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LONDON -- Chelsea dropped its first points of the season in a 0-0 draw against local rival Queens Park Rangers, and the non-handshake between Anton Ferdinand and John Terry upstaged big home wins by Arsenal and Manchester United in the English Premier League on Saturday. Emmanuel Sanders Womens Jersey . Arsenals 6-1 thrashing of Southampton and a 4-0 victory for United over Wigan -- sparked by Paul Scholes goal in his 700th game for the club -- allowed both teams to leapfrog defending champion Manchester City, which was held to 1-1 at Stoke. A top four filled with the likely title contenders is led by Chelsea, whose perfect start to the campaign ended with the stalemate at QPR in a game overshadowed by Ferdinands snub of Terry in the pre-match handshake. It continued their feud following a racism row that began last season when Terry, the Chelsea and England defender, was accused of racially abusing Ferdinand in the corresponding match at Loftus Road. Terry was acquitted in court in July but awaits a Football Association charge relating to the same case, and feelings continue to run high. Ferdinand blanked both Terry and Ashley Cole, who gave evidence on behalf of his Chelsea teammate in the court case, in the team handshake while Terry was booed and jeered throughout by a hostile crowd. "Everybody focused on the football and of course there would be high emotion but both sets of players played very professionally," Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo said. "As far as we are concerned, our players offered (their hands to Ferdinand) and if the other player doesnt want to receive it, then we move on." After three straight wins, Chelsea will not be too unhappy with a point after being stretched for long periods by a west London neighbour which has picked up only two points from four games this season. Park Ji-sung, who also refused to shake Terrys hand, headed a great chance straight at Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech before Bobby Zamora wasted another second-half opportunity after intercepting a dreadful back pass by John Obi Mikel. After dribbling around Cech, Zamoras shot was cleared off the line by Terry. "We acquitted ourselves really well," QPR manager Mark Hughes said. "We were assured and calm and we dictated to the European champions for long periods." Chelsea is a point clear of United, whose third straight victory came after four second-half goals at Old Trafford. The 37-year-old Scholes scored his 163rd goal for United to put the team ahead in the 51st minute before strikes by Javier Hernandez, Alexander Buttner and Nick Powell -- the last two scoring on their debuts -- in a 20-minute span. Hernandez missed a fifth-minute penalty in a sluggish first half for the hosts. "We had to start all over again after the missed penalty," Ferguson said. "They slowed the game down a lot, but we werent playing at the speed we play at. The second half we did after becoming more aggressive and played some penetrating football." Arsenal condemned last-place Southampton to a fourth successive loss with a masterful attacking display that could help fans forget about the departure of Robin van Persie, who was on the bench for United on Saturday ahead of the start of the Champions League next week. Gervinho, playing as a central striker instead of his usual place on the wing, scored twice while Arsenal was helped out by two own goals. Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott were the other scorers at Emirates Stadium. "We have a chance for the title but first we must show consistency," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose team is a point behind United and level on eight with City. "We have the quality to do it but we have to show how much we can do it." City dropped points for the second time this season, needing a goal by debutant Javi Garcia in the 35th minute to cancel out a controversial early effort by Peter Crouch, who appeared to handle the ball in the buildup to his goal. "It was basketball, not football," City manager Roberto Mancini said. "I didnt see it at the time but now Ive seen a replay -- its incredible." Liverpool ended an emotional week following the release of new evidence about the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989 with a 1-1 draw at Sunderland, leaving the fallen English giants fourth from bottom and still without a win this season. Uruguay striker Luis Suarezs 71st-minute goal for Liverpool cancelled out the opener scored by Steven Fletcher, his third of the season. Flags flew at half mast for the match at the Stadium of Light in honour of the 96 fans who died 23 years ago in a crush at Hillsborough -- Britains worst sporting disaster -- while Liverpools players walked out wearing tracksuit tops with the number "96" on the backs. Dimitar Berbatov scored twice for Fulham in a 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion, the Bulgarians