Chelsea are Premier League champions!

The Blues went ahead in the sixth minute when Nicolas Anelka finished after Florent Malouda showed good strength in the area, and they were all but home and hosed after 32 minutes when Gary Caldwell hauled down Frank Lampard in the area.

The Wigan man saw red and Lampard converted from the spot to make it 2-0.

The second half was effectively a lap of honour for Chelsea as Salomon Kalou scored nine minutes after the restart, Anelka grabbed his second two minutes later, then Didier Drogba struck three times, including a penalty after Mario Melchiot fouled Ashley Cole.

It was the fourth time this season they had scored seven in a Premier League game, and Cole got on the scoresheet himself in the dying seconds to make it eight.

Second-placed Manchester United had needed Chelsea to slip up, but they did all they could, beating Stoke 4-0 at Old Trafford to at least close out the season in winning fashion.

Darren Fletcher’s effort in the 31st minute put United ahead and Ryan Giggs struck seven minutes before the break to make it 2-0.

Danny Higginbotham scored an own goal nine minutes after the break to make it 3-0 and Park Ji-sung rounded off the scoring six minutes from time.

Arsenal beat Europa League finalists Fulham 4-0 to alleviate fears of surrendering third place to north London rivals Tottenham.

Andrey Arshavin scored for Arsenal after 21 minutes and Robin van Persie added a second five minutes later, before Chris Baird’s own goal eight minutes from half-time made it three.

Carlos Vela added a fourth in the 84th minute.

As it was it mattered little, as Spurs threw away a two-goal lead to lose 4-2 at relegated Burnley.

In-form Gareth Bale put Tottenham ahead after three minutes, with Luka Modric adding a second just after the half-hour mark.

Wade Elliott pulled one back three minutes before the break to make it 2-1, though, and Jack Cork levelled in the 54th minute.

Martin Paterson then put Brian Laws’ side ahead nine minutes from the end and Steven Thompson added a fourth as they finished their season on a positive note.

Sunderland finished with nine men as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Wolves.

The Black Cats went ahead through Kenwyne Jones in the eighth minute but Kevin Doyle levelled from the spot two minutes later after Alan Hutton fouled Matt Jarvis.

Adlene Guedioura then completed the turnaround in the 78th minute before Michael Turner was dismissed after picking up his second booking in the 82nd minute.

Jack Colback also saw red in stoppage time.

Manchester City drew 1-1 at West Ham, with Shaun Wright-Phillips equalising in the 21st minute after Luis Boa Morte had put West Ham ahead against the run of play four minutes earlier.

Bolton beat Birmingham 2-1 thanks to Kevin Davies’ strike in the 33rd minute and Ivan Klasnic’s effort on the hour mark.

James McFadden got a consolation for Birmingham 13 minutes from time.

An own goal from Richard Dunne in the 84th minute gave Blackburn a 1-0 win at Aston Villa, while Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored in stoppage time to give Everton a 1-0 win over relegated FA Cup finalists Portsmouth.

Liverpool’s disappointing season ended in suitable low-key fashion as they played out a goalless draw at relegated Hull.

That meant Liverpool finished the season seventh.

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Pakistan in battle for draw against South Africa

Pakistan had their backs to the wall in the second Test against South Africa after losing three wickets in the space of just eight balls on the fifth and final day Wednesday.

Pakistan, set a target of 354 runs in a minimum of 82 overs after South Africa declared their second innings at 203-5, had reached 127-3 at tea, needing another 35 overs to bat out for a draw or score 227 for a win.

Captain Misbah-ul-Haq was unbeaten on 45 and Azhar Ali 15 not out at the break after Pakistan lost three wickets in the first two overs after the lunch interval, two of those claimed by left-arm spinner Paul Harris.

The Misbah-Ali stand has so far yielded 61 runs to anchor Pakistan’s hopes of finishing the two-Test series without any result after the first Test ended in a draw at Dubai last week.

Pakistan raced to 66 without loss at lunch, but off-spinner Johan Botha provided the much-needed breakthrough by trapping Taufiq Umer leg-before for 30, before Harris trapped Mohammad Hafeez (34) and Younis Khan (nought) in his next over.

South Africa could have got Ali out in one Morne Morkel over, but wicket-keeper Mark Boucher hesitated to go for an edge when the batsman was on eight.

South Africa – led by Jacques Kallis after captain Graeme Smith injured his finger on Tuesday and was unable to take to the field – used five bowlers but failed to make any further inroads.

