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Champions League Opening Group Scores and Results – Sept. 18

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(Sporting Alert) — Jose Mourinho and Chelsea were stunned by Basel in their Champions League Group E clash at Stamford Bridge, but Arsenal and Barcelona were among the winners on Wednesday night.

Second goals from Mohamed Salah and Marco Streller helped the Swiss side from behind to upset the EPL side which went ahead on the stroke of half-time through Brazilian Oscar.

The victory was the first for Basel in England.

Schalke 04 raced to the top of group standings with an easy 3-0 win over Steaua, with Atsuto Uchida, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Julian Draxler getting the goals in the second half.

The on form Aaron Ramsey was again on target for Arsenal, which beat Marseille 2-1 in Group F at Stade Velodrome.

Theo Walcott was the other goalscorer for the Gunners, while Jordan Ayew netted a stoppage time penalty kick for Marseille.

In the other Group F game on the night, Rafa Benitez’s Napoli beat ten-man Borussia Dortmund, who had goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller sent off just before half-time in the 2-1 defeat.

Former Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain netted the opener for Napoli in the 29th minute, while Lorenzo Insigne added another in the second half.

An own goal by Camilo Zuniga got last year’s beat finalists Borussia Dortmund on the score sheet.

Elsewhere on Wednesday night Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick for Barcelona to hammer Ajax 4-0, with defender Gerard Pique grabbing the other goal for the La Liga side.

Serie A side AC Milan beat Celtic 2-0 at San Siro to join Barcelona on three points in Group H.

There were wins also for Porto, who beat Austria Vienna 1-0, while Atletico Madrid ran away 3-1 winners over Zenit St. Petersburg.

On Tuesday night, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City and Bayern Munich all registered victories.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick for Real Madrid in their 6-1 thrashing of Galatasaray on the road, while Wayne Rooney scored twice for Manchester in their 4-2 Group A opening victory over Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Wednesday Night Results

Group stage, Group E
Chelsea 1 vs. 2 Basel
Schalke 04 3 vs. 0 Steaua
Group stage, Group F
Marseille 1 vs. 2 Arsenal
Napoli 2 vs. 1 Borussia Dortmund
Group stage, Group G
Atletico Madrid 3 vs. 1 Zenit St. Petersburg
Austria Vienna 0 vs. 1 Porto
Group stage, Group H
Barcelona 4 vs. 0 Ajax
AC Milan 2 vs. 0 Celtic

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Tuesday Night Results

Group stage, Group A
Manchester United 4 vs. 2 Bayer Leverkusen
Real Sociedad 0 vs. 2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Group stage, Group B
Galatasaray 1 vs. 6 Real Madrid
FC Kobenhavn 1 vs. 1 Juventus
Group stage, Group C
Benfica 2 vs. 0 Anderlecht
Olympiakos 1 vs. 4 Paris Saint Germain
Group stage, Group D
Plzen 0 vs. 3 Manchester City
Bayern Munich 3 vs. 0 CSKA Moskva

Champions League HT Scores – Sept 17

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(Sporting Alert) — The following are the half-time scores in the opening fixtures of the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Amongst the leaders after 45-minutes are the defending champions Bayern Munich, who lead CSKA Moscow 2-0, follow goals by David Alaba and Mario Mandzukic.

Manchester United, on a goal from Wayne Rooney have taken a 1-0 half-time lead over Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford, while fellow English Premier League outfits Manchester City are being held 0-0 at Plzen.

Real Madrid, through Isco lead Galatasaray 1-0 on the road, while FC Kobenhavn have taken a shocking 1-0 lead against Italian champions Juventus.

