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Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

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  • Liverpool go out as Fiorentina, Arsenal progress

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    By Brian Homewood

  • Liverpool out of Champions League despite victory

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Liverpool's miserable season continued as they were knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage despite a 1-0 victory over Debrecen at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium here on Tuesday.

  • Lyon's Sweden midfielder Kim Kallstrom (L) fights for the ball with Fiorentina's midfielder Riccardo Montolivo during their UEFA Champion's League Group E football match at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence. Fiorentina beat Lyon 1-0 to book their place in the Champions League knock-out stages with a game to spare and send 2005 winners Liverpool crashing out on Wednesday.

    Fiorentina win sends Liverpool crashing out

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Fiorentina beat Lyon 1-0 to book their place in the Champions League knock-out stages with a game to spare and send 2005 winners Liverpool crashing out on Wednesday.

  • Liverpool knocked out of Champions League despite win

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Five-times champions Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday despite a 1-0 victory over Debrecen in Group E.

  • Arsenal beat Liege 2-0 to go through in top spot

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal secured their place in the knockout phase of the Champions League for the 10th successive season when a comfortable 2-0 win over Standard Liege secured top spot in Group H with a game to spare on Tuesday.

  • Hart sacked as Portsmouth manager

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    By Tom Pilcher

  • Paul Hart, seen here in August 2009, has been

    Hart leaves Portsmouth

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Paul Hart has been "relieved of his duties as first-team manager" of Portsmouth, a statement issued by the Premier League basement club said on Tuesday.

  • England's struggling bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals suffered another setback on Tuesday when English Premier League (EPL) chairman Dave Richards resigned from the board.

    EPL chief quits England's 2018 World Cup bid team

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    England's struggling bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals suffered another setback on Tuesday when English Premier League (EPL) chairman Dave Richards resigned from the board.

  • Ronaldo poised to return for FC Zurich clash

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    MADRID (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to play some part in Real Madrid's Champions League match against FC Zurich on Wednesday after a two-month absence through injury

  • Unhappy Babel hints at Reds exit

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Dutch winger Ryan Babel has reportedly threatened to walk out on Liverpool unless he gets more first-team football, adding to the sense of crisis gathering around Anfield in what has been a frustrating season to date.

  • Liverpool ready for must-win clash with Debrecen

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Liverpool set out for a must-win Champions League clash with Debrecen without injured striker Fernando Torres but with captain Steven Gerrard insisting they can still turn their season around.

  • Injury crisis gnaws at Barca as Liverpool face exit

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    It would normally be unthinkable -- but it is just possible that holders Barcelona will become the first winners since the 1993 introduction of the Champions League format not to survive the group stages.

  • Wigan players to refund fans after Spurs thrashing

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (Reuters) - Wigan Athletic's players have agreed to refund the club's travelling fans after Sunday's humiliating 9-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

  • Wenger demands sharper fire from Gunners

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    Arsene Wenger has played down the significance of his side's first defeat in 14 matches and challenged his players to prove him right in Tuesday's Champions League clash with Standard Liege.

  • Wigan refund fans who witnessed Spurs massacre

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    Wigan's shell-shocked players on Monday offered to refund supporters who travelled to London to watch their side being thrashed 9-1 by Tottenham.

  • Kroenke moves closer to Arsenal takeover threshold

    AP - Tuesday, November 24

    American businessman Stan Kroenke has bought 10 more Arsenal shares to put him closer to the threshold that forces him to make a takeover bid.

  • Five-star Defoe 'on his way to South Africa'

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp believes Jermain Defoe has made an unanswerable case for inclusion in England's World Cup squad by becoming only the third player to score five times in a Premier League match.

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