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Timeline of the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday (all times local): 4.00pm
(1500GMT) At kickoff time Blackpool and Wigan Athletic filled the remaining two relegation places
alongside doomed West Ham United. Blackpool, Wigan and Birmingham City were all on 39 points and
with only two goals difference between them.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Columbus native and former Crew defender Eric Brunner came back to haunt his old
team on Saturday night, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 Portland victory at JELD-WEN Field. The
second-half goal — a header off a free kick in the 46th minute — helped Portland maintain their
dominance at home [.
BERLIN, Germany Schalke 04 won the German Cup for the fifth time on Saturday, crushing second
division Duisburg 5-0 to book a Europa League spot for next season. Dutchman Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
struck twice as Schalke took up their last chance of a European place after a rollercoaster season
saw them reach the Champions League [.
This weekend brought us some football related foolishness in front of the cameras.
First, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whilst celebrating Milan's clinching of the 2010-2011 Serie A Scudetto,
decided it would be fun if he kicked his teammate, Antonio Cassano, while Cassano was being
interviewed:
Meanwhile over in Germany, Wladimir Klitschko held a press conference as part of the run up to his
fight with David Haye.
LYON, France — Striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored a late equalizer Tuesday as Lyon drew 1-1 with Real
Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 meeting in the Champions League, denying the Spanish team
its first win against the former French champions. Brazilian defender Cris headed on a free kick
and Gomis clipped the ball [.
PARIS, France — Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 2-1 Saturday in the French league to keep up its
title challenge. The defending champion cut Lille's lead to three points and provisionally moved
into second place in the standings, one point clear of Lyon which thrashed Nancy 4-0 on Friday.
Lille visits Montpellier on Sunday.
NUREMBERG, Germany — Nuremberg extended its winning run in the Bundesliga to four games on
Friday, when goals from Julian Schieber, Robert Mak and Almog Cohen earned a 3-0 home win over
Eintracht Frankfurt. Frankfurt has yet to win in the Bundesliga in 2011, and has been outscored by
11 goals to none since the [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam squandered a two-goal lead and missed a late penalty to draw
2-2 at Roda JC Kerkrade and lose ground on the Dutch league leaders on Sunday. PSV Eindhoven,
convincing 4-0 winners at AZ Alkmaar on Saturday, are top with 50 points after 23 matches and are
ahead of Twente Enschede, [.
BERLIN, Germany — Werder Bremen moved out of the relegation zone after Per Mertesacker equalized
in a fiery 1-1 draw at home to Hannover in the Bundesliga on Sunday. The defender's header in the
50th minute cancelled out a strike from Didier Ya Konan to leave Bremen 14th in the standings, one
point above relegation [.
ANTALYA, Turkey Nana Attakora scored the team's lone goal Wednesday as Toronto FC played Partizan
Belgrade to a 1-1 draw to open the Major League Soccer pre-season. The Canadian defender connected
on a corner kick in the sixth minute, but Toronto couldn't hold onto its lead as Nemanja Tomic tied
the game for the [.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Veteran goalkeeper Muteba Kidiaba starred as Club World Cup runners-up
TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo collected a seventh African title Saturday.
Kidiaba saved a shootout kick against FUS Rabat from Morocco in southern Congolese city Lubumbashi
and then converted a penalty to give his team a 9-8 victory [.
BOLTON Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires were all on target as Chelsea
ended their miserable run of away form with a 4-0 victory at Bolton here on Monday to keep alive
their dim hopes of the Premier League title. Carlo Ancelotti's side had fallen away from contention
for the title with [.
MANCHESTER Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat trick as Manchester United dominated Birmingham, 5-0, in
English Premier League action on Saturday. With the win, United stays at the top of the table, all
alone after Manchester City's loss later in the day. Arsenal actually jumped into second, two
points back of the leaders.
MILAN, Italy Inter Milan routed visiting Bologna 4-1 in the Serie A on Saturday and continued its
winning run since Leonardo took over as coach. Leonardo replaced Rafa Benitez on Christmas Eve and
Inter has since won all four of its games to move to eight points behind league leader AC Milan,
which was [.
LONDON, England Ben Foster handed under-pressure Avram Grant a lifeline with a huge error to gift
10-man West Ham a narrow 2-1 lead going into the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against
Birmingham. The England stopper, who produced a series of stunning saves in the first half, failed
to control Carlton Cole's [.