first goals since joining from United on transfer deadline day, while Swansea lost 2-0 at Aston Villa following goals by Matthew Lowton and Christian Benteke. West Brom and Swansea were unbeaten and in the top four at the start of the day. Norwich and West Ham drew 0-0 in the other game. Mike Wallace Womens Jersey .J. -- Darrelle Revis is fully recovered from a concussion and will play for the New York Jets after practicing fully for the second straight day. Ike Taylor Jersey .M. -- Former boxing champion Johnny Tapia died from heart disease and high blood pressure and not from a drug overdose, his widow said Wednesday. http://www.nikepittsburghsteelersjerseyssale.com/lynn-swann-jerseys . And Monday night in St. Paul, he did it in style. Rusch pitched 7.1 innings, allowing no runs on just four hits as the Goldeyes shutout the St. LaMarr Woodley Jersey .A. Happ and the Houston bullpen ended a long road losing streak for the Astros. James Harrison Jersey . They dont veer far from the projected norm, sticking with seemingly secure picks while treating any risk with the same disdain as they show to a four-minute penalty.ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Magics latest makeover continues to have a youthful feel. Orlando announced the hiring of Jacque Vaughn, 37, as its next head coach on Saturday, bringing the latest 30-something member to a basketball operations department following the hiring of 30-year-old general manager Rob Hennigan last month. He will be formally introduced at a news conference on Monday. Vaughn becomes the 10th coach in team history and replaces Stan Van Gundy, who was fired on May 21 despite compiling a 259-135 regular-season record, franchise-best .657 winning percentage and a 31-28 playoff record. "As we navigated through our coaching search, we quickly saw that Jacques spirit and leadership strengths made him the clear choice," Hennigan said in a statement. "We are confident that his diligence, attention to detail and communication style will help establish the bedrock of our culture moving forward. His commitment and passion to building a sustainable program will help steer our organization for years to come." Hennigan chose Vaughn from a finalists pool that included Phoenix Suns development coach Lindsey Hunter and former Detroit Pistons head coach and current Philadelphia 76ers assistant Michael Curry. A 12-year NBA player before retiring in 2009 with San Antonio, Vaughns career included 80 games for the Magic in 2002-03. The former Kansas Jayhawks standout has never been an NBA head coach. But he has spent the past two seasons as an assistant at San Antonio, where he also won a championship as a player in 2007. That is important because one of the qualities that both Hennigan and Magic CEO Alex Martins said the team was seeking in a successor to Van Gundy was a championship pedigree. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is one of the leagues top coaches and has multiple NBA titles. Vaughn also has played under the likes of Boston coach DDoc Rivers, Cleveland coach Byron Scott -- both who have titles as coaches or players -- and former Utah coach Jerry Sloan. Heath Miller Jersey. Even before Vaughn was announced, the potential choice was receiving some criticism after Vaughn moved to a front-runner position. Former Magic player and current television analyst Shaquille ONeal posted a scathing assessment of Vaughn likely succeeding Van Gundy, posting on Twitter: "Orlando magic is about to hire jock Vaughn over mike Malone or Brian shaw are u kidding me, wow, good luck winning wit Dat team Dwite Howard." Malone, Golden States lead assistant, and Shaw, Indianas associate head coach, also both received preliminary interviews and like Vaughn are considered in NBA circles to be rising prospects among the assistant coaching ranks. ONeal has friendship ties to both having played with Shaw as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. He also briefly played under Malone with he was an assistant with the Cavaliers. That criticism aside, the biggest unknown is what -- if anything -- Vaughns hire will do to quell or exacerbate Magic centre Dwight Howards desire to leave town. Howard reissued his trade demand to Hennigan when the pair met for the first time in Los Angeles last month, singling out the Brooklyn Nets as his desired landing spot. After recent efforts by Orlando to make that happen fell through, along with possible trades to other teams, Howard has since told Hennigan in another meeting that he has no desire to return to Orlando next season for the final year of his contract. Martins said following Van Gundys firing that the team did not want to go through the same whirlwind of uncertainty that Howards preseason trade demand put it through last season. But Hennigan said earlier this month that he didnt rule out the possibility of Howard returning to the Magic next season. ' ' '
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