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Football and in English Premiership – A Liverpool-side without Fernando Torres still cruised to a comfortable 3-nil victory over West Ham at Anfield.


Youssi Benayoun, David N’gog and an own goal from goalkeeper Robert Green kept the Red’s faint Champions League qualification hopes alive and leave the Hammers with three games to secure top-flight survival.

In the English League Championship – Newcastle United's successful march back to the Premier League was capped with a 2-nil win at Plymouth together with the title.

The Magpies secured the Championship title with their 29th win of the season, sending their hosts down to League One in the process.
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Back home in the S-League – SAFFC rose to second in the table with a convincing
3-nil win over Beijing Guoan at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium last night.

In another tie – Sengkang-Punggol got off the foot of the table with a 1-nil away win at Jalan Besar against the Young Lions.

Canadian import Murphy Wiredu scored the winner in the 65th minute.

Looking ahead tonight – Etoile FC will want to climb back into second-place when they take on Albirex Niigata at the Jurong East Stadium.

That tie between both foreign teams will kick off at 7:45pm.
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Finally in Formula One – Nico Rosberg refuted claims he is Mercedes' number one driver after he once again outperformed Michael Schumacher at the Chinese Grand Prix.

The 24-year-old is second in the drivers' championship to Jenson Button after securing third for the second successive race in Shanghai.

Rosberg is adamant that both him and the seven-time world champion are equals within the team.
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