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Man Utd on brink of title

Author: Sir David Smith
Date: 14/05/2009

The football betting odds have been dramatically slashed following Manchester United's 2-1 victory over Wigan Athletic on Wednesday night.

United are now just one point away from retaining their Premier League title - which they could do when Arsenal visit Old Trafford on Saturday - following their come from behind victory against the Latics.

Michael Carrick struck the all-important winner with just four minutes remaining, after Carlos Tevez had dragged United back on level terms.

The Latics had threatened the shock of the season as they led for the first hour thanks to Hugo Rodallega's first-half strike.

But it was heartbreaking for the Latics after a battling performance demanded by boss Steve Bruce.

In Scotland, Hibernian put a huge dent in Rangers' title hopes after a hugely controversial 1-1 draw at Easter Road.

The Ibrox club failed to regain leadership of the Scottish Premier League from Old Firm rivals Celtic after Nacho Novo's late strike could only salvage a point.

The two sides are now level on points, but Celtic have a slight advantage in terms of goal difference with two games remaining in the season.

Elsewhere, Falkirk clawed their way off the foot of the table following a 1-0 win at Hamilton.

St Mirren have replaced at the bottom of the pile after they went down 2-1 at Kilmarnock.

Motherwell and Inverness drew 2-2 at Fir Park as the visitors eased their own relegation fears.

In cricket's Friends Provident Trophy, Yorkshire were winners by two wickets in their Group C clash with Durham.

Surrey won by 164 runs against Gloucestershire in the same pool, while Lancashire secured a 114-run victory over Derbyshire via the Duckworth/Lewis method in Group D.

In the Indian Premier League, Delhi Daredevils got the better of Deccan Chargers following a narrow 12-run win in Durban.

In the Madrid Open tennis, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both progressed to the third round.

World number one Nadal swept Jurgen Melzer aside 6-3 6-1, while third sees Djokovic was a 6-3 6-3 winner over home player Oscar Hernandez.

In the women's draw, two leading seeds fell at the second round stage as Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) was beaten 6-3 6-2 by Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and Elena Demetieva (3) lost 1-6 6-4 6-2 to Amelie Mauresmo.

Russian Denis Menchov is the new leader of the Giro d'Italia after the experienced Rabobank rider won stage five in the Dolomites and snatched the pink jersey from Thomas Lovkvist of Sweden.

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