{"id":1396,"date":"2011-03-07T11:18:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T11:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2011-03-07T11:18:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T11:18:31","slug":"robs-round-up-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/robs-round-up-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob&#8217;s Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dirk Kuyt\u2019s hat-trick denied Manchester United the opportunity to go six points clear at the top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Kuyt\u2019s goals all came from close range in a 3-1 Liverpool win at Anfield a day after second-placed Arsenal, who still have a game in hand over United, were held to a goaless draw by Sunderland at the Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City kept up the pressure on the top two thanks to a 1-0 win over bottom side Wigan at the City of Manchester Stadium and Tottenham saw their Champions League qualification prospects suffer as they were held to a 3-3 draw at Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham, who won the Carling Cup last weekend, slipped into the bottom three with a 3-1 defeat at home to West Brom, combined with West Ham\u2019s 3-0 demolition of Stoke.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere Bolton and Fulham enjoyed 3-2 home victories against Aston Villa and Blackburn respectively and Everton won 2-1 at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>England got their Cricket World Cup campaign back on track with a thrilling six-run win over South Africa in low-scoring contest Chennai.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Strauss\u2019 side could only muster 171 all out but chipped away at the Proteas and Stuart Broad\u2019s four wickets proved decisive.<\/p>\n<p>England had surprisingly lost their previous Group B match to Ireland, who suffered a five-wicket defeat to co-hosts India in Bangalore on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s Group A encounter between Sri Lanka and Australia in Colombo &#8211; a repeat of the 2007 final &#8211; was washed out.<\/p>\n<p>Castleford went top of Super League on points difference with a 27-14 win at home to Hull KR. Huddersfield, who won at Harlequins, and Warrington, who beat Leeds, also have six points &#8211; as do Quins.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, defending champions Wigan won at Salford, Bradford beat Wakefield, St Helens defeated Catalan Dragons and Hull FC saw off Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>Saracens moved two points behind Premiership leaders Leicester with a 15-14 win over the Tigers at Welford Road and Gloucester consolidated third by seeing off fourth-placed Bath 34-22 at Kingsholm.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere Northampton lost to Exeter, Wasps beat Sale, Newcastle saw off Harlequins and Leeds won only their second game of the season &#8211; versus London Irish.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend sees the penultimate round of Six Nations games with Italy facing France in Rome and Ireland meeting Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. 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