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Football first and Champions League Matchday 2 results - Javier Hernandez came off the bench to snatch a 1-0 win for Manchester United against Valencia 5 minutes from time.

The win for United at the Mestalla means Fergie’s men go joint top of Group C, alongside Rangers who managed a 1-0 win over Turkey’s Bursaspor.

Elsewhere in Group A – Tottenham Hot Spurs beat Dutch-side F.C. Twente 4-1 in a dramatic tie that saw three penalties and a red card for Spurs’ Rafael van der Vaart.

Also in Group A – Inter Milan sealed their supremacy as Samuel Eto’o scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 thrashing of Germany’s Werder Bremen.

In other results in Group B – Lyon defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-1 away; and Germany’s Schalke 04 saw off Portugal’s Benfica 2-0.

And in Group D – Russian Champions Rubin Kazan managed to hold Barcelona to a 1-all draw; and Panthinaikos of Greece were beaten 2-0 F.C. Copenhagen at home.
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Back home in the S-League– Geylang United put their recent debacle aside and hammered Sengkang-Punggol 4-1 last night at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

In a game that saw 4 different scorer’s for the Eagles, it also saw a red card dished out to Sengkang’s Faizal Amir at the end of the tie.

The Singapore Cup swings back to action this evening with the second-leg Quarter-final tie between Balestier Khalsa and Tampines Rovers.

Despite playing at home, the Tigers have a mountain to climb as Tampines have a 3-goal advantage from their first-leg encounter.

The second-leg kicks-of at 7:45pm at the Toa Payoh Stadium.
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Finally in Golf – and with a just day away from the tee-off of the Ryder Cup – Amercian representitive Phil Mickelson who has won 10, halved six and lost 14 of his Ryder Cup matches to date oozed optimism on a practice day of incessant rain at Celtic Manor.

And on a day when others in the United States team were comparing sport with war, he was a man of peace, attempting to defuse any hint of animosity between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

Mickelson has painted the relationship between Woods and himself as something akin to 'buddies,' the life and soul of the team room as they play ping-pong together every day.
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