{"id":2553,"date":"2012-05-07T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2012-05-07T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T14:15:58","slug":"the-bouras-bulletin-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-17\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bouras Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City took the penultimate step to what would be their first top-flight title in 44 years with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Yaya Toure struck twice in the second half to leave City knowing victory at home to Queens Park Rangers on Sunday will in all probability do the job.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United stayed level on points with their rivals thanks to a 2-0 win at home to Swansea, but their goal difference is eight worse than City\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal stayed third, despite being held to a 3-3 draw at home to Norwich, because Tottenham could only draw 1-1 at Aston Villa and Newcastle lost to City.<\/p>\n<p>QPR boosted their survival hopes with a 1-0 defeat of Stoke while Bolton were held 2-2 by West Brom. Relegated Wolves drew 0-0 with Everton and Fulham beat Sunderland 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>In Saturday\u2019s FA Cup final Chelsea defeated Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley. Ramires gave the Blues an early lead which Didier Drogba doubled in the second half. Andy Carroll pulled one back just after the hour but it was not enough.<\/p>\n<p>In Rugby Union, Harlequins will play Northampton and Leicester will face Saracens in the Premiership semi-finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The line-up was decided by the final round of regular season games when Newcastle were relegated despite beating Wasps 14-10.<\/p>\n<p>Quins came top of the table with a 24-10 win at Sale and Leicester secured second by beating Bath 28-3.<\/p>\n<p>Sarries saw off Exeter 40-22 and Northampton sealed the last semi-final berth with a 42-14 victory over Worcester. London Irish thrashed Gloucester 52-18.<\/p>\n<p>In Rugby League\u2019s Super League Wigan went top with a 36-22 win over Hull KR while previous leaders Huddersfield, who also have 20 points, lost 27-20 at Catalan Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>Warrington were one point behind after a 24-20 defeat of Salford. Hull FC beat Leeds 34-20, St Helens saw off Wakefield 38-12 and Bradford were 29-22 winners over London.<\/p>\n<p>In Cricket, Warwickshire stayed top in Division One of the County Championship with a nine-wicket win over Durham.<\/p>\n<p>Second-placed Nottinghamshire thrashed Lancashire by 185 runs and Middlesex beat Worcestershire by 132 runs.<\/p>\n<p>In Division Two Yorkshire saw off Leicestershire by an innings and 22 runs, Northamptonshire surprised Hampshire by 117 runs and Derbyshire drew with Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey began their Clydesdale Bank 40 defence with two wins from two. There were also victories in that competition for Kent, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Lancashire and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>(By Rob Barnett)<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-17\/\"><\/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>Manchester City took the penultimate step to what would be their first top-flight title in 44 years with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Newcastle. Yaya Toure struck twice in the second half to leave City knowing victory at home to Queens Park Rangers on Sunday will in all probability do the job. Manchester United stayed [&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":[338],"tags":[125,378,377],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PoLK-Fb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3289,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-42\/","url_meta":{"origin":2553,"position":0},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"5 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Liverpool once again called on the genius of Luis Suarez to rescue a point against Newcastle in a 1-1 draw at Anfield. A superb piece of technical brilliance helped the striker bring the ball down and round a Newcastle defender and goalkeeper before walking the ball into the net. Earlier,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3554,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-51\/","url_meta":{"origin":2553,"position":1},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"31 December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Chelsea were the only team to gain maximum points from their three games played over the festive period so far. They followed up their 8-0 thrashing of Aston Villa with wins over Norwich and Everton. Manchester United fought back from drawing with Swansea to stretch their lead over Manchester City\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3518,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-48\/","url_meta":{"origin":2553,"position":2},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"17 December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell both scored centuries as England drew the final test against Nagpur to win their first series in India for 27 years. India had declared after an hour of day three, still four runs behind the visitors\u2019 first innings total of 330, in the hope of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3560,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-52\/","url_meta":{"origin":2553,"position":3},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"7 January 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"All but one of the 32 ties in the third round of the FA Cup were played at the weekend and most of the big boys made it into the draw for the fourth round. Manchester City and Chelsea both had comfortable win, beating Watford and Southampton 3-0 and 5-1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2181,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2553,"position":4},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"17 January 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A goal from returning hero Paul Scholes set Manchester United on the way to a comfortable 3-0 win over Bolton at Old Trafford as they continue to pursue league-leaders Manchester City, who play Wigan this evening. North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham both struggled: Tottenham lost ground on the Manchester\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3079,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-36\/","url_meta":{"origin":2553,"position":5},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"24 September 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In an emotional first home match for Liverpool since the findings of the Hillsborough Independent Panel were announced, Robin van Persie\u2019s 81st-minute penalty clinched all three points for Manchester United. Steven Gerrard opened the scoring for the home side despite having Jonjo Shelvey sent off before the break. 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