http://www.mail.com/int/people/1552798-christian-benteke.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/people/1552798-christian-benteke.html http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2078822-lampard-breaks-chelsea-scoring-record-villa-win.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Frank Lampard became Chelsea's all-time leading scorer with a double against Aston Villa on Saturday that clinched a 2-1 victory and pushed his club closer to Champions League qualification. From midfield, Lampard has 203 goals during 12 years with Chelsea — surpassing the record held by Bobby Tambling, the club's striker from 1... Sat, 11 May 2013 15:50:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2078822-lampard-breaks-chelsea-scoring-record-villa-win.html 2013-05-11T15:50:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2052034-villa-routs-sunderland-6-1-to-close-safety.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa moved closer to avoiding relegation from the Premier League after Christian Benteke scored a second-half hat trick in a 6-1 thrashing of Sunderland on Monday. The Belgian international scored in the 55th, 60th and 72nd minutes at Villa Park to tally 22 league goals and 27 in all competitions in his first season at th... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:34:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2052034-villa-routs-sunderland-6-1-to-close-safety.html 2013-04-29T21:34:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2002856-lowton-goal-feted-aston-villa-win-stoke.html STOKE, England (AP) — Defender Matt Lowton's winning goal three minutes from time was hailed as "world class" as Aston Villa dragged Stoke into the English Premier League relegation fight with a 3-1 result on Saturday. With the match heading towards a draw, Lowton chested an attempted clearance from a corner and volleyed the ball in from 30 yards out. "I ... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:39:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2002856-lowton-goal-feted-aston-villa-win-stoke.html 2013-04-06T19:39:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1989338-liverpool-to-beat-villa-2-1.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Steven Gerrard's penalty sealed a second-half turnaround by Liverpool in a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Aston Villa on Sunday, boosting his team's hopes of playing in Europe next season. Villa, which is now third from bottom with seven games to play, took a halftime lead thanks to Belgium striker Christian Benteke's 14th g... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:03:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1989338-liverpool-to-beat-villa-2-1.html 2013-03-31T17:03:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1959702-united-seizes-city-loss-to-15-points-clear.html LONDON (AP) — Manchester United surged 15 points clear at the Premier League summit on Saturday, capitalizing on Manchester City losing at Everton by beating Reading to close in on a 20th English league title. Wayne Rooney clinched an unconvincing 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Reading with a shot that deflected into the net off Alex Pearce in the... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:46:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1959702-united-seizes-city-loss-to-15-points-clear.html 2013-03-16T20:46:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1959708-aston-villa-beats-qpr-3-2-premier-league.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa earned a crucial 3-2 victory over fellow relegation struggler Queens Park Rangers on Saturday after Christian Benteke settled a back-and-forth game with a winner in the 81st minute. The win lifts Aston Villa provisionally six points clear of the relegation zone and leaves QPR rooted to the bottom, seven points from s... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1959708-aston-villa-beats-qpr-3-2-premier-league.html 2013-03-16T17:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1943054-tevez-treble-puts-man-city-fa-cup-semifinals.html LONDON (AP) — Carlos Tevez put Manchester City on the road to Wembley with an FA Cup hat trick on Saturday, two days after being arrested for a driving offense. The Argentina striker also played a part in goals by Aleksandar Kolarov and David Silva as City crushed Barnsley 5-0 to reach the semifinals. Tevez helped to secure City's biggest win of the seaso... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:08:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1943054-tevez-treble-puts-man-city-fa-cup-semifinals.html 2013-03-09T23:08:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1943226-villa-beats-reading-2-1-relegation-zone.html READING, England (AP) — Aston Villa climbed out of the drop zone in the Premier League by coming from behind to beat relegation rival Reading 2-1 on Saturday. Gabriel Agbonlahor clinched victory with a brilliant volley seconds before halftime, dropping Wigan into the bottom three on the day it won 3-0 at Everton in the FA Cup quarterfinals. Nathan Baker's... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:14:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1943226-villa-beats-reading-2-1-relegation-zone.html 2013-03-09T17:14:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1931220-city-wins-villa-to-flickering-hopes-alive.