 | Cesar fashions Al Rayyan´s win AL RAYYAN Club deservedly
entered the Heir Apparent Cup
football final with a stirring 3-2
victory over Qatar Stars League
runner-up El Jaish at the Qatar
Sports Club on Sunday.
In the final on Thursday,
Rayyan will face Al Sadd, who
thrashed League champion
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| | Nadal beats Djokovic, wins
8th title in Monte Carlo |  RAFAEL Nadal won an unprecedented
eighth straight title at the Monte
Carlo Masters on Sunday, defeating
Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-1.
The victory also marked the end of
a seven-match losing streak in finals
to the Serb world number one, whose
last victory over Nadal came in a sixhour
Australian Open final.
Nadal´s victory was his 42nd in a
row at the Mediterranean venue and
marks his 47th career trophy and
20th in a Masters 1000 tournament,
the first to achieve that honour.
The win was also his first ATP trophy
since winning Roland Garros last
June.
"I´ve always felt unbelievable here,"
said an emotional Nadal. "It´s unbelievable
to win this ... | | | Grace claims
Volvo China
Open crown |  SOUTH African Branden
Grace secured the biggest win
of his career on Sunday when
he triumphed by three shots
in the $-3 million Volvo
China Open.
The 23-year-old made the
most of benign weather to
maintain his overnight lead
and pick up his third victory
of the year in his debut season
on the European Tour.
Rounds of 67, 67, 64 and 69
gave him a 21-under par total
of 267 and a winners´ cheque
of $530,000, pipping Nicolas
Colsaerts of Belgium into second
place in the co-sanctioned
OneAsia and
European Tour event.
"To have won three now,
before May, is unbelievable,"
Grace said after his victory.
"Now I want to win every
weekend," he ... | | | City closes gap as United
stumble revives title race |  MANCHESTER City made
the most of Manchester
United dropping points
against Everton on Sunday to
move within three points of
the Premier League leaders
by beating Wolves.
Everton twice came from
two goals behind in an
extraordinary 4-4 draw away
to United at Old Trafford.
City, who knew United´s
result before they kicked off,
then won 2-0 against Wolves
to relegate the Black Country
club and revive their bid for a
first English title in 44 years.
That win saw them move to
within three points of United
ahead of the Manchester
derby at City´s Eastlands
ground a week on Monday,
where victory for the hosts
will see them replace the
champions at the ... | |
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