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Fuller makes Pompey pay for penalty miss

Stoke City's Jamaican forward Ricardo Fuller celebrates after scoring against Portsmouth during their English Premier League football match at The Britannia Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke won 1-0.
AFP - Monday, November 23

STOKE, England (AFP) - - Jamaica striker Ricardo Fuller's neat finish was good enough to give Stoke City a 1-0 win over Premier League strugglers Portsmouth at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday. More »

  • Defoe scores five as Spurs demolish Wigan 9-1

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    By Alan Baldwin

  • Tottenham Hotspur's Jermain Defoe (L) shoots past Wigan Athletic's Dutch player Mario Melchiot (R) during the Premiership match at White Hart Lane in London. Tottenham Hotspur won the game 9-1.

    Defoe nets five-timer as Spurs hit Wigan for nine

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LONDON (AFP) - - Tottenham blazed to a 9-1 win over Wigan at White Hart Lane here on Sunday with Jermain Defoe netting a five-timer in Spurs' highest scoring topflight win.

  • France does not deserve to be in World Cup - poll

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    PARIS (Reuters) - Most people in France do not think their soccer team deserves to be in the 2010 World Cup and did not approve of Thierry Henry's handball that helped secure a finals place, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday.

  • Five goals for Defoe as Spurs stun Wigan 9-1

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    By Alan Baldwin

  • Fabrice Pancrate of PSG FC plays with a ball during a training session in Kiev in April. The French striker has signed for Championship highflyers Newcastle on a free transfer on a two-and-a-half year contract, his former club Paris Saint Germain has announced.

    Pancrate signs for Newcastle

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    PARIS (AFP) - - French striker Fabrice Pancrate signed for Championship highflyers Newcastle on Sunday on a free transfer on a two-and-a-half year contract, his former club Paris Saint Germain announced.

  • Blackburn beat Bolton 2-0 in Allardyce's absence

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    LONDON (Reuters) - Blackburn Rovers shrugged off the absence of manager Sam Allardyce, who is awaiting heart surgery, to beat his former club Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League Sunday.

  • A cameraman films the poster of French football player Thierry Henry outside FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper Sports Center near Barcelona on November 20. Manchester United's French international defender Patrice Evra has come out fighting in defence of teammate Thierry Henry, vilified for his handball in his country's World Cup qualifying win over Ireland.

    Evra fights Henry corner in handball row

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    PARIS (AFP) - - Manchester United's French international defender Patrice Evra has come out fighting in defence of teammate Thierry Henry, vilified for his handball in his country's World Cup qualifying win over Ireland.

  • A German paper says it has obtained details of some of the 200 matches under investigation in the match-fixing scandal that has rocked European football.

    German paper reveals match-fixing details

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    BERLIN (AFP) - - A German paper said Sunday it had obtained details of some of the 200 matches under investigation in the match-fixing scandal that has rocked European football.

  • Kawasaki Frontale forward Juninho (left) and Nagoya Grampus midfielder Yoshizumi Ogawa (right) fight for the ball during the first half of their quarter-final match at the AFC Champions League tournament in Tokyo in September. Kawasaki Frontale have failed to keep their J-League top spot as they crashed 1-0 to second division-bound Oita Trinita.

    Kawasaki fail to keep J-League lead

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Kawasaki Frontale failed to keep their J-League top spot when they crashed 1-0 to second division-bound Oita Trinita on Sunday.

  • Liverpool's Steven Gerrard (right) runs with the ball under pressure from Manchester City's Gareth Barry during their Premier League match at Anfield, in Liverpool. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.

    Benitez backs Reds to secure top four finish

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) - - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez brushed aside his team's stuttering form to insist that they will finish in the top four.

  • Chelsea's Joe Cole celebrates scoring the fourth goal during their Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge, London. Chelsea won 4-0.

    Ancelotti's kids can ease Chelsea's transfer burden

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    LONDON (AFP) - - Carlo Ancelotti believes Chelsea's much-criticised youth system is finally yielding fruit and can negate the need for a spending spree in the January transfer window.

  • Sunderland's John Mensah (left) challenges Arsenal's Samir Nasri during their Premier League match at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, north-east England. Sunderland won 1-0.

    Gunners given glimpse of life without van Persie

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    LONDON (AFP) - - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to blame the absence of Robin van Persie as his team failed to score for the first time this season in a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland.

  • Manchester United's midfielder Antonio Valencia (L) clashes with Everton's midfielder Marouane Fellaini during their English Premier League football match at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England. Manchester United won 3-0.

    Ferguson looks ahead to New Year duel with Chelsea

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - - Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United can take charge of the title race if they reach the New Year in touch with leaders Chelsea.

  • Henry not a cheat, says Zidane

    Reuters - Sunday, November 22

    PARIS (Reuters) - Thierry Henry is not a cheat and will get over his handball in France's controversial World Cup playoff against Ireland, Zinedine Zidane was quoted as saying on Saturday.

  • Bordeaux midfielder Jaroslav Plasil (R) clashes with Valenciennes defender Renaud Cohade during the French L1 football match at Chaban-Delmas stadium in Bordeaux. Bordeaux fell behind to a seventh minute strike from French-born Mali international Mamadou Samassa and failed to overcome from that early shock to lose 1-0.

    Auxerre in command as Lyon, Bordeaux falter

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    PARIS (AFP) - - Auxerre capitalised on slip-ups by Lyon and Bordeaux to move into a clear lead at the top of the French league on Saturday.

  • Chelsea and Man Utd win while Arsenal lose

    Reuters - Sunday, November 22

    By Alan Baldwin

  • Manchester City's Carlos Tevez (L) is held by Liverpool's Sotirios Kyrgiakos during a Premier League match at Anfield in Liverpool. Liverpool's stuttering season continued as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Manchester City that did little for either club's hopes of finishing the season in the top four.

    Chelsea, United cruise as Arsenal stumble in Premiership

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    LONDON (AFP) - - Chelsea strengthened their position at the top of the Premier League by cruising to a 4-0 win over struggling Wolves on Saturday.

  • Werder Bremen's striker Hugo Almeida (L) and Freiburg's midfielder Ivica Banovic fight for the ball during their German first division Bundesliga football match in the southern German city of Freiburg. Almeida netted twice as Werder Bremen went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday thanks to a 6-0 hammering of Freiburg.

    Bundesliga-topping Bremen hit Freiburg for six

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    BERLIN (AFP) - - Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida netted twice as Werder Bremen went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday thanks to their 6-0 hammering of Freiburg.

  • Controversial teenager Kakuta makes Chelsea debut

    Reuters - Sunday, November 22

    LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea gave French teenager Gael Kakuta his Premier League debut on Saturday, two years after he was controversially signed from Racing Lens.

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