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MADRID - Barcelona put one foot in the Kings Cup final with a brace from Lionel Messi sealing a thumping 5-0 semi-final first leg win over Almeria at Camp Nou on Wednesday. Three goals in the opening quarter hour put Barcelona in total command and now Barcelona, who have won the Kings Cup a record 25 times, appear a shoe-in for the final, barring a remarkable second leg comeback from Almeria.
Real Madrid hope to meet their arch rivals in the final and hold the upper hand in the

LONDON - Chelsea confirmed their return to form with a ruthless 4-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on Monday to keep a foothold in the Premier League title race. If ever there was a fixture for Chelsea to guarantee a win it is away to Bolton and they clinched their eighth successive victory at the Reebok Stadium with a stunning strike by Didier Drogba and goals by Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires.
Having taken 10 points from 11 games in a dire run, back-to-back victories

LAHORE - Bihar Colony shattered Khada defence and slammed 14 goals on Monday in Group-D of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011 at Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park. The winners were 7-0 up at interval.
Muhammad Sarfraz and Amjad Hussain returned from the pitch with hat-tricks. Front-runner Sarfraz collected five goals in the 9th, 15th, 16th, 31st and 63rd minute while winger Amjad netted his four goals in the second session with strikes in the 41st, 46th, 50th and 69th minute. Midfielder

LONDON - Arsenal kept the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester United and delivered a hammer blow to Chelsea's hopes of retaining the title with a 3-1 victory over the struggling champions on Monday.
Arsene Wenger's side had repeatedly failed to produce the goods in crunch matches against their London rivals, but they finally rose to the occasion as goals from Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott gave them a vital victory at the Emirates Stadium. Branislav Ivanovic

LAHORE - SPM Stags won their match in the 4th SPM League Cricket Tournament in the Professional Group here on Saturday. SPM Stags beat Muslim Gymkhana by 118 runs.
SPM Stags scored 248 for five wickets in 35 overs. Nadeem Javed (53 not out), Usman Liaqat (50), Mujahid Ali (44), Ayaz Tasawar (42) and Salman Ali (39) all pitched in to reach the total. Tehseen Mirza took two wickets for Muslim Gymkhana.
Muslim Gymkhana could score only 130 runs and lost all their wickets.

LAHORE: Pakistani skipper Muhammad Essa put up sparkling striking power as KESC edged out KPT 2-0 in the 194th match of Pakistan Premier Football League at Peoples Sports Complex, Karachi. KESC, who remained in third place, were lucky to win the match as KPT controlled most of the game, but missed opportunities to score.
Both the teams missed opportunities in the first eleven minutes. The 24th minute saw KPT skipper Akhtar Mamil clear the ball from the goal line after Riaz's

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama's Democratic Party braced on Monday for an elections rout, as a wave of 11th-hour polls showed the Republican Party on course for big gains in Congress amid deep voter anger at the sour economy.
Obama, fearing a ballot-box repudiation just two years into his campaign for change, planned a wave of radio interviews and telephone calls to Democratic volunteers key to boosting party turnout on Tuesday, the White House said.
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