UEFA Champions League: Valencia hammer BATE 4-2 to stay top

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LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: Valencia completed the double in UEFA Champions League Group F with a 4-2 win over Belarus outfit BATE Borisov to stay level on points with pacesetters Bayern Munich, who crushed Lille 6-1, the official FIFA website reported.

UEFA Champions League: Yilmaz hits hat-trick as Galatasaray stay alive

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LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: Burak Yilmaz grabbed a hat-trick as Galatasaray kept their hopes of reaching the UEFA Champions League knockout stages alive with a fine 3-1 win at CFR Cluj, the official FIFA website reported.

UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich pound Lille with 6-0 rout

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LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: Bayern Munich surged to the top of UEFA Champions League Group F with a hammering of pointless Lille. Claudio Pizarro completed his hat-trick in the 33rd minute, by which point Bayern led 5-0 with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben both striking from free-kicks, the official FIFA website reported.

Moses saves the day for Chelsea in UEFA Champions League

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LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: Victor Moses came off the bench to score an incredible last-gasp winner tonight as Chelsea somehow survived a Shakhtar Donetsk onslaught to keep their UEFA Champions League fate in their own hands, the official FIFA website reported.

Juventus devastate FC Nordsjaelland 4-0 in UEFA Champions League

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LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: Juventus registered their first UEFA Champions League win of the season after a comfortable 4-0 victory over FC Nordsjaelland, the official FIFA website reported.

Celtic stun Barcelona 2-1 in UEFA Champions League

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LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: Celtic sent shockwaves around Europe as they produced a stunning 2-1 win over Barcelona at Parkhead to end the Catalan giants' 100 per cent record in this season's UEFA Champions League, the official FIFA website reported.

UEFA Champions League: Cardozo hits brace to revive Benfica hopes

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LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: The crossbar denied Oscar Cardozo a hat-trick but he did enough to keep Benfica alive in Group G of the UEFA Champions League with victory over ten-man Spartak Moscow, the official FIFA website reported.

Graeme Swann prefers sick daughter over national duty

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI, India (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: England off-spinner Graeme Swann became the second England cricketer to return home from India tour to be with the family, thus preferring personal lives over national duties.

ATP World Tour Finals: Tomas Berdych ignites SF qualification race

By Ashley Williams

LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 7, 2012: World number six Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic ignited Group A qualification race on Wednesday when he defeated world number eight Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France by 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the ATP World Tour Finals played at the O2 Arena.

Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray in ATP World Tour Finals

By Ashley Williams

LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 7, 2012: World number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia lived up to the expectations on Wednesday when he outlasted world number three Andy Murray of Great Britain by 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the Group A match of the ATP World Tour Finals at a packed O2 Arena.