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Your Monday evening catch-up

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on IrishExaminer.com today.

soccer

Baggies tracking Anelka

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Martinez will make quick decision on Wigan future

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Thumper from Tevez fires City past Latics

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Tevez strikes late winner

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Suarez hits three more in comfortable Pool win

Wigan stun Reading at the Madejski

Reading 0 Wigan 3

Sat, 23 Feb, 2013

Lampard on target again as Blues breeze past Latics

Chelsea 4 Wigan 1

Sat, 09 Feb, 2013

Wigan get away with it - thanks to late Maloney equaliser

Wigan 2 Southampton 2

Sat, 02 Feb, 2013

Wigan on the up with Di Santo’s volley

Stoke 2 Wigan 2

Wed, 30 Jan, 2013

Solid defending secures three points for Sunderland

Wigan 2 Sunderland 3

Sat, 19 Jan, 2013

Di Santo strike gives Wigan point at Fulham

Fulham 1 Wigan 1

Sat, 12 Jan, 2013

United romp home at the DW

Wigan 0 Manchester United 4

Tue, 01 Jan, 2013

Gunners record three on the bounce for first time since March

Wigan 0 Arsenal 1

Sat, 22 Dec, 2012

Early red card helps Magpies to easy win

Newcastle 3 Wigan 0

Mon, 03 Dec, 2012

Balo back on target as City keep up the pressure

Wigan 0 Man City 2

Thu, 29 Nov, 2012

Balotelli sends City on their way

Mario Balotelli and James Milner struck in the second half as champions Manchester City edged out spirited Wigan on a freezing night at the DW Stadium.

Wed, 28 Nov, 2012

Key Wigan players facing fitness tests

Injury-hit Wigan will give fitness tests to forward Shaun Maloney (groin) and defender Gary Caldwell (hamstring) ahead of their Premier League clash with Manchester City.

Tue, 27 Nov, 2012

Gomez hat-trick to much for Reading

Wigan 3 Reading 2

Sat, 24 Nov, 2012

Injury doubts for Wigan

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez could be without seven first-team players for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Reading.

Fri, 23 Nov, 2012

Baggies impressive season continues at the DW Stadium

Wigan 1 West Brom 2

Sat, 10 Nov, 2012

Villas-Boas promises improvement

Andre Villas-Boas has promised Tottenham’s disgruntled fans their team will not produce a repeat of yesterday’s horror show against Wigan when they travel to Manchester City next weekend.

Sun, 04 Nov, 2012

First home win of season for Wigan

Wigan 2 West Ham 1

Sat, 27 Oct, 2012

Swansea return to winning ways

Swansea 2 Wigan 1

Sat, 20 Oct, 2012

Everton get late penalty to grab point

Wigan 2 Everton 2

Sat, 06 Oct, 2012

Fletcher turns McClean pass into winning goal

Sunderland 1 Wigan 0

Sat, 29 Sep, 2012

Martinez weighing up appeal over FA charge

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez looks set to appeal a Football Association charge for comments he made after the Barclays Premier League game against Manchester United on September 15.

Thu, 27 Sep, 2012

Crouch grabs late point for Stoke

Wigan 2 Stoke 2

Sat, 01 Sep, 2012

Martinez: Moses is irreplaceable

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has conceded former Latics striker Victor Moses is irreplaceable but is still keeping his eye on any last-minute deals despite being happy with his transfer business.

Thu, 30 Aug, 2012

Wigan grab first points at St Mary's

Southampton 0 Wigan 2

Sat, 25 Aug, 2012

Classy Hazard an instant hit for Chelsea

Eden Hazard showed why Chelsea persisted with his constant flirting with clubs across the continent as the Belgian started life in England in superb fashion.

Mon, 20 Aug, 2012

Fan scuffles mar Latics win

Wigan’s Franco Di Santo enjoys his moment.

Mon, 14 May, 2012

Wolves shown door as Wigan march to 3-2 win

Wigan 3 Wolves 2

Sun, 13 May, 2012

Late drama ends 44-year title wait for City

Sergio Aguero ended Manchester City’s 44-year search for a title in extraordinary fashion as two goals in injury-time gave Roberto Mancini’s men a scarcely-believable 3-2 win over 10-man QPR.

Sun, 13 May, 2012

Rovers relegated as Wigan secure survival

Blackburn 0 Wigan 1

Mon, 07 May, 2012

Full squad for in-form Wigan

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has a full squad to choose from ahead of his side’s clash with Blackburn on Monday night.

Fri, 04 May, 2012

Martinez puts Pep into step of Latics

If Pep Guardiola believed it was so hard presiding over the fates of Lionel Messi and company at the Nou Camp in recent weeks, he should have tried exchanging places with fellow Barcelona fan Roberto Martinez.

Mon, 30 Apr, 2012

Magpies stunned as four-goal Wigan boost survival chances

Wigan 4 Newcastle 0

Sat, 28 Apr, 2012

Di Santo a doubt for Wigan

Wigan striker Franco di Santo (calf) is doubtful for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash against Newcastle at the DW Stadium.

Fri, 27 Apr, 2012

Fulham grab late winner to defeat Wigan

Fulham 2 Wigan 1

Sat, 21 Apr, 2012

Martinez faith in beautiful game pays off for Latics

Roberto Martinez was always confident Wigan could play their way to safety in the Barclays Premier League.

Wed, 18 Apr, 2012

Martinez savours win over Gunners

Roberto Martinez challenged Wigan not to make their famous victories over Manchester United and Arsenal count for nothing by failing to stay in the Barclays Premier League.

Tue, 17 Apr, 2012

Early goals do trick for Latics

Here we go again.

Tue, 17 Apr, 2012

Gunners misfire against brave Wigan

Arsenal 1 Wigan 2

Mon, 16 Apr, 2012

Maloney blows open title race

Manchester United remain in control of the title race but they now know that one more slip will open the door for City after coughing up points against Wigan for the first time last night.

Thu, 12 Apr, 2012

Man Utd defeated as Wigan leap out of relegation zone

Wigan 1 Man Utd 0

Wed, 11 Apr, 2012

Latics left to rue controversial call from linesman

Chelsea 2 Wigan 1

Sat, 07 Apr, 2012

Wigan overcome Stoke to keep survival hopes alive

Wigan 2 Stoke 0

Sat, 31 Mar, 2012

Baggies steal point at Wigan

Wigan 1 West Brom 1

Sat, 17 Mar, 2012