D Thursday, January 14, 2010 SPORT 23 SOCCER Carling Cup semi-final, first leg Blackburn v Aston Villa.......(8pm) TV Sky Sports 1 Africa Cup of Nations Group A Angola v Malawi ................. (6.30pm) Mali v Algeria........................... (4pm) CRICKET Fourth Test (day 1 of 5): South Africa v England (Johannesburg) GOLF (until Sunday) European Tour: Joburg Open (Royal Joburg & Ken GC, Joburg, SA) US PGA Tour: Sony Open in Hawaii (Honolulu) SOCCER fa Cup thiRd-ROund REplayS Liverpool .....1 Reading ......2 Bertrand 45 og Sigurdsson 90 Long 100 (after extra time, 1-1 at 90 minutes) Newcastle ...3 Plymouth .....0 Lovenkrands 10, 20, 72 ClydESdalE bank pREmiER lEaguE Hamilton .....0 Dundee Utd 1 P W D L F A Pts Rangers 19 13 5 1 47 13 44 Celtic 18 11 4 3 37 19 37 Hibernian 18 9 6 3 26 15 33 Dundee United 19 8 7 4 23 23 31 Hearts 19 6 6 7 18 20 24 Aberdeen 18 5 6 7 13 19 21 St Mirren 18 5 5 8 20 25 20 Motherwell 18 4 8 6 21 29 20 St Johnstone 17 5 4 8 24 30 19 Hamilton 17 4 4 9 15 27 16 Kilmarnock 18 3 5 10 12 23 14 Falkirk 17 2 6 9 14 27 12 SCOttiSh Cup fOuRth ROund Edinburgh C .P Montrose ..... P afRiCa Cup Of natiOnS gROup d Cameroon ...0 Gabon .........1 Zambia ........1 Tunisia ........1 SnOOkER THE MASTERS, WEMBLEY 2nd round: Mark Allen (NIr) bt John Higgins (Sco) 6-3 tEnniS SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR MEDIBANK INTERNATIONAL (Sydney, Australia) Quarter-finals: (6) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5; (1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-2, 6-2 RESULTS FIXTURES SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE Adebayor too distressed to consider City return By David Kennedy Grief-stricken emmanuel Adebayor admits he does not know when he will be ready to play football again. the togo captain has been given indefinite compassionate leave by Manchester city in the wake of the terrorist attack on his national teams bus at the Africa cup of nations inAngola last friday. Adebayor revealed the teams press officer died in his arms during the attack, which also claimed the lives of the coach driver and a member of the coaching staff. And the striker, now in togo, says the incident has left him ill. i am sweating every day, and every day God makes. At the moment i cant eat, i am losing weight. it is very difficult for everyone, he said. i will take my time and come back on the pitch at the right time. My boss and my team understand that, that is the most important thing. they know i need time to recover from this. it is difficult because my per- sonal press officer died in my hands, thats the worst image ive had in my life. it was the sec- ond time in two days Adebayor had addressed a camera and, on this occasion, he was wearing his current clubs shirt. When he spoke on tuesday the striker curiously wore a top sporting the logo of Arsenal, the club he left in acrimonious circumstances last summer. Traumatised: Adebayor Pitching in: A Portsmouth fan joins in an effort by supporters to clear snow from the pitch at Fratton Park ahead of Saturdays Premier League match against Birmingham. Anyone who helps out receives two free tickets for the game. Picture: Getty My press officer died in my hands ... I need time Liverpool: Cavalieri, Degen (Skrtel 91), Carragher, Agger, Insua, Lucas, Aquilani, Kuyt, Gerrard (Babel 46), Benayoun, Torres (Ngog 29). Booked: Degen. Reading: Federici, Gunnarsson, Mills, Ingimarsson, Bertrand, McAnuff, Cisse (Howard 59), Karacan (Long 81), Sigurdsson, Rasiak (Kebe 65), Church. Booked: Karacan, Mills, Ingimarsson, Gunnarsson. Att: 31,063 Ref: Phil Dowd MATCH FACTS LEAGUE OF IRELAND Pats add forward Williams Alex WilliAMs wants to provide the goals to fire st Pats to success this season just like fellow scot Gary twigg did for shamrock rovers in 2009. Williams, who made an impact at Dundalk last season, signed a one-year deal as saints boss Pete Mahon continues his team building. i scored seven goals in 15 games last year and i wasnt too happy with myself, so i really wanted to play here again and keep scoring goals, said 26-year-old Williams. i want a full season in ireland as i want to see what i can do. saints yesterday also signed striker Paul Byrne, who played with Bray Wanderers last year, and central defender shane Guthrie from Galway United. Fernando Torres stretches the Reading defence before his early departure Reading produced a stunning Fa Cup third round replay victory at anfield as Liverpools disastrous season went from bad to worse. Liverpool had led through a first- half effort from Steven gerrard which was deflected home by Reading defender Ryan Bertrand. The Reds lost both gerrard and Fernando Torres to injuries before the Coca-Cola Championship side equalised with a gylfi Sigurdsson penalty in injury-time to force the extra half hour, in which substitute Shane Long headed the winner. it was another pitiful display from the hosts that will surely lead some to question the position of under- fire manager Rafa Benitez, but the Spaniard will be more concerned with the fitness of Torres (knee) and gerrard (hamstring) ahead of Saturdays tricky Premier League trip to Stoke. Only Yossi Benayoun was providing the Reds with any Royals hand Cup shock to Liverpool FA CUP sort of spark as Reading richly deserved their victory and a home tie against nottingham Forest in the fourth round. Had it not been for wayward finishing from the likes of Jobi Mcanuff, who ran 60 yards through the Liverpool defence only to slide his 80th-minute shot wide, Simon Church and grzegorz Rasiak they would have had a more comfortable win. u HaT-TRiCk hero Peter Lovenkrands fired newcastle into the fourth round as the Magpies beat Plymouth 3-0 to extend their unbeaten run to 13 games. The ex- denmark forward converted two fine first- half deliveries from Jonas gutierrez and then fired in kevin nolans 72nd-minute cross to book a trip to Championship promotion rivals West Brom. Picture: Getty liverpool 1 reading 2 (after extra time, 1-1 at 90 mins) index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html