Elsewhere in the Champions League, Benfica with goals from Filip Djuricic and Luisao lead Anderlecht 2-0, while in that same group Olympiakos and Paris Saint Germain are locked at 1-1, with Vladimir Weiss cancelling out Edinson Cavani early strike.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Group stage, Group A
Manchester Utd 1 vs. 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Real Sociedad 0 vs. 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Group stage, Group B
FC Kobenhavn 1 vs. 0 Juventus
Galatasaray 0 vs. 1 Real Madrid
Group stage, Group C
Benfica 2 vs. 0 Anderlecht
Olympiakos 1 vs. 1 Paris Saint Germain
Group stage, Group D
Bayern 2 vs. 0 CSKA
Plzen 0 vs. 0 Manchester City

Barcelona get late win, Real Madrid held – La Liga Results and Scores – Sept. 14

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BARCELONA (Sporting Alert) — Barcelona registered a late victory, while Real Madrid were held in Spanish La Liga action on Saturday.

It took a late Alexis Sanchez strike to seal all three points for Barcelona against a heartbroken Sevilla, after the defending champions wasted several opportunities earlier in the game.

Dani Alves and Lionel Messi gave Barcelona a 2-0 lead, but Sevilla, through goals from Ivan Rakitic and Coke Andújar, pulled level with a minute to go in regular time.

However, substitute Sanchez pounced on a loose ball and fired home into the back of the net, this after Messi had made another one of his brilliant solo runs in stoppage time.

At El Madrigal, a spirited Villarreal side picked up a valuable point against Real Madrid to remain undefeated this season.

A host of early pressure led to Cani giving Villarreal the lead and the home side could have gone even further ahead had it not been for some stunning save by goalkeeper Diego Lopez.

New signing Gareth Bale, making his debut, following his world record move from Tottenham, slid home to score Real Madrid equalizer and teams went into the break locked at 1-1.

The visitors took the lead shortly after the hour mark when Cristiano Ronaldo’s shot deflected home, but another former Tottenham player, Giovani dos Santos, found the tying goal in the 70th minute, as both teams battled to the 2-2 tie.

Earlier David Villa and Diego Costa were both on target as Atletico Madrid defeated Almeria 4-2 to remain at the top of the table standings with Barcelona on 12 points.

LA LIGA RESULTS, SCORES

FULL-TIME: Atletico Madrid 4-2 Almeria
FULL-TIME:  Levante 0-0 Real Sociedad
FULL-TIME:  Barcelona 3-2 Sevilla
FULL-TIME:  Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid

EPL Scores and Review on Sept. 14

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Mesut Ozil made his mark in the English Premier League (EPL) after setting up a goal for Arsenal in their 3-1 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

There were also wins for Manchester United, Tottenham, Newcastle United and Everton on the day.

In the Arsenal game, Ozil, who moved to the London club on deadline day, setup  striker Olivier Giroud for Arsenal’s opening goal for the contest.

Labeled as the “assist king” the German international sweetly took down a long ball played down the left hand side with his left foot before putting in a well weighted low cross for Giroud to smash home into the corner past Keiren Westwood in the 11th minute.

After the half-time break, Sunderland made one change, bringing Craig Gardner and with his first touch the midfielder fired home his home side’s equalizer from the penalty spot, after Laurent Koscielny was adjudged to have fouled Adam Johnson.

However, Aaron Ramsey scored a second half brace to seal the win for Arsenal to move to the top of the EPL standings on goal difference.

At White Hart Lane, Christian Eriksen delivered two superb passed for Gyfli Sigurdsson to score both goals as Tottenham beat Norwich 2-0.

Sigurdsson fired home from close ranged to give Spurs a 1-0 half-time lead.

He doubled his team’s lead in the 49th minute after Eriksen and Paulinho combined to set him up for his second of the game.

At Villa Park, Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 2-1.

Hatem Ben Arfa nicely slotted home from close range to give the visitors the lead in the 18th minute, while Yoan Gouffran grabbed the winner in the 73rd minute.

This was after in form striker Christian Benteke had equalised for Aston Villa in the 67th.

At Fulham, Steve Sidwell fired his team into the lead in the 22nd minute against West Browmwich, after a corner kick, but the travelers grabbed a late equalising goal through  Gareth McAuley.

There was also a 1-1  draw between the newly promoted sides, Hull City and Cardiff City.

