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Leicester won 3-0 at Newcastle to go top of the EPL In football, Guangzhou Evergrande's management isn't taking much time to savor victory. Evergrande have been crowned the AFC Champions once-again, downing UAE side Al Ahli last night 1-nil to win the Championships. Evergrande head Coach Luiz Scolari says the Asian champs won't have much time to rest. "We are improving day by day as a team, so we can dream of something in the FIFA Club World Cup next month in Japan. Our coaching team is giving everything we have from the past experience with some great teams to Guangzhou right now. In the Club World Cup, we are going to face America of Mexico and who know if we are able to play with Barcelona. It will be a great opportunity and new experience for Chinese football." Last night's AFC Championship victory is the 2nd Asian football title for Evergrande in the last 3-years. ------------ One match on the docket tonight in the English Premier League, This has Tottenham at home to West Ham United. In action from last night, Leicester City has jumped to the top of the table after a 3-0 win over Newcastle. It's Jamie Vardy notching Leicester's opening goal to equal the English Premier League record of scoring in 10 consecutive matches. --- Liverpool has produced its biggest win of the season, hammering Manchester City 4-1. City manager Manuel Pellegrini was asked if he was angry with how his squad played. "More than angry... it's unbelievable the performance that we had tonight. Really difficult to understand why we play so bad, not just one name or another name, as a complete team - in defending, attacking, possession, I never seen this team playing the way we did tonight." With the loss, City slips to third in league standings behind Leicester and Manchester United, after City's cross-town rivals got past Watford 2-1 last night. -- Elsewhere, Struggling Chelsea has manage to snap a three-game losing skid with a 1-0 home win over Norwich. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says the late push by Norwich to equalize shouldn't have been an issue. "I think we don't deserve the heartbeat of the last four minutes. I think we deserved to be enjoying the last four minutes with a 2, 3 4-0 result. Relax, but you couldn't. Once more the relation between what we play and the number of goals we score, the relation is not good. We should score 3, 4, 5 goals. And we didn't." Chelsea move up one slot on the table to 15th above Norwich. However, its still the worst start to the season ever by a defending Premier League champion. ------- In other action, West Brom shocked Arsenal 2-1. --- Swansea and Bournemouth drew 2-2. --- And Stoke managed to secure a 1-0 win at Southampton. Golf: Lydia Ko poised to win CME bonus (updated) In golf, 18-year old New Zealander Lydia Ko is well-positioned to add an extra million dollars to her portfolio. The 2nd year sensation currently sits tied for 3rd at minus-11 at the season-ending LPGA Championships in Florida. Barring a final-round meltdown, Ko heads into Sunday in a position to hang on to the world number-1 ranking, plus walk away with the Player of the Year award, the scoring title, the money title and, for the second straight year, the 1-million US dollar Race to the CME Globe bonus. South Korea's Imbee Park, the world number-2, who is the only one with a shot to upset Lydia Ko, heads into the final round at minus-8, three-strokes back of the teenager. ------- The final round of the European Tour's season-ending tournament is underway. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is poised to defend his Road to Dubai title. The only man with a legitimate shot at catching him, England's Danny Willet [update] --- And on the PGA tour, American Kevin Kisner holds the 3rd round lead at the RSM Classic in Georgia at minus-16. He heads into Sunday's final round 3-strokes up on fellow American Kevin Chappell. --- And in Australia, Peter Senior has won this year's Australian Masters. "I started off great, birdied the first two hole. Dropped a couple straight away but, you know, this is a great golf course and you know I drove it pretty well today. I hit a lot of good shots coming in and sort of leaked a bit of oil that last couple of holes but managed to hang on." The 56-year-old Senior now becomes the oldest Australian Masters champion. It is his third Australian Masters title, after winning in 1991 and 1995. Federer beats Wawrinka to reach 10th final In tennis, The final match of ATP Finals is set for tonight in London. It will be Roder Federer up against world Number-1 Novak Djokovic. Federer is into his 10th ATP Final after downing Stan Wawrinka last night in the semi-finals. "In general, his game is tough for me, for my game. I would say he has the perfect game against my