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/ 22 December 2011
From the malign to the ridiculous, the madcap to the simply weird — there was no shortage of offbeat moments in world sport this year.
The eyes of the footballing world were focused on Rio de Janeiro on Saturday for the preliminary draw for the 20th World Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur managed to come back from the dead right at the start of their Champions League adventure last August.
Wayne Rooney scored as Manchester United beat Chelsea 1-0 in a Champions League first-leg quarterfinal clash on Wednesday night.
Tottenham shocked seven-times European champions AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro on Tuesday with Peter Crouch firing the only goal on the night.
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/ 10 February 2011
England overcame a stuttering start to edge out Denmark 2-1 in Copenhagen on Wednesday.
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/ 8 December 2010
Not satisfied with reaching the last 16 of the Champions League in their debut season, Tottenham Hotspur wrapped up top spot in Group A.
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/ 13 October 2010
Tuesday’s Euro qualifiers brought drama on and off the pitch on a night on which Italy’s match against Serbia was postponed owing to crowd trouble.
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/ 2 February 2006
Mittal Steel chief executive Lakshmi Mittal said on Thursday that opposition to his hostile takeover bid for European steelmaker Arcelor could not weaken the "industrial logic" of his plan which would protect European jobs. The bid by Mittal would create by far the biggest steel group in the world, accounting for 10% share of global steel production.