Earlier goals from Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney guided Manchester United to a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.

In the late game, Steven Naismith’s header just before half-time piloted Everton to a shocking 1-0 win over Chelsea.

Manchester City and Stoke City ended 0-0.

EPL FULL-TIME SCORES
FULL-TIME – Stoke 0-0 Manchester City
FULL-TIME – Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United
FULL-TIME – Hull City 1-1 Cardiff City
FULL-TIME – Sunderland 1-3 Arsenal
FULL-TIME – Fulham 1-1 West Brom
FULL-TIME – Tottenham 2-0 Norwich
FULL-TIME – Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace

EPL Half-Time Scores – Sept. 14

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Mesut Ozil has already made his mark in the English Premier League (EPL) after setting up Olivier Giroud for Arsenal’s opening goal against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

Labeled as the “assist king” Ozil sweetly took down a long ball played down the left hand side with his left foot before putting in a well weighted low cross for Giroud to smash home into the corner past Keiren Westwood in the 11th minute.

Theo Walcott had a chance minutes later to double the lead, but this time he saw his shot parred away impressively by Westwood.

And Westwood came up big again in the 28th minute, denying Walcott a goal with another fantastic save low down at his near post. And it happened again just before half-time when the England keeper stopped the speedy winger from scoring in the game.

Ozil also had a shot at the goal blocked just before the half-time break.

At White Hart Lane, Christian Eriksen delivered a superb measured pass into the path of Gyfli Sigurdsson for the winger to fired home into the back of the net from just inside the penalty area as Tottenham lead Norwich 1-0.

At Villa Park, Hatem Ben Arfa nicely slotted home from close range to give Newcastle United the lead against Aston Villa, following a build up play involving striker Loic Remy.

At Fulham, Steve Sidwell fired his team into the lead in the 22nd minute against West Browmwich, after a corner kick.

Earlier goals from Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney guided Manchester United to a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.

In the battle between the newly promoted sides, Hull City have the lead against Cardiff City through defender Curtis Davies, who headed home off a ball from Tom Huddlestone.

EPL HT SCORES
HALF-TIME – Stoke 0-0 Man City
HALF-TIME – Aston Villa 0-1 Newcastle United
HALF-TIME – Hull City 1-0 Cardiff City
HALF-TIME – Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal
HALF-TIME – Fulham 1-0 West Brom
HALF-TIME – Tottenham 1-0 Norwich

Messi starts Paraguay v Argentina: Team News, Live Scores

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(Sporting Alert) — Lionel Messi starts for Argentina in tonight’s World Cup 2014 – CONMEBOL qualifying clash against Paraguay.

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The Barcelona forward has been struggling with an injury and was doubtful for the contest.

However, he starts in the attack and captain the team as they seek the victory that would see Argentina qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil next summer.

Sergio Aguero and Rodrigo Palacio will play alongside Messi, with Fernando Gago, Ángel Di María and Lucas Biglia also starting the game.

Ever Banega, Erik Lamela, Maxi Rodríguez and Ezequiel Lavezzi are amongst the subs.

Former Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz starts for Paraguay

Paraguay v Argentina

Paraguay team: Fernandez, Caceres, Da Silva, Ayala, Samudio, Riveros, Ortiz, Fabbro, Nunez, Santa Cruz, Silva
Subs: Gomez, Oscar Romero, Aquino, Sanabria, Angel Romero, Pedro Benitez, Rojas, Velazquez, Pittoni, Acosta

Argentina team: Romero, Zabaleta, Campagnaro, Basanta, Coloccini, Biglia, Gago, Di Maria, Aguero, Messi, Palacio
Subs: Orion, Dominguez, Fernandez, Lamela, Maxi Rodriguez, Ansaldi, Alvarez, Brana, Vergini, Ever, Lavezzi, Andujar

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

NFL Week One: Results and Box Scores – Sept.9

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TEXAS (Sporting Alert,  – Box Scores) — The Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers were among the winners in Week One of the 2013-14 NFL season on a busy day on Sunday.

