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Chelsea provided further evidence of its Premier League title credentials Saturday.A 5-0 victory at Swansea put the London club five points ahead of Manchester City ahead of the champions match against Arsenal on Sunday.Four goals came in the opening 36 minutes — the first after 49 seconds from Oscars 20-yard (meter) shot. Cesc Fabregas 15th assist of the league season set up Diego Costas first goal, and the striker then seized on poor defending to score his 17th of the campaign.Costas cut-back allowed Oscar to net Chelseas fourth with ease. The only surprise was it took Chelsea until the 79th to net again, with Andre Schuerrle tapping Branislav Ivanovics cross into an empty net.The team is playing with high quality and has a clear identity of playing, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said. Sometimes teams are good and play well without the clear identity, but all this season we are going in a certain direction.It wasnt so easy for Manchester United at Queens Park Rangers, although the 20-time champions did beat the spirited hosts 2-0. Uniteds third away success of the campaign came through a second-half turnaround when substitutes Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson scored.QPR remains in the relegation zone after a fifth straight winless league match, while United remains fourth, two points behind Southampton. The south-coast team won 2-1 at Newcastle after the first goals from Eljero Elia since joining on loan from Werder Bremen this month.Tottenham moved up to fifth with a 2-1 victory over Sunderland, Liverpool won 2-0 at Aston Villa, bottom-place Leicester lost 1-0 to Stoke, and Crystal Palace came from two goals down to beat Burnley 3-2.___FRANCELeader Lyon increased the pressure on its title rivals as it beat struggling Lens 2-0. A sixth straight victory was secured by Alexandre Lacazettes league-leading 20th goal in 21 games from the penalty spot after Jean-Philippe Gbamins own goal.After picking up just three points from its first four matches this season, Hubert Fourniers team has lost only one game since, and produced sparkling football to climb to the top of the standings last weekend.Lyons fourth away win extended its lead over second-place Marseille to four points. Lens remained second from bottom.___SPAINAlvaro Negredos late header gave Valencia a 3-2 victory over Almeria, while regional rival Villarreal also stayed in contention for a top-four finish with a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.Felipe Caicedo netted in the 89th minute to give Espanyol a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo, while Manuchos header helped Rayo Vallecano win 1-0 at Real Sociedad.Leader Real Madrid visits crosstown rival Getafe on Sunday when second-place Barcelona is at Deportivo La Coruna.___ITALYRoma was held to 1-1 at Palermo on Saturday in another slip-up in its quest for the Serie A title. Rudi Garcias team fell three points behind Juventus after last weeks derby draw against Lazio, and the defending champion can pull further ahead on Sunday when it hosts Hellas Verona. Custom Saint Jerseys . The commissioners office said Friday that Sears tested positive for metabolites of Methandienone. Sears will be 23 in March. 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The bout served as the headlining matchup of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva" event, which took place at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. It was Silva who looked well on his way to victory in the early going, delivering a pair of crushing kicks to the body that sent Brown crashing to the floor, doubled over in pain.ROME - Roma beat Empoli 2-1 after extra time to reach the Italian Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday thanks to a very contentious penalty.Daniele De Rossi converted the spot kick five minutes from time, sending Empoli goalkeeper Davide Bassi the wrong way, after Piotr Zielinski was harshly adjudged to have brought down Leandro Paredes.You can see that he takes his legs away, but its difficult to tell whether it was before or after he got the ball, Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. I think the referee was in a great position to judge.Empoli almost equalized right at the end, but Roma goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski pulled off a great save to deny Francesco Tavano.Roma was jeered off the pitch by its own fans after a lacklustre performance against a team struggling at the wrong end of the Serie A table, 22 points behind the capital club.Im upset above all for my players, Empoli coach Maurizio Sarri said. What did I think about the penalty? What everyoone in the stadium thought, but the club has asked me not to comment on anything, although the pictures speak for themselves.ddddddddddddarcia may say it could have been a penalty, but not according to his players. I spoke to two Roma players and they said it wasnt a penalty.Roma got off to the perfect start as it took the lead with less than five minutes on the clock after Douglas Maicons cross was flicked on to Juan Manuel Iturbe.Empoli levelled 10 minutes from the end of normal time when Simone Verdi beat the offside trap to race past Davide Astori and round Roma goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski before firing into the far corner.Ashley Cole made his first appearance for Roma in nearly two months — after poor form had seen him dropped to the bench. But his return lasted barely 23 minutes before he was carted off following an accidental kick to his chin from Matias Vecino.Roma will next face either Fiorentina or Atalanta. 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