DAVID PLATT insists Roberto Mancini has got what it takes to land the title at Man City

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Inter Milan beat AC Milan 1-0 to improve its title chances and Juventus opened a one-point lead atop Italian soccer’s Serie A after a being held to a 1-1 draw at home against Cagliari.

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Inter Wins Milan Derby 1-0 as Juventus Tops Serie A; Barca Beats Betis 4-2

Juventus moved top of Serie A despite dropping points at home to Cagliari on Sunday (local time) as Inter Milan beat champions AC Milan 1-0.

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Carlo Ancelotti enjoyed a winning start to Ligue 1 life with leaders Paris Saint-Germain, Olivier Giroud got the better of France colleague Hugo Lloris and Lille’s unbeaten run ended at 17 games.

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Week 20 Review: PSG and Montpellier pull clear

FC Barcelona moved back to within five points of Liga leaders Real Madrid CF courtesy of a 4-2 defeat of ten-man Real Betis Balompié, Lionel Messi scoring twice for the hosts.

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Barcelona pass test against tenacious Betis

FC Internazionale Milano revived their hopes of winning the Italian title by overcoming AC Milan 1-0 in the Derby della Madonnina, as unbeaten Juventus moved top of Serie A.

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Inter edge Milan derby as Juventus go top

Sam Allardyce believes West Ham have overcome their slump after theit narrow victory over Portsmouth.

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce confident his injury-hit side are back on track after beating Portsmouith

Ligue 1 top scorer Olivier Giroud has targeted 20 league goals this season, knowing that if he continues to shine for Montpellier it will enhance his prospects of being selected for Euro 2012.

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Hotshot Giroud targets 20 goals

Brice Jovial’s eighth goal of the season, in Dijon’s 3-1 win over Evian-Thonon-Gaillard on Saturday, was the 500th Ligue 1 goal of the season. The total was reached in Week 20 whereas last season it took until Week 25 to reach the landmark.

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Jovial hits 500th as Ligue 1 goes goal-happy

Munich – The Bundesliga action gets under way again in style this Friday when Borussia Mönchengladbach play host to Bayern Munich. The 18 top-flight clubs now have just a few days left to fine-tune their fitness and strategies for the campaign run-in.

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On your marks, get set…

Athletic Bilbao have beaten Levante 3-0 in La Liga to move within four points of their fourth-placed opponents and edge closer to a Champions League berth.

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MADRID (AFP) – Athletic Bilbao beat Levante 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday to move within four points of their fourth-placed opponents and edge closer to a Champions League berth.

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Bilbao beat Levante, close in on Champions League

Juventus’ charge toward the Serie A title took a blow on Sunday when it was held to a 1-1 draw at home to mid-table Cagliari.

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Serie A roundup: Cagliari stalls Juventus

Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £100 in free bets! Schalke chairman Clemens Tonnies is confident that Raul will sign a contract extension with the Gelsenkirchen outfit.

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Schalke confident over new Raul contract

Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers says his side’s performance in their 3-2 win over Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium was “incredible”. Rodgers insists his players deserve “all the credit” for the win, and he and his team are proud of the way they play football.

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Rodgers proud of ‘incredible’ Swansea

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says his side’s defending during their 3-2 defeat at Swansea is “difficult to explain” for a team of their experience.

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Arsenal defending unbelievable – Wenger

Arsenal lost ground in the race to secure a top-four finish as the Gunners slumped to a surprise 3-2 defeat against Swansea City, while Mark Hughes’ debut as QPR boss ended in a 1-0 loss at Newcastle United on Sunday.

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Arsenal FC slipped four points behind the Premier League’s top four after losing a five-goal thriller at Swansea AFC, while Newcastle United FC edged out Queens Park Rangers FC.

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Swansea condemn Arsenal to seventh defeat

Christian Stuani scored a penalty in each half as Racing Santander ended Osasuna’s 11-game unbeaten run at home with a 2-0 victory at the Reyno de Navarra.

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Racing end Osasuna home run

West Ham United Football Club have decided against signing Ryoichi Maeda. The 30-year-old Japan international forward has spent three days on trial with the Championship side, after receiving an invitation to head to the English capital last month.

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West Ham United opt against Maeda

Hosts Fortuna Düsseldorf came out top of the pile in the Wintercup mini-tournament. The Bundesliga 2 front-runners edged out Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 in the final of the four-team 45-minutes-per-match competition.

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Notable success for Düsseldorf in Wintercup

There were mixed fortunes for the Bundesliga clubs in friendly action on Sunday. Here’s a round-up of all the games.

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Three wins, one draw, one loss

MILAN (AP) — Juventus’ charge toward the Serie A title took a blow on Sunday when it was held to a 1-1 draw at home to mid-table Cagliari.

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Italy: Juventus held to draw by Cagliari

It’s way, really way, too early to expect that Real Salt Lake’s first-round draft pick Enzo Martinez will contribute anything more than another body on the reserve squad.

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Real Salt Lake's first pick in 2012 appears a winner on and off the field

MILAN (AP) — Juventus’ charge toward the Serie A title took a blow on Sunday when it was held to a 1-1 draw at home to mid-table Cagliari.

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A highly entertaining Serie A encounter saw Genoa recover from a goal behind to beat Udinese 3-2, with goals from Andreas Granqvist, Bosko Jankovic and Rodrigo Palacio completing an impressive turnaround.

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Genoa down Udinese in dramatic fashion

New QPR boss Mark Hughes is pleased with his players’ “attitude and application” despite losing his first game in charge 1-0 at Newcastle.

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Hughes pleased with QPR attitude

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew says his side’s 1-0 win at home against QPR might not have been thrilling for the club’s fans, but was the sort of result he loves as a manager.

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Pardew happy with ‘disciplined’ Newcastle

Leon Best’s brilliant first-half strike takes Newcastle up to sixth in the Premier League table and spoils Mark Hughes’s first game as QPR boss.

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Newcastle United 1-0 QPR