LONDON - WAYNE Rooney and Paul Scholes were sent off as Manchester United crashed to a 2-0 loss at Fulham on Saturday, tightening the Premier League title race by losing consecutive matches for the first time in four years.

The leaders, beaten 4-1 at home to Liverpool last week, lost Scholes in the 18th minute when he used his hands to block Bobby Zamora's shot on the goal line.

LONDON - TWO headed goals from England striker Peter Crouch earned Portsmouth a vital 2-1 home victory over high-flying Everton on Saturday.

The south coast club, who began the day just one place above the relegation zone, fell behind inside the opening 10 minutes when a curling Leighton Baines free kick went in off a post.

NEW DELHI - THAILAND'S Chapchai Nirat set a 72-hole scoring record on Saturday when he won the Asian Tour's SAIL Open on 32-under-par 256.