Fulham 0:3 Chelsea Chelsea moved back into third place in the Premier League as they cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Wednesday.
The hosts looked the better of the two sides early on, but David Luiz's devastating long-range strike and John Terry's easy header gave the Blues a two-goal lead at the break - and the visitors never looked back, with the Chelsea skipper adding a second header to kill the game off.
Fulham had the better of the opening exchanges, and nearly took an early lead when Sascha Riether swung in a superb cross from the right, but Bryan Ruiz scooped his effort way over the bar from just a few yards out.
Category: News Views: 1075 Added: SkyDate: 18.04.2013 - 02:36
Anderlecht 3:0 Lokeren Anderlecht have claimed their first win of the Belgian First Division playoffs, defeating Lokeren 3-0 despite a second-half red card.
Serbian winger Milan Jovanovic led the way for Anderlecht on Wednesday, scoring the opening goal in the fourth minute and setting up the second as the Brussels-based club leapt out to a 3-0 lead at half-time.
Despite losing full-back Olivier Deschacht in the opening minute of the second half, Anderlecht kept visiting Lokeren scoreless after the break, to end a four-game winless streak and extend their lead at the top of the championship playoffs to four points.
Some fans had barely taken their seats at Anderlecht's Stade Constant Vanden Stock as Jovanovic gave the hosts the lead, heading home f
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Internazionale 2:3 Roma (agg 3-5) Roma have booked their spot in the Coppa Italia final with an impressive 3-2 win at the San Siro against a struggling Inter Milan.
Having led 2-1 following the first leg of their semi-final against Inter, Roma came from behind on Wednesday thanks to two goals from Mattia Destro to book their spot alongside Lazio on May 26.
Vasilis Torosidis scored Roma's third in Milan, while Jonathan and Ricardo Gabriel Alvarez got on the scoresheet for the hosts, as the capital club qualified for their 17th Coppa Italia final with a 5-3 aggregate win.
Inter claimed an advantage in the tie for the first time in the 22nd minute when Brazilian full-back Jonathan played a one-two with Alvarez, burst forward, exchanged passes with Tommaso Rocchi
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Category: News Views: 976 Added: SkyDate: 18.04.2013 - 02:32
Madrid usurp Man Utd as richest club Real Madrid have taken over from Manchester United as the richest football club on the planet for the first time since 2004.
The Red Devils have sat at the top of the Forbes list for nine years in a row but Jose Mourinho's men are now worth US$135 million more at US$3.3 billion, while Sir Alex Ferguson's side sit second in the business magazine's most valuable club list.
Barcelona are perched comfortably in third - US$565m behind United but US$1.274m ahead of fourth-placed Arsenal - and rose 99 percent in value over 12 months.
Bayern Munich fill out the top five having made the Champions League final last season as well as finishing second in the Bundesliga. Their value is sure to rise further in next year's rankings with the
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Big guns to turn out for pre-season cup Real Madrid, Juventus and Inter will join LA Galaxy in the inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup this summer.
The pre-season tournament, which runs from July 27 to August 4, will feature seven European sides as well as the MLS giants, and will take place in the USA.
Jose Mourinho's side have been confirmed as participants, along with the Serie A duo and Galaxy, with the other sides and principal venues to be announced in the next two weeks.
The eight teams will play the first round of matches in Indianapolis, San Francisco, Phoenix and a to-be-determined European venue. The second round will take place in Los Angeles and New York.
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Stuttgart 2:1 Freiburg Stuttgart will face runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich in the DFB Pokal final after a 2-1 victory over Freiburg.
Wednesday's semi-final was decided in an early flurry with all three goals coming in the opening half-an-hour with Austrian winger Martin Harnik scoring the decisive goal for Stuttgart.
Stuttgart will take on Bayern in the DFB Pokal decider in Berlin on June 1 hoping to claim their first German Cup since 1997.
Freiburg headed into the semi-final in Stuttgart sitting fifth in the Bundesliga, seven positions ahead of the hosts, and hoping to keep their cup run going as they looked to win the first major trophy in their history.
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Vieira backs Nasri to improve Manchester City development executive Patrick Vieira has defended Samir Nasri at the end of a tough campaign for the Frenchman.
Nasri has found the net just once in the top-flight this season and has been unable to hold down a position in the starting lineup, drawing criticism from manager Roberto Mancini.
However, after some better displays - including a goal against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final, Vieira insists that Nasri still plays a major in the set-up at the Etihad Stadium adding the midfielder will be a better player next year.
"All of these problems have perhaps sullied the image of the player, however, he remains an important player for City and the France national team," he told RMC.
Category: News Views: 795 Added: SkyDate: 18.04.2013 - 00:44
