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Aiden McGeady and Maciej Zurawski scored
Sunday for Celtic to beat Dunfermline 2-1 and maintain its 16-point
lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League.
McGeady scored in the 49th minute with a drive from the edge of
the area and Zurawski volleyed home in the 68th against the league's
bottom club.
In the 90th, Dunfermline midfielder Stephen Simmons scored from
close range.
Celtic has 47 points. Rangers and Aberdeen have 31 points.
On Saturday, Rangers beat Hibernian ...
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Shunsuke Nakamura scored from a free kick in the 81st minute Tuesday to lift Celtic to a 1-0 win over Manchester United and, for the first time in club history, a spot in the second round of the Champions League.
Man United now needs a draw against Benfica in the final Group F game to advance. A draw against Celtic would also have been enough.
Louis Saha had a chance ...
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Celtic and AC Milan reached the second round of the Champions League on Tuesday, joining six other clubs that have already qualified.
Bayern Munich, Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Valencia, Lyon and Real Madrid had already gained berths in the final 16 of Europe's top club tournament.
Celtic reached the knockout round for the first time, beating Manchester United 1-0 on a curving free kick in the 81st minute from Japan winger ...
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Wayne Rooney has regained his scoring touch, giving Manchester United a lift as it faces Scottish rival Celtic with a chance of qualifying for the next round of the Champions League.
United's surprise 1-0 loss to FC Copenhagen two weeks ago ended the Red Devils' perfect record in Group F. So the second ``Battle of Britain'' has gained greater importance.
Alex Ferguson's team needs only a draw in his hometown ...
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Maciej Zurawski scored for Celtic in a
2-1 win over Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday.
Zurawski ran on to a cross from Shunsuke Nakamura to score in the
66th minute. Motherwell defender Stephen Craigan earlier scored an
own-goal in the 16th while trying to clear a shot from Zurawski.
Motherwell scored through Scott McDonald in the 77th.
Celtic leads with 28 points, followed by Hearts on 20. Hearts'
hopes of challenging Celtic for the ...
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Norwich has appointed former Celtic midfielder Peter Grant as its new manager, two weeks after firing Nigel Worthington.
Grant has signed a 3{-year contract with the Canaries after moving from West Ham, where he was an assistant to manager Alan Pardew.
``It's a fantastic opportunity,'' Grant said Monday. ``It's a great honour and a great privilege and I'm looking forward to it.
``I know the expectations that are here and ...
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Shunsuke Nakamura scored a 15-minute hat
trick to lead Scottish champion Celtic to a 4-1 win at Dundee
United.
Nakamura scored in the 44th, 48th and 58th minutes after Noel
Hunt had put Dundee United ahead in the fifth minute.
``Only good players can do what he does and start the game poorly
and have the mentality to come back,'' Celtic manager Gordon
Strachan said. ``A lot of players can start badly and get worse. But
Paul Telfer ...
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Aiden McGeady scored in the 84th minute Sunday to give Celtic a 1-0 victory at Falkirk in the Scottish Premier League.
The win gives the league leaders 22 points after nine games.
Although Falkirk controlled much of the play in the match, McGeady scored the winner on a drive from 16 metres out.
Hearts and Rangers also won.
Hearts improved to 19 points by beating Dundee United 4-0. Rangers stayed ...
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