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Monday March 9, 2009

Football

Eduardo FA Cup wonder goal fires Arsenal through

Arsenal 3 Burnley 0. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal finally sparked in to life this season with a three-goal demolition of Burnley courtesy of goals from Eduardo, Eboue and Vela in their delayed FA Cup Fifth Round tie. "Victory did not merely lift Arsenal to an FA Cup quarter-final meeting with... [continued]

Arsenal's Da Silva Eduardo (centre) celebrates scoring the opening goal with team mates Emmanuel Eboue (Left) and Carlos Alberto Vela (right)

"I don't think I have seen a better goal this season. It was the kind of goal you score on the beach. He's a very intelligent player and he meant it" Arsene Wenger sings the praises of Eduardo's strike

Everton through to FA Cup semis

Everton 2 Middlesbrough 1. Everton came back from a goal down through strikes from Marouane Fellaini and Louis Saha to book their place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where they will face Manchester United at Wembley. "The first club from Merseyside to reach the old Wembley in... [continued]

David Beckham delight at sealing AC Milan deal

David Beckham will pay for the privilege of playing for AC Milan after his 'dream' deal with the Serie A giants was finally agreed with his current club, Los Angeles Galaxy. "The Galaxy rubber-stamped the deal late on Saturday night, leaving Beckham free to remain at the San Siro... [continued]

AC Milan and England midfielder David Beckham

Man Utd wait on Rio injury news

Manchester United will find out today whether their defensive rock Rio Ferdinand will be available for this week's crunch Euro tie with Inter Milan after the England international limped out of their 4-0 annihilation of Fulham in the FA Cup on Saturday. "United are confident Ferdinand is winning his... [continued]

Cricket

England struggle to bowl out the West Indies

Fifth Test, Day 3: England 546/6 dec; West Indies 349/4. England's bowlers gave their all yesterday but they were unable to penetrate to far into the West Indian tail on the middle day of the final Test of this engrossing series. "Three days are gone and the first innings... [continued]

England's bowler Amjad Khan, right, puts his hands to his head as West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul, left, runs to score on the third day of the fifth and final cricket test match at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain

Hughes makes cricket history

Australian batsman Phillip Hughes made cricket history yesterday, becoming the youngest man to score a century in each innings of a Test match. "One of the oldest records in Wisden was broken yesterday when Hughes became the youngest player in 132 years of Test cricket to score a hundred... [continued]

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Thought for the Day

 

Arsenal's Da Silva Eduardo scores their second goal against Burnley in the FA Cup Fifth Round

A shock is not mandatory for the FA Cup to feature magic. The Arsenal striker Eduardo enchanted the Emirates yesterday with a goal that drew gasps from the crowd and praise even from the opposing manager. "I watched the replay several times and it just kept getting better," said the Burnley manager, Owen Coyle. Arsene Wenger joined in the acclaim, his satisfaction enriched by a sense that his own vindication is approaching. Paul Doyle in the Guardian on Eduardo's wonder goal

Premiership table

 

PREMIER LEAGUE
March 9, 2009
  Team P W D L F A Pts  
Man Utd 27 20 5 2 48 12 65
Chelsea 28 17 7 4 48 16 58
Liverpool 28 16 10 2 45 20 58
Aston Villa 28 15 7 6 42 29 52
Arsenal 28 13 10 5 41 26 49
Everton 28 12 9 7 36 28 45
West Ham 28 11 6 11 34 34 39
Man City 28 10 5 13 45 36 35
Wigan 28 9 8 11 27 27 35
Fulham 27 8 10 9 24 23 34
Bolton 28 10 3 15 30 40 33
Tottenham 28 8 8 12 33 33 32
Sunderland 28 8 8 12 28 36 32
Hull City 28 8 8 12 34 50 32
Stoke City 28 7 8 13 27 44 29
Newcastle 28 6 10 12 34 45 28
Portsmouth 27 7 7 13 29 44 28
Blackburn 27 6 9 12 30 43 27
Middlesbrough 28 6 8 14 20 40 26
West Bromwich Albion 28 6 4 18 25 54 22

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