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Tiger Woods announced that he will return to competition at the Masters next month, ending a career break of four months caused by a sex scandal that has greatly tarnished his reputation.

“The Masters is the first major tournament that I won and I devoted a great respect,” Woods said in a statement. After a long but necessary period away from golfing, I’m ready to start my season in Augusta. ”

This tournament will be held from April 8 to 11.

Woods has not played since November 15 and winning the Australian Masters, his 82nd victory in a tournament on the international stage. Twelve days later, he struck a tree with his car outside his residence, which resulted in a series of revelations about his private life.

He explained that when he decided to race again, he seemed “obvious” that the Masters would be the first tournament he could play.

“I have always paid special attention to the majors and, as a professional, I think I must be in Augusta, even if it is long enough that I have not played,” Woods continued.

Woods has won four times at the Masters, but his last victory at Augusta was in 2005.

The highest paid sportsman in the world has in recent months a break in his career, after confessing to “breaches of personal” or many extra-marital escapades.

This case revealed a suspicious car accident last November 27, the superstar has toppled from its pedestal, and so tarnished his image among its parrainneurs advertising have turned their backs.

After long kept silence, he finally confessed his infidelity and told December 11 that it would take “a pause indefinite” golf. He spoke for the first time publicly February 19, acknowledging that he misled his wife, Elin.

He remained in a clinic in Mississippi from December 31 to February 11, before visiting a clinic in Arizona to undergo family therapy. He then resumed training, joined last week by his coach Hank Haney.

“I’ve been in therapy for almost two months in a specialized center and I continue my treatment. Even if I return to the competition, I still have much work to do in my life.”

Some information has revealed that he could play the Tavistock exhibition tournament next week in Orlando, followed by the tournament Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, where he is defending champion and winner six times.

For his first match since winning his 16th Grand Slam title in February in Australia, Roger Federer has passed without straining the obstacle by Romanian Victor Hanescu, which he however conceded a set Sunday in the second round of the tournament ‘Indian Wells.

The Swiss, very inspired at times, has become 6-3, 6-7 (5 / 7), 6-1 in two hours after suffering a serious stroke less well in the middle of the second set by breaking the grantor Romanian (5-2) and then having committed unusual unforced errors to lose the decisive game of this round.

After equating the Romanian world number one, stung, however, quickly put the record straight by sending the final set in 23 minutes.

In the third round, the Basel meets Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis (27), author of a good start to the season (won in Sydney semi-final in Dubai).

Murray and Tsonga pass the 3rd round

Andy Murray, fourth global player and a finalist last year in the California desert, has passed the second round easily beating Italy’s Andrea Seppi 6-4, 6-4.

In the next round, Murray will meet Russian Igor Andreev (32) and American Michael Russell.

The French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, he has easily placed in two sets 6-3 and 6-1 against Marinko Matosevic.

The ninth-seeded has been rather hasty in removing the Australian only 63 minutes.

Tsonga has not been very dominant succeed only 47% of his first serves. His general play allowed him to catch up while Matosevic did not offer the greatest opposition to his career.

Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seeded fifth, withdrew after medical tests had revealed a fractured left wrist. It is expected to miss at least four weeks of activity.

Moreover, the French Gaël Monfils, seeded 12th, has stumbled against the German Simon Greul, who won 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Some seedings were eliminated Sunday in Indian Wells, including Ivo Karlovic (23) of Croatia, who lost to Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-5, 7-6 (5). The Serbian Janko Tipsarevic (30) has meanwhile withdrew when the score was 3-2 in favor of Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker.

