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Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday.
Manchester United and Chelsea scored late goals Tuesday to reach the next round of the Champions League with Bordeaux and FC Porto.
Robin van Persie scored twice against a lax Tottenham defense in a 3-0 victory Saturday, helping Arsenal remain unbeaten against its Premier League rival over the last decade.
Manchester City got a 1-1 draw at Wigan on Sunday yet fell further behind Manchester United in the Premier League standings.
Rubin Kazan stunned defending champion Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Everton maintained its perfect record with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Bate Borisov in Europa League on Thursday.
Pau Gasol had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead world champion Spain to a 85-63 win over Serbia in the final of the European basketball championship Sunday.
Manchester United and Chelsea rallied to victories Saturday, while Manchester City's expensively revamped team passed its first big Premier League test against Arsenal.
Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol scored 19 points and had eight rebounds Monday to lead world champion Spain over Lithuania 84-70 in the second round of the European basketball championship.
The euro fell slightly against the dollar Friday as more economic signals continued to point upward.
Wayne Rooney's penalty kick and an own-goal by Abou Diaby gave Manchester United a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea and Tottenham won to stay neck-and-neck at the top of the standings.
Wayne Rooney fired defending champion Manchester United to a 1-0 victory over promoted Birmingham on Sunday, while Liverpool slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
The 16-nation euro climbed against the dollar early Thursday after Germany, Europe's largest economy, reported an unexpected rise in gross domestic product, technically bringing it out of recession.
Chelsea recovered after conceding the fastest goal in FA Cup final history, beating Everton 2-1 on Saturday to win the trophy a fifth time.
Manchester United tied Arsenal 0-0 Saturday to capture their third consecutive Premier League title and match Liverpool's mark of 18 league championships.
UEFA chose four cities in Poland to host matches at the 2012 European Championship on Wednesday but said tournament co-host Ukraine could wind up with only two venues unless it makes major infrastructure improvements in the next six months.
Manchester United tied Arsenal 0-0 Saturday to capture their third consecutive Premier League title and match Liverpool's mark of 18 league championships.
Didier Drogba scored with six minutes left to give Chelsea a 2-1 win over Arsenal on Saturday and a place in the FA Cup final on May 30.
With the value of the dollar jumping up and down against other countries' currencies, what if the world just agreed to use the same currency? It sounds like a simple idea But like many simple ideas, it would come with all kinds of unintended consequences.
Teenage substitute Federico Macheda scored on his Manchester United debut on Sunday to salvage a 3-2 win over Aston Villa and end the team's monthlong winless streak in the Premier League.
Steven Gerrard scored a hat trick Sunday, sending Liverpool past Aston Villa 5-0 and within a point of first-place Manchester United in the Premier League.
Liverpool routed Premier League leader Manchester United 4-1 on Saturday, coming from behind to revive its faltering title chase with its biggest win at Old Trafford in 73 years.
Four candidates are in the running to host the European soccer championship in 2016.
The French soccer federation launched its bid to host the 2016 European Championship on Thursday.
Something fishyMore4 News discovers that illegal fishing is rife, with hundreds of French boats catching cod illegally in British waters while receiving millions of pounds in EU subsidies. Watch the report.
Europe will decide who will become first Euro president today?Today is the day Europe will pick who will be the first President of Europe. Who will it be?
Irish government to pay immigrants to go homeIreland is offering money to immigrants to leave the recession-crippled Republic. The Irish Department of Justice has confirmed that it is opening an EU-funded project to persuade foreign workers and asylum seekers to return to their country of origin.
For nearly 234 years the United States of America has operated in a more or less autonomous state.
Decline but no fallHere's a fourth and last article... for today. Four is a bit much for a single day -- I suppose that Mr Obama's trip is the reason for this flurry. Still... There is at least one article every day, even when Mr Obama isn't doing anything in particular.