In the late kick-off at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Tony Romo threw two touchdowns passes and tallied 263 yards and the Cowboys picked up a close 34-31 win over the New York Giants.

Eli Manning threw four touchdowns passes and ended the night with 450 yards, but had three interceptions in the defeat for the Giants.

In another close game at the Ralph Wilson Stadium, the New England Patriots edged the Buffalo Bills 23-21. Tom Brady led the way for the Patriots, throwing two TD passes and finished with 288 yards.

Elsewhere on Sunday, the New York Jets narrowly beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18-17 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, with Nick Folk kicking 48 yard field goal with two-seconds left in the game.

Adrian Peterson was impressive in his season opener for the Minnesota Vikings, but they were beaten 34-24, by the Detroit Lions.

The Kansas City Chiefs traveled and beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 28-2 at the EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL, as new head coach Andy Reid got his season off on a winning note.

NFL Week One: Results and Box Scores

Miami 23, Cleveland 10 – Box Scores
New England 23, Buffalo 21 – Box Scores
Chicago 24, Cincinnati 21 – Box Scores
Tennessee 16, Pittsburgh 9 – Box Scores
New York Jets 18, Tampa Bay 17 – Box Scores
New Orleans 23, Atlanta 17 – Box Scores
Detroit 34, Minnesota 24 – Box Scores
Indianapolis 21, Oakland 17 – Box Scores
Seattle 12, Carolina 7 – Box Scores
Kansas City 28, Jacksonville 2 – Box Scores
St. Louis 27, Arizona 24 – Box Scores
San Francisco 34, Green Bay 28 – Box Scores
Dallas 36, New York Giants 31 – Box Scores

Week 2 NCAA college football Results, Box Scores

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(Sporting Alert, Box Score) The following are the final scores from the NCAA college football games which took place on Saturday (Sept. 7).

While several high ranked teams picked up predicted victories, there were a few upsets amongst some of the favourites on a loaded day of action in Week Two.

Amongst the list of easy winners on the day were No. 2 Oregon, who hammered Virginia, 59-10 in an all one-sided contest, while No. 3 Ohio State on the back of two touchdowns from Kenny Guiton, defeated San Diego State 42-7.

Notable, the Buckeyes were without junior Braxton Miller for most of the game after he was forced to leave the contest with a sprained left knee.

No. 4 Clemson continued their dominating start to the season, following a comfortable 52-13 victory over South Carolina State, while No. 5 Stanford 34 eased past San Jose State, 13; No. 7 Texas A&M had a dominating 65-28 win over Sam Houston State, No. 8 Louisville beat Eastern Kentucky 44-7 and No. 9 LSU and an easy 56-17 win over UAB.

Also on Saturday, a very sloppy No. 12 Florida were beaten 21-16 by Miami (FL), No. 11 Georgia defeated No. 6 South Carolina, 41-30, No. 15 Texas were also sloppy in a 40-21 defeat against Brigham Young and No. 17 Michigan stopped No. 14 Notre Dame 41-30.

