FOOTBALL: REDS ARE SAVED BY THE BELL
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SIR ALEX FERGUSON was delighted to see Manchester United book a Carling Cup semi-final crack at Chelsea with a rapid-fire strike and no off-field dramas.
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Sport: Carling Cup: Blues knock out Liverpool after goals from Lampard and  Shevchenko secure semi-final spot
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ALAN Smith yesterday showed that Wayne Rooney is not the only Manchester United striker capable of scoring important goals by rescuing a precious point against Middlesbrough.
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Southampton grabbed a Premiership survival lifeline with a brilliant 2-0 victory against out-of-sorts Liverpool.
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Turning point: Austin Kearns slugged a two-run homer in the 12th to win it for the Reds. CHICAGO -- Big names come to town. The payroll increases.
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With an all-out dive and a spectacular catch, Ryan Freel showed everyone that his Cincinnati Reds plan to stay close in the NL Central race.
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Sport: Football: Robert Huth's late equaliser cancels out Michael Owen's opener to earn Boro a  point
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IT CAN only be coincidence that the power failure that ensured the closure of confection stands throughout Middlesbroughâs ground brought such a ravenous display of goalscoring from three
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Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren hailed as âsomething specialâ his sideâs stunning UEFA Cup victory over Lazio. Two goals from Bolo Zenden, one either side of half-time, crowned
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CHARLTON head into Christmas seventh after a 2-1 win over London rivals Fulham at The Valley yesterday (AEDT). Jerome Thomas delighted the home crowd by putting Alan Curbishley&#39;s underrated side 1-0 up after
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A STUNNING injury-time Neil Mellor goal gave Liverpool a deserved Premiership win at Anfield today. The defeat was only the second in 55 league games for the champions.
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PORTSMOUTH&#39;s Lomana Lua Lua headed an injury-time equaliser to earn a Premiership point at Anfield today. Steven Gerrard&#39;s powerful strike with 20 minutes left seemed to have given Liverpool a morale-boosting
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Beauty never looks as ugly as when Liverpool take West Bromwich Albion to pieces at The Hawthorns. It happened two seasons ago - Liverpool won 6-0 - but the excuse then was that Albion were already relegated.
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Duncan Ferguson made a dramatic impact at the Riverside Stadium for more reasons than one after coming off the bench to help earn Everton a valuable 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough.
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Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the weekend's Premiership games.
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Espanyol took a provisional place at the top of the Spanish table by virtue of a 1-0 triumph over Real Madrid. Walter Samuel saw red on his domestic debut and each club failed from the spot, but it was last
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Liverpool have lost two Portsmouth&#39;s point at injury time. Portsmouth&#39;s Lomana Lua Lua spoiled Christmas party for Liverpool scoring a late equaliser to earn a point against the Reds in a 1-1 draw at Anfield.