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LONDON (AP)—Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday to stay ahead of Manchester United in the race for the Premier League title.
Didier Drogba scored twice in the first 23 minutes to establish a dominance that Arsenal was unable to overturn despite an improved second-half performance.
“Arsenal played well and we are happy with those two goals,” Drogba [...]

LONDON (AP)—John Terry was dropped as England’s soccer captain by coach Fabio Capello on Friday, a week after allegations became public that the defender had an affair with the former girlfriend of teammate Wayne Bridge.
Rio Ferdinand will take over as captain as England prepares for its World Cup opener against the United States on June [...]

LUBANGO, Angola (AP)—Cameroon twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Tunisia and qualify for the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations on Thursday.
Tunisia’s Amine Chermiti headed in Khaled Souissi’s cross in the opening minute. Cameroon substitute Achille Webo set up Samuel Eto’o for the equalizer in the 46th.
Tunisia reclaimed the lead when Cameroon [...]

BENGUELA, Angola (AP)—Zambia reached the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations with a 2-1 win over Gabon on Thursday.
Zambia secured its first win in the tournament with goals from Rainford Kalaba and James Chamanga and will next face Nigeria after claiming first place in Group D.
Substitute Fabrice Do Marcolino pulled one back for Gabon.
Zambia [...]

NAIROBI, CIYAARO- Horyaalka EPL ayaa wuxuu galayaa xiligiisii nasiinaha iyadoo sanadkaan wax yaabo badan oo la yaab leh ay ka dhaceen hadaba halkaan waxaan idin kugu soo gudbineynaa , ciyaaryahankii ugu fiicnaa, goalkii ugu fiicnaa, macalinkii ugu fiicnaa, ciyaaryahankii ugu nasiibka xumaa, kulankii ugu murugada badnaa, iyo kulankii ugu fiicnaa
• Best player: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal). [...]

 LONDON (AP)—Fernando Torres’ 50th Premier League goal in stoppage time clinched Liverpool’s 1-0 victory at Aston Villa and moved his team to within four points of Champions League berths on Tuesday.
 Making his 72nd league appearance, Torres capitalized on a loose pass from former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock before drilling a low shot past American goalkeeper [...]

MADRID (AP)—Real Madrid has denied that Manchester City owner Sheik Mansour made a ?1 billion ($1.44 million) offer to buy the Spanish club.
 Madrid said on its Web site Tuesday that the “so-called interest and the existence of any offer to acquire Real Madrid are false.”
 A Spanish newspaper reported Sunday that Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al [...]

 LUANDA (AFP) – Ticket sales for the 2010 African Nations Cup (CAN) are running late due to logistical problems, an official said Tuesday, less than two weeks before the tournament starts in Angola.
 The tickets for the matches held in host cities Luanda, Lubango, Benguela and Cabinda were supposed to be on sale from December 22 [...]

LONDON (AP)—Chelsea fought back to beat Fulham 2-1 on Monday and take a five-point lead atop of the Premier League, while Tottenham returned to the Champions League places by easing to a 2-0 victory over West Ham.
Chelsea secured the victory courtesy of Chris Smalling’s own goal after Didier Drogba had canceled out Zoltan Gera’s opener [...]

DAR ES SALAAM (AFP) – Ivory Coast will play two football friendlies against Tanzania ahead of next month’s African Cup of Nations finals, the Tanzanian football federation (TFF) said on Monday.
 The two matches will be played on January 3 and 6 in Dar es Salaam, where the Elephants will hold their final training preparations for [...]

SAO PAULO (AP)—Botafogo striker Jobson risks a life ban from football after failing two dope tests in less than a month and admitting he used cocaine.
Jobson told SporTV he had used the illicit substance and “deserves to be punished, but not banned” indefinitely from the sport because of his “mistake.”
The 21-year-old forward first tested positive [...]

AMSTERDA, (CIYAARO) -M HIRDA is proud to present the fifth
tournament ‘‘Amsterdam Futsal Tournament 2009’’. The tournament will be
held on the 26th and 27th of Dec 2000 which is to present the
fifth cup to promote peace & development, social cohesion between
the youth in The Netherlands & around EU- Countries, for more information go to www.hirda.org
ound EU-countries! [...]

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United wasted a glorious chance to catch Chelsea at the top of the Premier League, losing 1-0 at home to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Gabriel Agbonlahor’s header gave Villa their first league win at Old Trafford since 1983 and provided a welcome boost to Chelsea who had earlier been held 3-3 at [...]

ROME (AP)—Juventus’ troubles continued in a 3-1 loss at newly promoted Bari on Saturday, with playmaker Diego missing a penalty kick for the 27-time Serie A champion.
Juventus was eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday after a 4-1 home loss to Bayern Munich. The Bianconeri beat Serie A leader Inter Milan last weekend but risk [...]

LONDON (AP)—Chelsea stretched its lead over Manchester United at the top of the Premier League to three points despite a 3-3 draw with Everton after the defending champion lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa.
Didier Drogba scored twice as Chelsea recovered from an early own-goal by goalkeeper Petr Cech, but Everton fought back to equalize [...]