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2007-12-08 20:09:00

GLASGOW (AFP) - Celtic needed a late strike from substitute Derek Riordan to salvage a 1-1 draw at home to lowly St Mirren in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday. Stephen McGinn put the visitors, sitting second bottom in the table, ahead in the second

2007-12-08 19:18:05

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United and Chelsea kept up the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday with home wins over Derby County and Sunderland respectively. United beat bottom-placed Derby County 4-1 at Old Trafford where Ryan Giggs s

2007-12-08 18:53:00

KORAT, Thailand (AFP) - Vietnam and the Philippines dominated the track-and-field events here Saturday while Singapore and Vietnam reached the semi-finals of the SEA Games football competition. Vietnam and the Philippines shared seven golds between them i

2007-12-08 17:58:00

COLOMBO (AFP) - England coach Peter Moores wants his team to be streetwise and aggressive as the tourists bid for a series-levelling win in the second Test against Sri Lanka starting on Sunday. England lost the first Test in Kandy by 88 runs despite holdi

2007-12-08 16:33:00

LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba underwent a knee operation on Saturday which could see the Ivory Coast forward miss several key matches for the English Premier League side. Chelsea club doctor Bryan English said in a statement on Saturday: "D

2007-12-08 16:18:00

BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP) - Sulley Muntari hit a superb double strike to help high-flying Portsmouth romp to a 3-1 win against Aston Villa on Saturday. Harry Redknapp's side took the lead through Craig Gardner's early own goal at Villa Park before Muntari

2007-12-08 13:41:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Yuvraj Singh and Sourav Ganguly hammered explosive centuries to lead India's fightback in the third and final Test against Pakistan here on Saturday. Yuvraj celebrated his comeback with a career-best 169 and Ganguly scored a fluen

2007-12-08 11:39:00

READING, England (AFP) - Reading defender Ibrahima Sonko is steeling himself for a testing afternoon when Fernando Torres and his Liverpool team-mates come calling at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday. Senegal-born Sonko, who has recently returned to Readi

2007-12-08 10:46:00

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - Just listening to the crowd, you would have sworn it was Manchester United playing at Old Trafford. Instead, it was Manchester's Ricky Hatton drawing cheers in a song-filled weigh-in for the ages here Friday ahead of the undefeat

2007-12-08 10:37:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Debutant Yasir Arafat grabbed three big wickets to put an under-strength India in trouble in the third and final Test against Pakistan here on Saturday. The seamer took 3-22 off seven disciplined overs before India reached 65-4 in