Australia will be one of the top draws and favorites at this weekend's IRB HSBC Sevens World Series stop in Las Vegas. The Sevens Wallabies are currently a surprising seventh...

So there were some very interesting results around Europe this weekend with the major stories making the headlines being Inter's 4-0 loss to Roma in the Serie A and Chelsea's surprising 3-3 draw at home with United.

Coming off the back of 3 poor results, Inter desperately needed a win to ensure they broke into the top 4 spot.

7 games, 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 goals allowed. These were rookie Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath's numbers after filling in for an injured Faryd Mondragon late in the 2011 season. Pretty impressive for a twenty year old rookie backup goalkeeper who's only playing time before Faryd Mondragon's injury was a second half start in a friendly against EPL squad, Everton.

Owen Coyle has left his side with a lot to do as they strive to get out of the relegation zone...Liverpool make the trip to Bolton on Saturday for another Premier League fixture. After a disappointing draw against Stoke at Anfield, the Reds will be looking to put that behind them and take all three points from a struggling Bolton side.

The Serie B seesaw has tipped and the slow descent to the end of the 2011/12 season has begun. Most onlookers had Torino pegged as certain for automatic promotion if not the title after ten wins, two draws and a solitary defeat cemented their position at the summit of the table. The superstitious amongst us might gape at the beginning of their demise, after the thirteenth game, and puzzle over.

Mirror: Why Spurs won't win the Premier League

Harry Redknapp is in charge of one of the only three teams that can win the Premier League. Tottenham ultimately will fall short in the title race. But they have shown that you can still build a successful team on a smaller budget (compared to Manchester City) and that is a fantastic thing for the Premier League.

Today Melbourne Victory called a press conference to announce that they have terminated head coach Mehmet Durakovic's contract immediately after just six months. Having produced five losses, six draws and only three wins, the Board decided to call time on his tenure. Chairman Anthony Di Pietro said in an official statement: We have given Mehmet

Defender Glen Johnson insists the return of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will re-ignite the Reds' season.
The midfield general came off the bench to inspire Kenny Dalglish's men to a comfortable 3-1 victory against Newcastle at Anfield on Friday night.
He bagged the crucial third goal for Liverpool late on to secure all three Premier League points to leave them in fifth place, but crucially, in a position to challenge for a UEFA Champions League spot.

Defender Glen Johnson insists the return of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will re-ignite the Reds' season.
The midfield general came off the bench to inspire Kenny Dalglish's men to a comfortable 3-1 victory against Newcastle at Anfield on Friday night.
He bagged the crucial third goal for Liverpool late on to secure all three Premier League points to leave them in fifth place, but crucially, in a position to challenge for a UEFA Champions League spot.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish thought the Reds fully deserved their victory after coming from behind to beat Newcastle.
The visitors took a 25th minute lead through Daniel Agger's own goal, but the Reds hit back via a Craig Bellamy brace and a Steven Gerrard effort.
The win was only the second in six matches at home after a proliferation of draws and Dalglish was delighted to get the three points despite not dominating as much as they had done in some of their previous stalemates.

Kenny Dalglish delighted with Liverpool's three goals from few chances

• Manager applauds Steven Gerrard's form against Newcastle • Dalglish denies return of Luis Suárez presents a dilemma Kenny Dalglish denied he will have a selection problem for Liverpool's next game, against Manchester City on Tuesday, with Luis Suárez available again after suspension, though he did concede it was ironic to score three times against Newcastle in a game where very few chances were created.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish admits Blackburn striker Ayegbeni Yakubu poses a threat at Anfield tomorrow, but is confident his in-form defence will keep the Nigerian quiet.
Rovers' summer signing from Everton has 10 Barclays Premier League goals - including four in one match against Swansea three weeks ago - this season.

We're so close now you can almost smell the reindeer dung. We reach the final window in the SPL Advent calendar. Fling open the curtains and have a nosy at St Mirren.
One thing you can say about St Mirren is that Danny Lennon will do what's best for St Mirren Football Club and what's best for Danny Lennon.

Bolton Wanderers have won one and lost seven of their eight home games in the league this season, but they will be eyeing their second home win of the season on Monday afternoon. Danny Simpson Newcastle not there for the taking Newcastle have just two draws and four defeats in their last six games, and are not in form, and have lost center-back Steven Taylor for the season, and [.

On the pitch, Kettering Town have picked up a little of late. Two consecutive draws have lifted them just out of the relegation places in the Blue Square Bet Premier and, even though the club's transfer embargo remains in place, they even managed a full substitutes bench their match against on Tuesday night.

Newcastle have gone the last 5 games and picked up only 2 points. Check Tiote in action on Saturday Three defeats and two draws in the last five games, and when that happened last season, Chris Hughton was fired following the 3-1 defeat at WBA on 5th December. But there's no such panic going on this season, with Newcastle still fairly well placed [.

Manchester United have been drawn against Dutch champions Ajax in the Europa League Last 32 draw whilst Manchester City will face holders FC Porto. Both Manchester sides have been given tough draws in the last 32 of the Europa League with Manchester United set to take on European giants and Dutch champions Ajax, and Manchester [.

Porto vs Man City, Ajax vs Man Utd and Stoke vs Valencia in Europa League Round of 32 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Porto vs Man City, Ajax vs Man Utd and Stoke vs Valencia in Europa League Round of 32 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter The three English teams remaining in the UEFA Europa League have been handed interesting draws for their Round of 32 clashes.

Arsenal vs AC Milan & Chelsea vs Napoli in Champions League Round of 16 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Arsenal vs AC Milan & Chelsea vs Napoli in Champions League Round of 16 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Arsenal and Chelsea were both awarded tough draws in the Champions League Round of 16 Draw conducted on December 16, 2011.

