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BALE-STIC Madrid Spanish La Liga results “It was quite a strange coaches,” Real director Kaka scores his first Osasuna 3 - 1 Rayo game with the amount of Emilio Butragueno said. grabbed goals and everything that “They prefer more con- Italian result a hat-trick and Gareth Bale Real 7 - 3 Sevilla happened, some of the deci- trol and that wasn’t the AC Milan 1 Lazio 1 Va’dolid 2 - 2 Sociedad sions, but we got the three case,” added the former Real Cagliari 0 Bologna 3 points,” Real Xabi and Spain striker. Fiorentina 1 Napoli 2 Madrid at the Bernabeu Valencia 1 - 2 Almeria Alonso, who came on as a “We have to keep a clean Genoa 1 Parma 0 in La Liga when he struck second-half substitute after a sheet at home. We have to Juventus 4 Catania 0 twice in an action-packed Tottenham Hotspur. lengthy injury absence, told reflect because they had Livorno 3 Torino 3 7-3 win over Sevilla on France striker Karim Spanish television. two one-on-ones that Sassuolo 1 Udinese 2 Wednesday. Benzema, who has been “Personally I am very Diego Lopez Verona 2 S’pdoria 0 Making his first home start struggling to find the net for pleased to be back because stopped for the Spanish club, Bale both club and country, also these five months have been bril- Brazil playmaker Kaka also conjured two assists in a helped himself to two goals a big challenge,” added the liant- performance that will help as third-placed Real closed Spain international. ly.” dispel doubts about the 100 to within two points of his return to AC Milan at the million euro ($138 million) Atletico Madrid ahead of Word of caution start of the season but his winger’s form and fitness their game at Granada on “It was entertaining for the Real striker Bale struggling team were held since his record move from Thursday. fans but not so much for the celebrates his goal 1-1 at home by Lazio in Serie A on Wednesday. Second-placed Napoli won 2-1 at Fiorentina. Raptors hit Celtics Man City  NBA results Cleveland 98 Brooklyn 94 avoid Utd P’delphia 114 Miami 110 Toronto 93 Boston 87 London Detroit 113 W’gton 102 NY Knicks 90 M’aukee 83 League Cup results Newcastle 0 - 2 City Houston 96 Charlotte 83 Minnesota 120 Orlando115 Spurs (8) 2 - 2 (7) Hull Indiana 95 Orleans 90 Dallas 118Atlanta 109 League Cup draw: Antonio 101 Memphis94 Leicester v Man City Oklahoma 101 UTAH 98 Stoke v United Phoenix 104 Portland 91 Sunderland/ Sacramento 90Denver 88 Southampton v G.State 125Lakers 94 Chelsea Tottenham v West Ham sent an opening night crowd Manchester City home with a smile and a reached the quarter- win when they held on to beat the Boston Celtics 93-87 to raise the curtain broke down a resilient on a new National Basket- Newcastle United to ball Association season on Wednesday. on Wednesday, while Tottenham Hotspur needed penalties to get past Hull City. Monaco eliminated City, who made 10  changes from the team without banned striker that played Chelsea in the league on Sunday, knocked out of the French were far from fluent but League Cup in the third came through a testing round when they lost 1-0 at encounter with goals Stade Reims on Wednes- from substitute Alvaro day. Negredo and Edin !" Dzeko in the first period headed the only goal in of extra time. the 34th minute from Atila Tottenham earned a Turan’s cross as the princi- late reprieve when Harry # Kane made it 2-2 in defeat of the season. extra time and then booked a place in the last eight when Hull’s Federer progresses Ahmed Elmohamady  missed his penalty to $ hand Spurs an 8-7 win. for the season-ending ATP It was Tottenham’s first World Tour Finals thanks penalty shootout victory to a convincing victory in eight attempts since over Kevin Anderson in the they beat Peterborough second round of the Paris in the FA Cup in 1994. %&'( Tottenham will now needed to progress in Paris play London rivals West to book his place in London Ham while Manchester next week and did so with United face a trip to a 6-4 6-4 win. It ensures Stoke, and Manchester the world number seven will City travel to Leicester. participate at the season- ending event for the 12th Reuters consecutive year.