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Win over City extends United's EPL lead
10 Dec 2012Robin van Persie scored a stoppage-time winner as Manchester United clinched a dramatic 3-2 away victory over Manchester City to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to six points on Sunday. United looked to have squandered a chance to claim the Manchester derby bragging rights when Pablo Zabaleta’s equaliser with four [...]
United second after downing Newcastle
8 Oct 2012Manchester United surged into second place in the Premier League with a 3-0 demolition of Newcastle, while Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers suffered another Anfield nightmare as his strugglers were held to a scoreless draw by Stoke on Sunday. Sir Alex Ferguson’s team closed the gap on leaders Chelsea to four points thanks to first half [...]
Man City splash cash on transfer deadline
2 Sep 2012Manchester City splashed out over STG35 million ($A54.01 million) on Inter Milan star Maicon, Benfica midfielder Javi Garcia, Swansea winger Scott Sinclair and Fiorentina defender Matija Nastasic as the English Premier League champions embarked on a transfer deadline day spending spree. City boss Roberto Mancini has endured a frustrating time in the transfer market since [...]
I've nothing to lose against Djokovic, says Hewitt
1 Aug 2012Lleyton Hewitt insisted he’d nothing to lose as he contemplated on an Olympic giant-killing against Novak Djokovic after a surprise 6-4, 7-5 win over Croatian 13th seed Marin Cilic in the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday. Hewitt’s world ranking has sunk to 158 after several years of injury problems and the 2002 Wimbledon champion [...]
Hewitt happy to please hero Norman
31 Jul 2012Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt admitted the chance to impress his childhood hero Greg Norman had inspired his 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky in the Olympics first round Monday. Hewitt grew up idolising golf legend Norman and has been delighted to have the Australian in his camp over the last few days at the [...]
Olympics: Tsonga fears early end to medal dream
28 Jul 2012France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fears his Olympic dream could come to a premature end after the world number six was handed a tricky first round clash against Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci. After two strong showings on his last two visits to Wimbledon, Tsonga is expected to mount a strong challenge for a medal in the Olympic tennis [...]
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