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While Slovenia shouldn't be underestimated—it lost only one game at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa—the second-placed side has already lost at home Northern Ireland this season.

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An offer of £7.5m is expected from Spurs, who drew level with second-placed Manchester United by defeating Everton on Wednesday evening.

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Just six weeks ago, City was five points clear of second-placed Manchester United, unbeaten in the Premier League all season and had taken 38 points from a possible 42.

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The ParalympicsGB performance director, Penny Briscoe, says her target is to win more medals and to repeat 2008's second-placed finish: The results this cycle have been stunningly exceptional.

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Thorbjorn Olesen has qualified for the Open courtesy of his second-placed finish in the French Open.

Fredrik Jacobsen leads four qualifiers for Open at Royal St George's 2011

Hungary drew level on points with second-placed Sweden in Group E after snatching a late winner over the Scandinavian side in Budapest.

Arsenal's Robin van Persie hits four as Holland close in on Euro 2012 2011

And will the Unionist vote be sufficiently splintered or demoralised that Maginness overtakes the second-placed Unionist and wins the third seat for the SDLP?

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• And in League Two, Chesterfield battled hard to defend their 1-0 lead against Bradford after Deane Smalley's strike in the 16th minute ensured they kept their nine-point lead over second-placed Wycombe intact.

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Paul Scholes will miss United's next three matches, including a potentially critical trip to second-placed Arsenal on 1 May, following his dismissal on Saturday.

FA await referee's report on Wembley bust-up involving Mario Balotelli 2011

That was twice as many pirate PCs as were running in the second-placed United States, even though America still had 40 percent more PCs in use overall -- and it was an astounding seven times as many as were running in third-place Brazil.

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