JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Spain pushed out the Netherlands 1-0 to win the World Cup in a foul-filled final this afternoon.

The match was not pretty for much of the first half, with the Dutch committing 11 fouls and the Spanish contributing five.

Both Spain and the Netherlands were playing for their first World Cup title. The Dutch have twice lost in the final, in 1974 and ’78, while Spain was playing in the title match for the first time.

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Suresh Raina’s fantastic innings of 57 not out helped Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 22 runs to win the final of the Indian Premier League 2010 played here at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday.

After scoring a competitive 168/5, Chennai came out to restrict the Mumbai Indians to 146/9 despite Keiron Pollard’s late charge of 27 (10 balls). Sachin Tendulkar was the top-scorer with 45.

Chasing 169 ton win, Mumbai suffered an early jolt as Shikhar Dhawan departed in the 2nd over of the innings. Dhawan was caught behind the wickets by Dhoni off Bollinger for a duck.

Tendulkar and Abhishek Nayar took the Mumbai total past the 50-run mark in the 10th over of the innings. Nayar (27) became the second Mumbai batsman to take the long walk back to the pavilion after he was brilliantly run-out off a direct hit.

Harbhajan Singh, who surprisingly came in to bat at number four, did not last long and was out lbw by Suresh Raina for 1.

After scoring 48 runs, Tendulkar departed while trying to push the scoring rate. Tendulkar was caught by Murali Vijay at long-off off Shadab Jakati.

Saurabh Tiwary’s short stay at the wicket came to an abrupt end after he was brilliantly caught by Suresh Raina off Jakati for a duck.

JP Duminy became the sixth Mumbai wicket to fall after he was caught by Jakati off Muttiah Muralitharan for 6.

Keiron Pollard’s blitz ended and with it came to an end the home team’s hopes of winning the championship after the big man was caught by Hayden off Morkel.

Chennai Super Kings Innings

Earlier, Suresh Raina scored an unbeaten half-century to help Chennai Super Kings make a competitive 168/5 off their allotted 20 overs against the Mumbai Indians. Raina’s 57 came off just 35 balls and included three fours and as many sixes.

Having elected to bat after winning the toss, Chennai Super Kings got off to a good start as the opening pair of Matthew Hayden and Murali Vijay looked in good touch.

Vijay’s entertaining knock of 26 runs off 19 balls came to end, however, after he departed caught by Saurabh Tiwary at square leg off Dilhara Fernando.

Moments after Vijay’s dismissal, Chennai received another jolt as the burly Matthew Hayden departed after struggling to make 17 off 31 balls. Hayden was caught behind the wickets by Ambati Rayudu off Kieron Pollard.

Chennai lost their third wicket in the form of S Badrinath, who was sent back by Fernando for 14.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina took the Chennai total past the 100-run mark in the 15th over of the innings despite losing three wickets. The duo brought up its 50-run partnership a little while later off just 25 balls.

After smashing 22 runs off 15 balls and adding 72 crucial runs along with Suresh Raina, Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni departed caught by Zaheer Khan off Fernando.

Albie Morkel was the last Chennai wicket to fall after being run-out in the last over for 15.

Teams:

Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Abhishek Nayar, Ambati Rayudu(w), Saurabh Tiwary, Jean-Paul Duminy, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Dilhara Fernando, Lasith Malinga

Chennai Super Kings: Matthew Hayden, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Subramaniam Badrinath, Albie Morkel, Srikkanth Anirudha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Doug Bollinger, Muttiah Muralitharan

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UFO Moviez, the official broadcaster for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament in cinema theatres, has tied up with Threeality, a California-based company, to bring the last four matches with a three-dimensional (3D) effect in select theatres.

“This would be the first time in the country that any sport event will be screened with 3D effect. The four matches would be the two semi-finals, finals and the match for the third position,” IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi said on Sunday.

Sanjay Gaikwad, CEO, UFO Moviez, said: “We will soon start a pilot in some select theatres and then move on to show the last four matches in a number of theatres that have the 3D facility.” He said the company would spend a lot of money for the 3D production.

It is expected that around 50 screens across the country would show the matches in 3D. UFO Moviez has been showing IPL matches in 700 screens across the country, of which 200 are multiplex ones.

After going down to Al Wahda in the AFC Champions league play-off, the reigning ONGC I-League champions, Churchill Brothers will now vie for AFC Cup 2010 and will start their campaign on 16 March against Kuwait SC at PJ Nehru Stadium, Margao.

Churchill Brothers are placed in Group B along with Kuwait SC (Kuwait) and Al Hilal (Yemen), while Federation Cup champions East Bengal find themselves in Group D and are clubbed with Al Nejmeh (Lebanon), Qadsia (Kuwait) and Al Ittihad (Syria).

The Kolkata giants will start their AFC Cup journey on 10 March against the Syrian heavyweights Al Ittihad in a home game at Yuba Bharathi Kirangan, Kolkata.

Match Schedule:

10 March: East Bengal vs. Al Ittihad (1500 hrs, Yuba Bharathi Kirangan, Kolkata)

16 March: Churchill Brothers vs. Kuwait SC (1600 hrs, PJ Nehru Stadium, Margao, Goa)

17 March: Al Nejmeh vs. East Bengal (1830 hrs, Sports City Stadium, Beirut)

24 March: Al Hilal vs. Churchill Brothers (1600 hrs, Ali Moshe Al Murals Stadium, Sana’a)

24 March: East Bengal vs. Qadsia (1500 hrs, Yuba Bharathi Kirangan, Kolkata)

6 April: Churchill Brothers vs. Al Hilal (1600 hrs PJ Nehru Stadium, Margao, Goa)

6 April: Qadsia vs. East Bengal (1830 hrs, Mohammed Al Hamada Stadium, Hawaii)

20 April: Al Ittihad vs. East Bengal (1600 hrs, Aleppo International Stadium)

27 April: East Bengal vs. Al Nejmeh (1500 hrs, Yuba Bharathi Kirangan, Kolkata)

28 April: Kuwait SC vs. Churchill Brothers (1930 hrs, Kuwait S.C. Stadium)

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