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By releasing a statement detailing his motives for wanting to quit Old Trafford hours before kick-off, the injured striker ensured he would eclipse Nani’s seventh-minute winner, with the Portuguese not

Defender Souleymane Diawara headed in three minutes into the second half to hand the Ligue 1 champions all three points. The victory left Didier Deschamps’s side third in Group F

Nelson Valdez and David Trezeguet scored to give the Alicante-based hosts a 2-1 lead at the break, after Joan Capdevila had equalised for the visitors. GEAR:La Liga shirts available here,

Hicks and George Gillett fought a rearguard action to stop the Premier League club they bought in 2007 being sold for 300 million pounds to the Boston Red Sox owner,

A hearing to discuss the restraining order brought on behalf of Liverpool’s parent company Kop Investment, owned by Hicks and Gillett, and the contempt motion was adjourned after 90 minutes

The Three Lions were booed off at Wembley after failing to capitalise on chances. They now sit second, three points behind Montenegro in Euro 2012 qualifying Group G. GEAR:Getthe England

A superb volley by Dani Alves after 25 minutes and a 64th-minute shot on the turn from Alexandre Pato, who scored for the third successive international, gave the 2014 World

The flamboyant Portuguese was poached from Inter Milan at the end of last season to try to wrest the La Liga title from Real’s arch-rivals Barcelona and lead the club

Aston Villamoved into fifth spot when Emile Heskey’s late header earned them a 2-1 victory atWolverhampton Wanderersin Gerard Houllier’s first league match in charge of the midlands club whileStoke Citywon

Bonhams, who will auction the collection on October 20 under instruction from the executors of his estate, say the guide price for the medal will be between 90,000 and 120,000