Steve Coppell’s Reading side handed Liverpool their first defeat of the season when the Royals beat the Reds 3-1 in their Saturday night game at the Madjeski. Liverpool were the only team in the Premiership not to have lost this season, but by the end of the night, one had to say that Reading were deserved winners.
Euro 2008 groups announced
Here are the groups for next summer’s European Championships to be held in Austria and Switzerland.
The draw was held in the Swiss town of Lucerne, and a host of great names from yesteryear participated in conducting it- Peter Schmeichel, Didier Deschamps, Franz Beckenbauer, Dino Zoff and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Group A : Switzerland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Portugal
FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying groups announced in Durban
The city of Durban, situated on South Africa’s east coast, was the venue for the qualifying draw of football’s premier event, the FIFA World Cup. South Africa will host this tournament in 2010.
Here are the European groups
Group 1 : Albania, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, Sweden, Portugal