game. He mixing a lot, serving well, he's putting a lot of pressure, he's playing so fast." Djokovic is through after downing Raphael Nadal last night in straight-sets. The world number-1 is looking to secure his 4th-straight ATP Finals title. Federer beat Djokovic in straight-sets during the group stages of the Finals. ---------- On the women's side, The last Chinese representation at the WTA Challenger event in Taipei has been knocked out of the event. Zhang Kailin and partner Han Xinyun went down to a Japanese duo last night in the semi-finals of the tournament. Badminton: Hong Kong Open finals underway Badminton, The Hong Kong Open finals are underway. It's an all-China final underway tonight in Women's doubles, with Yu Yang and Tang Yuanting taking on 5th seeded Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei. Zhao Yunlei is looking for her 2nd title of the day, after she and partner Zhang Nan downed fellow Chinese compeditors Liu Cheng and Bao Yuxin in the Mixed Doubles final earlier today. In other action, It was world number-1 Carolina Marin of Spain downing Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the women's singles final. And Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei has won his 2nd Super Series men's title in a row, downing China's Tian Houwei earlier today. Later tonight, its a pair from South Korea taking on a Swedish duo in the final in Men's Doubles. Basketball: Knicks win 4th in a row In basketball, A full slate of games underway tonight in the China Basketball Association, with all 20-teams in action. Among them, league-leading Xinjiang is looking to extend its unbeaten streak to 8 tonight as they take on 1-6 Tianjin. ----- In NBA action from earlier today, The New York Knicks have won their 4th in a row, downing Houston 107-102. -- It was Cleveland over Atlanta 109-97. -- Sacramento upset Orlando 97-91. -- Indiana destroyed Milwaukee 123-86. -- San Antonio got past Memphis 92-82. -- Washington edged Detroit 97-95. -- And Philadelphia's losing skid continues. The 76ers are now 0-14 to start the season after going down to Miami 96-91. Philly is now 2-losses away from tying the longest losing skid in NBA history. ---- History is also poised to be rewritten tomorrow, as the Golden State Warriors go for their 15th straight victory to start the season as they take on Denver. A win tomorrow will equal the best start to a season set by Yao Ming and his Houston Rockets in the 1993-94 season. NFL: Broncos in Chicago without Peyton Manning The bulk of Week 11 of the NFL is set to play out later this morning. Among the games on the schedule, its 9-0 Carolina defending its perfect season at home to Washington. The only other undefeated team in the NFL this season, New England, are the Monday nighter against Buffalo. And in one other game of note, the 7-2 Denver Broncos are in Chicago to take on the Bears, but are without the services of star quarterback Peyton Manning. The Broncos decided to leave Manning in Denver to recover from a string of injuries. Not only does his absense snap his club record of 57-consecutive starts for Denver, it also keeps him from becoming the winningest quarterback in NFL history. The 39-year old Manning, who has played for 18-seasons in the NFL, became the all-time passing yards leader in Denver's last game, needs one more victory to surpass Brett Farve to earn the the most regular season wins by a quarterback at 187. Boxing: Alvarez takes WBC middleweight crown In boxing, Canello Alverez has secured the WBC middleweight title. The 25-year old Mexican defeated veteran Miguel Cotto this morning in Las Vegas for the title the 35-year old Cotto vacated just days earlier after refusing to pay the sanctioning fees. This has set up a fight between Alverez and Genaddy Golovkin sometime next year. Weightlifting World Championships get underway in Houston In weightlifting, Chinese lifter Wu Jingbiao has set a new world record in the 56-kilogram snatch event at the World Weightlifting Championships in Houston. His lift of 139-kilos surpassed the previous record of 138-kilos set by a Turkish lifter in 2001. Wu Jingbiao ended up in 2nd in the overall competition behind North Korea's Om Yun Chol, who broke his own world record with clean and jerk lift of 171-kilograms. The Second Songshan Shaolin International Marathon Held in Dengfeng A Chinese runner has taken the men's title at the Songshan Shaolin International Marathon held today in the city of Dengfeng in Henan. Wang Xiaoning took the title in a time of just under 3-hours. Auto Racing: Jeff Gordon to retire after Sunday's race In auto racing, NASCAR veteran Jeff Gordon is set to drive in his final race later on this Sunday at the EcoBoost 400. The 24-year veteran comes into his final race having won 4 NASCAR drivers championships and 93 different races.