Manchester United took a giant step towards the Premier League title when they beat Manchester City 1-0 in a one-sided local derby on Saturday to open up an eight-point lead over defending champions Chelsea. United have 88 points with two matches to play which means Chelsea, on 80 points with three matches to go, must win at Arsenal on Sunday to keep alive their now slim hopes.
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/ 19 October 2006
Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Valencia all maintained their 100% records with their third straight wins as the Champions League group phase reached the halfway stage on Wednesday. Chelsea handed European champions Barcelona a 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge in Group A where Didier Drogba scored an outstanding individual goal after 47 minutes.
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/ 16 October 2006
A clearer picture of the likely qualifiers for the knockout phase of the Champions League should emerge as the group stage reaches its halfway point this week. Clearly, with only two of the six matches completed so far, no team is certain of qualifying and none are eliminated, but results on Tuesday and Wednesday will have a big bearing on both of those issues.
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/ 16 September 2004
About 20 000 protesters in Pretoria have started marching towards the Union Buildings after a delay outside the Treasury building when they were told Finance Minister Trevor Manuel was not available to receive their memorandum. Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) president Willie Madisha told the crowd that Manuel had known they were coming seven days ago but still insisted on flying to Cape Town.