Defoe spurred on to success
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Jermain Defoe believes he has matured as a player in the short time he has been at Tottenham. The 21-year-old striker has scored three goals in five Premiership matches for Spurs this season and was also on target on his full debut for England last week.
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Everton boss David Moyes was full of praise for his hard-working side after Lee Carsley&#39;s free-kick goal saw them claim a point from their visit to St James&#39; Park yesterday, writes Miles Starforth.
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Simon Davies may not be feeling as lucky that Jermain Defoe exists this week than he does on a weekly basis back at Tottenham. Defoe is being tipped in many circles to edge out Michael Owen and earn his second
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Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan was full of praise for goalscoring, Man-of-the-Match winning debutant Willo Flood after Monday nightâs 1-1 Premiership draw with Norwich City, after which he compared the Irish teenager to a young Billy Bremner.
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STRAFFAN, Ireland -- He was the captain's pick. He was also the people's choice. That wasn't lost on Darren Clarke .
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Chelsea&#39;s emphatic 4-0 victory over lowly Norwich was orchestrated by the combined wing wizardry of Damien Duff and Arjen Robben.
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It is difficult to find too much wrong with this. England were imaginative, efficient, pacy, uncompromising and composed in coasting towards their sixth successive win over South Africa.
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Kieran Richardson scores twice as Sunderland beat Portsmouth to boost their survival hopes.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson insisted England had answered their critics in the perfect manner as Jermain Defoe inspired them to a morale-boosting World Cup qualifying victory in Poland.
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Goals from Jermain Defoe and Frederic Kanoute finally ended Tottenham's dismal run of defeats in deserved a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough here at White Hart Lane.
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If England&#39;s new one-day master plan was to bat, bowl and field better than in the recent past, then it succeeded admirably here yesterday.
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CHELSEA&#39;S drive to claim the club&#39;s first English title in half a century gathered pace yesterday as Newcastle were blown away by a late four-goal blitz at Stamford Bridge.
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Portsmouth were involved in a race against time to sign England striker Jermain Defoe from Premier League rivals Tottenham as the final day of the January transfer window neared its end here Thursday.
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1000 up and still counting. Sir Alex Fergusonâs achievement is quite remarkable given the fickle nature of football fans and more importantly football boards in the modern game.
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Kenny Miller reinforced his reputation as a hero for Celtic after scoring from the penalty spot to secure a 1-0 Champions League victory at home to Copenhagen in Group F.
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Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe wants former West Ham team-mate Joe Cole to join him at White Hart Lane. Cole, who has been a peripheral figure at Chelsea since the start of the season, is reportedly ready
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Clough, a great motivator and tactician who led Forest to two European Cup wins in 1979 and 1980, was a controversial character but also universally admired for his contribution to English football.