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Zenit suffer Udine loss

Author: Sir David Smith
Date: 13/03/2009

Holders and betting favourites Zenit St Petersburg suffered a 2-0 defeat at Udinese in the first leg of their UEFA Cup second knockout round tie.

The Russian side were on level terms until the final five minutes at the Friuli, before Udine struck twice through Fabio Quagliarella and Antonio Di Natale in the closing stages.

Zenit's evening got even worse right at the death as Roman Shirokov was red-carded.

CSKA Moscow fared a little better than their Russian colleagues, winning 1-0 at home to Ukrainians Shakhtar Donetsk thanks to a Vagner Love penalty early in the second half.

Dynamo Kyiv edged the all-Ukrainian battle with Metalist Kharkiv, with Ognjen Vukojevic netting the only goal of the game.

England's only remaining representatives, Manchester City, ran out 2-0 winners at home to AaB Aalborg, with Felipe Caicedo and Shaun Wright-Phillips striking in the first half at Eastlands.

Galatasaray secured a 1-1 draw away to Hamburg in Germany, with Ayhan Akman on target for the visitors just past the half-hour mark.

Marcell Jansen equalised for the home side soon after half-time and Gala were then forced to play with ten men for more than half an hour after Emre Asik was ordered off.

Werder Bremen were 1-0 victors at home to St Etienne, with Naldo's 20th minute strike proving to be the difference between the two sides.

Paris St Germain and Sporting Braga played out a goalless draw in the French capital, while Marseille edged out Ajax 2-1 in the Stade Velodrome.

Benoit Cheyrou and Mamadou Niang gave the home side a two-goal cushion just past the half-hour mark, but Luis Suarez's penalty soon after for the Dutch side left the tie in the balance.

Ajax held on despite having Gregory van der Wiel sent off just before half-time.

Four players share the lead on seven-under par after round one of the WGC-CA Championship at the Doral Resort & Country Club.

Home player Phil Mickelson is one of the quartet to record a 65, along with India's Jeev Milka Singh, South Africa's Retief Goosen and Prayad Markseang of Thailand.

Fit-again world number one Tiger Woods is six shots off the pace after a one-under par round of 71.

At horse racing's Cheltenham Festival, Big Buck's won the World Hurdle, while Imperial Commander came out on top in the Ryanair Chase.

In darts' PDC Premier League, leader Mervyn King suffered his first loss of the campaign as he went down 8-3 to Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld.

Van Barneveld's compatriot, Jelle Klaasen recorded a maximum 170 outshot as he drew 7-7 with John Part.

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