American Michael Russell surprised the Russian Igor Andreev (32), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, and another American, James Blake, eliminated David Ferrer (13) of Spain, 6-1 , 6-4. Czech Radek Stepanek (14) had to admit defeat against the Israeli Dudi Sela, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

In other matches, Tommy Robredo (18) of Spain defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 Feliciano Lopez (28) of Spain defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu in France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, Robin Soderling (6) of Sweden had the best deal in Kazakhstan Evgeny Korolev, 6-2, 6-4, and finally, Jurgen Melzer (22 ) of Austria beat David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-4, 6-1,

The England midfielder to AC Milan David Beckham, who is out injured left foot at the end of the game against Chievo Sunday night, suffered a rupture of the Achilles tendon, provides Sky Sport Italy.

“A rupture of the Achilles tendon is suspected, then wrote the Milanese club on its website, while the number two club, Adriano Galliani, has ensured that the player would” probably absent for five or six months “.

“I have seen and suffered, continued the officer, quoted by the Ansa agency. In the locker room, I took him in my arms and I told him that if he wanted, he will be with us next year. ”

Also according to Ansa, Beckham is expected to fly on Monday to Finland, where he would be operated by a specialist in orthopedic surgery, Dr. Sakari Orava.

If the nature of the injury was confirmed, it would thus prevent most likely the former England captain, 34 years to participate in the World-2010 in South Africa, the last great challenge of his career.

Beckham left the field limping, unable to clearly not resting on his left foot. He had suddenly stopped playing a few seconds before without there has been any impact.

“The injury to David hurts us,” said Leonardo, the Milan coach, not officially confirm the nature of the injury.

“It is a very important victory tonight, but the injury prevents us from really enjoy,” he continued. It is a major injury he will have to assess the severity. ”

“He (Beckham) has understood immediately what had happened, then said Scolari, because when the tendon ruptures can feel the muscle ‘back’.”

“David was very ill. When it happened, it does not seem much, but finally it seems to be quite a serious injury,” provided a little later the Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf, the author of winning goal.

“He (Beckham) is not well,” said Ignazio Abate side. In hot, I’d say it’s a serious injury. He was in tears (in the locker room), he has not talked much. That we greatly affected.

Like last season, former player of Manchester United and Real Madrid on loan for six months with AC Milan over the Galaxy in Los Angeles. By playing regularly with the current second in Serie A, he hoped to convince Fabio Capello, the Italian coach of England, to take him to the World.

Recovery Seedorf AC Milan and the championship

A sumptuous strike from Dutch Clarence Seedorf in any end game (90 +1) helped AC Milan beat Chievo, a success that allows the club to return to Milan just one point behind leaders Inter.

Entered into play in the 79th minute to replace Pirlo, Seedorf made a very foolish to Milan, which hitherto consistently stumbled on the excellent defense of Chievo. Four days after removal of the Champions League and received the blow to Manchester (4-0), this victory to Milan not “Gamberger” and, importantly, significantly increase the pressure on the defending champion.

Two days after the defeat of Inter in Catania (3-1) – which came after four draws in five days previous to the Nerazzurri – this successful recovery so good for the championship, a month ago still, however, already seemed played.

Chievo, meanwhile, who has played very well, can consider himself injured after being denied for offside goal, however valid the Colombian defender Yepes late in the first period (44).

The Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will finally play the game that his team faces tomorrow with AC Milan in the return of the knockout stages of the Champions League.

The attacker dragged sore knee after the game for England last Wednesday, which prevented play on Saturday’s league match against Wolverhampton, but Alex Ferguson will be without him for the duel that United faced with a lead of 2 — 3 of the way, achieved with two goals from Rooney.

“She was serious doubt, but has undergone great improvement since Saturday and is well,” confirmed coach Scot, who will be without the suspended Michael Carrick, and the injured Ryan Giggs and Michael Owen, who has joined Wes Brown, who suffered a broken left foot before the ‘Wolves’.

“Unfortunately, his career has been marked by injuries and now has another” lamented Ferguson confirmed that the defender will be “four to six weeks” low, though showing its hope to have him at the end of the season.

David Ferrer became the man of the tie. The Jávea, with his victory over Stanislas Wawrinka, made it 3-1 in the first knockout round of the Davis Cup 2010 held on the clay of the Plaza de Toros de La Ribera de Logroño and sealed the move to the quarterfinals of this competition, where he hopes France.

