A win over Manchester United on the opening day began the Premiership trail and once top spot had been gained in November, it was never likely to be relinquished

Ronaldo underwent ankle surgery at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam on 7 July. [ 38 ] He returned to action on 17 September in United ' s UEFA Champions League goalless group-stage draw with Villarreal as a substitute for Park Ji-Sung, [ 39 ] and scored his first overall goal of the season in a 3 1 League Cup third round win over Middlesbrough on 30 August

The midfielder opened his Premiership account for the Gunners in a 3 - 0 home win over Blackburn Rovers, still aged only 17

He allowed 2 runs in 8 innngs in the 7 - 2 win over St Louis last Saturday and is 2 - 3 with a 2.65 ERA in 6 starts against Boston, including going 2 - 0 with a 1.25 ERA in the last 3 starts.

Teemu Selanne scored a goal and added two assists while carrying his team to a 5 - 3 win over the Red Wings on Thursday.

Ronaldo earned his first cap for Portugal in a 1 - 0 victory against Kazakhstan in August 2003. He was called up for Euro 2004, scoring in a 2 - 1 group stage loss to eventual champions Greece and in a 2 - 1 semifinal win over the Netherlands.

FOR SAN ANTONIO TO WIN: You guys know I picked the Spurs to go all the way before the season started, and then again at the end of the regular season, and their win over Dallas yesterday just underlined to me that they ' re the team to beat.

Cubs closer Ryan Dempster converted his ninth save of the season during Friday ' s win over the White Sox

The run included a 4 - 1 win over Liverpool at Anfield, the home side ' s worst defeat there in over 35 years.

Twins outfielder Torii Hunter hit a grand slam in Friday ' s win over the Brewers

The 16 - year-old Dinamo Zagreb and Croatian Under-17s national team star scored in his team s 6 - 0 win over Hrvatski Dragovoljac

Oldham are without winger Chris Taylor after he sustained a thigh injury in Saturday ` s win over Bristol Rovers

MADRID, Spain (AP) - Greece clinched a berth in the quarterfinals of the European Basketball Championship Tuesday with an 85 - 67 win over Portugal, while Croatia advanced despite an 83 - 70 loss to Russia

The result marked Croatia ' s first European Championship victory, since a 3 - 0 win over Denmark on 16 June 1996, ending a five match winless streak

After getting squashed by Spain (0:4) they bounced back with a win over Saudi Arabia (4:0), and beat Tunisia only after the africans were left with 10 men.

SYDNEY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Fiji scored a consolation 2 - 0 win over a 10 - man New Zealand on Wednesday in the final match of the Oceania qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup

Italy are far from the old catenaccio days and after a rather comfortable (although not that impressive) win over Ghana.

Having missed the first game of Chelsea ' s 2004 - 05, Tiago soon became an important member of his new team ' s squad, scoring on his away debut against Crystal Palace on August 24, 2004. Tiago also scored a long-range stunner in Chelsea ' s 3 - 1 win over Manchester United on May 11, 2007. Tiago was a regular for Chelsea that season, having only missed four games in the Premier League.

Swansea can still make the play offs but they need to win here.They currently sit just outside the play off positions, 1 point behind 6 th placed Blackpool.They havnt been great away from home recently but they are alot tougher to beat at home where they have won 10, drawn 9 and lost only 3. They face a Doncaster side that hasnt got anything left to fight for and a Donny side that has been hit and miss.They got a good 4 - 3 win over Scunthorpe last weekend but they concede too many goals and i can see Swansea winning here, 3 - 0

Referee Howard Webb has admitted that he made a mistake in awarding Manchester United a penalty in Saturday ' s Premier League win over Tottenham at Old Trafford

Naime Van der Vaart je na meti Tottenhama narocito posle ovoga sto pise na goal.com: Thier interest is set to intensify today after creative midfielder Luka Modric suffered a broken leg in their weekend win over Birmingham City

Indians general manager Mark Shapiro released a statement Sunday saying the team is supporting their pitcher, who earned the victory in Cleveland ' s ALDS-clinching win over the Yankees on Oct. 8

Those he thought he could not win over were jettisoned.

This makes Juventus current position in the standings, second after last night s win over Milan, all the more remarkable.

Jose Mourinho said he gave his Chelsea players a half-time ultimatum to inspire them to a 2 - 1 win over Porto

The Sun says United ' s 3 - 1 win over Arsenal on Sunday was " men against boys ", adding " the pace of born-again Nani and the irrepressible Wayne Rooney absolutely destroyed the Gunners "

Eduardo has been definately ruled out of the Sunderland game having aggravated a groin problem in the 2 - 0 Carling Cup win over Newcastle.

To argue that dialogue will win over extremist Islamists is a myth; theirs is a mindset that is not receptive to alternative views, and does not recognise the sacred nature of all human life

Costin Lazar, a Romanian midfielder, was awarded a penalty in win over Otelul Galati in the 63 rd minute

Striker Emile Heskey (foot), central defender Richard Dunne (hamstring) and skipper Stiliyan Petrov (Achilles) suffered injuries in the Carling Cup semi-final win over Blackburn on Wednesday and are rated doubtful