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Football and Liverpool have confirmed that they have failed in their bid to have their High Court hearing today.

And the civil war with owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett is now scheduled for "early next week".

The outcome has brought Liverpool at risk of a nine-point deduction if the owners' holding company is put into administration.

Initially it had been thought the Premier League would not penalise the club for Kop Holdings becoming insolvent, but now the threat of a points deduction has become a serious one.
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Back home in the S-League last night – Erwan Gunawan and Federico Martinez scored a brace each to give SAFFC a 5-2 win over the Young Lions at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium.

And over at the Clementi Stadium – in their quest for the S-League title – Home United were dealt a blow when they were held to a goalless draw by Balestier Khalsa.

Later this evening the Singapore Cup swings back to action as South Melbourne hope to overturn a 3-1 deficit against Thailand’s Bangkok Glass in their Quarter-final tie.

The game will kick-off at 7:30pm at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
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Finally in a Commonwealth Games update – Team Singapore have won four more medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

National shooters Jasmine Ser and Aqilah Sudhir bagged a silver and a bronze respectively in the women's individual 50m rifle final yesterday.

Also grabbing a bronze were the duo of Gai Bin and Nigel Lim in the men’s 10m air pistol final.

And Gymnast Jonathan Chan scored a bronze in the pommel horse finals.

The Republic’s medal haul so far stands at 2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze and currently lie in 8th place in the standings.
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