclusion of Mohd Yunus was also a puzzling omission.

There is a case for pushing Abdul Razzaq up the order to open the inning. Razzaq is too good a player to bat at quantity eight, and his elevation to an opening slot could bring a lot required aggression at the leading, so critical in the power point overs.

The Pakistan bowlers are searching excellent, and Shoaib Akhtar's return to fitness is a positive sign. Akhtar has bowled the fastest ball of the tournament so far, clocking 151 kmph, though Aussies Lee and Tait have been consistently quicker on average than their Pakistani counterpart.

Pakistan's perfect bet is to bat 1st. Chasing under the lights will turn into tougher, as the ball tends to swing a lot even more, and the likes of Perera and Kulasekara could be challenging to manage.

2011 St Louis Cardinals Preview and Predictions

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The St. Louis Cardinals are coming off of a rather disappointing season that included losing the lead in the division over the final weeks of the season to miss the playoffs. St. Louis was active in the offseason, notably adding Ryan Theriot and Lance Berkman. The Cardinals already owns two of baseball's finest hitters in Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday. Here is a closer appear at the starting lineup and projected rotation for St. Louis and make our MLB predictions on their 2011 season.

Projected Lineup

With Theriot projected to leadoff and Berkman projected to bat second in front of Pujols and Holiday, the Cardinals should have 1 of the a lot more potent 1-four combos in baseball. A lot of that will depend on what the Cardinals get from Berkman, who had to struggle by means of an injury plagued season. Theriot should get on base a lot which should really lead to a lot of runs with Pujols waiting in the hole. Pujols can carry an offense all by himself with his capacity to take it out of the park anytime he walks up to the plate Although Holliday isn't at the very same level as Pujols, he has great energy and will need to continue to profit from hitting behind 1 of the very best hitters in the league.

The Cardinals are hoping that they will continue to see improvements from David Freese, Colby Rasmus, and Yadier Molina. All three put together fairly solid seasons in 2010. Skip Shumaker was a bit of a disappointment last season, as he wasn't the same player offensively as he had been in years past. For the Cardinals to compete in the NL Central this year, they want these four guys to play properly.

Projected Rotation

The loss of starter Adam Wainwright is a key blow not only to the Cardinals starting rotation, but to their probabilities of obtaining back to the postseason. Wainwright nearly won the Cy Young award final season with a 1.04 WHIP, and it is especially hard to replace a player of this skill level.

It is now becomes highly very important that veteran Chris Carpenter remains injury-free this year, one thing he has had had a challenging time performing over the final few seasons. Carpenter demonstrated he was far from finished, winning 16 games with a 3.22 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in his 14th year.

Wainwright's injury also puts a lot of pressure on Jake Westbrook, Jaime Garcia, and Kyle Lohse, as they now have to be that a great deal greater for the Cardinals to still be a factor in the Division. Westbrook came over from the Indians in a mid-season trade last year, and while he compiled just four games in 12 begins, he pitched nicely and could be in for a breakout season in St Louis. Garcia won 13 games with an stunning 2.70 ERA and 1.32 WHIP as a rookie, and the Cardinals are expecting him to be even better this year. Lohse wasn't good at all final year, going four-8 with a 6.55 ERA, but there certainly isn't a lot St Louis can do with Wainwright finding hurt. P.J. Walters could end up taking over the No. five spot in the rotation, unless the Cardinals make a move for a further starter.

2011 Prediction: 4th Location NL Central

The Cardinals are stacked at the top offensively, and until the loss of Wainwright they had been pretty powerful at the top in the rotation as well. The addition of Berkman, plus the emergence of young players like Colby Rasmus and Jaime Garcia would have most likely had the Cardinals competing for the NL Central title this year, but with the loss of Wainwright we think the Cardinals will struggle to compete with the likes of Milwaukee, Chicago, and Cincinnati.