{"id":1335,"date":"2011-01-24T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2011-01-24T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T16:28:20","slug":"rob-barnetts-sports-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/rob-barnetts-sports-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Barnett&#8217;s Sport&#8217;s Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Press Association Sports Reporter Rob Barnett has recently joined the CVM writing team. We are very excited about this partnership. Below is his Monday sports round up. Enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United and Arsenal made emphatic statements about their Premier League title ambitions this weekend with big home wins.<\/p>\n<p>United stayed top as Dimitar Berbatov\u2019s hat-trick capped a 5-0 thrashing of Birmingham while the Gunners moved up to second with Robin van Persie also netting three times in a 3-0 victory over Wigan.<\/p>\n<p>In another notable Premier League result, Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish enjoyed his first win since returning as Reds manager with a 3-0 triumph at Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>The England cricket team have come down from their Ashes success with a bump, albeit with several different players in the one-day series against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The injury-hit tourists are 3-0 with four games to play after suffering a 46-run defeat in Hobart on Friday and a four-wicket loss at Sydney on Sunday. The series continues in Adelaide on Wednesday, which is Australia Day.<\/p>\n<p>The group stage of rugby union\u2019s European Cup reached it\u2019s climax this weekend with four British and Irish teams progressing to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Northampton will play Ulster and Leinster face Leicester. The other two quarters are all-French affairs with Perpignan against Toulon and Biarritz versus Toulouse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/rob-barnetts-sports-round-up\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Association Sports Reporter Rob Barnett has recently joined the CVM writing team. We are very excited about this partnership. Below is his Monday sports round up. Enjoy. Manchester United and Arsenal made emphatic statements about their Premier League title ambitions this weekend with big home wins. United stayed top as Dimitar Berbatov\u2019s hat-trick capped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,48,83,125,287],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PoLK-lx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1343,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/rob-barnetts-sports-round-up-31_01_11\/","url_meta":{"origin":1335,"position":0},"title":"Rob Barnett&#8217;s Sports Round Up","date":"31 January 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Andy Murray suffered the heartbreak of a third Grand Slam final defeat as he lost the Australian Open decider to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. 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