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Around Europe From Manchester to Madrid
As with every week, the matches of Manchester City and United in England, Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain draw most of the interest around Europe. However, the two biggest matches this weekend were in France between Marseille and PSG and in Germany, between Dortmund and Schalke.
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Finishing 2011 With a Smile (Federer vs Tsonga)
Roger Federer completed his perfect November with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Final of the ATP World Tour Finals. It was his sixth trophy at the year-end championship and his 70th career singles title in his 100th final, moving him back to #3 in the ATP raknings.
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2011 College Football Rankings – Week 13
LSU should beat Georgia in the SEC championship game, which means, if we know the BCS, that we’ll have a All-SEC national championship game in January 2012 between the LSU Tigers (beating Arkansas) and Alabama, who beat Auburn rather easily in the Iron Bowl.
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Doctor Joe Hart and Mister Mario Balotelli (Liverpool vs Manchester City)
Joe Hart was superman on the goal-line as Liverpool, with Luis Suarez and a fantastic Lucas throwing everything they had at him. A 1-1 draw came as a good result for Manchester City, especially after losing Mario Balotelli to a foolish red card.
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Gary Speed Announced Dead by Welsh FA
Gary Speed was found hanged at his Cheshire home, with his tragic death at the age of 42 believed to be suicide by the local police.
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2011 College Football Week 13 – We Need Playoffs, Not BCS Rankings
There’s nothing new in 2011. College Football needs a playoff, as the whole BCS rankings and systems leave us with too many one-loss teams who deserve a shot at LSU, and Alabama, who already lost to them and won’t play for the SEC title, look like the most likely candidate.
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Owners and Players Reach Tentative Deal to (Possibly) End NBA Lockout
The NBA Lockout might be over. The owners and players reached a tentative deal on Friday after 15 hours of negotiating, with a 2011-2012 season starting on Christmas with a 66 game schedule planned for the teams.
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Berto vs Ortiz – Fight is Set and Showtime Gets it
Andre Berto will get his chance to avenge his only career loss against Victor Ortiz in early 2012, as Showtime picked up the highly anticipated rematch between the two former Welterweight champions.