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Redknapp: Spurs will end Man Utd’s unbeaten run” plus 3 more- Harry Redknapp: Spurs will end Man Utd’s unbeaten run - Andy Murray faces Karol Beck in Australian Open first round - Asian football chief rules out winter World Cup in Qatar - Roque Santa Cruz seals Blackburn Rovers return Harry Redknapp: Spurs will end Man Utd’s unbeaten run Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:30 PM PST Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is confident his side will become the first team to beat Manchester United in the league this season on Sunday. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men have not lost any of their 20 top flight matches this term but the Spurs manager insists his side can end their run at White Hart Lane this weekend. “We’re not an outsider playing against red-hot favourites,” said Redknapp. “It’s a very evenly balanced game between two good teams and I don’t think there’s an awful lot between us. “We don’t fear anybody. You’ve got to believe you can win the game and there’s no reason we shouldn’t believe that. When we play well we’re as exciting as anybody.” Fourth-placed Spurs are eight points behind Sir Alex’s table-toppers and Redknapp believes his side need to win on Sunday to retain any hopes of winning the league – and he expects this year’s title race to go down to the wire. “It’s a game we need to win to keep us in there,” he said. “It’s so close that getting in the top four is going to be hard. There are five teams scrapping it out and we’re one of those teams again. “I wouldn’t write Manchester City off, I wouldn’t write Arsenal off and even Chelsea are capable of going on a run. Those teams can go and win eight out of the next 10 and draw a couple. It’s very open, I don’t think any one team is on another level to the others.” Redknapp also all but ended speculation over a possible loan move for David Beckham by revealing there is no deal on the cards. The LA Galaxy midfielder has been training with Spurs this week during the MLS off-season and despite showing interest, the Tottenham boss says the former England captain will not be joining the North London side. “I would have liked him to play,” said Redknapp. “If he could have come until the end of the season that would have been great.” And Redknapp revealed he won’t be quizzing Beckham over his former club ahead of Sunday’s showdown. He said: “Manchester United is part of his life and I don’t think he’d want to do that. What can I ask him? A lot of the players weren’t there when he was there and I wouldn’t put him in that position, it wouldn’t be fair.” He added: “If he wants to come in to our dressing room or go into theirs (on Sunday) that won’t be a problem, but I don’t know whether he fancies coming or not.” Andy Murray faces Karol Beck in Australian Open first round Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:07 PM PST British No1 Andy Murray will play Slovakia’s Karol Beck in the first round of the Australian Open after the draw was made on Thursday. The 23-year-old fifth seed, who is in the same half of the draw as world No1 Rafael Nadal, will meet Beck for the first time when the first grand slam of the year gets under way in Melbourne next week. Beck, 28, returned to the sport in 2007 after serving a two-year drugs ban after he tested positive for clenbuterol in the 2005 Davis Cup. Murray is seeded to meet Robin Soderling, the man who this week replaced him as world No4, in the quarter-finals and the 26-year-old Swede will present a formidable challenge for last year’s beaten finalist in Melbourne. Should Murray reach the semi-finals he would likely face Nadal. The Scot could not meet defending champion Roger Federer until the final as he is on the other side of the draw. Meanwhile, Federer will play Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko and could meet 12th seed Gael Monfils in the fourth round. Nadal faces Brazilian world No96 Marcos Daniel in the first round, with last year’s semi-finalist Marin Cilic possibly waiting in the last 16. Asian football chief rules out winter World Cup in Qatar Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:08 AM PST Asian football chief Mohamed Bin Hammam has ruled out moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to winter or staging tournament matches around the Gulf region. Bin Hammam says he was “unimpressed” by suggestions from Fifa president Sepp Blatter that the tournament could be moved to winter to avoid searing summer temperatures in Qatar. He also criticised Michel Platini after the Uefa president said the tournament could take place as a “Gulf World Cup”, with matches played in several countries surrounding Qatar. “I believe Qatar can stand alone and organise the competition by itself,” said the Asian Football Confederation president. “And I’m really not very impressed by these opinions to distribute the game over the Gulf or change the time from July to January – it’s actually premature, you know, it’s people’s opinions and they’re just discussing it on no basis or no ground.” Bin Hammam added: “It’s not up to one, two or three members of Fifa to talk about changing the time without getting the real stakeholders’ opinions.” Plans to reschedule the tournament have also come under fire from England’s Fifa executive committee member Geoff Thompson who described suggestions of moving the 2022 tournament as “disappointing” and said it should only be considered if there is clear medical evidence which proved players and fans would be at risk. “This should be a proper discussion and it is disappointing to me that people are talking about moving the tournament when Qatar bid to stage it at a certain time,” said Thompson. “It was never discussed at any (executive committee) meeting. At the end of the day, people are bidding for the World Cup at the appropriate time. The bidding document is clear about when it should be.” Thompson added: “We may believe that there is a risk but until we are presented with a medical report which shows clearly that people’s health is at risk, until we get something concrete, then we shouldn’t move it.” Roque Santa Cruz seals Blackburn Rovers return Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:25 AM PST Blackburn Rovers have resigned former striker Roque Santa Cruz from Manchester City on loan until the end of the season. The 29-year-old Paraguay international, who is available to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, completed a medical at the club’s training ground on Friday morning. “I feel like I am coming home – this has been the easiest decision of my career,” said Santa Cruz. City signed the forward, who scored 29 goals over two seasons for Rovers, for £17.5m in 2009 but he failed to make an impact at Eastlands after struggling with injuries. Blackburn manager Steve Kean says he is delighted to have sealed Santa Cruz’s return to bolster Rovers’ attacking options. “When he was here first time he had a fantastic time and showed his quality,” said Kean. “I think he feels he has got a little bit of business to finish. Hopefully he will go and do that until the end of the season. “He has got an infectious personality and was very popular here first time around. I’m sure he will be this time. He’s coming back to a place that was special to him and I am sure he is going to deliver as good if not better.” Blackburn are expected to pay the majority of Santa Cruz’s wages during the loan spell and although there is no deal set in place for the Lancashire club to sign him at the end of the season, Kean is optimistic that the temporary transfer can be made permanent. “We are trying to speak to Manchester City to see if there can be an option at the end of it,” revealed the Blackburn boss. “We’ll ask for that and if we can get it, all the better.” You are subscribed to email updates from The Sport Review To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 -- Posted By Mas Item Arekjowo to The Sport Review at 1/14/2011 11:30:00 PM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gugukluhayat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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