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ALL THE SPORTS with Ime Morison

Another weekend of action- packed sporting activities has just elapsed... Our 'sportsman' Ime Morison brings to you the major highlights of the sporting weekend in ALL THE SPORTS.

SHATTERED AND BATTERED...
Arsenal's dream of the Premier League title was shattered and battered in a 6-3 mauling at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Following their 2-0 mid-week defeat at Napoli in the Champions League, the Gunners were again on the edge as Man City's strength, depth, quality and superior squad out-played, out-muscled and out-scored them to leave their dreams of winning the EPL in tatters.
Arsene Wenger's men still top of the table but their lead could be reduced to two points if Chelsea win Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal would also play Chelsea in their next game at the Emirates Stadium.
Meanwhile, the win ensured City narrowed the gap against their rivals to three points and maintained their unbeaten home record at the Etihad Stadium so far this season in the Premier League. City have now scored in 58 consecutive Premier League home games,a run stretching back to a 0-0 draw with Birmingham in November 2010. City have also scored 35 league goals at home this season.

BATTLING CHELSEA
Chelsea battled to secure a 2-1 victory over a rejuvenated Crystal Palace side at Stamford Bridge, to take advantage of Arsenal's thrashing at the Etihad Stadium.
The Blues took the lead through Fernando Torres, who reacted quickly to tap-in after Willian's shot rebounded off a post. Palace equalized courtesy of a Marouane Chamakh's volley from a Joel Ward cross before Ramirez scored an impressively curled effort to restore Chelsea back in front.
Petr Cech then produced a string of second-half saves to deny Jason Puncheon, Damien Delaney and Stuart O'Keefe as the hosts scraped to victory.
The win moves Chelsea to within two points of leaders, Arsenal, and a win against their London rivals a week on Monday could see them leapfrog the Gunners.
It seems Mourinho is finally enjoying it again in England after a patchy reunion with the Club fans...Blue roses?

IRREPRESSIBLE SUAREZ...
Captain of the day, Luis Suarez, produced an irrepressible performance as he scored two goals and led Liverpool to a 5-0 thrashing of Tottenham at White Heart Lane. Henderson, Sterling and Flanagan got the other goals for Liverpool.
The Reds were without their inspirational skipper,Steven Gerrard, who was side-lined with an injury but Suarez took the armband and inspired Liverpool to an impressive victory. The Uruguayan has amassed 14 goals in eight Premier League games and 17 goals in all competitions this season.
The win represented Liverpool's biggest ever win at the Lane and moves them to second place on the log ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City.

AFRICAN OLYMPICS...coming soon?
Elana Mayer, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal in South Africa's post - apartheid era has urged the International Olympics Committee, IOC, to grant South Africa the Olympics as a tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela.
Elana, who won a silver medal in the 10,000m at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, after South Africa's re-admission to the Olympic movement, believes the influence of Mandela, who died last week,aged 95, was crucial from the moments he emerged from 27 years imprisonment in 1990.
"If Olympic Games can come to Africa and South Africa it will be in honour of Madiba. I think it's time. It's Africa's time. It would be a fitting way to honour a great leader,"She said.
An Olympic Games in Africa is long overdue, though i would habour reservations about it going to South Africa but the truth is, no other African country at the moment possess the logistics and technical experience to organize an event of such magnitude apart from South Africa but as a tribute to Mandela...? Who could begrudge that...? I certainly wouldn't!!!

RONALDO MUSEUM
Real Madrid and Portugal Superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has opened a museum in his honour at his native Madeira. The museum would exhibit the more than 125 awards and mementos the player has gathered so far in his career as well as future trophies.
The Portugal international commissioned the museum in front of a frenzy of reporters and fans. Speaking at the occassion, Ronaldo said "Here is the evidence of what I have won, no one will take it away from here and these were things I wanted to share with my fans, show them what I have already achieved."
Ronaldo won the prestigious 2008 Ballon d'Or title, formerly known as the Fifa World Player of the year title, while with Manchester United. Before moving to Spain in then-world record £80m transfer to Real Madrid in 2009, he had won three Premier Leagues, one Champions League, one FA Cup, two League Cups, and one Fifa World Club Cup. He has also won the Copa del Rey in 2010-11 and La Liga in 2011-12 as well as two Golden Boot awards for being European football's top scorer.
Ronaldo is competing with Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery for 2013 Ballon d'Or, which will be announced at a ceremony in Zurich on 13 January. Real fabulous, stylish, classy and swaggalicious guy....

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