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WITH Manchester United and Manchester City exiting at the group stage the spotlight fell on Arsenal and Chelsea to fly the Premier League flag in the last 16. Former Bayern Munich and West German international full back Paul Breitner assisted the draw in his role as 'Champions League Final Ambassador' before an expectant audience that included representatives of first time knockout phase qualifiers Zenit St Petersburg and APOEL Nicosia.

Champions League - Round of 16
Olympique Lyonnais v APOEL Nicosia
Lyon's reward for squeaking through on the final night of Group D's fixtures is a second round tie with the tournament's surprise package APOEL Nicosia. The Ligue1 club defeated Dinamo Zagreb 7-1 to overtake Ajax for the runners-up spot behind Real Madrid thanks to four goals from in-form striker Bafétimbi Gomis including the fastest ever Uefa Champions League hat-trick. APOEL came from nowhere to top Group D ahead of Zenit St. Petersburg, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk thanks to three away draws and two home victories. Ivan Jovanovic's side will respect but hold little fear of facing Lyon but the French club's greater experience of Champions League knockout ties should see them through.
Verdict: Olympique Lyonnais

Napoli v Chelsea
Napoli's reward for knocking Manchester City out of the Champions League is a glamour second round tie against Premier League high-flyers Chelsea. Manager Walter Mazzari's potent attack is led by Edinson Cavani who has netted four goals in this season's tournament. Add in the silky skills of Marek Hamsik, Gokhan Inler and Ezequiel Lavezzi and Chelsea will have their hands full attempting to overcome one of Serie A's best sides. Andres Villas-Boas has overseen an upturn in form in recent weeks with the London club recording a morale-boosting 2-1 victory at home to the previously undefeated Manchester City last Monday night. Chelsea topped Group E en route to qualifying for the second round but will need Juan Mata and Didier Drogba firing on an all cylinders to get past Napoli.
Verdict: Chelsea

AC Milan v Arsenal
There is little doubt that the glamour tie of the second round is AC Milan's clash with Arsenal. The Italians finished second in Group H but pushed eventual winners Barcelona all the way in two cracking encounters that finished 2-2 at the Camp Nou and a narrow 3-2 loss at the San Siro. The form of three strikers Robinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Pato will dictate whether or not Milan progress but expect two top quality encounters with their North London based opponents. Robin Van Persie holds the key to Arsenal's qualification for the quarter finals as the Dutch striker is currently in the form of his life and scoring for fun in the Premier League. It is the Gunners defence that will come under the most scrutiny against Milan and Arsene Wenger needs a fit Thomas Vermalaen to have any hop of progressing. It will be close but Arsenal should have enough firepower to squeeze through.
Verdict: Arsenal

FC Basel 1893 vs. Bayern Munich
It is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for FC Basel. The Swiss club ended Manchester United's interest in this season's tournament and their reward is a daunting two-legged meeting with Bayern Munich. New Coach Heiko Vogel has been hugely impressive in his short time in charge of Basel with Alexander and Fabian Frei combining for 8 goals to help secure the runners-up berth in Group C. Bayern Munich emerged from a difficult Group A with 13 points from a possible 18 thanks to the efforts of in-form Mario Gomez (6 goals) and the timely return to fitness of Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben. The Bundesliga outfit will be anxious to go progress as this year's Champions League final takes place on their home patch of the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Verdict: Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen vs. Barcelona
A 2-1 defeat of Chelsea on Matchday5 enabled Bayer Leverkusen to grab the runners up spot in Group E. A disappointing 1-1 draw with Genk on the final night of group fixtures prevented the Bundesliga side from topping the group and Robin Dutt's talented side will be kicking themselves as the second round draw has pitted Leverkusen against current Champions League holders Barcelona. Pep Guardiola's star-studded squad are still basking in the glow of an impressive El Classico 3-1 victory over bitter rivals Real Madrid and reached the final of the World Club Championship during the week. Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta will anchor the Catalan's midfield against Leverkusen and barring a shock, guide Barcelona safely into the quarter-finals.
Verdict: Barcelona

CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid
Jose Mourinho takes his Real Madrid side to Russia in the second round still licking their wounds from an El Classico defeat to Barcelona. CSKA Moscow stands between the Primera Liga club and a place in the last eight of the competition with the Russians having finished runners-up to Inter in Group B of the opening phase. Seydou Doumbia netted 5 times en-route to CKSA's dramatic qualification including a goal in the 2-1 victory at the San Siro that secured the Muscovites' second round berth. Cristiano Ronaldo has been heavily criticised by the Madrid press since the El Classico defeat and will need to be at his best to help Madrid overcome a talented CSKA outfit.
Verdict: Real Madrid

Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica
A matchday six 0-0 draw away to FC Porto was enough to cement Zenit St. Petersburg's qualification for the second round as Group G runners-up. Coach Luciano Spalletti has taken his side to the top of the Russian Premier League and into the last sixteen of the Champions League on the back of 16 (domestic) goals from ace striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov and 3 (Champions League) from Roman Shirokov. Portuguese side Benfica topped Group C ahead of FC Basel and Manchester United to take their place in the last sixteen. Coach Jorge Jesus will look to striker Oscar Cardozo and midfield maestro Pablo Aimar to inspire his side against Zenit but freezing conditions and the Russians' recent home form should be enough to help Spallaetti's side progress.
Verdict: Zenit St Petersburg

Olympique de Marseille v Inter Milan
A glamour tie between two former European Cup winners sees Marseille clash with Inter Milan for a place in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League. A change of manager has had the desired effect at the San Siro with Claudio Ranieri safely negotiating a tricky Group B that ended with Inter topping the table. European goals have been evenly spread amongst such attacking luminaries as Giampaolo Pazzini, Mauro Zarate and Ricardo Alvarez as the Serie A side looks to build on their recent upturn in domestic form and secure a place in the last eight. Marseille finished runners-up behind Arsenal in Group F to make the knockout stages but Didier Deschamps will need much more from strikers Lucho Gonzalez, Loic Remy and Andre Ayew to have any hope of defeating Inter.
Verdict: Inter Milan

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A prominent lawyer in the trial of a former Member of Parliament accused of fraud walked out of the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon. Tole?afoa Solomona Toa?iloa was reportedly unhappy about the way in which the Court was handling the trial.

While the lawyer could not be contacted for a comment yesterday, the man he was representing, Toluono Feti Toluono, confirmed the incident.

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Asian stock markets are mixed in holiday-thinned trading after weak US indicators dulled optimism about prospects for the world's biggest economy.

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Bangkok - Asian stock markets are mixed in holiday-thinned trading on Monday after weak US indicators dulled optimism about prospects for the world's biggest economy.

Several markets are closed including Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand. Oil traders are also on holiday. Wall Street will be closed Monday because Christmas fell on a Sunday this year.

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index was up 1 percent at 8,482.70 after being closed for a public holiday Friday while South Korea's Kospi was down 0.6 percent at 1,856.70.

China's Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.3 percent to 2,198.51. Markets in India, Thailand and the Philippines gained. Taiwan's benchmark fell.

Figures showing that US consumer spending and personal income rose by a modest 0.1 percent in November were below market expectations. The headline 3.8 percent increase in durable goods orders last month masked a decline in a crucial investment measure, benefiting from big orders for Boeing aircraft.

The data offset some of the optimism in markets about the US economy following a run of largely positive indicators. Since Thursday, investors have taken heart from figures showing that the number of initial jobless claims in the US unexpectedly fell 4,000 last week to 364,000, the lowest level since April 2008.

While the US economy has been the dominant driver in markets the past few days, Europe's debt crisis is likely to remain the key market focus next year.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 124.35 points, or 1 percent, to 12,294 on Friday in quiet pre-holiday trade. The Nasdaq composite index gained 19.19 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,618.64. The Standard & Poor's 500 index added 11.33 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,265.33.

