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SINGAPORE: The S.League season may be over, but local soccer fans turned their attention to the RHB Singapore Cup final on Sunday evening as Geylang United defeated Bangkok Glass 1-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
The Bangkok Glass were hoping to make history by becoming the first foreign team to win Singapore's premier knock-out football tournament.
However, their opponents Geylang made that task difficult as both teams fought to a 0-0 draw in the first half.
SINGAPORE: El Dorado won the Singapore Gold Cup title at the Turf Club on Sunday.
The Japanese-bred horse also won the title last year.
The jockeying for positions started just before the mid-way point of the 2,200-metre race which had a $1.35 million prize money at stake.
ROME: AC Milan moved into third place in Serie A after surviving late pressure to defeat Lazio 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday.
But 10-man Sampdoria slipped out of the Champions League places to fifth after falling to a 2-0 defeat against Cagliari in Sardinia.
Thiago Silva and Pato grabbed first half goals as Milan went seven games without defeat, continuing their recovery after a poor start to the season and giving credence to coach Leonardo's belief that they will challenge their city rivals for the scudetto.
HULL, England: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink eased the pressure on Hull manager Phil Brown as his stoppage time strike clinched a crucial 2-1 win against 10-man Stoke on Sunday.
Brown has been fighting to save his job after presiding over a woeful run of just three wins in 33 league games, but he can sleep a little easier after Dutch striker Vennegoor of Hesselink capped a spirited fightback.
Newly-appointed Tigers chairman Adam Pearson, back for his second spell at the club, has been publicly supportive of Brown, yet only positive results could save him from the axe.
SHANGHAI: Phil Mickelson held off a resurgent Ernie Els in a thrilling finale to win both the WGC-HSBC Champions on Sunday and a personal battle with fellow American Tiger Woods, who faded to finish sixth.
The world number two showed nerves of steel to claim the US$1.2-million winner's cheque by a stroke from the South African after hitting 69 for a 17-under-par total of 271.
Mickelson becomes the first person to win the tournament - upgraded this year to a World Golf Championship event - twice, after his triumph in 2007.
GUWAHATI, India: Doug Bollinger took 5-35 and Shane Watson hit 49 as Australia thrashed India by six wickets to win the sixth one-day international and the seven-match series 4-2 here on Sunday.
Bollinger combined with fellow left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson (3-39) to bowl out India for 170 in 48 overs before Watson's run-a-ball knock guided the world champions to 172-4 with 8.1 overs to spare.
Harbhajan Singh picked up 2-23 but the injury-hit Aussies, missing nine of their regular one-day players, did well on a tricky wicket at the Nehru stadium to clinch the series ahead of the final game in Mumbai on Wednesday.
WIGAN, England: Clint Dempsey kept his nerve to score the penalty that helped Fulham to a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Wigan on Sunday.
Roy Hodgson's team fell behind to Emmerson Boyce's early goal at the DW Stadium, but American midfielder Dempsey won and converted a spot-kick before half-time to ensure Fulham remain one point ahead of the Latics in mid-table.
Hodgson was once again without injured duo Danny Murphy and Andrew Johnson but Damien Duff had recovered from an Achilles strain to start.
LONDON: West Ham dropped back into the Premier League relegation zone after goals from Louis Saha and Dan Gosling secured a 2-1 victory for Everton at Upton Park on Sunday.
Toffees defender Tony Hibbert helped a Junior Stanislas effort into his own net immediately after Gosling had put Everton two up in the 64th minute but the Hammers were unable to find an equaliser despite late pressure.
It was Everton's first win in four league games and brought an abrupt end to West Ham's hopes of extending their recent run of three league games without defeat.
LONDON: Chelsea's chances of reclaiming the Premier League title were given a huge shot in the arm on Sunday as a 1-0 win over Manchester United sent Carlo Ancelotti's side five points clear at the top.
Chelsea captain John Terry was credited with applying the decisive blow with a header from Frank Lampard's 76th-minute free-kick, although Nicolas Anelka also celebrated as if he had got the final touch.
Either way, Chelsea were undeniably fortunate to take all three points after a contest that a depleted United side had controlled for long periods.
BASEL, Switzerland: Novak Djokovic overcame Roger Federer on the world number one's home ground on Sunday, carving out a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory to win the Swiss Indoors title.
It was a Basel debut to remember for the 22-year-old world number three as he turned the momentum in his direction in a 24-minute game of the opening set which featured five break points for Federer and required six set points for the Serb to take the early lead.
Federer, the winner of the last three titles here, got back in harness in the second set through an early break on the way to levelling the final.
VALENCIA, Spain: British top seed Andy Murray defeated Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Valencia ATP title and capture his sixth trophy of the season.
The world number four took just 69 minutes to see off the unseeded Russian and wrap-up the 14th title of his career.