Resuming at 173-4, South Africa, looking for quick runs, added 30 in as many minutes before they declared the innings, giving their pace-cum-spin attack 82 overs to force a result.

Paceman Umar Gul removed Mark Boucher (15) in the second over of the day to check South African progress. Ashwell Prince remained unbeaten on 47, while Johan Botha finished with seven not out when the innings was declared.

Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman, who hit a career-best 60 to save Pakistan from follow-on on Tuesday, finished with 3-81.

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Dominant Federer defeats Roddick

Roger Federer swept aside Andy Roddick to reach the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basle.

The top seed broke the American four times on his way to a 6-2 6-4 win in one hour 10 minutes.

Roddick had five break opportunities himself, but could only convert one against the 16-time Grand Slam winner.

Instead the Swiss dominated on serve, winning 94% of points on his first serve compared to his opponent’s 71%.

Federer will go head to head with defending champion Novak Djokovic for the title – in a re-run of the 2009 final – after the second-seeded Serbian saw off fellow countryman Viktor Troicki 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 in one hour 37 minutes.

Both players broke once each in the opening set before a single break helped Djokovic close out the second.

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Barcelona vs Real Madrid Live Stream Online | Barcelona vs Madrid | Spain La Liga | Live soccer Streaming

Barcelona vs Real Madrid Live Stream Online: You can Watch Barcelona vs Real Madrid live free stream online Here. A great match in Spain La Liga will played on 29 November between Barcelona vs Real Madrid. Both Teams Barcelona vs Real Madrid are strong and enough good in ground so there is a expected a good match in Barcelona vs Real Madrid.

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03:00PM US/Eastern, November 29, 2010
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Barcelona are a great team. Lionel Messi, Xavi, Pedro… they were all phenomenal the other day. In fact, Barcelona are enormously competitive as a team. They’ve got quality players who can make the difference.
Real Madrid is growing more and more dependent on Cristiano Ronaldo as Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain struggles to reach last year’s level. Angel Di Maria and Mesut Ozil, on the other hand, have shown to be perfectly capable of leading the attack. Real Madrid is a radically different squad this year.

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England Vs Australia Ashes Series First Test Match, England Leads By 88 Runs

The forth day of the first test match of Ashes series at Brisbane belongs to England. It was day long struggle from Australian bowlers. Yesterday Australia got out and giving England 221 runs lead. On the forth day England level the lead of Australia and put 88 runs lead in-front of Aussies. They batted well and lost just 1 wicket in the day. Both openers scored centuries. One down batsman IJL Trott scored half centuries.

So far three batsmen played well and two scored centuries and one score half century. England team’s captain, AJ Strauss who got out on the third ball of the first inning played well in the 2nd inning and scored 110 runs before he got out. He hit 15 fours in his century. AN Cook also scored a century. He remained not out at the end of day’s play. He was batting on 132 runs.

England ended the day four with 309 runs for the loss of 1 wicket and they are still left with 9 wickets. The match is heading towards a draw. Six bowlers had been use by Australian captain but no success accepts for 1 wicket by NJ North. Opening wicket produced 188 runs for England team.

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Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal into final of ATP finals

LONDON (AP)—Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray relentlessly ran each other all over the court for more than three hours in a match that flip-flopped throughout.

Nadal finally got the breaks he needed Saturday to win 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (6). The top-ranked Spaniard had to overcome a mid-match slump to reach his first final at the ATP World Tour Finals, where he will face 16-time major champion Roger Federer.

“(It) was (an) incredible tennis match,” said Nadal, who won this year’s U.S. Open to complete a career Grand Slam. “(This) was a really difficult match against one of the best players of the world.”The reigning French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion has never before played in the final of the season-ending event for the top eight players. And to win his first title, he’ll have to play four-time champion Federer Sunday at the O2 Arena.

Federer beat Novak Djokovic 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

“Obviously I’m really looking forward to playing against Rafa tomorrow,” Federer said. “Who wouldn’t?”

In the early match, both Nadal and Murray looked strong throughout the first set, which the Spaniard won in a tiebreaker despite a late surge from Murray. But Nadal started to falter after holding serve to lead 3-2 in the second. Murray won 17 of the next 23 points—and four straight games—to take the set and even the score.

“I was a little bit tired in the second,” Nadal said. “And when he break me, I said, ‘Well, going to be very difficult to come back to this set.”’

