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| The Netherlands can become the first European team to clinch a place at the 2010 World Cup on Saturday. While England and Denmark are among the other teams able to move closer to a spot in South Africa, the Dutch can get there with two games remaining if they win at Iceland. The Netherlands has almost a full-strength side for the game in Reykjavik, one of 14 qualifiers in Europe on Saturday. |
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| Champions League first qualifying round,
second leg results on Wednesday:
Pyunik (Armenia) 0 Anorthosis Famugusta (Cyprus) 2
(Anorthosis Famugusta won 3-0 on aggregate)
Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) 0 Drogheda United (Ireland) 1
(Drogheda United (Ireland) won 3-1 on aggregate)
IFK Goteborg (Sweden) 4 Murata (San Marino) 0
(IFK Goteborg won 9-0 on aggregate)
Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro) 1 Tampere United (Finland) 1
(Tampere United won 3-2 on aggregate)
Modrica (Bosnia) 2 Dinamo Tirana (Albania) 1
(Modrica won 4-1 on aggregate)
Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia) 1 Valletta (Malta) 0
(Artmedia Bratislava win 3-0 on aggregate)
Domzale (Slovenia) 2 Dudelange (Luxembourg) 0
(Domzale won 3-0 on aggregate)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 1 Linfield (Northern Ireland) 1
(Dinamo Zagreb won 3-1 on aggregate)
Valur Reykjavik (Iceland) 0 BATE Borisov (Belarus) 1
(BATE Borisov won 3-0 on aggregate)
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| Results of Champions League first
qualifying round, first leg matches played on Tuesday:
Valetta (Malta) 0 Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)
2
Santa Coloma (Andorra) 1 Kaunus (Lithuania) 4
Murata (San Marino) 0 IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) 5
Llanelli (Wales) 1 Ventspils (Latvia) 0
Anorthosis Famugusta (Cyprus) 1 Pyunik (Armenia) 0
FC Baku (Azerbaijan) 0 Rabotnicki (Macedonia) 0
Tampere United (Finland) 2 Buducnost Podgorica
(Montenegro) 1
Dudelange (Luxembourg) 0 Domzale (Slovenia) 1
Dinamo Tirana (Albania) 0 Modrica (Bosnia) 2
BATE Borisov (Belarus) 2 Valur Reykjavik (Iceland) 0
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| Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over fierce rival Liverpool that lifted the reigning champions provisionally to the top of the Premier League on Saturday. Wayne Rooney scored twice for the second straight match to guide United to victory at Old Trafford but all the focus was on the pre-match handshake that never happened,... |
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| Steven Pienaar scored in his first game back at Goodison Park as Everton beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. The South Africa international, who rejoined the club last month on loan from Tottenham, opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a powerful shot into the roof of the net. Chelsea, which had yet to lose a league game in 2012, had several chances to equalize through Daniel... |
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| Substitute Thierry Henry grabbed an injury-time winner as Arsenal snatched a 2-1 victory at Sunderland on Saturday to move above Chelsea into fourth place in the Premier League on Saturday. The former France striker volleyed home a cross from Andrei Arshavin in the first minute of stoppage time to complete Arsenal's comeback after James McClean gave Sunderland the lead in the 70th minute. |
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| Blackburn scored three first-half goals and held off a late comeback from Queens Park Rangers to win 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. Ayegbeni Yakubu opened the scoring for Blackburn in the 15th minute and teammate Steven Nzonzi extended the lead in the 23rd by converting Junior Hoilett's pass. |
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| Striker Pavel Pogrebnyak scored on his debut to help Fulham beat Stoke City 2-1 at Craven Cottage in the Premier League on Saturday. Pogrebnyak, who joined the West London team from Bundesliga side Stuttgart during the January transfer window, opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a close-range finish into the top left corner. |
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| Champions Borussia Dortmund
maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on
Saturday with a 1-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen as rivals
Bayern Munich beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 to keep up with the pace.
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