In currencies, the euro was up 0.1 percent at $1.3060. The dollar was down 0.1 percent at 77.97 yen. - Sapa-AP

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? Anderson through to quarter-finals after a slick 4-1 win
? Simon Whitlock, James Wade and Andy Hamilton also through

Gary Anderson marked himself out as the man to beat with a slick 4-1 win over Colin Lloyd to reach the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship.

From 2-2 in the first set, Anderson won eight legs in a row, needing only 10 minutes combined to win the second and third sets.And though Lloyd finally found his range to pull a set back, it was a temporary hold-up as Anderson, who had struggled in the earlier rounds, cruised through with a three-dart average of 100.65.

He told Sky Sports : "I'm warming up now. I struggled the first two games but I think I've woken up. You always need a bit of luck, it doesn't matter how well you play. We'll get on to the next game, I'm looking forward to it."

The No4 seed next faces Simon Whitlock, who has been nursing a broken ankle through the tournament. "I'll give it a kick, see how sore it really is," joked Anderson.

Whitlock survived a thrilling comeback from Michael van Gerwen to progress with a 4-3 win. Whitlock led 3-0 before letting his Dutch opponent back in but he dug deep to win the decided.

Dave Chisnall could not repeat his heroics against Phil Taylor as he slipped to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Andy Hamilton. Hamilton goes on to play Belgium's Kim Huybrechts, who upset the No9 seed, Paul Nicholson, 4-1 in the afternoon session.

The No3 seed, James Wade, was at his best as he powered into the quarter-finals with a 4-0 win over Steve Farmer. Wade, third in the order of merit but looking for his first world title, gave a hint of what was to come as he took the first set 3-0.

Farmer claimed a single leg in the second, and had a dart for the set in both the third and fourth, but it was a dominant display from Wade.

"It wasn't as easy as the scoreline suggests," said Wade. "I feel fine and I'll just keep playing the way I have been. I've only lost one set in three matches so far, so I must be doing something right."

Wade next faces Canadian John Part, the 2008 champion, who defeated Kevin Painter 4-2.

"I'm looking forward to playing John on Friday," said Wade. "We had an epic quarter-final here back in 2008, which he won. I would like to get one back over him this time around."

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/dec/30/anderson-pdc-world-darts-championships

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Press accused of perpetuating violence against women through sexual objectification and damaging representation

Lord Justice Leveson should widen his investigation into the practices and ethics of the British press, and tackle the sexual objectification and damaging representation of women in the media, says a coalition of women's groups.

The Leveson inquiry will "not be doing its job properly" if it does not examine the portrayal of women in the media, according to End Violence Against Women (EVAW), Equality Now, Object, and the rape charity Eaves. They argue in detailed submissions to the judge that reporting in tabloid and in some cases broadsheet newspapers perpetuates violence and even prevents some women reporting rape to the police.

"Leveson is not just charged with looking at phone hacking but for the entire relationship between the press and the public," said Jacqui Hunt, director of Equality Now.

"Women make up 50% of that public but too often in the tabloid press are portrayed as sexualised objects or victims who are somehow to blame for the violence committed against them. When older women are pushed out of the media, when they are not used as expert commentators, when women are not seen as equal partners ? this has a negative effect all the way through society."

In their submissions to the Leveson inquiry, handed in jointly, the four groups argue some reports of rape subtly blame victims and perpetuate myths about what constitutes "real rape", making victims reluctant to report rape and affecting what judges, juries, and the general public consider as rape.

They go on to say that abuse and violence against women is too often trivialised; and that the sexualisation of women in the media degrades women and legitimises attitudes associated with discrimination and violence against women and girls.

The groups argue that reporting of rape often focuses on the victims ? their clothes, whether they were drinking alcohol, and their relationship with the perpetrator ? rather than the person who has committed a crime, perpetuating myths of a "perfect rape victim".

