It’s England vs Ukraine in the World Cup 2010 Qualifier on April 1, 2009 at the Wembley Stadium in London. This is an important match for the Fabio Capello and English squad as they attempt to regain lost glory after not being able to qualify for Euro 2008.

Though sitting atop Group 6, with a perfect 4-0-0 standing, and 5 points clear off second running Croatia, Fabio Capello’s England squad is in need of a striker. Emile Heskey, Peter Crouch, and Carlton Cole got injuries. Michael Owen was left out by the manager, leaving only Wayne Rooney and a few inexperienced options at the striker position. But we all know that they got a bunch of scoring midfielders in Frank Lampard, David Beckham and Steven Gerrard.

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It’s Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez vs Gerry Peñalosa on April 25 for the Junior Featherweight Division in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Though I hate to admit it, as I am a Peñalosa fan too, my fight results prediction favors the younger champion: TKO in the middle rounds. I wonder where can we find free online video streaming for this fight.

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Liverpool vs Chelsea again in Europe! The first encounter will be on April 8, 2009 at Anfield. This is not the first time the two met in Europe in the last five years as they play against each other every year. As a matter of fact, they clashed three times in the knock out stages. And it was not without controversies. Liverpool beat Chelsea in the semis in 2005, and it was a contested goal. A prediction of the results between the two is not easy.

Liverpool made a repeat of their dominance in 2007. But Chelsea found its target last year, edging Liverpool 4-3 in aggregate.

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UEFA had already set the date for the Champion’s League Quarter-finals, semifinals and finals draw. March 20 it is for the top 8 draw! The road to Rome is much more fierce and tight. The eight best clubs in Europe are all ready to rumble, coming off from very impressive victories against their respective foes. April 8 and 9 are the schedules for the first leg. The results of the draw is shown at the bottom of this post. So who are into the last eight?

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Pacquiao/Hatton in HBO 24/7. Pacquiao vs Hatton boxing fight is spiced up all the more with the announcement of HBO Sports to feature the two fighters in a new four-episode run of its critically-acclaimed series “24/7”.

Watch the premiere showing on April 11, 2009. Episodes 2 and 3 will debut on April 18 and 25, respectively. The 4th Episode will be shown on May 1, the night before the exciting fight. For the meantime, watch the HBO 24/7 trailer below.

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Chelsea vs Manchester United in the FA Cup Final. That is my prediction. Chelsea will beat Arsenal (as it can easily beat Hull) come April 18 or 19 to face Manchester United in the FA Cup final. That also meant that I already counted out Everton in the running. Forgive my obsession. I think these top two Premier league clubs deserve all the titles they can obtain between them.

The draw for the FA Cup semi-finals has been kind to the two. They last met at the final stage in 2007 with Didier Drogba sealing it for Chelsea at extra time. But after that, it had been a downward trend for the Blues, capped by a 0-3 loss to the Red Devils at Old Trafford.

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