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Carlos Tevez ensured Manchester City's flickering Premier League title defense stayed alive another week by scoring in a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Aston Villa on Monday. Man City substitute Edin Dzeko dispossessed center back Ciaran Clark in a contentious challenge in first-half stoppage time, dribbled toward the box befo... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:20:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1931220-city-wins-villa-to-flickering-hopes-alive.html 2013-03-05T07:20:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1881848-man-united-opens-12-point-lead-premier-league.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Manchester United opened a season-high, 12-point lead in the English Premier League, defeating Everton 2-0 Sunday on goals by Ryan Giggs and Robin van Persie. The 40-year-old Giggs beat American goalkeeper Tim Howard in the 13th minute at Old Trafford to become the only person to score in every season of the Premier League, which b... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1881848-man-united-opens-12-point-lead-premier-league.html 2013-02-10T18:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1881464-villa-beats-west-ham-2-1-epl-drop-zone.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa climbed out of the relegation zone by beating West Ham 2-1 on Sunday, ending an eight-match winless run in the Premier League. Christian Benteke's penalty was added to five minutes later by Charles N'Zogbia's superb free kick as Villa went into a 2-0 lead after 78 minutes. The hosts had to hang on for victory, howeve... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1881464-villa-beats-west-ham-2-1-epl-drop-zone.html 2013-02-10T14:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1864204-despair-chelsea-newcastle-loss.html LONDON (AP) — Chelsea's week went from bad to worse as Newcastle's French legion of new players inspired a second successive English Premier League victory, and Manchester United established a provisional 10-point lead in the title race on Saturday. Moussa Sissoko, one of four Newcastle signings from across the English Channel in the January transfer wind... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1864204-despair-chelsea-newcastle-loss.html 2013-02-02T20:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1864360-villa-wastes-2-goal-lead-to-draw-3-3-everton.html LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Aston Villa threw away a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Everton on Saturday as Marouane Fellaini's second goal deep into stoppage time denied the visitors a much-needed Premier League win. For a long time it appeared Paul Lambert's side would be celebrating its second surprise success on Merseyside, having beaten Liverpool in Dec... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1864360-villa-wastes-2-goal-lead-to-draw-3-3-everton.html 2013-02-02T19:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1854806-city-misses-chance-to-chase-uniteds-lead.html LONDON (AP) — Manchester City missed a chance to put the pressure on Manchester United at the top of Premier League by drawing 0-0 at bottom-place Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday. The inability to break through a compact QPR side means the champions are four points behind United, which can surge seven points clear by beating Southampton on Wednesday. "We a... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1854806-city-misses-chance-to-chase-uniteds-lead.html 2013-01-29T23:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1854930-newcastle-find-winning-touch-aston-villa.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — First half goals from Papiss Cisse and Yohan Cabaye steered Newcastle to its first away win of the Premier League season on Tuesday, a 2-1 victory at Aston Villa that tipped the home side into the relegation zone. Villa could only manage a penalty scored by Christian Benteke after the break as Newcastle ended a run of 17 away ga... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1854930-newcastle-find-winning-touch-aston-villa.html 2013-01-29T21:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1838798-4th-tier-bradford-beats-villa-to-reach-cup-final.html LONDON (AP) — Bradford produced one of the greatest upsets in English football on Wednesday, overcoming the Premier League millionaires of Aston Villa to become the first fourth-tier club to reach an English cup final in more than half a century. With a team that cost just 7,500 pounds ($12,000) to assemble, Bradford held on for a 4-3 aggregate victory af... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1838798-4th-tier-bradford-beats-villa-to-reach-cup-final.html 2013-01-22T22:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1832378-villa-drop-zone-with-2-2-draw-vs-west-brom.html WEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — Aston Villa moved out of the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday despite throwing away a two-goal halftime lead at West Bromwich Albion to finish with a 2-2 draw. Chris Brunt got one back for West Brom four minutes after the break with time to place his 15-yard (meter) shot into the top left hand corner, and Nigeria st... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1832378-villa-drop-zone-with-2-2-draw-vs-west-brom.html 2013-01-19T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1807434-bradford-stuns-villa-3-1-league-cup-semi.html BRADFORD, England (AP) — Fourth-tier Bradford pulled off another major surprise in the League Cup on Tuesday, beating Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of their semifinal to move one step away from the club's first major final since 1911. Bradford followed up its stunning win over Arsenal on penalties by holding its own against another Premier League club,... