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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 17 JANUARY 2016 47 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Malta BOV Premier League St. Andrews - Birkirkara ...................... Post Qormi - Balzan .................................. Post Pembroke Athleta - Naxxar Lions ........ 2-0 Valletta - Tarxien Rainbows ................ 1-1 Today National Stadium 14:00 Mosta - Hibernians 16:00 Sliema Wanderers - Floriana England - Premier League Tottenham Hotspur - Sunderland ....... 4-1 AFC Bournemouth - Norwich City ........ 3-0 Chelsea - Everton .............................. 3-3 Manchester City - Crystal Palace ......... 4-0 Newcastle United - West H. United ..... 2-1 Southampton - West B. Albion............ 3-0 Aston Villa - Leicester City................... 1-1 Today 15:05 Liverpool - Manchester United 17:15 Stoke City - Arsenal Italy - Serie A Atalanta - Inter .................................. 1-1 Torino - Frosinone ............................. 4-2 SSC Napoli - Sassuolo ........................ Late Today 12:30 Genoa - Palermo 15:00 Bologna - Lazio 15:00 Carpi - Sampdoria 15:00 ChievoVerona - Empoli 15:00 Roma - Hellas Verona 15:00 Udinese - Juventus 20:45 AC Milan - Fiorentina Spain - Liga BBVA Sevilla - Malaga ................................. 2-1 Celta Vigo - Levante ........................... 4-3 Villarreal - Real Betis .......................... 0-0 Real Sociedad - Deportivo La Coruna .. Late Today 12:00 Valencia - Rayo Vallecano 16:00 Real Madrid - Sporting Gijon 18:15 Getafe - Espanyol 18:15 Las Palmas - Atletico Madrid 20:30 Barcelona - Athletic Bilbao Tomorrow 20:30 Eibar - Granada France - Ligue 1 Toulouse - Paris Saint Germain ........... 0-1 Bordeaux - Lille ................................. 1-0 GFC Ajaccio - Reims ........................... 2-2 Guingamp - Nantes ........................... 2-2 SC Bastia - Montpellier ....................... 1-0 Troyes - Rennes ................................. 2-4 Today 14:00 Lorient - Monaco 17:00 Caen - Marseille 21:00 Saint-Etienne - Lyon Football Results & Fixtures Valletta unable to break down stubborn Tarxien Valletta ..................... 1 Tarxien Rainbows ....... 1 THE league leaders lost two pre- cious points as a determined Tarxien side held Valletta to a 1-1 draw at the Victor Tedesco Stadium. The result puts Valletta four points clear of second-placed Hi- bernians, to extend their positive run to seven matches after claim- ing maximum points from their last six matches. For the Rainbows, the point earned against the leaders puts them on the 32-points mark with Floriana, but the Greens have a game in hand. Tarxien shocked the Citizens by going ahead on the 18th minute thanks to Brazilian winger Alex da Paixao Alves who ran through the Valletta defence to beat goal- keeper Nicky Vella with a clinical finish. Valletta didn't take long to score an equilizer with Fedrico Falcone heading past goalkeeper Andrea Cassar on the 36th minute. Following the break, Tarxien thought they had regained their lead when Montebello's effort was ruled offside by referee Trustin Farrugia Cann. Valletta struggled to take con- trol of the game and Tarxien re- mained a constant threat on the counter attack. But Valletta missed a great op- portunity to take the lead when Falcone saw his header go inches wide before the end of the game. VALLETTA Nicky Vella, Jonath- an Caruana, Diego Douglas Balbinot (76' Jean Borg), Ryan Camilleri, Juan Cruz Gill, Ro- derick Briffa, Federico Falcone, Uchenna Calistus Umeh (77' Jean Pierre Mifsud Triganza), Jhonnattann Benites da Con- ceicao, Abdelkarim Nafti (87' Jurgen Suda), Romeu Pericles Romao. Subs not used: Henry Bonello, Daniel Camilleri, Russell Fenech, Nicholas Pulis. Coach: Paul Zammit TAR XIEN Andrea Cassar, Ebi- abowei Baker, Bruno Giglio de Oliveira, Timothy Tabone De- sira, Triston Caruana, Luke Montebello, Ayrton Azzopardi, Carlos Menendez Hevia, Daniel Zerafa, Alex da Paixao Alves, Joao Pedro Oliveira Santos (78' Lucky Omeruo). Subs not used: Sean Mintoff, Manuel Caruana, Brandon Muscat, Roderick Bajada, Ga- etano Joseph Gesualdi, Darren Sciberras. Coach: Jacques Scerri Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann Assistant Referees: William De- battista, Chris Francalanza Fourth Official: Glen Tonna Yellow Cards: Hevia, Umeh, Zerafa, J. Caruana, Falcone, Briffa, Balbinot, Baker Scorers: 18' Alex da Paixao Alves, 36' Federico Falcone BOV Player of the Match: Alex da Paixao Alves PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY ATTARD