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Cruz Azul defeats Paraguay's Nacional 2-1 (AP) Javier Orozco scored both goals to lead Mexican side Cruz Azul to a 2-1 victory over Paraguay's Nacional in the group round of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday. In two other group matches, Union Espanola of Chile defeated Colombia's Junior 2-0, while Nacional of Uruguay defeated Brazil's Vasco da Gama 2-1. Celtic extends Scottish lead with win over Hearts (AP) South American Libertadores Cup summaries (Reuters) Libertadores Cup group six results and standings (Reuters) Libertadores Cup group five results and standings (Reuters) Real Madrid and Barcelona lead football rich list as Schalke makes surprise top-10 entrance (Goal.com) PREVIEW-Soccer-Evra, Suarez to fan derby flames (Reuters)
Celtic extended its lead over Rangers atop of the Scottish Premier League with a decisive 4-0 win over Hearts on Wednesday. Celtic captain Scott Brown opened the scoring in just the 3rd minute when he drove low shot past Hearts keeper Jamie MacDonald. Midfielders Victor Wanyama and Joe Ledley scored in the 20th and 31st minutes to give Celtic a 3-0 lead heading into halftime.
Summaries of South American
Libertadores Cup matches played on Wednesday:
Results and standings from
Libertadores Cup group six on Wednesday.
Results and standings from
Libertadores Cup group five on Wednesday.
Vasco da Gama (Brazil) 1 Nacional M. (Uruguay) 2
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Nacional M. 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Alianza Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Libertad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Vasco da Gama 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
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The Spanish giants continue to dominate the Football Money League as they have expanded their enormous lead over the top clubs from England, Germany and Italy
The focus will be on Patrice
Evra of Manchester United and Luis Suarez of Liverpool when the
arch-rivals clash in the Premier League at Old Trafford on
Saturday (1245GMT).
