A last-minute Kaka penalty spared Brazil’s blushes as they beat battling Egypt in the Confederations Cup.

Real Madrid’s new signing had earlier slotted the opener before Mohamed Zidan headed an equaliser for Egypt.

Brazil’s Luis Fabiano and Juan nodded in a goal apiece before half-time, but Egypt scored twice in a minute through Mohamed Shawky and Zidan to level.

Ahmed El Mohamady was sent off for a deliberate handball and Kaka secured victory with a coolly-taken penalty.

The 20/20 Cricket Cup yesterday saw Pakistan demolish New Zealand thanks to man of the match, Umar Gul’s bowling. The Pakistan bowler finished with world record figures of 5 wickets whilst only conceding 6 runs, and this helped reduce New Zealand to a mediocre 99 runs. The Pakistani batsmen achieved this total with ease and even Shahid Afridi got some runs with the bat too.

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written by News Blog RC

After being the subject of intense transfer speculation, Manchester United finally ended the “when will he sign for Real Madrid” debate regarding Cristiano Ronaldo today. Real Madrid’s world record offer of £80 Million for the 24 year old has been accepted by Manchester United.

Cristiano Ronaldo or “tranny” as he is affectionately known by the blue half of Manchester, has been playing some excellent football for United but it was clear that there wasn’t enough room for both the player and his ego in the Premiership.

In his 6 years at Old Trafford we have seen the Portugese player go through more than a few tubs of hair gel, frowns, screams, dives and at least 3 million stepovers. For the majority of United fans this won’t have come as a surprise. It was only a matter of time before Alex Ferguson cashed in on Ronaldo after his outbursts and antics on and off the pitch at Old Trafford became more regular.

United manager Alex Ferguson has had many famous spats with players and managers, and Ronaldo will have been no different. Ronaldo was obviously difficult to manage. So brilliant a footballer, but so petulant and generally annoying as a person. Many will think United will be lost without Cristiano but Ferguson has been here before and always seems to replace the seemingly irreplaceable.

“History will remember him very well in terms of his contribution as a footballer, he’ll also be seen as petulant, egotistical and stubborn but he’s been a wonderful player,” said United.

It took time for Ronaldo to find his best form after arriving in England but he became a pivotal player for United, who have won the last three Premier League titles.
In the 2007-08 season he scored 42 goals, which topped the previous club record for a midfielder held by George Best, and was on the scoresheet as United defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final.

His form through 2008 saw him named Fifa World Player of the Year in January, just a month after he won the Ballon d’Or as the European Player of the Year.
Ronaldo was the top scorer for his club last season, with 26 goals, taking his total for United to 118 in 292 appearances.

From BBC SPORT – Read the full article

CRISTIANO RONALDO FACTFILE
1985: Born 5 February
2002: Makes Sporting Lisbon debut
2003: Signs for Man Utd in £12m deal
2004: Wins first trophy, the FA Cup, with United
2006: Expresses desire to join Real Madrid
2007: Wins first Premier League title
2008: Wins Champions League
2009: Voted World and European player of the year
2009: Man Utd accept £80m bid from Real

Roger Federer was confronted by a fan at the French Open final which he went on to win on Sunday. He completed 14 Grand Slam title victories and is only the 6th man to have won all four Grand Slam titles. Federer completed a comfortable straight sets victory against Sweden’s Soderling.

After the match, Soderling praised Federer as being the “greatest player ever”. News Blog RC thinks the fan who ran on the court believed otherwise. Well done to rugby tackling steward.

Brazilian Superstar Kaka has his medical in Brazil at the request of Real Madrid and is set to sign for the Spanish giants from AC Milan. The recent return of Florentino Perez as Real President has meant that his club are attempting to return to the Galactico days when their team featured the likes of Zidane, Beckham, Ronaldo and Figo and he was also then the owner.

Kaka who was World Footballer of the Year in 2007, is expected to complete his medical in Brazil and sign for a new world record fee of £56 million. A host of Premier League clubs had been linked to the club over recent months. Manchester City made an audacious bid in January with an offer of £100 million for the 27 year old but he decided against the move after Milan had agreed a fee. He was also linked to Chelsea, following the arrival of Carlos Ancelotti, his former AC Milan manager but it appears that Real Madrid have won the race.

Kaka originally signed for Milan from Sao Paulo in 2003 for only 8.5 million euros and in that time he has lifted the Champions League and the Serie A title. Perez has promised more big name signings and News Blog RC will be interested to see who Real will target next.

The ICC World 20/20 Cup of Cricket has begun in the UK. This is arguably the most exciting version of cricket with teams only having 20 overs to get the highest score, encouraging both the batting and bowling sides to attack. England suffered a shock defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in their opening game and now require a victory against Pakistan today or face elimination from the tournament.

Yesterday saw Australia and the West Indies begin their tournaments with a thrilling match. Australia were the first to bat and took advantage of some lacklustre fielding from the West Indies to finish at 169, with a few wobbles along the way.

After this Chris Gayle opened the batting for the West Indies and played was ultimately a match winning innings as the West Indies crusied to victory. Gayle finished with 88 runs in 50 balls including some huge sixes which ended up outside the stadium.

Watch the video highlights of Chris Gayle batting below:

Its the first time News Blog RC has seen two fighters knocked out at the same time. This recent video from a UFC fight in America shows exactly that.

Carlo Ancelotti has succeeded Guus Hiddink as manager of Chelsea Football Club. The former AC Milan manager leaves Italy after 8 years in charge. During this time he won the Italian title twice as well as the Champions League, something which has evaded Chelsea over recent years. Apparently he may have communication problems with the players due to poor English. Check for yourself on his first interview as Chelsea manager. Maybe its News Blog but only one of his eyebrows seems to be moving, it’s doing a dance.

A recent football match in Africa brought one of the most shocking injuries ever to be seen. Not recommended for the squeamish.

Football: Barcelona prevented Manchester United from retaining the Champions League trophy by beating them 2-0 in Rome. A first half strike by Samuel Eto’o and a second half header by World Player of the Year candidate Lionel Messi settled the match.

Barcelona dominated play throughout, with the inspirational Xavi and notably Andres Iniesta bossing the midfield. United were clearly outplayed by a better footballing side and their manager Alex Ferguson admitted that Barcelona were the better side on the night.

Goals on News Blog RC can be seen below:

1st Barcelona Goal

2nd Barcelona Goal