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36 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2015 Sport FOOTBALL Football Results & Fixtures Malta - BOV Premier League Valletta - Zebbug Rangers ................ 2-3 S. Wanderers - T. Rainbows .............. 3-2 Floriana - Pieta Hotspurs ................. 2-0 Balzan - Mosta ................................ 1-1 Today National Stadium 14:00 Birkirkara - Naxxar Lions 16:00 Hibernians - Qormi England - Premier League Aston Villa - Stoke City ..................... 1-2 Chelsea - Burnley ............................ 1-1 Crystal Palace - Arsenal ................... 1-2 Hull City - Queens Park Rangers ....... 2-1 Sunderland - West B. Albion ............ 0-0 Swansea City - Manchester United .... 2-1 Manchester City - Newcastle Utd ...... 5-0 Today 13:00 Tottenham H. - West H. United 15:05 Everton - Leicester City 17:15 Southampton - Liverpool Italy - Serie A Juventus - Atalanta ......................... 2-1 Sampdoria - Genoa ...................... Postp. Today 15:00 AC Milan - Cesena 15:00 Empoli - ChievoVerona 15:00 Hellas Verona - Roma Postp. Parma - Udinese 20:45 Fiorentina - Torino Tomorrow 19:00 SSC Napoli - Sassuolo 21:00 Cagliari - inter Spain - Liga BBVA Getafe - Espanyol ............................ 2-1 Barcelona - Malaga ......................... 0-1 Cordoba - Valencia .......................... 1-2 Atletico Madrid - Almeria ................. 3-0 Deportivo La Coruna - Celta Vigo ...... Late Today 12:00 Real Sociedad - Sevilla 17:00 Athletic Bilbao - Rayo Vallecano 19:00 Villarreal - Eibar 21:00 Elche - Real Madrid Tomorrow 20:45 Levante - Granada Germany - Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart - B. Dortmund .............. 2-3 Augsburg - B. Leverkusen ................ 2-2 Freiburg - Hoffenheim ..................... 1-1 Mainz 05 - Eintracht Grankfurt ......... 3-1 Paderborn - Bayern Munich ............. 0-6 Schalke 04 - Werder Bremen ........... 1-1 FC Cologne - Hannover 06 ............... 1-1 Today 15:30 Hamburger SV - Borussia M. 17:30 Wolfsburg - Hertha Berlin City demolish Newcastle to close gap on Chelsea MANCHESTER City enjoyed a near perfect day in the build up to Tuesday's titanic clash with Barce- lona, by cutting Chelsea's lead in the title race. City reduced Chelsea's advantage to five points with this thumping of hapless Newcastle at the Etihad to make it 11 straight league wins over the magpies They also slashed Chelsea's supe- rior goal difference from eight to three to breathe new life into the title race. David Silva was the brightest of City's star studded team and he made one and scored two inside two minutes to take his Premier League tally to nine. The rout began after 72 seconds when Vurnon Anita fouled Edin Dzeko for a penalty and Sergio Aguero dispatched the spot-kick. Samir Nasri made it 2-0 on 11 minutes before Dzeko chested down Silva's excellent ball to score their third on 21 minutes with his first City strike since September. Newcastle were hopeless and were totally devoid of leadership. It was too easy for City and Silva applied two classy left-foot finish- es on 50 and 52 minutes to make it 5-0. Wilfried Bony came off the bench to make his debut and the £25 mil- lion striker was denied a goal by the outstretched left leg of Tim Krul. Ten-man Chelsea dropped two points at Stamford Bridge as the Barclays Premier League leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by strug- gling Burnley. Defender Branislav Ivanovic's fourth goal in six appearances put the hosts ahead after Eden Hazard had brilliantly skipped past four players. However, Nemanja Matic was dismissed midway through the second half after he reacted vio- lently to an excessive challenge by Ashley Barnes, meaning he now misses next weekend's Capital One Cup final. Barnes, who escaped any sanc- tion for the tackle and could face retrospective action, forced Thibaut Courtois into a brilliant save but from the subsequent cor- ner Ben Mee scored nine minutes from time. That gave renewed hope to sec- ond-placed Manchester City in their late kick-off at home to New- castle. Arsenal leapfrogged Manchester United, who slipped to a first de- feat in seven matches at Swansea, into third after a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace. Danny Welbeck had a hand in both goals – both disputed by the Eagles. He was brought down by Papa Souare for Santi Cazorla's eighth-minute penalty, and then had a shot parried by Julian Sper- oni for Olivier Giroud to convert from close range for his eighth in 11 matches. Glenn Murray notched a late consolation for the home team. Swansea recorded their first league double over an in-form Manchester United, who had taken 34 points from the last 45, by com- ing from behind to triumph 2-1. Midfielder Ander Herrera's sec- ond goal in six days put the visi- tors ahead midway through the first half but Ki Sung-yueng, who scored in the 2-1 win at Old Traf- ford on the opening day, converted Jonjo Shelvey's pass two minutes later before Shelvey drilled home from 30 yards after the break. Tim Sherwood's first match in charge could not halt Aston Villa's losing run as they slipped to a sixth successive defeat to Stoke. A glancing header from on-loan Manchester City winger Scott Sinclair – his second in as many games – was cancelled out by Mame Biram Diouf on the stroke of half-time. Victor Moses then converted a 90th-minute penalty after he was brought down by Ron Vlaar – a challenge which earned the Villa captain a second yellow card. Joey Barton was sent off for the ninth time in his career as QPR lost 2-1 at Hull. The Hoops captain, already on a Premier League record run of seven consecutive yellow cards, was dismissed for a below-the-belt blow on Tom Huddlestone. QPR striker Charlie Austin, back from injury, scored his 14th of the season to cancel out Nikica Jelavic's 16th-minute opener only for Dame N'Doye to snatch victory a minute from time. A goalless draw at home to West Brom did little to ease Sunder- land's worries near the foot of the table, with Adam Johnson's disal- lowed goal the closest either side came to breaking the deadlock at the Stadium of Light. David Silva celebrates with team mates after scoring the fourth goal for Manchester City Ivan Cordoba to visit Malta in March The committee of Inter Club Pupi Zanetti Malta, has announced that the legendary former Colombian player, Ivan Ramiro Cordoba will be visiting Malta on Saturday and Sunday, 14-15 March ALL Inter fans will be able to renew the memory of winning the Treble as Cordoba will be bringing his medals. Everyone is invited to take a photo of the occasion. These are the details of the activities linked to the Cordoba visit: - On Saturday, 14 March a gala din- ner will be held at the Hotel Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Golden Sands at 8pm for €40. Those who will attend the event will be able to take a photo with the medals of the treble. - On Sunday, 15 March Cordoba will be conducting a training camp where children, both girls and boys, are en- couraged to take part. In total there will be two sessions for a price of €35. The first session will be made from 9 to 11:30am while the second session starts at 2:30 till 5pm. The ages of the children may vary from 4 to 15 years. On the same day, at noon, a VIP lunch in St Julian's restaurant Wigi's for the price of €60. Those attending will have the unique opportunity to enjoy a meal with Cordoba and take a photo of the occasion with the medals of the treble. The event is open only to a limited number of 25 persons and therefore the bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis. All the money raised from these activities will contribute to the foun- dation "te quiere ver Onlus" led by Cordoba, which helps children and families in Colombia. Bookings: Paul Fenech on 9949 4762 More information can be found at www.icpupizanettimalta.com