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Canwest News Service
Spurs win, stay in fourth
LONDON — Tottenham stayed fourth with a 2-0 victory over Fulham as Liverpool's bid to rejoin the English Premier League's elite group faltered further with a 0-0 draw at Wolverhampton on Tuesday.
Peter Crouch and David Bentley scored to deliver Tottenham's first league win in a month. While Liverpool did move up to fifth with a draw, Manchester City is a place behind and level on points with two games in hand.
The point for Wolves against Liverpool moved them out of the relegation zone along with Bolton, whose new manager Owen Coyle masterminded a 1-0 win over former club Burnley. Portsmouth remained lodged to the bottom after drawing 1-1 with West Ham.
Ronaldo fined, suspended
MADRID — Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for two matches and fined 600 euros ($897 Cdn) for his sending-off in Sunday's 2-0 La Liga win over Malaga, the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday.
The Portuguese netted a first-half double at the Bernabeu but was shown a straight red card in the 70th minute for lashing out at Patrick Mtiliga and breaking the Malaga defender's nose.
Real, who had asked for the card to be rescinded, are likely to appeal against the ruling but if that is rejected, Ronaldo will miss Saturday's trip to Deportivo Coruna and the home game against Espanyol the following weekend.
Roma advance to semis
ROME — AS Roma beat 10-man Catania 1-0 to reach the Italian Cup semifinals on Tuesday.
About 15 minutes after Catania's Giuseppe Bellusci was sent off, Daniele De Rossi struck home in the 74th minute.
Roma will play the winner of today's quarter-final between AC Milan and Udinese, on Feb. 3 and 10.
"We knew that Catania would give their all in defence and try to play on the counterattack," Roma coach Claudio Ranieri said. "We weren't too concerned with how we played tonight, we just wanted to reach the semifinals."
Roma took the lead when Okaka broke down the right wing and cut the ball back on the edge of the area to De Rossi, who hit a low shot past Campagnolo.
