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LONDON, England — Chelsea were sent spinning to a shock 1-0 defeat at Wolves on Wednesday as
the Premier League champions fell further behind in the title race and left manager Carlo Ancelotti
clinging to his job. An own goal by defender Jose Bosingwa after five minutes handed victory to
Wolves, who climbed out of [.
MADRID, Spain -Ballon d'Or finalists Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta scored to lead Barcelona to
its 12th straight Spanish league win in a 4-0 victory at Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday. Messi
played David Villa clear into the right side of the area before the Spain striker squeezed a
right-footed shot past goalkeeper Daniel Aranzubia [.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester United ruined Kenny Dalglish's first game back in charge of
Liverpool with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup. Manchester United ruined
Kenny Dalglish's first game back in charge of Liverpool with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford in the third
round of the [.
DOHA, Qatar — Bahrain's Ismaeel Abdulatif scored a remarkable four goals as his side thrashed
India 5-2 here on Friday to stay in contention for an Asian Cup last-eight berth and consign the
Indians to elimination. The 24-year-old forward scored three times in just 19 minutes in a
devastating first-half spell, after Faouzi Aaish's penalty [.
DOHA, Qatar — Qatar stormed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals for only the second time in their
history on Sunday with a commanding 3-0 victory over Gulf champions Kuwait, who were eliminated
from the tournament. They went through after Uzbekistan drew 2-2 with China to top Group A,
allowing Qatar to finish second and make [.
MADRID, Spain — Misfit striker Karim Benzema reminded Jose Mourinho of his talents on Sunday,
scoring the 60th-minute goal in Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Real Mallorca which cut Barcelona's lead
back to four points. Mourinho said Benzema, a 35-million euro signing from Lyon, needed to step up
his game and the 23-year-old responded as [.
The Carling Cup is still a much derided competition, scoffed at and labelled a 'Mickey Mouse' Cup.
And while I agree it doesn't have the charm of the FA Cup or the glamour of the Champions League,
that claim is usually made by those who are knocked out or see their reserve players play in [...]
SEOUL, South Korea — Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-Sung said he was retiring from
international duty with South Korea to make way for younger players with "enormous potential".
Park, who has won 100 caps and played in each of the past three World Cups, officially confirmed he
was stepping down after national coach Cho Kwang-Rae [.
ROME, Italy — Inter Milan moved up to third in the Serie A table after labouring to a 3-0 victory
at rock bottom Bari on Thursday. Following league leaders AC Milan's 0-0 draw with Lazio on
Tuesday, Inter closed the gap to their bitter city rivals to seven points and with a game in hand.
[...]
NEWCASTLE, England Newcastle staged one of the greatest fightbacks in Premier League history on
Saturday, dealing a blow to Arsenal's title hopes to claim a 4-4 draw on a day of record
goal-scoring. The second-placed Gunners ran riot in an extraordinary opening at St James Park,
sweeping into a 4-0 lead after only 26 [.
You all read my thoughts last night, so let's have a few Guest Posts today. Here is the first from
Ahmed... We're Screwed After what was a disappointing second half and the relief that our
INVINCIBLE status is no longer under threat I find myself in mixed emotions. Djourou, arguably our
best defender, went off [.
PARKTOWN, South Africa Orlando Pirates coach Ruud Krol and Kaizer Chiefs striker Knowledge Musona
have won the Absa Premiership Coach of the Month and Absa Premiership Player of the month for the
December and January period. The announcement was made at the Premier Soccer League offices in
Parktown on Monday.
Fiorentina shocked the Rosanero in an open affair to celebrate their first away win of the season.
Qasa Alom reports... ‘Meh' is probably the most fitting interjection for Fiorentina this
season.... they sit in 10th place, with a +1 goal difference, 8 wins, 8 draws and (yup you've
guessed it) 8 losses to their name.
Real Madrid have conceded four goals on two of their last three trips to England in the
Champions League. Hope.
~ Opta (via twitter)
I've been off the football landscape somewhat since leaving White Hart Lane on Saturday.
Manchester City midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been tipped to reclaim a spot in the England side
after a superb debut showing during the Carling Cup. Hargreaves netted his first goal for his new
club as Manchester City ran out 2-0 winners over holders Birmingham City in their Third Round
Carling Cup tie at Eastlands.
