Premier League

Gerrard hat-trick earns Liverpool derby spoils

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored the first hat-trick in a Merseyside league derby since 1982 as his side enjoyed an emphatic 3-0 victory over Everton in the Premier League at Anfield on Tuesday.

Ominous signs for City as United take charge

elevision footage showed some Manchester City fans in tears after their side's 1-0 defeat at Swansea City on Sunday cost them top spot in the Premier League.

Redknapp cools speculation about England job

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has distanced himself from the vacant England manager's post, saying on Monday he is happy at White Hart Lane and hinting that the national job would be too frustrating.

Spurs lose again, Drogba gives Chelsea win

Third-placed Tottenham Hotspur are peering anxiously over their shoulders after a 1-0 Premier League loss at Everton on Saturday continued a slump in form while Chelsea beat Stoke City by the same scoreline to keep the pressure on their London rivals.

Rooney goals lift Man United top after City lose

Manchester United get back on top of the Premier League when they beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday and Manchester City went down to a 1-0 defeat at Swansea City

Don't boo Tevez when he returns, Balotelli urges fans

Manchester City's Mario Balotelli has urged fans to hold back on their boos when fellow striker Carlos Tevez returns to action after his lengthy fall-out with the Premier League leaders.

Chelsea caretaker Di Matteo backs Torres to come good

Chelsea's interim manager Roberto Di Matteo backed beleaguered Spanish striker Fernando Torres on Friday to end a wretched goal drought stretching back 24 games to October.

Chelsea fans cannot wait to see Di Matteo's first lineup

Chelsea fans, fed up and disillusioned with a series of bewildering decisions by the sacked Andre Villas-Boas, cannot wait to find out the team his successor Roberto Di Matteo picks for his first game in charge.

Ameobi strikes late to snatch draw for Newcastle

Shola Ameobi scored in stoppage time as Newcastle fought back to draw 1-1 against 10-man Sunderland in a heated northeast derby in the Premier League on Sunday.

Chelsea say Stamford Bridge expansion unlikely

Chelsea are unlikely to be able to expand their Stamford Bridge ground to accommodate a new 60,000 or 55,000-capacity stadium, the club said on Friday.

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From Environment

Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of