Murray broke Youzhny's serve twice in the 35-minute first set, despite being broken in the seventh game.
ARCADIA, California: Zenyatta franked her stamp as one of the truly great racehorses in history here when she won the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Unbeaten in 13 starts prior to this race she came from out of the clouds to beat among others the heavily-fancied Irish raider Rip Van Winkle, who was prominent early on but faded in the finishing straight and finished 10th.
The five-year-old mare, trained by John Shirreffs and ridden by Mike Smith, seized the victory over Gio Ponti, with the Henry Cecil-trained Twice Over third.
NAGANO, Japan: Four Continents champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their second Grand Prix ice dance title of the season at the NHK Trophy Sunday, booking a place in the elite final of the series.
The US duo danced to the music of "The Phantom of the Opera" without making mistakes to earn 100.79 points in the free dance, the final section of the three-part ice dance competition.
They finished with a total score of 201.97 points, bettering their previous personal best of 201.10 they marked in winning the season's second Grand Prix, the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, two weeks ago.
KUWAIT CITY : Egypt's Amr Shabana won a fourth World Open title on Saturday defeating compatriot and defending champion Ramy Ashour 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.
An angry Ashour was in tears at the end as his countryman equalled the achievement of Geoff Hunt, the great Australian, win winning four world crowns.
Only Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan, the legendary Pakistanis who dominated the sport in the 1980s and early 1990s, have won more than Shabana - but despite its historical context the final never quite lived up to expectations.
ROME - Juventus closed the gap on Inter Milan at the top of Serie A to four points on Saturday after a thrilling 5-2 win against Atalanta in Bergamo.
Mauro Camoranesi scored twice in as many minutes to give the Bianconeri a 2-0 lead at half-time.
Valdes reduced the deficit early in the second half, but a Felipe Melo scorcher restored the two-goal advantage four minutes later.
Fabio Ceravolo set up a grandstand finish on 71 minutes, but late goals from Diego and David Trezeguet left the scoreline looking slightly harsh for a valiant Atalanta.
CARDIFF : New Zealand extended their crushing rugby dominance of Wales with a hard-fought 19-12 win here on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to 21 games dating back 56 years.
The All Blacks bade their time in a match where defence ruled to score 10 points in a purple patch in the second-half when they deprived Wales of any real possession or territory.
Man-of-the-match Dan Carter masterminded the All Blacks in both defence and attack, kicking four penalties and a conversion to hooker Andrew Hore's sole try of the game, with Stephen Jones knocking over four penalties for the home side.
NUREMBERG, Germany: British challenger David Haye claimed the WBA heavyweight title on Saturday with a shock majority decision win against Russian giant Nikolai Valuev.
The 29-year-old from London is the new world champion after only three heavyweight fights, having stepped up from cruiserweight as the judges scored the 12-round fight 114-114 even, 116-112 and 116-112 in Haye's favour.
"Ever since I was little, I said that one day I would be heavyweight champion of the world," said Haye.
BARCELONA : Youngster Pedro Rodriguez scored a brace as Barcelona kept up the pace at the top of the Spanish table with a 4-2 win over Real Mallorca.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola sent out a second string side with Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Leo Messi and Dani Alves all missing from the starting line-up.
Although perhaps not as fluid as at their best, Barcelona dominated the game and went ahead through Pedro after a delightful back-heel from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
SHIMA, Japan: Overnight leader Song Bo-Bae of South Korea hit a four-under-par 68 to stretch her lead and win the USLPGA Tour Mizuno Classic golf tournament.
Starting the day with a one-stroke lead, the 23-year-old Korean sank five birdies against one bogey for a three-round total of 15-under-par 201, three strokes clear of the field.
It was Song's second win of the season, following her victory at the Japan Women's Open last month, and a third overall, earning herself the winner's cheque of US$210,000.
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy: Italy claimed their second Fed Cup title in three years as Flavia Pennetta cruised to a 7-5, 6-2 win against American teenager Melanie Oudin on the red clay here on Sunday.
The victory in just over an hour and a half gave Italy an unassailable 3-0 lead in what proved to be a damp squib of a contest following the withdrawals of Serena and Venus Williams from the American team.
Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone had both recorded simple straight-set victories against Alexa Glatch and Oudin respectively on Saturday as the visitors paid for coming to the final with their hopes resting on the shoulders of an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old ranked 132 in the world.
VALENCIA, Spain: Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama claimed the 250cc world title at the season-ending Valencia motorcycling Grand Prix here on Sunday.
The title-challenge had gone down to the wire with 28-year-old Aoyama taking a 21-point lead over Italy's Marco Simoncelli into the race.
The Honda rider needed to finish 11th or higher to secure his first championship and the final 250cc title before the category is replaced by the new Moto2 class from next year.
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