Week 2 NCAA college football Results, Box Scores

No. 8 Louisville 44, Eastern Kentucky 7 Box Score
Miami (FL) 21, No. 12 Florida 16 Box Score
No. 13 Oklahoma State 56, UTSA 35 Box Score
No. 21 Wisconsin 48, Tennessee Tech 0 Box Score
No. 24 TCU 38, Southeastern Louisiana 17 Box Score
Kentucky 41, Miami (OH) 7 Box Score
Michigan State 21, South Florida 6 Box Score
Rutgers 38, Norfolk State 0 Box Score
Penn State 45, Eastern Michigan 7 Box Score
Houston 22, Temple 13 Box Score
Illinois 45, Cincinnati 17 Box Score
Iowa 28, Missouri State 14 Box Score
Bowling Green 41, Kent State 22 Box Score
Purdue 20, Indiana State 14 Box Score
Tennessee 52, Western Kentucky 20 Box Score
No. 4 Clemson 52, South Carolina State 13 Box Score
North Carolina 40, Middle Tennessee 20 Box Score
Ball State 40, Army 14 Box Score
Virginia Tech 45, Western Carolina 3 Box Score
Maine 24, Massachusetts 14 Box Score
Utah 70, Weber State 7 Box Score
Chattanooga 42, Georgia State 14 Box Score
Boise State 63, Tennessee-Martin 14 Box Score
Central Michigan 24, New Hampshire 21 Box Score
No. 2 Oregon 59, Virginia 10 Box Score
No. 3 Ohio State 42, San Diego State 7 Box Score
No. 23 Baylor 70, Buffalo 13 Box Score
Missouri 38, Toledo 23 Box Score
Mississippi State 51, Alcorn State 7 Box Score
Utah State 52, Air Force 20 Box Score
South Alabama 41, Tulane 39 Box Score
Maryland 47, Old Dominion 10 Box Score
Wyoming 42, Idaho 10 Box Score
No. 11 Georgia 41, No. 6 South Carolina 30 Box Score
Duke 28, Memphis 14 Box Score
California 37, Portland State 30 Box Score
No. 19 Northwestern 48, Syracuse 27 Box Score
No. 22 Nebraska 56, Southern Miss 13 Box Score
Navy 41, Indiana 35 Box Score
North Carolina State 23, Richmond 21 Box Score
Akron 35, James Madison 33 Box Score
Marshall 55, Gardner-Webb 0 Box Score
Kansas State 48, Louisiana-Lafayette 27 Box Score
No. 7 Texas A&M 65, Sam Houston State 28 Box Score
Brigham Young 40, No. 15 Texas 21 Box Score
No. 16 Oklahoma 16, West Virginia 7 Box Score
Arkansas 31, Samford 21 Box Score
Ole Miss 31, Southeast Missouri State 13 Box Score
Ohio 27, North Texas 21 Box Score
Tulsa 30, Colorado State 27 Box Score
Texas State 28, Prairie View A&M 3 Box Score
Kansas 31, South Dakota 14 Box Score
Louisiana Tech 27, Lamar 14 Box Score
Louisiana-Monroe 48, Grambling State 10 Box Score
Texas Tech 61, Stephen F. Austin 13 Box Score
Troy 66, Savannah State 3 Box Score
Nicholls State 27, Western Michigan 23 Box Score
Auburn 38, Arkansas State 9 Box Score
Vanderbilt 38, Austin Peay 3 Box Score
No. 9 LSU 56, UAB 17 Box Score
No. 17 Michigan 41, No. 14 Notre Dame 30 Box Score
Colorado 38, Central Arkansas 24 Box Score
Minnesota 44, New Mexico State 21 Box Score
Oregon State 33, Hawaii 14 Box Score
Southern Methodist 31, Montana State 30 Box Score
New Mexico 42, UTEP 35 (OT) Box Score
Nevada 36, UC Davis 7 Box Score
Fresno State 41, Cal Poly 25 Box Score
Washington State 10, No. 25 USC 7 Box Score
Arizona 58, UNLV 13 Box Score
No. 5 Stanford 34, San Jose State 13 Box Score

Saturday, August 31 – NCAA Football Scores, Box Scores

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(Sporting Alert) — Top ranked teams picked up victories in their opening games in the 2013 NCAAF College Football season on Saturday, and the following are the results, scores and Box Scores for the games.

Amongst the teams registering wins on Saturday were No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oregon and No. 12 LSU.

Alabama, the country’s top team this season, cruised to a 35-10 win over Virginia Tech,  AJ McCarron, Christion Jones and Vinnie Sunseri amongst the top contributors for the Crimson Tide.

It was well noted that Saturday night’s 35-10 victory helped Alabama pushed its total points against opponents in season openers under head coach Nick Saban, to  292-74.