Nadal never fully regained his form after the mid-match slump, but he was able to break Murray to take a 2-1 lead in the third set. The Spaniard then had his first match point on Murray’s serve while leading 5-3, but the fifth-ranked Briton managed to hold the game, break back to 5-5 and force the final tiebreaker.

“I probably played one bad game the whole match, or maybe just a couple of bad points,” Murray said. “But, yeah, it was great tennis. I think both of us played well pretty much from the beginning of the match.”

In the tiebreaker, Murray won the first three points—two of them on Nadal’s serve—and looked as though he was going to roll to victory. But Nadal clawed back to 4-4 before getting another match point at 6-5.

“Even when I was losing 4-1, 3-0 in the final tiebreak, I was happy,” Nadal said. “I was saying, ‘Just try to be there,’ because always (there is) still a chance for me.”

Murray again saved that one, but he couldn’t do anything about the final match point, which Nadal won with an inside-out forehand.

Federer looked as dominating as ever against Djokovic, stretching his career record against the Serb to 13-6.

The second-ranked Swiss jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first set, then broke Djokovic again to make it 5-1. But Djokovic responded early in the second set, breaking Federer to give himself a 3-0 lead.

That didn’t last long, however, as Federer held serve, broke back and then held again to 3-3.

Federer’s run lasted another three points, but he wasted all three break points in the seventh game, allowing Djokovic to take a 4-3 lead on serve.

After holding, Federer broke again and then served out the match.

“He was on top of his game,” said Djokovic, who beat Federer in the U.S. Open semifinals. “He was playing unbelievable from the first moment. He deserved to win.”

Murray finished his match with 22 aces, but he also had 47 unforced errors to go along with his 53 winners. Overall, the Briton won 114 points in the match, five more than Nadal.

“It was one of those matches where you kind of knew—so many long rallies, so many good points—I kind of knew when I was out there that it was a great match,” Murray said. “It’s nice in some ways to be involved in matches like that. But it’s not nice losing them

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Pacquiao suitors plead for his next fight

LAS VEGAS – Less than an hour after Juan Manuel Marquez had stopped Michael Katsidis with an electrifying ninth-round technical knockout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday in a bout destined to become the 2010 Fight of the Year, Marquez was deluged with questions at the post-fight news conference …

About Manny Pacquiao.

And about 20 minutes before Marquez arrived, World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto met the media. He scored a devastating first-round stoppage of Freddy Hernandez to win his 27th fight without a loss.He walked up to the podium and called out Pacquiao.

Robert Guerrero, the mandatory next challenger for one of Marquez’s lightweight title belts, listened to both Marquez and Berto. Afterward, he felt compelled to discuss his future as well.

You guessed it. He wants to take on Pacquiao.

Of course, the fight that nearly everyone in the industry wants to see – Pacquiao against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. – appears to be the one that is most unlikely to happen, given Mayweather’s tenuous legal situation, the bitter feelings between Mayweather and Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum and various other issues.

“As a sport, we have to give the fight fans the fight they want to see, and the fight they want is Mayweather against Pacquiao,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, following the news conference. “We have to do everything in our power to put that fight together. But if, for whatever reason, that fight cannot happen, then you have to move on. When you do move on, that’s where this press conference comes in.”

“You have to make a case, a strong case, for Juan Manuel Marquez to fight Manny Pacquiao. If you put up polls and there is a public outcry that everyone wants to see Pacquiao and [Shane] Mosley, OK, go and make that fight. But if they say they want Pacquiao against I don’t know who, OK, then go do that one. The fact is, though, everyone wants Pacquiao-Mayweather. And if that doesn’t happen, the fight people want is Pacquiao-Marquez. I’ve seen polls, I’ve read blogs, I’ve talked to media, I’ve talked to fans and I’ve done my research and the people want to see Manny Pacquiao against Juan Manuel Marquez.”

Marquez was typically brilliant Saturday despite being decked in the third by a huge counter left hook from Katsidis. The Australian star is one of the sport’s most entertaining fighters, but he lacks a quality defense and against an accurate puncher like Marquez, that’s a death wish. He was picked apart round after round by Marquez, and it was like a mercy killing when referee Kenny Bayless finally stopped it.

Marquez tattooed Katsidis with hooks, uppercuts, jabs, head shots, body shots and just about every other kind of legal blow in yet another vintage performance. It wasn’t two minutes after Bayless halted it at 2:14 in the ninth round that the drumbeat began for a third Pacquiao-Marquez fight.

