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St. Patricks Day victory for Ireland against Zimbabwe in Twenty20 opener
In Cricket, Ireland clinched a dramatic last ball victory on St. Patrick's Day in their Twenty20 opener against Zimbabwe.
The African side posted 163-5 from their 20 overs at the competition in Bangladesh.
Following this Paul Stirling put Ireland in a commanding position hitting 60 from 34 balls.
Ireland just needed four runs to win but then lost two wickets.
Stuart Thompson came to the rescue however hitting a single off the final ball to give his side a three wicket victory.
This is the second time Ireland have upset a test nation on their national day. They defeated Pakistan on March 17th at the 2007 World Cup.
Chelsea face Galatasaray in Champions League clash
Fresh from a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at the weekend Chelsea must reboot and prepare for tonight's Champions League clash against Galatasaray.
At a press conference the Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, refused to speak about the events on Sunday in which two of his players were sent off, and he was sent to the stands. He said he didn't want to 'bring the game into disrepute.'
Last time Chelsea and Galatasaray met in Turkey it ended with a one-all draw.
The Turkish side benefit from the impact of Didier Drogba, the former Chelsea player who was once voted the best players Chelsea has ever had, by fans.
As Drogba prepares to compete against his former side at Stamford Bridge Mourinho said the 36-year-old is such an important part of Chelsea's history that he expects him to return to the club at some point.
"I think it has to happen one day. When I don't know. As a player, as a coach, as an ambassador. Next year, in four or five years, in 10 years I don't know. But when a person represents so much to a club, and when a club represents so much to a person, and that is the case, then I think he has to be back one day,"
Drogba himself admitted that it will be emotional playing at the Chelsea ground again, but said he'll keep a cool head and do all he can to make Galatasaray qualify.
"Now I belong to Galatasaray and I need to be professional and of course there will be emotions like the first leg, to see my ex team-mates and also the Chelsea fans in the stadium was special but then there was the game, and the game as you could see was tough, was good, with our intensity, I think it is going to be the same tomorrow."
The match is set to kick off at 19:45 local time in England, that's 3:45am here in Beijing.
Schalke face impossible task against Real Madrid in Champions League clash
Another Champion's league clash at the same time is t Schalke vs Real Madrid.
The German side face a near impossible task as they must overturn a 6-1 deficit away from their previous encounter.
Two goals each from Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale put one of the tournament favourites on the brink of the quarter-finals last month, leaving tonight's game as little more than a formality for the Spaniards.
Despite the long odds Schalke boss Jens Keller says they're not going to lay down without a fight:
"Fear is not a good word in football. As I have mentioned, it is a learning process for the youngsters to play here. It is moving forward, it is learning. We will try to make the most of it, and we'll see what happens, but we are going to give it our best and try to make sure we don't suffer the same result we did in the first leg."
Real Madrid are expected to be resting many players ahead of their La Liga clash against great rivals Barcelona on Sunday.
LA Dodgers arrive in Australia ahead of MLB overseas opening day
The Los Angeles Dodgers arrived in Australia this morning to begin preparation for Major League Baseball's latest overseas opening day.
The Dodgers will face National West rivals the Arizona Diamondbacks in a pair of games this weekend at Sydney Cricket Ground.
The last time the historic venue hosted major league baseball was in 1914 when the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Giants 5-4 in an exhibition game before 10,000 fans.
The Dodgers and Diamondbacks will warm up with midweek exhibition games against Team Australia.
The trip to Australia is the first time Major League Baseball has opened the season in Australia.
British wife carrying championships victors crowned
And finally the seventh annual Wife-Carrying Championships has just taken place in the UK.
The quirky event took place on a sunny spring morning in the town of Dorking in Surrey.
The event has its origins in Scanidinavia where raiders needed to be swift on their feet to escape when stealing womenfolk from neighbouring villages.
This year's victors were Richard and Anna Blake Smith who trained hard to beat some stiff competition:
"We put in a whole weeks work in, running around the athletics track near where we live and its paid off hasn't it, it's been a good race, pushed quite closely by the Lithuanian and I could feel the 'burn' in the quads, I don't know about your legs, how are you feeling?"
ANNA: "Oh, I'm fine, I just held on."
As well as being crowned "British Wife Carrying Champion" and "Champion Wife" the couple were also awarded the top prize of a particularly coveted barrel of ale.
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