Sevilla reaches Champions League group stage

ATHENS: Two first-half goals from Luis Fabiano helped Sevilla qualify for the Champions League group stages for the first time by thrashing AEK Athens 4-1 at the Olympic Stadium on Monday.

Mickelson holds off Woods to triumph by 2 shots

NORTON, Massachusetts: Phil Mickelson survived a double-bogey at the 12th hole and a late challenge by world No 1 Tiger Woods to win the Deutsche Bank Championship by two shots on Monday.

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Fabregas ready to come of age

LONDON: Arsene Wenger believes Cesc Fabregas will come of age this season and prove that Arsenal doesn't need to spend big money to win the Premier League title.

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I'm lucky to be alive, says Leicester's Clarke

Villa defeat tests Abramovich patience

BIRMINGHAM, England: Jose Mourinho admitted he could not blame Roman Abramovich for leaving early after Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa became the first side to beat Chelsea this season.

Hitzfeld's bitter disappointment as Bayern Munich draws

BERLIN: Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld admitted he was bitterly disappointed on Sunday after Hamburg striker Mohamed Zidan scored a late equalizer to rob the Bundesliga leader of its 100 percent record.

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West Ham in for Adriano after Arsenal rejection

Leicester player Clarke 'comfortable' after collapse

LONDON: Leicester City defender Clive Clarke spent a comfortable night in hospital after suffering what doctors suspect was a cardiac arrest at halftime of the team's League Cup match at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.

Sevilla's Puerta dies 3 days after collapse

MADRID: Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta, one of Spain's most promising young players, died on Tuesday three days after collapsing during a Primera Liga match.

A history of sudden deaths in soccer

April 11, 2006: Colombian teenager Victor Alfonso Guerrero, 17, died during a training session for the reserve side of Colombian first division club Envigado FC. He collapsed and lost consciousness, and died on the way to hospital.