Elsewhere on Saturday, No. 2 Ohio State scored 40 points against Buffalo, who collected 20 for themselves in the 40-20 results. No. 3 Oregon were the biggest hitters on the night, hammering Nicholls State 66-3, while No. 7 Texas A&M and Johnny Manziel beat Rice 52-31.

Heisman Trophy winner Manziel, who was suspended for the first half, threw three TD passes in his team’s win.

No. 12 LSU beat No. 20 TCU 37-27 and No. 8 Clemson, 38, beat No. 5 Georgia, 35.

Saturday, August 31 – NCAA Football Scores

No. 2 Ohio State 40, Buffalo 20 Box Score
No. 23 Wisconsin 45, Massachusetts 0 Box Score
Georgia Tech 70, Elon 0 Box Score
Boston College 24, Villanova 14 Box Score
West Virginia 24, William & Mary 17 Box Score
Illinois 42, Southern Illinois 34 Box Score
Cincinnati 42, Purdue 7 Box Score
No. 10 Florida 24, Toledo 6 Box Score
Maryland 43, Florida International 10 Box Score
North Carolina State 40, Louisiana Tech 14 Box Score
No. 7 Texas A&M 52, Rice 31 Box Score
Air Force 38, Colgate 13 Box Score
No. 13 Oklahoma State 21, Mississippi State 3 Box Score
No. 14 Notre Dame 28, Temple 6 Box Score
No. 17 Michigan 59, Central Michigan 9 Box Score
Penn State 23, Syracuse 17 Box Score
Virginia 19, Brigham Young 16 Box Score
Northern Illinois 30, Iowa 27 Box Score
No. 3 Oregon 66, Nicholls State 3 Box Score
Arkansas 34, Louisiana-Lafayette 14 Box Score
Duke 45, NC Central 0 Box Score
No. 1 Alabama 35, Virginia Tech 10 Box Score
Eastern Washington 49, No. 25 Oregon State 46 Box Score
Eastern Michigan 34, Howard 24 Box Score
Tennessee 45, Austin Peay 0 Box Score
No. 16 Oklahoma 34, Louisiana-Monroe 0 Box Score
Auburn 31, Washington State 24 Box Score
McNeese State 53, South Florida 21 Box Score
Missouri 58, Murray State 14 Box Score
East Carolina 52, Old Dominion 38 Box Score
North Texas 40, Idaho 6 Box Score
Marshall 52, Miami (OH) 14 Box Score
Arkansas State 62, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 11 Box Score
Texas State 22, Southern Miss 15 Box Score
Troy 34, UAB 31 (OT) Box Score
Western Kentucky 35, Kentucky 26 Box Score
Baylor 69, Wofford 3 Box Score
No. 8 Clemson 38, No. 5 Georgia 35 Box Score
No. 15 Texas 56, New Mexico State 7 Box Score
No. 18 Nebraska 37, Wyoming 34 Box Score
Eastern Illinois 40, San Diego State 19 Box Score
Northern Iowa 28, Iowa State 20 Box Score
UTSA 21, New Mexico 13 Box Score
No. 12 LSU 37, No. 20 TCU 27 Box Score
Washington 38, No. 19 Boise State 6 Box Score
No. 21 UCLA 58, Nevada 20 Box Score
No. 22 Northwestern 44, California 30 Box Score

NCAAF College Football Scores – August 29 Results

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(Sporting Alert) — The following are the results on the opening night of the NCAAF – College Football – season on Thursday, with No. 6 South Carolina and No. 24 USC among the winners on the night.

After a long delay with less than 10-minutes left in the game, the sixth-ranked Gamecocks came away with an easy 27-10 victory over North Carolina.

“Our defense took back a big play, and then we held them down around the goal line. Our offense wasn’t very good in the fourth quarter, but we did some good running and obviously hit some big plays in the game,” said South Carolina head Coach Steve Spurrier, who was happy with the overall result.

Junior Defensive End Jadeveon Clowney was full of energy in the game and he certainly helped to get the entire going.

Defensive Coordinator Lorenzo Ward said: I think it wasn’t just Clowney. I think the entire defense got winded.

