FOOTBALL – By defeating Valenciennes 1-0 on Saturday, Lille OSC have kept their 10th consecutive clean sheet in Ligue 1 and become the second side to achieve such a run in the French top flight. Girondins Bordeaux holds the record with 12 clean sheets in a row (Jan-Apr 1993).
> The last player to score a league goal against Lille was OGC Nice’s Darío Cvitanich on 15 September. Lille have not allowed a goal in 945 minutes of league football after that.
ALPINE SKIING – Switzerland’s Lara Gut won her third World Cup race of the season on Saturday, and second in two days, by triumphing in the Super G race in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Gut became the first woman to win three World Cup races in a single season before the end of November.
FOOTBALL – Arjen Robben scored his 50th and 51st Bundesliga goals on Saturday, lifting his side past Eintracht Braunschweig. Robben became only the third Dutchman to record a Bundesliga half century behind Willi Lippens (92) and Roy Makaay (78). Another Dutchman, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, is one shy of 50.
FOOTBALL – Ryan Giggs celebrates his 40th birthday on Friday, 29 November. See below our infographic on this Manchester United living legend. Click on the image or HERE for the extended full size infographic.
FOOTBALL – Ajax striker Danny Hoesen netted for his team in their 2-1 triumph over FC Barcelona. It was his first Champions League goal this season. He had already scored in the Dutch top flight and in the Dutch second tier as he had also represented Ajax’ youth team. He is the first player to score at these three particular levels in the same season.
FOOTBALL – On Tuesday, 26 November, AC Milan became the third team in Champions League history to field a starting line-up not containing any numbers from 1 to 11, following Valencia CF (05 December 2006) and Arsenal (09 December 2009). Milan’s lowest starting number today was 14 (Valter Birsa) and their highest was 45 (Mario Balotelli).
FOOTBALL – Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur 6-0 in their Premier League home match. This was the biggest winning margin over Tottenham for Man City in all of their 129 matches.
FORMULA 1 – Sebastian Vettel won the final Grand Prix of the season, his 13th GP victory this year. He equalled the all-time record of Michael Schumacher. The two Germans are the only two drivers who have won 10+ races in a season.
FORMULA 1 – Sebastian Vettel has racked up 12 Grand Prix victories with one race remaining in 2013 and could equal the single season record set by Michael Schumacher. The two Germans are the only two drivers who have won 10+ races in a season.
FOOTBALL – Bayern München travel to Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The two teams have divided 10 of the last 12 possible German trophies among themselves and have been dominant in Europe recently. See below are Infographic of the trophies they have won, including the Super Cup corresponding to the season they qualified for that final. Click HERE for the bigger version of the Infographic.
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