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Chelsea Defeats Galatasaray to Reach CL Quarters

Samuel Eto'o and Gary Cahill scored first half goals as Chelsea turned in a dominant performance to beat Galatasaray 2-0 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory on aggregate.

Galatasaray's former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba made no impact on his return to Stamford Bridge, being reduced to a minor role like the rest of his teammates in the second leg match of the last 16.

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Real Madrid Completes Rout of Schalke with 3-1 Win

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals as Real Madrid completed its Champions League last 16 thrashing of Schalke with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday.

Madrid breezed into the quarterfinals after winning 9-2 on aggregate following its 6-1 first-leg victory in Germany.

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Barca Gives Contract Extension to Defender Bartra

Barcelona center-back Marc Bartra has signed a contract extension that ties him to the Spanish champions until 2017.

The 23-year-old Bartra has played sparingly this season — making 21 appearances — but will be needed going forward with veteran defender Carles Puyol set to leave the club at the end of the season.

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Sony Unveils Virtual Reality Headset for PS4

Sony is getting into the virtual reality business.

The Japanese electronics and gaming giant unveiled a prototype virtual reality headset to be used in conjunction with its PlayStation 4 video game console during a Tuesday talk at the Game Developers Conference.

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London 'Draining Life' from Rest of UK Economy

There's London. And then there's the rest of the U.K.

A tale of two Britains has increasingly emerged since the Great Recession. While the government trumpets the country's recovery from the financial crisis and its status as the world's fastest-growing developed economy, the rhetoric hides an increasing divide: One that pits London's boom against the malaise in cities such as Manchester and Birmingham that are struggling to remain vibrant in the 21st century.

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Army Reopens Labweh-Arsal Road, Deploys in Area

The Lebanese army reopened on Wednesday the Labweh-Arsal road in the eastern Bekaa Valley and sent reinforcements to Arsal, a Sunni border town blamed for rocket fire on Shiite areas, to deploy on its outskirts.

OTV said the military carried out patrols in the town on Wednesday morning.

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David Moyes: My Job is Safe at Manchester United

Manchester United manager David Moyes dismissed suggestions his job is under threat, saying he has the full backing of the club's hierarchy.

United will finish the season without a major trophy if it fails to overturn a 2-0 deficit against Olympiakos in the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday.

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Online Food Service Just Eat to Float in London

Just Eat, an online food ordering service, has announced plans to float its shares on the London Stock Exchange.

The company, which lets customers order takeout food from local restaurants, plans to raise 100 million pounds ($166 million) in an initial public offering to expand its service.

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Microsoft Releases OneNote for Macs, Makes it Free

Microsoft Corp. on Monday released a version of its OneNote note-taking software for Macs and added new features and a free tier for all of the software's users in moves clearly targeted at up-and-coming productivity software rival Evernote.

The moves offer more consumers a taste of its Office 365 suite of software, which normally costs $99 a year. The free version of OneNote keeps some functions that give it an edge over the free tier of Evernote, including offline access to notes and the ability for multiple people to work on the same note simultaneously.

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Totti and Higuain Shine for Roma and Napoli

Francesco Totti scored the opener and Roma went on to beat Udinese 3-2 Monday to maintain its three-point lead over Napoli in the race for Italy's last direct Champions League spot.

Third-place Napoli had won earlier, with Gonzalo Higuain scoring a controversial goal in the 90th minute of a 1-0 victory at Torino.

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