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Goals from Wayne Rooney, Daley Blind and Juan Mata put the 11-times FA Cup winners through, with second-tier Derby only briefly threatening a shock when George Thorne equalised shortly before the break at a noisy Pride Park.

In 2011, reached the Australian Open final for the second straight year, but lost to Djokovic, also in straight sets.

The Packers’ season ended at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals on January 17 and after declining an invitation to what would have been his fifth Pro Bowl, Rodgers confirmed he had undergone an arthroscopic procedure.

Before his whirlybird spin in the air forever etched him in National Football League lore, two-time Super Bowl champion John Elway called his mother on the team flight from Pittsburgh after winning the AFC championship on January 11, 1998.

Kevin de Bruyne will miss 10 weeks of Manchester City’s bid for success on four trophy fronts, starting with the visit to Aston Villa in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday. But all the players every season here, the pressure is very high.

Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin has missed the last month with a quadriceps injury, but by traveling with his team during its recent Eastern road swing, it was assumed that the forward was soon to return.

Serena Williams proved too much to handle for Maria Sharapova, as she crushed the Russian 6-4 6-1, in their quarter-final match at the Australian Open.

Between five and 10 refugees from multiple countries will compete under the Olympic flag. She discovered the baby had the condition before Alice was born.

Johanna Konta admitted her lack of experience proved crucial as her extraordinary run at the Australian Open was ended in the semi-finals by Angelique Kerber.

Moreover, it is world No 1 Djokovic who has stopped Murray from winning the Australian Open three times before, in 2010, 2011, 2013 and past year, when he led by a break in the third set, having split the first two, only to fade badly in the closing stages.

Williams was an overwhelming favorite at the Australian Open, where she had won all six previous times she’d reached the final, and was trying to equal Steffi Graf’s Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

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The roof was closed over Rod Laver Arena early Friday afternoon with rain showers in the area, but those were expected to clear in time to have an open stadium for the night match.

But claims that he had approached Woodward over the weekend with an offer to leave are wide of the mark, Goal has discovered.

Guus Hiddink said Alexandre Pato is set for an imminent move to Chelsea and also confirmed the upcoming signing of Matt Miazga ahead of the Blues’ FA Cup fourth-round clash with MK Dons on Sunday. However, their only home loss in that time was a shuddering 0-5 defeat to Burnley.