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What a great weekend for the FA Cup!
This year's fourth round threw up the David and Goliath victories that the competition has made its reputation on.
Chief among the smaller clubs celebrating a historic -giant-killing were Bradford City. The Bantams came from two behind away to Chelsea to run out 4-2 winners and the talk of the round Cheap Baseball Hats , with some discussing it is the biggest shock in the history of the world's oldest cup competition.
Middlesborough also made headlines for their performance as they took another unexpected scalp at the home of Premier League champions Manchester City.
The Premier League's top two being dumped out of the cup by a club chasing the Championship title and the side seventh in League One is the FA Cup at its best.
Elsewhere, creditable results for Championship sides Bolton (16th), Blackburn (10th) and Fulham (14th) against top-flight opposition Cambridge (13th) saw them join Boro and Bradford in the draw for the fifth round.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho branded his side's result as disgraceful but added that he was happy for Bradford who were last in the fifth round in the last century.
Media-savvy Mourinho was right on both counts. Well done to the unfashionable Yorkshire side but Chelsea really should not be getting turned over by them at Stamford Bridge.
In a week where Deloitte revealed that every single Premier League team is on their list of the world's 40 highest-earning clubs Cheap Baseball Shirts , it's surprising to see journey-man Jon Stead give Chelsea the blues.
It shouldn't happen but it does and that's partly the -reason anyone loves -soccer. Seeing superstars on the wrong end of a -result like that gives hope to every team, fans and players alike. With every big name that falls, the chance that this could -finally be the year increases for everyone left in the hat.
By the time that the fifth round rolls around on Valentine's Day Cheap Baseball Hoodies , the romance of the cup may have also claimed Manchester United and Liver-pool, giving hope to a great many more.
There are sure to be more surprises in store on the road to Wembley but the biggest of all might be who gets there. A West Ham United versus Stoke City final, for example Cheap Baseball Jerseys , would make this an FA Cup never to forget.
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SANAA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people were killed when Saudi-led coalition warplanes hit a hotel north of the capital Sanaa early on Wednesday morning, a security official and medics told Xinhua.
The hotel locates in Bait al-Edhari area of Arhab district north of Sanaa Cheap MLB Hats , said the official. Medics and rescuers said they have pulled 35 bodies, from underneath of rubble as search for possible survivors is still ongoing.
The dead were all men, said the medics.
This is the latest of a series of airstrikes hitting Yemeni civilians since the civil war began in March 2015.
Earlier this month Cheap MLB Shirts , nine civilians from two families were killed in airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's northern province of Saada, according to local residents and officials.
Last month, the coalition fighter jets hit a camp of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mawza district in the southern province of Taiz Cheap MLB Hoodies , killing a total of 20 people, mostly women and children.
The United Nations refugee agency strongly condemned the July 18 aerial attacks on the IDPs camp and said that it is ""deeply shocked and saddened.""
It said the victims were reported to have been displaced to Mawza from nearby Al Mokha district, which is also experiencing intensified hostilities.
In March 2015 Cheap MLB Jerseys , Saudi-led coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict to back internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi against Iranian-backed Houthis, who invaded the capital Sanaa militarily and seized most of the northern Yemeni provinces.
More than 10,000 people Wholesale MLB Hats China , mostly civilians, have been killed in the war that also displaced over 3 million, according to UN agencies.
The country has also been hit by a deadly cholera outbreak and is on the edge of famine.
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RIGA， May 15 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan distance runner Dominic Kimwetich Kangor won the Lattelecom Riga Marathon on Sunday， setting a new course record， which now stands at two hours， 11 minutes and 45 seconds.
Runner-up Kaleab Selomon of Eritrea finished 36 seconds after the winner， and Kenya's Charles Maina came third， clocking 2:13:54.
The previous course record， which was set last year by Kenyan athlete Haile Tolossa， was beaten by 43 seconds in cool and cloudy weather conditions this Sunday.
Renars Roze and Janis Viskers， currently the leading Latvian marathoners， failed to meet their target and qualify for the upcoming Rio Olympics. They placed sixth and eighth respectively.
The women's race was safely won by Shitaye Gemechu of Ethiopia， who crossed the finish line in 2:38:40， beating Kenya's Divina Jepkosge and Ethiopia's Mulunesh Zewdu.
Latvia's Anita Kazemaka took fourth sport and qualified for the Rio Olympic Games with a result of 2:44:09.
The Riga Marathon， which takes place in the Latvian capital city since 1991， has received the IAAF's prestigious Bronze Label.
BEIJING， May 15 (Xinhua) -- China's national observatory has renewed a blue alert for rain in south China in the coming two days.
From Sunday to Monday， heavy rain is expected in southeastern coastal regions， including Fujian， Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces， the National Meteorological Center (NMC) announced.
Parts of Guangxi， Hainan， Jiangxi， Tibet and Yunnan will also see torrential rain accompanied by thunder or hail.
The NMC suggested people in affected regions avoid outdoor activities and take precautions against landslides and mud flows.
China has a four-tier color-coded warning system for severe weather， with red being the most serious， fo. |
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