Dynamo Kiev cruise, Unirea hold Zenit

Dynamo Kiev cruise, Unirea hold Zenit

Dynamo Kiev secured a 3-0 victory over Belgian side Gent on Tuesday in their Champions League third qualifying tie.

Andriy Yarmolenko put Kiev ahead on 19 minutes before former AC Milan star Andriy Shevchenko and substitute Roman Zozulya rounded off the scoring late on.

Unirea Urziceni played out a goalless draw with Russian giants Zenit St Petersburg in Romania.

Unirea saw Razvan Paduretu sent off in the 36th minute but Zenit boss Luciano Spalletti said: "This is a good result. We played a team that battled until the very last minute. For more than half the game we had the numerical advantage, but they defended very well, especially in and around the penalty area."

Elsewhere, The New Saints FC saw their European dreams suffer a blow as they suffered a 3-1 loss at home to Anderlecht.

Belgian champions Anderlecht got off to the perfect start when Sacha Kljestan gave them the lead in the seventh minute and things looked ominous for TNS as Jonathan Legear doubled the advantage 11 minutes later.

But TNS did not let their heads drop and they went close twice in the first half before Craig Jones, who had narrowly missed one of those opportunities, brought them back into the game seven minutes after the interval.

However, the Welsh outfit switched off and a free-kick was floated in towards the unmarked Matias Suarez, who headed in a third for Anderlecht. TNS now have a mountain to climb in the second leg on August 3.

Champions League qualifying third round

Omonia Nicosia 1-1 SV Salzburg
Dynamo Kiev 3-0 KAA Gent
Liteks Lovetch 1-1 MSK Zilina
TNS 1-3 Anderlecht
Sparta Prague 1-0 Lech Poznan
Unirea Urziceni 0-0 Zenit St Petersburg

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Manchester United :Fixtures announced for 2010/11

United will kick off the 2010/11 Barclays Premier League season against newly-promoted Newcastle at Old Trafford on the opening weekend.

If you believe in omens then it's good news - the Reds have twice started campaigns against the Magpies in the Premier League era, in 2000/01 (won 2-0), and 2008/09 (1-1), and on both occasions have gone on to win the title.

There are the usual tricky patches, of course, with back-to-back clashes against Arsenal and Chelsea twice - in December (11, 18) and in the run-in (30 April, 7 May).

The last ten fixtures of the campaign look like producing plenty of fireworks with away trips to Anfield, Upton Park, St James' Park, the Emirates Stadium and Ewood Park, with home games against Everton and Chelsea thrown in too. But, enough talk, here are the 2010/11 fixtures:

Sat Aug 14 Newcastle United H
Sat Aug 21 Fulham A
Sat Aug 28 West Ham United H
Sat Sep 11 Everton A
Sat Sep 18 Liverpool H
Sat Sep 25 Bolton Wanderers A
Sat Oct 2 Sunderland A
Sat Oct 16 West Bromwich Albion H
Sat Oct 23 Stoke City A
Sat Oct 30 Tottenham Hotspur H
Sat Nov 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers H
Wed Nov 10 Manchester City A
Sat Nov 13 Aston Villa A
Sat Nov 20 Wigan Athletic H
Sat Nov 27 Blackburn Rovers H
Sat Dec 4 Blackpool A
Sat Dec 11 Arsenal H
Sat Dec 18 Chelsea A
Sun Dec 26 Sunderland H
Tue Dec 28 Birmingham City A
Sat Jan 1 West Bromwich Albion A
Tue Jan 4 Stoke City H
Sat Jan 15 Tottenham Hotspur A
Sat Jan 22 Birmingham City H
Tue Feb 1 Aston Villa H
Sat Feb 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers A
Sat Feb 12 Manchester City H
Sat Feb 26 Wigan Athletic A
Sat Mar 5 Liverpool A
Sat Mar 19 Bolton Wanderers H
Sat Apr 2 West Ham United A
Sat Apr 9 Fulham H
Sat Apr 16 Newcastle United A
Sat Apr 23 Everton H
Sat Apr 30 Arsenal A
Sat May 7 Chelsea H
Sat May 14 Blackburn Rovers A
Sun May 22 Blackpool H

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Hart backing Foster to replace him at Birmingham

Goalkeeper Joe Hart has backed Ben Foster to successfully fill his role at Birmingham next season if he completes a £6 million switch from Manchester United to St Andrew's.

Foster, who who has admitted he will leave Old Trafford this summer, has been tracked by a number of Premier League clubs and Hart has backed his England rival to replace him when he rejoins Manchester City.

''I think Ben will do it easily [follow me]. He is a fantastic keeper,'' told the Daily Express. ''Ben has had some harsh criticism at Manchester United this season but, if he does turn out to be the Birmingham keeper next season, he will do a good job.''

Hart wanted to remain at Birmingham on loan - where he performed so well he made it into the Premier League's Team of the Season - but accepts the final say was with Manchester City.

''I just waited for my orders, and my orders were that I went back,'' he said. ''I am contracted to Manchester City so that's where I will be. I will admit, it's sad. But it was out of my hands.

''If I could have stayed at Birmingham, I would, but it wasn't down to me. I didn't really want to leave but I was told that I have to. It's just the way football is.''

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