Fall Of The Republic: The Presidency Of Barack H ObamaFall Of The Republic documents how an offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the US economy by design. Leaders are now declaring that world government has arrived and that the dollar will be replaced by a new global currency.
U.N. panel says world should ditch dollarBy Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent
Dollar loses reserve status to yen & euroBen Bernanke's dollar crisis went into a wider mode yesterday as the greenback was shockingly upstaged by the euro and yen, both of which can lay claim to the world title as the currency favored by central banks as their reserve currency.
The rumours of the dollar's death are much exaggeratedThere has been a lot of buzz about the dollar lately. Here's a situation report from the Financial Times's excellent Martin Wolf.
Somali pirates demand Spain frees two before talksMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding a Spanish fishing boat will not negotiate its release until their colleagues facing hijacking charges in Madrid are freed, a member of the gang said on Tuesday.
Bluefin tuna in danger of extinction - 5 Sep 09For millions of years the giant bluefin tuna has been one of the most successful predators in the ocean. But serious overfishing is threatening to wipeout the species. Stocks in the Mediterranean have now fallen close to a level at which the tuna will be unable to breed.
Dollar Falls as G-7 Leaders Refrain From Criticizing WeaknessThe dollar fell against the euro for a second day after Group of Seven finance chiefs refrained from calling for measures to stop the U.S. currency's decline.
Petrodollar Warfare: Dollars, Euros and the Upcoming Iranian Oil Bourse | Energy BulletinContemporary warfare has traditionally involved underlying conflicts regarding economics and resources. Today these intertwined conflicts also involve international currencies, and thus increased complexity.
SPOILER ALERT: Getting Back to Work at the 2009 European Grand PrixEver come back from vacation only to feel like you need another vacation? We've all been there, so we can all empathize with the performers in the Formula One circus.
Report: UK retailers increasing price of Xbox 360 Arcade, accessoriesUK-based gaming site Eurogamer is reporting that retailers will be jacking up the price of the Xbox 360 Arcade unit, from its current price of £129.99 to the thanks-it's-more-expensive price of £159.99.
90% Of US Bills Have Traces Of CocaineA group of scientists led by Yuegang Zuo of the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth presented the findings over the weekend at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, DC, a city in which 90% of the banknotes studied were contaminated with cocaine.
Euro wanted as currency in Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands currently use the Danish krone (DKK) as their local currency; however, the Sjalvstyrisflokkurin (Independence Party of the Faroe Islands) has applied for establishing the euro as the national currency.
Warning to UK and France on derivativesRivalry between Paris and London could jeopardise Europe's competitiveness in the vast "over-the-counter" derivatives markets, France's stock market regulator has warned. ==================================== Asset classes
Bail-Out Bonuses at Banks that Got the Most $ from U.s. - $1 Million a Head...Hundreds and Hundreds of HeadsThousands of top traders and bankers on Wall Street were awarded huge bonuses and pay packages last year, even as their employers were battered by the financial crisis. More Articles
The murky world of Omar Bongo French authorities are to investigate the assets of the Gabonese President Omar Bongo, who is accused of misappropriating millions of dollars meant for public services.
European bank tensions threaten euroWorries over the European banking sector have risen to their highest level since March and could put increased pressure on the euro according to the world's leading custodian bank.
How EU bureaucrats are destroying public lifeFor the EU oligarchy, elections to the European Parliament are an administrative inconvenience that they simply have to put up with. Held every five years, these caricatures of democratic decision-making expose the contempt in which the European public holds the rulers of the EU.
The upcoming European Elections are just a few weeks away. And when it comes to saving the climate this EU election is one of the more important ones.
President Obama Speaks About High Speed Rail SystemLets go spend $13Billion on building high speed trains just like Spain has done.
Is the Dollar Doomed? (to decline sharply in value and/or be replaced by another reserve currency)"The frequency and increasing intensity of financial crises," Zhou said, "suggests the costs of such a system to the world may have exceeded its benefits." Zhou recommended turning Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), the unit of account used by the International Monetary Fund, into th …
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