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Sport 12.45 Sept 9th

In tennis...

Roger Federer has beaten Andy Murray six-two, seven-five, six-two in the US Open final. The Scottish tennis ace, who beat world number one Rafael Nadal in Sunday night’s windswept semi-final, lost to Roger Federer who claimed his fifth straight title.

In soccer news…

West Ham are today expected to start talks with Gianfranco Zola with a view to appointing the Italian as the club’s new manager. Zola remains the clear favourite to succeed Alan Curbishle.

In Irish soccer news…

Mark Rossiter scored a stunning opening goal to edge Bohemians closer to a tenth League of Ireland title against St Patrick's Athletic. Strikers Glen Crowe and Jason Byrne added two more to give Bohemians their eighth win in a row to extend their unbeaten league run to a staggering 23 games. Bohemians are now 16 points clear at the top of the table with 8 games to play.