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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Heart still beating as name fight ends
Date: April 22nd 2010
Author: Stephen Rielly
From: The Australian
Melbourne will be able to take its second A-League team to heart, after all.
The tussle between Football Federation of Australia and the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation of Melbourne over the Melbourne Heart FC name appears to have been resolved.
The LMCF has until today to substantiate its case against the use of the name with IP Australia, the federal agency that grants rights in patents, trademarks and designs, but that appears to be a step that won't be taken with both parties yesterday talking of an imminent announcement of a compromise.
"An in-principle agreement has been reached but some of the finer detail is still being worked through. What can be said, though, is that a team by the name of Melbourne Heart FC will be competing in the competition next season," an FFA spokesman said.
Similarly, chief executive of the LMCF, Andrew Chappell, said: "I'm pleased to say we've been in talks with the FFA and Melbourne Heart and been working through the problems. It's been very positive and I expect something to be formalised quite soon."
Chappell had earlier maintained that the name of the new Melbourne A-League club was too similar to that of the LMCF's major charity for the homeless, Heart of Melbourne, for confusion not to be created.
lInter Milan snagged Barcelona's seemingly inevitable run to another Champions League crown with a resounding 3-1 win over the titleholder in the semi-final first leg yesterday (AEST).
"We have beaten the best team in the world," Inter coach Jose Mourinho said.
Pedro Rodriguez gave Barcelona the lead in the 19th minute, but Wesley Sneijder equalised before the break.
Once Maicon gave Inter the lead early in the second period the host dominated, and Diego Milito added a third with a header midway in the second half.
"Yesterday I said it was 50-50 and we saw what happened today and it isn't a dream, it is real," Mourinho said.
"We played Barcelona and we won. We have the match to come in Barcelona and I will still say it is 50-50."
However, in talking up the second leg, he said a narrow loss at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium would be worth a win anywhere else.
"We want to get to the final, but Barcelona is a great team with a great coach and great players," he said. "Losing 2-1 (there) would be a better result than our 3-1 win tonight."
As the match continued Barcelona looked tired, perhaps feeling the effects of the 725km bus trip forced by the grounding of flights across Europe following the volcanic eruptions in Iceland.
Inter might have to make the same arrangement for the return leg on Wednesday next week.
"I'm not a doctor so I couldn't say if the journey affected us," Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said. "The result wasn't good and we lost the ball too often."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/heart-still-beating-as-name-fight-ends/story-e6frg7mf-1225856608734
Author: Stephen Rielly
From: The Australian
Melbourne will be able to take its second A-League team to heart, after all.
The tussle between Football Federation of Australia and the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation of Melbourne over the Melbourne Heart FC name appears to have been resolved.
The LMCF has until today to substantiate its case against the use of the name with IP Australia, the federal agency that grants rights in patents, trademarks and designs, but that appears to be a step that won't be taken with both parties yesterday talking of an imminent announcement of a compromise.
"An in-principle agreement has been reached but some of the finer detail is still being worked through. What can be said, though, is that a team by the name of Melbourne Heart FC will be competing in the competition next season," an FFA spokesman said.
Similarly, chief executive of the LMCF, Andrew Chappell, said: "I'm pleased to say we've been in talks with the FFA and Melbourne Heart and been working through the problems. It's been very positive and I expect something to be formalised quite soon."
Chappell had earlier maintained that the name of the new Melbourne A-League club was too similar to that of the LMCF's major charity for the homeless, Heart of Melbourne, for confusion not to be created.
lInter Milan snagged Barcelona's seemingly inevitable run to another Champions League crown with a resounding 3-1 win over the titleholder in the semi-final first leg yesterday (AEST).
"We have beaten the best team in the world," Inter coach Jose Mourinho said.
Pedro Rodriguez gave Barcelona the lead in the 19th minute, but Wesley Sneijder equalised before the break.
Once Maicon gave Inter the lead early in the second period the host dominated, and Diego Milito added a third with a header midway in the second half.
"Yesterday I said it was 50-50 and we saw what happened today and it isn't a dream, it is real," Mourinho said.
"We played Barcelona and we won. We have the match to come in Barcelona and I will still say it is 50-50."
However, in talking up the second leg, he said a narrow loss at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium would be worth a win anywhere else.
"We want to get to the final, but Barcelona is a great team with a great coach and great players," he said. "Losing 2-1 (there) would be a better result than our 3-1 win tonight."
As the match continued Barcelona looked tired, perhaps feeling the effects of the 725km bus trip forced by the grounding of flights across Europe following the volcanic eruptions in Iceland.
Inter might have to make the same arrangement for the return leg on Wednesday next week.
"I'm not a doctor so I couldn't say if the journey affected us," Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said. "The result wasn't good and we lost the ball too often."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/heart-still-beating-as-name-fight-ends/story-e6frg7mf-1225856608734
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