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Football first and Fernando Torres was back to his old self again after two goals gave Liverpool a 2-0 victory against Champions Chelsea.

First Dirk Kuyt created the chance for Torres to fire in the 11th minute and then the Spaniard bent a thrilling strike beyond Petr Cech just before the half.

The win propels the Reds up to 9th in the league.

Elsewehere – Newcastle stunned Arsenal at home with a first-half Andy Caroll goal; and West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City ended their game with 10-men each with City coming out 2-0 winners.
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Around Europe – in Spain Real Madrid and Barcelona both won to stay atop the La Liga – at the Madrid derby saw Real defeating Atletico 2-0; and Getafe were beaten 3-1 at home by Barcelona.

And in Italy’s Serie A – leaders Lazio were stopped in their tracks when they were beaten 2-0 by AS Roma; elsewhere AC Milan beat Bari 3-2; and despite going down a goal – Juventus managed a 3-1 win over Cesena.
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Next Formula One – and for the first time in the history of the sport four drivers will go into the final race of the season with a chance of becoming champion.

That’s because Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Brazilian Grand Prix, with team-mate Mark Webber in second place and Fernando Alonso in thrid.

However Alonso remains favourite as the Ferrari star holds an eight-point cushion over Webber; with Vettel 15 points adrift of the Spaniard and Hamilton 24 points down.

The exciting final race of the season takes place this Sunday in Abu Dhabi
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Finally in Basketball – over the weekend – The Singapore Slingers blew a 7 point lead late in the game in losing to Satria Muda of 88-83 in overtime.

The Slingers led by as much a 10 points in the 4th quarter but some inexcusable lapses on defence allowed Satria Muda to convert some key 3 point shots that keep them within range of the Slingers.

The Slingers will next take on defending champions The Philippine Patriots this Sunday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium tip off is at 4pm.
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