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Football first and in the English Premiership – Manchester City recorded their biggest victory over Liverpool in 73 years beating them 3-nil at the Eastlands and laying down a marker for their season.

Gareth Barry netted the first before Carlos Tevez's dubious close range effort and penalty finished the Reds off in the second half.

Reds manager Roy Hodgson commented that you just have to accept it that Liverpool were unable to produce the level of performance necessary to get a good result.

Liverpool next play away on Thursday in Turkey in a Europa League qualifier and Manchester City will host Romania’s Timisoara.
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Into Formula One now and Former FIA president Max Mosley believes Ferrari should lose their points from the German Grand Prix.

Ferrari were handed a $100,000 fine after using team orders in July's German Grand Prix where, through a coded message, the team ordered Felipe Massa to allow Fernando Alonso to pass him and take the victory.

This weekend the action is back at the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Finally in a Youth Olympic Update – in Table Tennis Singapore’s Isabelle Li clinched another Silver for the hosts.

Li lost 4 sets to love to Gu Yuting of China in the gold medal match despite showing signs of fighting back in the final set.

Ranked 207th in the world and turning 16 on August 28th, Li put together a 6-2 win-loss record before yesterday’s final.

And here’s a quick look at the Medal Standings after 9-Days of competition – China are firmly on top with 28 Gold, 16 Silver and 5 Bronze;

Russia are next with 16 Gold, 13 Silver and 10 Bronze;

South Korea are third with 10 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze;

Singapore have moved up to 53rd with 2 Silver and 2 Bronze.
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