Business

Roman Pavlyuchenko fired Tottenham Hotspur...

The win lifts the London side three points clear of Manchester City in fourth place in the Premier League, which would bring Champions League football to White Hart Lane next season.

The Russia striker scored in the 55th and 85th minutes in only his second full league game of the season. The second strike settled home nerves just five minutes after Christopher Samba had scored to give Blackburn hope of a draw.

Jermaine Defoe scored Spurs" opener and set up Pavlyuchenko"s first before making way for fellow England international Peter Crouch with eight minutes remaining.

Pavlyuchenko was signed from Spartak Moscow for around $28 million in August 2008 but was a bit-part player under manager Harry Redknapp until two goals in a 15-minute substitute appearance against Wigan Athletic in late February. Since then, the Russian international has started every match, adding five goals in two league and two FA Cup games.

He had been widely linked to a move away from

Pages: [1] 2 


Add your comment:
Name:
Site address: http://
Your message:
Enter today\\\\'s date, 2 digits
(spam protection):
Popular Articles

The average size of a bribe in Russia nearly...

The average size of a bribe in Russia nearly tripled between 2008 and 2009, despite a weakened global economic climate, a Russian Interior Ministry report published on Thursday said.


Unidentified gunmen shot dead the police...

Unidentified gunmen shot dead the police chief and three policemen from the capital of Russia"s volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday, a police spokesman told RIA Novosti.


Sejm Marshal Bronislaw Komorowski has set...

Sejm Marshal Bronislaw Komorowski has set June 20 as the date for the early presidential election, which will determine the successor to President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash on April 10. Had he survived, Kaczynski would have faced reelection in the fall. The new president will most likely be Komorowski himself, who was nominated as the presidential candidate of the center-right Civil Platform party on March 28.