Premier League: Wigan Athletic 1:0 Norwich City Wigan came out on top in their vital clash against Norwich City, earning a 1-0 victory in an edgy Premier League encounter at the DW Stadium.
The relegation battle looked set for a scoreless stalemate until a late strike from Wigan's Arouna Kone gave the home side a priceless three points to climb out of the bottom three.
The victory gives Roberto Martinez's side their first back-to-back home wins this season in a game where Chris Hughton was left rueing a lack of penetration in the final third.
Wigan named an unchanged team from their 2-0 win over Newcastle two weeks ago, with under-fire
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Premier League: Southampton 2:1 Chelsea Chelsea's top-four hopes took a blow after they fell to a shock 2-1 defeat to Southampton at St Mary's on Saturday.
Saints deservedly went ahead through Jay Rodriguez after a good start to the match, but were pulled back level when John Terry headed home on 33 minutes.
However a Rickie Lambert free-kick restored the hosts' lead before half-time and they held on for another top-half scalp to help pull them further away from the drop zone.
Rafa Benitez rested a number of key men for the clash with Eden Hazard, David Luiz and Ashley Cole all making way, while Juan Mata (illness) and Gary Cahi
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Premier League: Swansea City 1:2 Tottenham Hotspur Goals from Gareth Bale and Jan Vertonghen saw Tottenham Hotspur beat Swansea City 2-1 away from home in the Premier League on Saturday.
Belgian defender Vertonghen gave the visitors an early lead before Bale added a second with a spectacular long-range goal.
Michu did reduce the arrears for Swansea, but they could not find the equaliser despite dominating much of the second half at the Liberty Stadium.
Chico Flores returned to the Swansea defence for the first time since February, while goalkeeper Brad Friedel came into the Spurs side in place of the injured Hugo Lloris.
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Premier League: Manchester City 4:0 Newcastle Manchester City maintained their grip on second place by comfortably brushing aside Newcastle United 4-0 at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
First-half goals from Carlos Tevez and David Silva were supplemented by a delicious back-heeled flick from Vincent Kompany on his long-awaited return to the team early in the second half.
With Roberto Mancini's team playing for the last hour with the kind of flourish that has mostly evaded them during their title defence, they scored a fourth when James Perch deflected a Yaya Toure shot into his own goal.
The victory moved Mancini's side to 62 points and f
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Category: News Views: 781 Added: SkyDate: 30.03.2013 - 23:11
Premier League: Arsenal 4:1 Reading Arsenal boosted their Champions League qualification hopes with a comfortable 4-1 win over relegation-threatened Reading on Saturday.
New Reading manager Nigel Adkins saw his side outplayed at the Emirates Stadium, where goals from Gervinho, Santiago Cazorla, Olivier Giroud and Mikel Arteta secured all three points for the hosts.
Hal Robson-Kanu headed home a consolation strike for the visitors mid-way through the second half.
Arsene Wenger made four changes to the side that defeated Swansea City last time out, with Bacary Sagna, Aaron Ramsey, Gervinho and Tomas Rosicky coming into the sta
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Category: News Views: 704 Added: SkyDate: 30.03.2013 - 23:09
Baup hopeful of Champions League Marseille coach Elie Baup is hopeful his side can clinch a top-three finish in Ligue 1 and qualify for next season's Champions League.
Baup's men travel to Nice on Sunday, sitting third and two points clear of Saint-Etienne with the title appearing to be heading to Paris Saint-Germain.
With nine matches remaining this season, Baup said his side still had work to do if they were to secure automatic qualification into Europe's elite club competition next campaign.
"I always said we have to be there with five games remaining. So far it's good but we are not yet in the final sprint," he said.
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Category: News Views: 873 Added: SkyDate: 30.03.2013 - 13:26
Tough win good for PSG, says Ancelotti Paris Saint -Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti believes his side's win over Montpellier is perfect preparation for their clash against Barcelona.
The Ligue 1 leaders toiled for long periods at Parc des Princes on Friday but Kevin Gameiro's late goal earned them a 1-0 victory that moves them eight points clear at the top.
PSG were made to work hard for the three points but that is a good thing according to Ancelotti, particularly with the visit of Barca for the Champions League quarter-final first leg in mind.
"It's never easy to prepare for a game which
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Category: News Views: 784 Added: SkyDate: 30.03.2013 - 13:25
