Silvio Berlusconi resigned as president of Italian soccer club Milan yesterday to conform with laws that prohibit the country’s premier from running private enterprises while in office. ...

Late strikes from Arjen Robben and Joe Cole gave Chelsea a hard fought 2-0 win over Portsmouth and an eight point lead at the top of the English Premier League yesterday. ...

San Gwann-Mqabba 5-6 (after penalties)...

Senglea-Msida St Joseph 1-3...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho (above) has rounded off a successful year by being named coach of an ‘ideal team for 2004’ by French newspaper L’Equipe. ...

New Zealand entry Konica Minolta pulled away from super maxi rival Skandia to take an extended lead yesterday in the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race as rough seas battered some of the smaller and slower boats. ...

Hamrun S.-Floriana 0-2 (after extra time)...

Valletta-Pieta H. 2-1...

Birkirkara-Sliema W. 2-0...

The Blue Label National League resumed with a programme of two matches last Sunday. Following these games the League will now take an extended Christmas break and will resume on the 16th of January 2005. ...