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Liverpool go out as Fiorentina, Arsenal progress

Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

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  • 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

    FLORENCE, Italy (AFP) - - 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.

  • Liverpool's Ryan Babel (left) vies with Lyon's Sidney Govou during their UEFA Champions League match at the Gerland stadium in Lyon on November 4. Dutch winger 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.

    Unhappy Babel hints at Reds exit

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    LONDON (AFP) - - 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.

  • Fatigued Beckham switches focus to loan spell in Italy

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes

  • Liverpool out of Champions League despite victory

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    BUDAPEST (AFP) - - 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.

  • The silver lining in Thierry Henry's hand ball

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    PARIS - Thank you, Thierry Henry.

  • My serve was pants, says beaten Murray

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    By Pritha Sarkar

  • 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.

  • Cristian Ansaldi(L) of Russia's Rubin Kazan vies with Andriy Shevchenko of Ukraine's Dynamo Kiev during their UEFA Champions league football match in Kazan. The match ended on a goalless draw.

    Kazan give Barcelona breathing space after Dynamo draw

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - Russian champions Rubin Kazan failed to really turn the pressure on Champions League holders Barcelona on Tuesday as they were held 0-0 by Dynamo Kiev in their Group F match.

  • Hart sacked as Portsmouth manager

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    By Tom Pilcher

  • Roger Federer of Switzerland returns to Andy Murray of Great Britain in a Singles match during the Barclays ATP World Tour Tennis Finals in London. Federer said finishing the season as world number one counted among his greatest-ever achievements in the game

    Federer feeling on top of the world

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    LONDON (AFP) - - Roger Federer said finishing the season as world number one counted among his greatest-ever achievements in the game, given the dramatic upheaval in his personal life during 2009.

  • Roger Federer rallies for 3-set win at ATP Finals

    AP - Wednesday, November 25

    LONDON - Roger Federer once again bounced back after losing the first set, rallying to beat Andy Murray 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday at the ATP World Tour Finals and ensuring he will have the year-end No. 1 ranking for the fifth time.

  • UK-Sport Summary

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    Liverpool go out as Fiorentina, Arsenal progress

  • Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard in action during their English Premier League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London in October. Liverpool set out for a must-win Champions League clash with Debrecen without injured striker Fernando Torres but with Gerrard insisting they can still turn their season around.

    Liverpool ready for must-win clash with Debrecen

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) - - 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.

  • Carmelo Anthony (C) of the Denver Nuggets goes to the basket against Brook Lopez of the New Jersey Nets at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Nets slid closer to the NBA's record of 17 losses to start a season by dropping their 14th game in a row, falling to the Nuggets 101-87

    Nuggets extend Nets NBA losing streak to 14 games

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - - The New Jersey Nets slid closer to the NBA's record of 17 losses to start a season by dropping their 14th game in a row, falling to the Denver Nuggets 101-87.

  • Barcelona's Lionel Messi takes part in a training session at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on the eve of their Champions League match against Inter Milan.

    Barca wary of exit as Eto'o comes home

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    MADRID (AFP) - - Barcelona's dream of retaining the Champions League trophy for the first time is on the line on Tuesday when they face a must-win Group F match against unbeaten Inter Milan and defeat could see the holders crash out of the competition.

  • Samuel Eto'o of Inter Milan (centre) takes part in a training session at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on November 23 on the eve of their Champions League match against Barcelona. 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.

    Injury crisis gnaws at Barca as Liverpool face exit

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    PARIS (AFP) - - 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.

  • VfB Stuttgart eliminate Rangers with 2-0 win

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    By Kenny MacDonald