Marquez attended the post-fight news conference wearing a T-shirt that said on the front, “Juan Manuel Marquez beat Pacquiao twice.” On the back, the shirt read, “Pacquiao, your next.”

Alright, he’s not a great grammarian, but he’s one hell of a fighter.

“Juan Manuel Marquez is one of the great fighters who ever lived,” Berto promoter Lou DiBella said in tribute.

The question is whether Marquez deserves the shot ahead of the numerous other contenders who are jockeying for the lucrative spot against the Filipino congressman.

Berto is managed by the powerful Al Haymon, which doesn’t hurt his chances, and he’s an unbeaten champion with the speed to at least cause Pacquiao problems. He’s raised the ire of media and boxing fans for facing a largely creampuff slate of opponents, but he has the physical skills to make an entertaining fight with Pacquiao.

Juan Manuel Marquez said he wanted another fight vs. Manny Pacquiao after his win Saturday.
(Isaac Brekken/AP)

“Manny Pacquiao, his advantage in general is that he has a lot of speed and he has great legs,” Berto said. “I think within these last few fights, he’s fought a lot of guys who stood right in front of him, really flat-footed, really slow and he just takes advantage of that. I think there are a just a handful of guys who can keep up with him, guys like myself, Floyd Mayweather, maybe Shane Mosley. We’re guys who can keep up with his speed and keep up with the footwork.

“I bring youth to the table. I’m young, I’m vibrant, I’m strong, I’m fast. It would set for an exciting fight.”

DiBella couldn’t say enough good things about Marquez, but he noted that the size difference between Marquez and Pacquiao is significant now. Marquez and Pacquiao drew at featherweight in one of 2004’s best fights, then Pacquiao won a split decision in an outstanding super featherweight fight in 2008.

Pacquiao has managed to move up to welterweight successfully, but Marquez hasn’t been able to do so. When he fought Mayweather in 2009, his attempt to put on weight failed miserably and he laid an egg, barely winning a second of the fight.

“I think Marquez is one of the great fighters who’s ever lived, but at 135 pounds,” DiBella said. “You can’t argue the guy deserves an opportunity, but at 147, it’s not a fair fight. If [Pacquiao] moves down to 140 pounds, no one is going to complain if he fights Marquez. Marquez is a great fighter.

“But if Manny is a welterweight, then fight a welterweight. And my guy showed you, he’s a welterweight.”

Berto has to be in the picture, and DiBella said he plans to speak with Arum and Top Rank president Todd DuBoef on Monday about a Pacquiao-Berto fight.

But beating Freddy Hernandez – who was about an 11-1 underdog – shouldn’t qualify a fighter to take on the best in the world. Berto has far too many Hernandez-type opponents on his résumé to get the Pacquiao fight, given how many legitimate contenders are out there.

And with all due respect to Mosley, one of his generation’s best but now a very-faded, nearly 40-year-old fighter, the man for the job is Marquez.

“Take a look at the résumés,” HBO boxing analyst Larry Merchant said, endorsing Marquez’s candidacy. “Marquez is the only guy, since the first [Erik] Morales fight, to give Pacquiao problems. He actually gave him two great fights. He’s earned it. He’s not a welterweight, but he’s still earned it, and maybe the fight’s at 140, or 141 or 142, something like that. There’s no question he’s earned it.”

“There’s no question that Berto has a very thin résumé, for all the promise he has. I think you solve the whole thing by having Marquez fight Pacquiao and having Berto fight Mosley, who he was willing to fight earlier this year. Then have the winners fight and you settle it in the ring.”

As usual in boxing, though, there may be courtrooms involved. Mosley is part-owner of Golden Boy and has been promoted by the company for the last six years. In the last few months, Mosley announced he’s no longer promoted by the Oscar De La Hoya-owned company and is promoting himself.

He still contends he owns a piece of the company, but Schaefer intimated something may develop to change that.

“That’s going to be something that will become clear in a short while what’s going to happen there,” Schaefer said when asked if Mosley still owned part of Golden Boy.

So there are going to be fights everywhere, inside and outside the ring.

But for the next big one in the ring, if it’s not Floyd Mayweather Jr. standing across from Manny Pacquiao on the first Saturday in May, it had better be Juan Manuel Marquez.

With Mayweather out of the picture, it’s the fight that makes the most sense.

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