ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United's dream of a place in the Champions League was snuffed out in a 3-3 draw at Southampton yesterday, all but handing qualification to Liverpool.
The Magpies needed to beat Southampton and Liverpool in their last match on Sunday to bag England's fourth and remaining berth in Europe's
premier club competition.
Liverpool can now only be caught by Aston Villa on points, but fifth-placed Villa have a far inferior goal difference.
Champions Arsenal and second-placed Chelsea have qualified for the Champions League group stage, while Manchester United, who are third, go into the third qualifying round.
Sixth-placed Newcastle are now battling with Villa and Bolton for a Uefa Cup berth.
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Dundee 2 Livingston 0, Kilmarnock 4 Aberdeen 0, Motherwell 1 Celtic 1, Rangers 0 Hearts 1.
LEADING FIFA WORLD RANKINGS
April's position in brackets. -
Brazil 838 points, 1 (1), France 819, 2 (2), Spain 784, 3 (3), Netherlands 744, 4 (5), Argentina 741, 5 (6), Mexico 738, 6 (4), Turkey 737, 7 (8), United States 724, 8 (11), Germany 723, 9 (7), Czech Republic 720, 10 (9).
Italy 717, 11 (11), Cameroon 714, 12 equal (13), England 714, 12 equal (10), Denmark 700, 14 (14), Ireland 697, 15 (15), Nigeria 683, 16 (21), Belgium 674, 17 (16), Iran 666, 18 (17), South Korea 665, 19 (20), Portugal 662, 20 (17).
Also: Australia 491, 86 (85), New Zealand 471, 94 (94).
