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Football: English Football League tables

  • LONDON, March 4, (APP/AFP) – English Football League tables after Saturday’s 1500 GMT matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Championship Newcastle 34 23 4 7 66 28 73 Brighton 35 21 8 6 58 31 71 Huddersfield 33 20 5 8 44 36 65 Leeds 35 20 4 11 49 35 […]

  • Football: Spanish La Liga results – 1st update

    MADRID, March 4, (APP/AFP) – Spanish La Liga results on Saturday: Leganes 1 (Mchis 83) Granada 0 Eibar 1 (Ruben Pena 72) Real Madrid 4 (Benzema 14, 25, Rodriguez 29, Asensio 80) Playing later (all times GMT) Villarreal v Espanyol (1730), Barcelona v Celta Vigo (1945) Sunday Sporting Gijon v Deportivo la Coruna (1100), Atletico […]

  • Tennis: Dubai Tennis Championships result

    DUBAO, March 4, (APP/AFP) – Results on the final day of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday (x denotes seeding): Final Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-3, 6-2

  • Murray claims 45th career title with Dubai triumph

    DUBAI, March 4 (APP/AFP): Andy Murray clinched his first title of 2017 and 45th of his career as he dominated Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-2 to win the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday. World number one Murray claimed the trophy in the emirate for the first time after losing the final five years ago to […]

  • Iraqi forces on schedule in Mosul fight: US general

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (APP/AFP): Iraqi security forces are progressing as planned in their battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group but the fighting will get tougher as they approach the city center, a US general said Saturday. “We are on (a good) timeline and we are fairly confident that the Iraqis are learning […]

  • Obama launched cyberwar to sabotage NKorea missile program: report

    WASHINGTON, March 4 (APP/AFP): Former US president Barack Obama in 2014 launched a cyberwar against North Korea’s missile program but it has failed to make significant gains, The New York Times reported Saturday. The United States still cannot effectively counter North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, the newspaper said following a months-long investigation, based on […]