"Perpetuating these myths is actively dangerous," said Heather Harvey from Eaves. "It prevents women from coming forward to report rape and affects the whole of the legal system ? from juries, judges and the CPS ? colouring what they think of as 'real rape'. That the media is allowing this to happen is allowing impunity among perpetrators."

One report of six footballers being jailed after gang raping 12-year-old girls in a "midnight park orgy" in the Daily Mail was criticised for the use of the word "orgy" and for referring to the victims as "lolitas".

"Young women are particularly at risk of sexual violence and stereotypes that they are 'provocative' or look older than they are frequently used by perpetrators in justifying their offences," the submissions say.

A spokesman for Associated Newspapers said the article appeared on Mail Online and not in the Daily Mail and was based on a court report from a reputable news agency which contained the words "orgy" and "lolitas". "Mail Online has received no complaints since the story was published nine months ago. All six of the defendants were later freed after appeal court judge Lord Justice Moses ruled that the girls 'wanted to have sex'. The Daily Mail subsequently ran an extremely sympathetic two-page interview with one of the victims which questioned whether Lord Justice Moses had been right to free the perpetrators."

The use of the expression "hooker" or "vice girl" in outlets including the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Sun and the BBC website "frequently imply that all or most of the women working in prostitution choose it and are happy doing it". Rarely was context given about the neglect, abuse and coercion of women that could lead them into prostitution, the women's groups say.

They argue some articles, such as a report in the Telegraph newspaper which reported that a man had murdered his wife after she changed her Facebook status to single, contain "powerful messages about the victim having provoked her killer" by focusing on her "secretive behaviour" while using the internet.

They are calling for mandatory training for journalists on the law over reporting violence against women, the scale of violence against women and "clear sanctions for journalists who break the law".

They also call for greater responsibility from editors and a public debate on "the daily publishing of pornography" in the Sun and the Star and a strong, independent press complaints regulatory system to replace the Press Complaints Commission.

"At the moment the PCC offers us no justice," said Sarah Green of EVAW. "Women's organisations have no confidence in it and have stopped using it. We need a revamped PCC which has teeth which women and women's organisations can use. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. If it is not taken it will be a huge waste."

The inquiry has already heard women complain about sexist treatment in the tabloid press. The singer Charlotte Church told the hearing paparazzi had taken pictures up her skirt, and she said she had been "totally appalled" by a clock on the Sun's website which counted down to her 16th birthday, when she would reach the age of sexual consent. "It was just horrible, I was a 16 year-old-girl and was uncomfortable with it," she told the inquiry.

A spokesman for News International said it had not uncovered any evidence of a countdown to Charlotte Church's 16th birthday.

Naked, highly-sexualised and gratuitous images of women in parts of the tabloid press, which appear in the same pages as adverts for "violent" pornography, sex webcams and prostitution services, "normalise and eroticise" reporting of violence against women, said the campaign group Object. "It is essential that any inquiry must include an examination into the way the press routinely objectify, sexualise and trivialise women," said Anna van Heeswijk, campaigns manager. "Leveson will not be doing his job properly unless he addresses this constant portrayal and treatment of women as sex objects."

Failing to look at images of women in the media would "contradict and undermine" the government's commitment to tackle the sexualisation of children through the independent review of the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood led by Mothers' Union chief executive Reg Bailey, she added.

The group was not calling for censorship, but "a common sense approach to media regulation which adheres to principles of equality and is consistent across the board", she said.

Former MP Clare Short ? whose criticism of Page 3 resulted in the Sun branding her a "fat" and "jealous" "killjoy" ? supports the call for Leveson to look at the representation of women in the media. "Since I started campaigning on this issue the situation has got worse, not better. There are more pornographic images of both men and women in the mainstream media," she said.

"Leveson needs to pull away from this panto of celebrity and take it back to a serious debate about what type of media we want for our society."

Alexandra Topping

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/29/leveson-inquiry-should-address-media-sexism

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