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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 54 Sport FOOTBALL Football fixtures BOV Premier League Tarxien Rainbows - Naxxar Lions ...... 2-1 Qormi - Birkirkara............................ 0-2 Floriana - Zebbug Rangers ............... 3-3 Hibernians - Pieta Hotspurs ............. 3-1 Today National Stadium 16:00 Mosta - Balzan 18:00 Sliema Wanderers - Valletta England - Premier League Queens Park Rangers - Stoke C. ........ 2-2 Aston Villa - Arsenal ........................ 0-3 Burnley - Sunderland ...................... 0-0 Newcastle United - Hull City ............. 2-2 Swansea City - Southampton ........... 0-1 West Ham Utd. - Liverpool ............... 3-1 Today 14:30 Leicester City - Manchester Utd. 14:30 Tottenham H. - West B. Albion 17:00 Everton - Crystal Palace 17:00 Manchester C. - Chelsea Italy - Serie A Cesena - Empoli .............................. 2-2 AC Milan - Juventus ......................... 0-1 Today 12:30 ChievoVerona - Parma 15:00 Genoa - Lazio 15:00 Roma - Cagliari 15:00 Sassuolo - Sampdoria 18:00 Atalanta - Fiorentina 18:00 Udinese - SSC Napoli 20:45 Palermo - Inter 20:45 Torino - Helas Verona Tomorrow 20:45 Hellas Verona - Palermo Germany - Bundesliga Freiburg - Hertha Berlin ................... 2-2 Augsburg - Werder Bremen ............. 4-2 Hamburger SV - Bayern Munich ....... 0-0 Paderborn - Hannover 96 ................ 2-0 Schalke 04 - Eintracht Frankfurt ....... 2-2 VfB Stuttgart - Hoffenheim .............. 0-2 Mainz 05 - Borussia Dortmund ......... 2-0 Today 15:30 Wolfsburg - Bayern Leverkusen 17:30 FC Cologne - B. Monchengladbach Spain - Liga BBVA Elche - Eibar ................................... 0-2 Deportivo LaCoruna - Real Madrid .... 8-2 Athletic Bilbao - Granada ................. 0-1 Atletico Madrid - Celta Vigo .............. 2-2 Espanyol - Malaga ........................... Late Today 12:00 Real Sociedad - Almeria 17:00 Villarreal - Rayo Vallecano 19:00 Cordoba - Sevilla 21:00 Levante - Barcelona Tomorrow 20:45 Getafe - Valencia France- Ligue 1 Bordeaux - Evian Thonon Gaillard .... 2-1 Marseille - Rennes .......................... 3-0 Lorient - Reims ............................... 0-1 Metz - Bastia ................................... 3-1 Nantes - Nice .................................. 2-1 Toulouse - Caen .............................. 3-3 Today 14:00 Lille Montpellier 17:00 Lens - Saint Etienne 17:00 Monaco - Guingamp 21:00 Paris Saint Germain - Lyon Platini to ignore FIFA and keep luxury gift UEFA president Michel Platini has said he intends to ignore FIFA requests and not return a luxury watch valued at 25,000 Swiss francs, given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation INSTEAD, he said on Friday in British media reports, he will make a donation for the same amount to a charity. "I'm a well-educated person," he said. "I don't return gifts." FIFA has asked officials who re- ceived one of the 65 limited-edi- tion Parmigiani Fleurier watches to return them by Oct. 24 to avoid action being taken by its ethics committee. FIFA said receipt of such valuable gifts broke its code of ethics. The watches were given to 32 na- tional association chiefs, 28 FIFA executive committee members and five Latin American association members during a FIFA Congress in Sao Paulo in June, on the eve of the World Cup. The congress was beset by allegations of corruption. "I was very surprised by the press release of FIFA," a critical Platini was quoted by The Guardian. "I think that the best thing would have been to call us, to say that the ethics committee has done 'so and so' and they're not pleased. "But if the ethics committee was not pleased, they should have told us that four months ago in Brazil, when we received the watches. They were aware that we were re- ceiving these watches because eve- rybody received them." The English Football Association (FA) chairman Greg Dyke also re- ceived one of the watches and, on Thursday, said he was unaware of its value and intended to return it. Platini added: "I'm going to ask for the value of this watch and I'm going to give to a charitable organi- sation, a foundation, this value. "But I can't return a gift. In my upbringing, I cannot return gifts like that." Michel Platini Carlos Tevez seals the points for Juve A second half Carlos Tevez goal earned Juventus a valuable 1-0 victory over AC Milan IT took Juventus until the final 20 minutes of their clash with AC Milan at the San Siro to score, but Carlos Tevez's late strike was enough to earn all three points for the reigning Serie A champions. Tevez's goal ensured Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri's return to his old stamping ground was a happy one, as the bianconeri held on to maintain their per- fect record this season. Milan, meanwhile, suffered their first competitive defeat under Filippo Inzaghi. The game's opening exchanges were shaded by Juventus, but they ended up with nothing to show for their early possession. Their best chance fell to Roberto Pereyra on the edge of the penalty area, though the lively Argentine curled the ball just over Christian Abbiati's crossbar. As the half wore on, the hosts looked more comfortable on the ball, and they began to exert pressure on the Juve defence for the first time. They even forced a great save from goalkeeper Gi- anluigi Buffon, who dived to keep out a powerful header from Kei- suke Honda in the 27th minute. However, the rossoneri's prom- ise was f leeting, and Juve were again in the ascendency in the run up to halftime. They went closest to breaking the deadlock through Claudio Marchisio, whose drilled shot rocketed back off Abbiati's post in the 38th minute, after Fernando Llorente and Leonardo Bonucci both squandered good chances in the Milan box. The visitors were still on top into the second half, albeit still dogged by a failure to take their goalscor- ing opportunities. They could have been ahead within 15 minutes of the restart, though Marchisio dragged Tevez's low corner wide of the far post. Milan continued to sit deep, though their quick counter- attacks invariably broke down be- fore coming to anything. The clock ticked on and the game looked increasingly like it would end goalless, until Juve finally broke the deadlock in the final 20 minutes. A splendid exchange be- tween Tevez and Paul Pogba in the box culminated in the Argentine rolling the ball beyond Abbiati, whose palm wasn't sufficient to prevent the bianconeri taking a deserved lead. The goal forced AC Milan back onto the front foot, and coach Inzaghi threw strikers Fernando Torres and Giampaolo Pazzini on in the hope of nicking an equalis- ing goal. However, Juve's defence proved strong enough to withstand the late barrage, and guarantee the 1-0 victory.