David Ferrer beat Stanislas Wawrinka in the duel of 1’s by an aggregate score of 6-2, 6-4 and 6-0 after two hours and thirty-four minutes of play in a clash played on clay Rioja. After some early moments in which a cold Foster had to save an adverse situation of 0-40, the Alicante came into the game. David succeeded in proposing a confrontation from the bottom of the track, with heavy exchanges that gradually undermined the morale of an impatient and erratic Wawrinka he saw as his opponent broke serve in the first option he had, in the fifth game. A break that sank encourage the Swiss, who thereafter began to play around, committing a string of countless unforced errors. Ferrer took advantage of this situation, achieved a break and closed again in your favor the first set in just 38 minutes.

In the second set up the level of tennis because it was much finer Wawrinka. At least in the beginning. The Swiss No. 1 had fifteen minutes of great lucidity in which to base all winners and an exhibition of reflex volleys at the net and managed to break the serve of Spanish and enjoy a 1-4 in his favor on the scoreboard. However, David starred in a new installment of hard work, consistency and quality that led him to formalize the comeback. Five games in a row and the second act that goes to the Spanish box. With the mountain as uphill, Wawrinka threw in the towel. Moreover when Ferrer did break in the first game of the third act. The Swiss merely staking everything on without success, to reprimand an audience that booed her bad gestures on track and prove that, after recently enjoying his fatherhood, his physique is the least limited. David, meanwhile, proved to be strong morally, in moments of intensity, namely keeping a cool head and be able to pull forward with guarantees. Increased income in the marker (made eleven games in a row!) And ended up closing the game brilliantly.

This victory, coupled with Nicolas Almagro on Marco Chiudinelli (6-1, 6-3) in the party that closed the day, Spain win by 4-1 to Switzerland, thus sealing the ticket for the quarterfinals, where France now hopes the Tsonga, Monfils, Simon, Gasquet, Bennetteau, Llodra,

Ross Brawn could be considered as the real architect of his retirement have taken Michael Schumacher, recovering the ‘Kaiser’ for the grid of Formula 1 to the wheel of a Mercedes car GP.

The head of world champion team last year, Mercedes sold Brawn GP to stay on as athletic director from the same team under a new name, is clearly betting on the seven-time world champion has its risks.

“Of course there is a risk, but is such that we were both happy to take. It was an emotional decision and no one has repented a single moment,” Brawn admitted in an interview to the official website of the championship.

Mercedes GP director says that his disciple is pending at any time during the course of the car’s computer. “Michael works directly with engineers and technicians. I oversee and I hear the debates, and I add, when I feel a need to clarify something. ‘Schumi’ works very hard with the engineers and technicians, and we’re getting a great help” he said.

Mercedes times
According to the latest from testing, the lap times seem to suggest that GP Mercedes Mercedes is a second off the pace of Ferrari and McLaren, a circumstance that does not worry the ‘chief of the team.

“I do not think this is a second. You have to look into the details of what has been done. I think we’re competitive. We’re not exactly where we want to be yet, but we do not think a second. That is the nature of our business, “Brawn hue.

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Carlos Tevez has not bitten his tongue when asked about the controversy between John Terry and Wayne Bridge and has strongly attacked the captain of Chelsea. “Terry would be dead in Argentina. If any player in my country has an affair with the girlfriend of a teammate, like Terry did with Bridge, would not survive,” he said in an interview that collected several rotary English.

“Terry has a moral code after what he did to Bridge. In my neighborhood if you do that sort of thing you leave the legs,” snapped the Manchester City striker. Carlos Tevez had a small ‘rifi-raphe’ during the match between Chelsea and ‘citizens’, but acknowledged that was not what he did to his partner Bridge. “He grabbed my shirt and faced him, nothing more,” he said.

