SOCCER: HENRY TIES GOAL RECORD AS ARSENAL PUTS UP A 7.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services French striker Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry (IPA: [tjɛ'ʀi ɑ̃'ʀi], born 17 August 1977 in Paris, France) is a French football player. equaled Arsenal's record for English League goals Saturday, netting a hat trick hat trick n. Sports 1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey. 2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 3. as the Gunners routed Middlesbrough 7-0 in a Premier Division clash in north London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). . Henry, who last week ended speculation his might move to London rival Chelsea, scored his 148th, 149th and 150th league goals to tie 1930s winger Cliff Bastin's club record. The fifth-place Gunners pulled within three points of fourth place Tottenham, their fiercest rival, which fell 1-0 at third-place Liverpool. Liverpool moved within a point of second-place Manchester United, which lost 3-1 to crosstown rival Manchester City in the clubs' 145th meeting. Trevor Sinclair Trevor Lloyd Sinclair (born 2 March, 1973 in Dulwich, London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Cardiff City. A versatile winger, he is able to play on both the left and right flanks. , Darius Vassell Darius Warren Vassell aka The Pink Panther (born June 13 1980 to Jamaican parents in Sutton Coldfield) is an English international footballer who plays club football in the Premiership at Manchester City. and Robbie Keane Robert David "Robbie" Keane (born 8 July 1980 in Tallaght, Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur . Club career Keane started his football career with South Dublin schoolboy side, Crumlin United where his talent was scored for City. --InterLiga finales: Mexico's final two slots in Copa Libertadores, South America's club championship, will be determined today in twin InterLiga finals at Home Depot Center. Monterrey will face crosstown rival UANL Tigres at 3 p.m., and Guadalajara takes on Veracruz at 5:30. The first game is a rematch of a Primera Division semifinal series, in which Monterrey avoided an upset, pulling even 2-2 on aggregate on Guillermo Franco's goal late in the second leg. The Rayados advanced to the final, in which they were beaten by Toluca, because it had a better regular-season record. --Elsewhere: Celtic won for the first time since the arrival of former Manchester United star Roy Keane, who played in central defense for the Scottish Premier League The Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League commonly known as the Scottish Premier League, Premier League or SPL is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system - above the Scottish Football leaders' 4-2 victory over Kilmarnock. ... Mario Regueiro and David Villa scored goals as Valencia pulled within three points of Osasuna with a 2-0 win in the showdown between the Spanish Primera Liga's second- and third-place teams. ... AS Monaco was held scoreless in Italian star Christian Vieri's debut, falling 1-0 in French Ligue 1 action to second-place Girondins Bordeaux. --No gala: The 2006 World Cup opening gala, which was to have been held June 7 in Berlin, was called off because there might not be enough time to prepare the field for the first game at Olympic Stadium, slated for June 13. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit has offer to stage the event in front of the city's landmark Brandenburg Gate. |
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