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Jermain Defoe put Spurs in front in the 58th minute at Villa Park before Bale blew the home team away with goals in the 61st, 73rd and 84th minutes to

As Ligue 1 goes into a three-week break, OM are third with 38 points, behind pacesetters PSG and second-placed Olympique Lyon on goal difference. Saint-Etienne, who last beat OM at

PSV have 40 points from 18 games and lead on goal difference fromTwente Enschedewho won 3-0 atAZ Alkmaaron Friday. PSV, who had lost their four previous matches in Breda, showed

Atletico struggled to create chances in their final match of a year in which they won the Europa League and continued their resurgence under coach Diego Simeone. Adrian finally found

Maradona, who is acting as a consultant for the UAE club Al Wasl that he used to coach, is awaiting the outcome of a meeting of the Iraqi Football Federation

The entertaining clash had finished 2-2 after extra time but that was nothing compared toVitesse Arnhem’s 10-1 hammering of third-tier amateursADO ’20 Heemskerk. Graziano Pelle put Feyenoord ahead after 28

Fellow Champions League competitorsSchalke 04slumped out of the competition in a 2-1 defeat by visitingMainz 05, while Bundesliga sideFortuna Dusseldorfwere stunned 2-0 by third-tierKickers Offenbach. Bayern, who also lead the

Unbeaten leadersBarcawent on to hammer second-placedAtletico Madrid4-1 with a double from Lionel Messi at the Nou Camp in the late game and moved 13 points clear of third-placed Real after

Martin Demichelis and Eliseu, with a penalty, earned Malaga the points as they were helped by a red card for Sevilla defender Federico Fazio in the 69th minute. Malaga, who

Bayern enjoyed almost total dominance but were shaken when Thorben Marx converted a harshly-awarded penalty for Gladbach midway through the first half. Marx went from hero to villain when his