Football and Liverpool came from behind to beat Turkish-side Trabzonspor 2-1 on the night, 3-1 on aggregate in the Europa League qualifiers to seal their place in this evening’s group stage draw.
Elsewhere Manchester City also progressed with a 2-nil win over Romania’s FC Timisoara.
But it was a poor night for Aston Villa who crashed out of the tournament – beaten by
Rapid Vienna 3-2 on the night, 4-3 on aggregate.
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Off the pitch and in the Champions League Group stage draw – Tottenham will face reigning champions Inter Milan in the group stages, while they also face German side Werder Bremen and Steve McClaren's former side FC Twente.
Manchester United face up against Rangers in another 'Battle of Britain' together with Valenica in Group C.
Chelsea are in Group F alongside Marseille and Sparktak Moscow; Arsenal are grouped together with Braga and Shakhtar Donetsk in Group H; and Real Madrid are tied with AC Milan in Group G in what should be the group of death alongside Auxerre and Ajax.
Match-day 1 is on September 14th and 15th.
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Swinging over to Golf – Tiger Woods reacted to his divorce in style on the course - by grabbing a share of the lead at the Barclays in New Jersey.
The world number one, whose marriage to Elin was formally dissolved, opened his round in the best possible fashion with a birdie at the first hole and picked up further shots at the third, fifth and seventh.
Woods ends Round 1 shooting a 65 and tied with Vaughn Taylor of the U.S. at 6-under.
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Finally in Tennis – with just days away from the US Open – Andy Murray will have to wreak Grand Slam revenge if he is to finally make his major title breakthrough at the tournament.
Murray is seeded to come up against Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal en route to what he hopes will be his second US final - the men who this year beat him at Roland Garros and Wimbledon respectively.
The US open serves up from Monday in Flushing Meadows in New York.
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