Stefano Blin
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/ 30 October 2005

Milan halt Juventus charge

AC Milan ended Juventus’ 100% league record in style with a 3-1 victory over the Serie A leaders on Saturday. Carlo Ancelotti’s side blew away the reigning champions with three first-half goals as Milan recorded their seventh straight win and cut Juve’s lead to just two points.

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/ 7 December 2004

Crunch time for Real Madrid

Spanish giants Real Madrid need a win from their final group B match against Roma in Rome on Wednesday to be certain of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League for the eighth consecutive season. The group couldn’t be much tighter with three teams vying for the two places in the knockout stages.

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/ 16 February 2004

Pantani ‘fell by the wayside’

The inquest into the death of controversial cycling star Marco Pantani will begin in earnest on Monday as Italy come to terms with the loss of one of its fallen heroes. Pantani, the last cyclist to win the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia double in the same year, was found lifeless in a Rimini hotel room on Saturday evening.