FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

LONDON: Arsenal 2 (Thierry Henry 12, Robert Pires 71) Fulham 0 Birmingham City 2 (Clinton Morrison 10, Emile Heskey 45+2) Middlesbrough 0 Blackburn Rovers 2 (Paul Dickov 26, Andy Todd 54) Newcastle United 2 (Kieron Dyer 6, Laurent Robert 34) Chelsea 1 (Damien Duff 30) Aston Villa 0 Crystal Palace 0 Portsmouth 1 (Linvoy Primus 69) Everton 2 (Tim Cahill 22, Marcus Bent 63) Manchester City 1 (Robbie Fowler 42) Manchester United 2 (Ryan Giggs 10, Paul Scholes 89) Bolton Wanderers 0 Norwich City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Robbie Keane 73, Michael Brown 77) Southampton 0 Charlton Athletic 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 Liverpool 5 (John Arne Riise 17, 83, Florent Sinama-Pongolle 51, Steven Gerrard 56, Luis Garcia 89).

For the book

Beijing, host of the 2008 Olympic Games, today launched a campaign to seek a slogan that will help project an ?exciting image? of the city and the country as a whole, deputy director of the Beijing Organising Committee told reporters on Monday.