Tigres are the new champions of Mexico following their 4-1 aggregate victory over Santos Laguna in the Torneo Apertura (Opening Championship) final.

Tigres had finished in third place in the regular season table with a record of seven wins, seven draws and three defeats from seventeen games, before going on to defeat Pachuca CF and Queretaro FC in the play-offs on their way to the final.

Good to see Liverpool register a home win again after three draws at Anfield, thanks to a Luis Suarez header on 47 minutes.
It was a game where Liverpool threatened to run riot only for the goalkeeping of Chezney to keep it at 1-0.
Kenny Dalglish said after the game that Liverpool played fantastic football but he would like to see them score an awful lot more goals.

After 3 weeks of writing about what we could hope for against the 3 best teams in England, I thought I would have to find a different avenue this week. Hoping is ok against the big boys, but obviously after our difficult run of ‘hoping', I was fully expecting a strong Newcastle team to bounce back in style.

As a United fan, I must say life has been pretty dull of late. I don't remember the last time we scored more than one goal in a game (of course I remember the 8-2. Shameless Plug alert) or winning a game when we did go ahead and score 2 or 3. Not winning is definitely a bummer, especially when it closely follows home-ground hammerings at the hands of the rich, evil super-villain (also note lack of plug here).

Rich's law for seeing how it's all going

The law states that, at any given point in a season, Fulham should have about the same number of wins, draws and losses. Any imbalance one way or the other is either a signifier that Fulham have been better or worse than expected.

We currently have a record of: P13, W2, D6, L5

How to read this, then?

1. It could definitely have been worse for England. Far, far worse. Yet the caution about our prospects against the likes of the Ukraine and Sweden is reassuring. 2. England v France at the European Championships just won't be the same without a vomiting Zinedine Zidane. 3. Spain, Italy and the Republic of Ireland make [.

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Former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage has been sticking the knife into Liverpool again, this time claiming that Kenny Dalglish overspent on Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, and Jordan Henderson, players he feels are not good enough for a title-challenging team
Savage, who recently suggested that Liverpool were '200m off the pace' argued:
"If Liverpool don't finish in the Champions League places this season - and after draws to Norwich and Swansea, there's no guarantee they will - they won't even be in the market for the very best players.

Liverpool's success in holding Manchester City in the weekend apparently gives a renewed confidence boost for the club's striker, Dirk Kuyt, who believes that they can really do well this season.

According to the Dutchman, the result again City pretty much confirmed the Reds ability in going toe to toe with the big boys as so far Kenny Dalglish's side have been picking up positive results against Premiel League top teams.

Dirk Kuyt claims Liverpool's performances against the Premier League's top sides have given the Reds the belief they can regain Champions League football.
Kenny Dalglish's side drew 1-1 with Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday and was unlucky not to be the ones to end the league leaders' unbeaten start to the season.

Dirk Kuyt: Liverpool's displays against top sides hint at bright future

• Kuyt hopes displays lead to Champions League qualification • 'The way we have played has been fantastic' The Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt believes their performances against the top sides have improved their chances of regaining Champions League football.

With both teams already qualified, tomorrow night's clash at San Siro between AC Milan and FC Barcelona is all about claiming the top spot in Group H. With 10 points Barca is at the top of the group ahead of AC Milan by two points. Usually two draws from now should see us stay at top, but the problem for Barca is the thei last Group match will take place days ahead of the first Clasico.

With Liverpool stuttering with draws at home and Chelsea's recent poor form,...

With Liverpool stuttering with draws at home and Chelsea's recent poor form,...

Kenny Dalglish has spent over £100m on new players since returning to Anfield, and he has repeatedly stated that the club's current squad is much stronger than it was last season. There may be some truth to that contention, but former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage believes Liverpool still need to spend a huge amount of money to be in with a chance of winning the title.

Reds Aim To Show Torres & Meireles What They're Missing

He'll be needing the toilet after Liverpool are done with his side on Sunday... Liverpool make the trip down South on Sunday to face Chelsea in the first of two clashes this month with the London side. This game has had enough spice sprinkled over it in the recent weeks, the factors of Torres and Meireles will surely add to the already predictable atmosphere and both clubs could seriously do with a big win.

With Liverpool facing Chelsea in a week's time, I thought it interesting to look at the club's recent record against the best and worst of the Premier League. Long story short, Liverpool have a habit of playing up or down to the opposition's level under Dalglish.
Against top-five opponents:
• 1-0 Chelsea (a)
• 3-1 United (h)
• 3-0 City (h)
• 1-1 Arsenal (a)
• 0-2 Tottenham (h)
• 2-0 Arsenal (a)
• 0-4 Tottenham (a)
• 1-1 United (h)
Overall record: 4W-2D-2L
Points per game: 1.

Fabio Capello's England have experienced some miserable results in the past year or so, such as the humiliating 4-1 defeat to Germany and the disappointing draws to Switzerland and Montenegro. For a national side that is so steeped in history and success, scorelines from certain matches haven't matched the players' unquestionable ability.

What are the odds England are the top scoring home nation this weekend? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Petr Cech may wear his usual headgear AND a specially-designed mask to protect his broken nose in the Czech Republic's Euro 2012 play-off tonight. When asked if wearing both would affect his vision, the Chelsea keeper replied: "Who said that?

Luis Suárez says there is more to come from both him and Liverpool

• Striker targets improvement despite being club's top scorer • 'I could probably have converted one or two more' Luis Suárez has said that there is greater improvement to come from both him and the rest of the Liverpool team.

Liverpool Agony The Ineffective £71 Million Talent - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

A strong finish last season under the legend Kenny Dalglish and the injection of money by the owners to add talent in Liverpool's squad reignited hope amongst the supporters that the club is back to winning ways.