“We knew coming into the ball game that they were going to hurry up. We tried to simulate it in practice, but that was the fastest team I’ve ever seen.”

Meanwhile, No. 24 USC picked up an easy 30-13 victory over Hawaii also on Thursday night.

Thursday, August 29 – NCAAF College Football Scores

RESULT
No. 6 South Carolina 27, North Carolina 10 Box Score
No. 24 USC 30, Hawaii 13 Box Score
Kent State 17, Liberty 10 Box Score
Wake Forest 31, Presbyterian 7 Box Score
Indiana 73, Indiana State 35 Box Score
Minnesota 51, UNLV 23 Box Score
Bowling Green 34, Tulsa 7 Box Score
Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 Box Score
UCF 38, Akron 7 Box Score
Southern Utah 22, South Alabama 21 Box Score
Towson 33, Connecticut 18 Box Score
Middle Tennessee 45, Western Carolina 24 Box Score
Utah 30, Utah State 26 Box Score
Tulane 34, Jackson State 7 Box Score
Ole Miss 39, Vanderbilt 35 Box Score
San Jose State 24, Sacramento State 0 Box Score
Fresno State 52, Rutgers 51 (OT) Box Score

Wigan v Middlesbrough Team Starting XI and Live Scores

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(Sporting Alert) — Wigan made three changes from the team that drew 2-2 with Doncster on Tuesday for tonight’s game against Middlesbrough in the Sky Bet Championship.

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Striker Marc-Antoine Fortune comes in to play alongside Grant Holt, while James McArthur and Jean Beausejour also come into the starting XI for Shaun Maloney, Ben Watson and James McClean.

Emmerson Boyce, Leon Barnett and James Perch all start as well, with Jordi Gomez and Roger Espinoza both starting on the bench.

Jonathan Woodgate, Rhys Williams, Dean Whitehead and Grant Leadbitter all start today for Middlesbrough.

Wigan v Middlesbrough

Wigan: Carson, Boyce, Barnett, Perch, Crainey, McCann, McCarthy, McArthur, Beausejour, Fortune, Holt. Subs: Rogne, Watson, McClean, Nicholls, Gomez, Espinoza, Dicko.

Middlesbrough: Steele, Richardson, Woodgate, Rhys Williams, Friend, Whitehead, Adomah, Leadbitter, Varga, Carayol, Jutkiewicz. Subs: Emnes, Ledesma, Andrew Halliday, Parnaby, Gibson, Leutwiler, Smallwood.

Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)

Watch Mexico v Ivory Coast on ESPN2; Team News

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(Sporting Alert) — There is no Javier Hernandez, but Mexico still named a challenging team for tonight’s friendly international clash with the Ivory Coast at MetLife Stadium.

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Former Tottenham forward Giovani dos Santos will lead the attack alongside Oribe Peralta, with Gerardo Torrado, Héctor Moreno, veteran Carlos Salcido and José Corona also starting as well for head coach José Manuel De la Torre.

Veterans Fernando Arce and Chaco Gimenez have also been handed starting places, after De la Torre was heavily criticized for introducing too many young players at once in his team who are still looking for proper experiences.

For the African side, Swansea City new summer signing Wilfried Bony could create problems for the CONCACAF side, which is struggling to find a good run of form of late.

Ex-Chelsea English Premier strikers Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Gervinho are all on bench, while Yaya Toure is out injured.

Defenders Didier Zokora and Christopher Aurier, as well as Abdul Razak start.

Mexico team: Corona, Meza, Reyes, Moreno, Salcido; Arce, Torrado, Gimenez; Dos Santos, Peralta, Reyna

Ivory Coast team: Barry, Boka, Zokora, Aurier, Bamba, Doumbia, Gosso, Razak, Bolly, Bony, Giovanni Sio
Subs: Sangaré, Viera, Angoua, Dja Djedjé , Bi Zorro Cyriac ,  Akpa Akpro, Kalou , Gervinho, Drogba, Traore