Zenit St Petersburg and Middlesbrough dented the UEFA Cup hopes of Olympique Marseille and tournament favourites AS Roma.
2004 Champions League finalists Monaco were eliminated 2-1 on aggregate by Swiss side Basel.
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Real Madrid beat Barcelona 4-2 to cut their arch-rivals' lead at the top of the Spanish League to six points with seven matches to play.
A 3-0 win over Sedan put them on top of the table though only on goal difference.
Ahn, who famously scored the golden goal that knocked Italy out of the World Cup, was to join English premier league club Blackburn Rovers last August until the deal broke down due to visa problems.\n\n
The third seed was beaten in the first round of the French Open for the fourth time in his career, ousted by Russian Igor Andreev.
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The Spaniards, who won the 2004 final on an agonisingly-slow Seville clay court specially prepared to suit their style, were treated to a dose of their own medicine by Slovakia.
Arsenal went eight points clear at the top of the English premier league after a 2-0 win over Charlton Athletic.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis also revelled in improved conditions following the rain-soaked start to the French Open.
Today, the 'first Americans' live in reserves where they are reduced to perform for American tourists. Next year more than two million Chinese 'tourists' are expected to visit the Roof of the World. Is it any different?
Tunisia's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany comprises the following 23 players.
e 23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after the May 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday.
'One of the most decisive factors in the Tibetan issue is this newly found interest for Buddhism in China.'
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