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| A dominant AC Milan beat Serie A
leaders Inter Milan 2-1 on Sunday to blow open the title race
with second-placed AS Roma winning 3-0 at Sampdoria.
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| Jermaine Pennant pushed his claims for a role in Liverpool's Champions League showdown with Chelsea on Wednesday night by inspiring a wonderful second-half fight back as Liverpool forced Birmingham City to settle for a 2-2 draw. |
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| Nantes on Friday won promotion back to the French top flight a season after their shock relegation with a 1-1 draw at home to Montpellier while rivals Troyes could only draw 2-2 with Boulogne. |
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| Zenit St Petersburg
coach Dick Advocaat praised his side's resilience after a 1-1
draw against favourites Bayern Munich in their UEFA Cup
semi-final on Thursday.
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| We could probably chew all day on the Los Angeles Galaxy and what's going on with The Home Depot Center's primary tenant. But nobody can argue this point: The Galaxy's two healthy stars, David Beckham and Landon Donovan, are certainly doing their part. |
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| Liverpool pushed Fulham closer to relegation from the English Premier League with goals from Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch earning a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage on Saturday. |
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| Schalke 04's dominant
second-half performance against Barcelona in last week's first
leg has given them hope they can upset the Catalans in their
Champions League quarter-final at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.
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| British Sky Broadcasting secured a three-year agreement to televise most Champions League matches starting in 2009. The deal runs through 2011-12, BSkyB announced Tuesday. BSkyB, Britain's dominant pay-TV operator, will get the exclusive live rights to 15 of the 16 games per match day in the first round and all but one of the games per match day in each of the later rounds. |
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| Alan Shearer has revealed that the reason he turned down the offer to work with Kevin keegan at Newcastle United was to avoid the club having to cope with "another dominant personality". |
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| AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti complained on Monday that his side has had to be perfect just to keep champions Inter Milan from disappearing over the hill. |