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1807434-bradford-stuns-villa-3-1-league-cup-semi.html 2013-01-08T21:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1803844-chelsea-torres-ba-league-cup-semifinals.html LONDON (AP) — The goal-scoring burden has been lifted from Fernando Torres, and now Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez must decide whether to give new striker Demba Ba another start on Wednesday against Swansea in the League Cup semifinals. While Torres struggled to find the net after joining Chelsea two years ago, Ba marked his debut Saturday with two goals in... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1803844-chelsea-torres-ba-league-cup-semifinals.html 2013-01-07T14:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1794458-united-city-2013-with-big-epl-wins.html LONDON (AP) — Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini fears losing out to archrival Manchester United for the signature of Robin van Persie could prove the difference in this season's Premier League title race. The prolific Netherlands striker did little to dispel that theory Tuesday. Van Persie ushered in 2013 by taking his league-high tally to 16 goals ... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1794458-united-city-2013-with-big-epl-wins.html 2013-01-01T18:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1794526-villa-denied-late-2-2-draw-swansea.html SWANSEA, Wales (AP) — Danny Graham scored a stoppage-time equalizer to earn Swansea a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday, delivering more heartache to the visitors after their disastrous run of results over the festive period. After conceding 15 goals in three big losses over Christmas, relegation-threatened Villa looked on cou... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1794526-villa-denied-late-2-2-draw-swansea.html 2013-01-01T16:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1787420-bale-hits-hat-trick-tottenham-routs-villa-4-0.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Gareth Bale scored his first Premier League hat trick as Tottenham routed Aston Villa 4-0 on Wednesday to climb into the Champions League qualification places. Jermain Defoe put Tottenham ahead in the 57th minute before Bale netted his goals in 23 minutes. Tottenham moved into fourth place ahead of Everton and West Bromwich Albi... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1787420-bale-hits-hat-trick-tottenham-routs-villa-4-0.html 2012-12-26T18:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1768542-united-city-stay-charge-epl.html LONDON (AP) — Manchester United stayed in control of the English Premier League by beating Sunderland 3-1 on Saturday, keeping Manchester City at arm's length following the champion's impressive win at Newcastle by the same scoreline. Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney — United's in-form strike partnership — teamed up to preserve United's six-point lead, b... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1768542-united-city-stay-charge-epl.html 2012-12-15T22:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1768528-villa-stuns-liverpool-with-3-1-win-anfield.html LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Aston Villa brought Liverpool's recent resurgence in the English Premier League to a crashing end by winning 3-1 at Anfield on Saturday, with Christian Benteke capping a powerful display with goals in each half. The strapping Belgium international, who is starting to make a name for himself following his summer move from Genk, al... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1768528-villa-stuns-liverpool-with-3-1-win-anfield.html 2012-12-15T17:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1759500-arsenal-humbled-bradford-league-cup.html LONDON (AP) — Arsenal was eliminated from the League Cup quarterfinals in humiliating fashion on Tuesday, losing a penalty shootout 3-2 to fourth-tier Bradford in one of the biggest shocks in the competition for many years. Thomas Vermaelen struck the decisive spot kick against the post for the Premier League giants, having earlier scored an 87th-minute e... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1759500-arsenal-humbled-bradford-league-cup.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1727164-benteke-strikes-villa-beats-reading-1-0-epl.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Christian Benteke headed home a late winner as Aston Villa beat Reading 1-0 on Tuesday to climb out of the relegation zone in the Premier League. The Belgium striker met a left-wing corner with a downward header that bounced high into the net in the 80th minute, earning his team only its third victory in 14 matches. The goal set... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1727164-benteke-strikes-villa-beats-reading-1-0-epl.html 2012-11-28T00:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1727172-redknapp-fails-to-work-instant-magic-qpr.html LONDON (AP) — Harry Redknapp's first match in charge of Queens Park Rangers ended in a dour 0-0 draw at Sunderland, underlining the size of the task facing the former Tottenham manager at the Premier League's last-place team. QPR remains without a victory after 14 games but is now four points adrift at the foot of the standings after second-bottom Reading... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1727172-redknapp-fails-to-work-instant-magic-qpr.html 2012-11-27T22:02:00Z