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We start with Champions League Football Matchday 6 results – Arsenal booked their place in the next round of the Champions League with a 3-1 victory over Partizan Belgrade in Group H.

And Shakhtar Dontesk topped the group with a 2-0 win over Braga.

Meanwhile in Group F – Chelsea lost 1-0 in Marseille but still topped their Group; and MSK Zilina lost 2-1 at home to Spartak Moscow.

Over in Group E – already qualified Bayern Munich overcame FC Basel 3-0; and CFR Cluj drew 1-all with AS Roma.

And in Group G – despite losing 3-0 at home AC Milan still qualified for the next stage against Ajax Amsterdam; and group leaders Real Madrid hammered Auxerre 4-0 at the Bernabau.
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Closer to home in the AFF Suzuki Cup – 10-man Vietnam booked themselves a place in the semi-finals of the tournament as Nguyen Vu Phong's solitary strike earned Henrique Calisto's team a 1-0 win over Singapore at My Dinh Stadium last night.

In the night’s other clash – the Philippines sneaked into the semis as well with a 0-0 draw against Myanmar at the Hien Truong in Nam Dinh.

Vietnam will now take on Malaysia at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in the fist-leg semi-final tie next Wednesday;

And the Philippines will play against Indonesia – in a ground yet to be decided in a week’s time.
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Finally in Golf – Colin Montgomerie is tipping Lee Westwood to win The Masters and with it complete the European Tour slam of the majors.

Monty – who’s also Europe’s Ryder Cup captain said Westwood will win the first major of the year.

Graeme McDowell holds the US Open, Louis Oosthuizen the Open and Martin Kaymer the US PGA - a trend that Montgomerie sees continuing in 2011.
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