Another one that pokes Terry
Tevez is not the only one that has stirred Terry for his ‘affair’ with the then wife of Bridge. Bellamy also wanted to send a message to the players ‘blue’ and said “I know what kind of person is John Terry, so anything I say about him surprises me,” he said. Chelsea captain said the City striker recalling its murky past.

Another team-mate Kolo Toure, also came out to defend Bridge and said the Manchester City side will return to the England squad. “He just needs time to forget this difficult time,” he said. Meanwhile, John Terry had a tough test on Wednesday in the party of your choice to Egypt and a large section of the stands of Wembley spent several whistles when he was England captain for all events in recent weeks.

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Franck Ribéry did with his goal in the 78th minute that Bayern Munich will lift the lead in the Bundesliga after beating (1-0) at Hamburg and after taking advantage of the ’stick’ of Leverkusen, which did not pass the goalless draw Cologne.

The Frenchman, who turned to be a starter, picked in the 78th minute a loose ball at the far left of the Munich attack and after it cut its defense, a strong shot to beat Rost, who could not do anything.

The Louis Van Gaal did not provide a football as colorful as the last few weeks, but the lone goal of ‘Scarface’ helps them to rise to the top of the table after several months in the wake of Leverkusen.

In the other match of the day Sunday, broke Wolfsburg (0-1) in Hanover. A goal in the 78th minute of Misimovic was enough for the reigning champions were made with the three points and is becoming ever clearer to reach European places after irregular campaign.

The Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez is not any place for Real Madrid. Tenerife’s stadium will be forever in the black history of Real Madrid. Years go by and look back is a must. ‘La Isla Maldita’ of Madrid will always Tenerife, territory in which they lost two league whites who raised Cruyff’s Barcelona.

It has been nearly two decades and explained the double debacle Real Madrid on the island is like finding the formula for gunpowder. Nobody finds a coherent explanation of what happened. Ghosts and evil spirits disguised that Madrid would not win these leagues, some think.

The nightmare began on the last day of the season 91/92. The Whites won 0-2 before the half-hour mark (marked Iron and Hagi) and eventually defeated by events that remain poorly understood (3-2). García de Loza, collegiate, in the eye of the hurricane, a goal by Rocha in his goal and the most ridiculous goal in the history of Madrid. This assignment of Sanchís from midfield, the clearing and lace Buyo Pier. The Dream Team up its second league.

One year after the Madrid stumbled on the stone walk another way. Again it was the last time and again went to the League Barça Can stopping at Tenerife. Madrid fell behind in the 11 ‘with a header from Dertycia that pierced the white heart. Gracia Redondo juggled it three penalties to Madrid and Chano execute the death sentence of the meringue.

Victoria White at the last visit
It’s been 17 years since this repetition of the movie, from that second nightmare that Madrid will never forget. That spine will never disappear. From that day has passed everything. White wins, draws and two losses (3-0 in 95/96 and 4-3 in 97/98). The last visit was eight years ago and the Madrid of the ‘galactic’ won 0-2 with goals from Helguera and Figo.

Now is the Madrid of the treader Pellegrini Tenerife. Been a long time but does not seem much for some.

Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank), who will retire at the end of the season, won Monday in Cordoba (southern Spain) the 2nd stage of the Ruta del Sol, its second victory in 15 days after successful during the Challenge of Mallorca.

His compatriot Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro) is leading the race with 9 seconds ahead of Belgian Jurgen Van den Broeck (Omega Pharma).

Freire, 34 years and three times World Champion road (1999, 2001, 2004), had announced in September 2009: “All this ends next year I retire.”

The 2nd stage of the Ruta del Sol has seen a massive fall in the last mile. Two big names in racing have been affected: the Italian Damiano Cunego (Lampre) and Germany’s Linus Gerdemann (Milram).

They were however part of the overall standings after stage, Cunego 4 to 13 seconds Pardilla Gerdemann and 16th to 41 seconds.