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MANCHESTER, England - Liverpools group-stage exit from the Champion League marked a new low in a disappointing season so far for one of the giants of English football. Things could be about to get even worse. Manchester United can deal its fierce rival another blow when the countrys two most decorated clubs meet at Old Trafford on Sunday for what is widely regarded as the marquee fixture on the English calendar. You can watch the game live on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4 and TSN5 at 8:30am et/5:30am pt. In last seasons Premier League, Uniteds decline was as stunning as Liverpools rise to second place under Brendan Rodgers. Now the opposite is true. Far from in top form, United is seeking a sixth straight win to continue what could yet be an unexpected challenge for the league title with Chelsea and Manchester City. Liverpool is languishing in ninth place, dropped out of the Champions League on Tuesday and is looking a shadow of the side that wowed the Premier League with its attacking verve in 2013-14. Chelsea leads by three points ahead of a home match against Hull on Saturday, while second-place City travels to last-place Leicester. Here are some things to know about the upcoming 16th round of league matches: ___ LOW LIVERPOOL Barely six months after being hailed for reviving a fallen power, Rodgers is under increasing pressure at Liverpool. Across the board, we have been looked at and analyzed, Rodgers said after Tuesdays 1-1 draw against Basel that eliminated Liverpool from the Champions League. For us, the solution is simple: We have to be better in our performance level ... but we have to realize where we have come from. Last seasons second-place finish perhaps placed unrealistic expectations on the Reds but they have still been a major disappointment. With Daniel Sturridge out and his replacement Mario Balotelli also injured, it is hard to imagine Liverpool repeating its 3-0 win over United at Old Trafford in March. We need to get our main striker Daniel Sturridge back and get some more goals in the side, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard said. ___ UNITED ON THE MARCH Could Man United muscle in to the Premier League title race? It would have seemed highly unlikely just a month ago, but the 20-time champions should not be counted out. Eight points behind Chelsea and five adrift of City, United is getting results despite falling below the standards demanded by manager Louis van Gaal. Just imagine what could happen if the team starts to hit form. With no European football to clog up its schedule and out of the League Cup early, Uniteds campaign has echoes of Liverpools last season when Rodgers benefited from having a whole week to prepare for league games. 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The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists detailed in a report how Russian and international journalists have been harassed and prevented from covering sensitive stories in Sochi such as the abuse of migrant workers and environmental issues.WINNIPEG - John Hufnagel is about to take a well-deserved vacation.The Calgary Stampeders head coach/GM followed up his teams 2014 Grey Cup championship by being named the CFLs coach of the year Wednesday.I have to go to work (Thursday) but the day after Im heading on a plane to go across the ocean for a week so Ill be sipping a mai tai, he said of his Hawaiian holiday.Hufnagel, 63, earned his second Annis Stukus Trophy after leading Calgary to a CFL-best 15-3 regular-season record. The franchise then claimed its seventh championship with a 20-16 Grey Cup victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at B.C. Place Stadium.Tom Higgins of the Montreal Alouettes and Chris Jones of the Edmonton Eskimos were the finalists. Hufnagel received 43 first-place votes on the 65 ballots cast by members of the Football Reporters of Canada.Hufnagels first coach-of-the-year award came in 08 when he led Calgary to a Grey Cup title in his first season back with the club. The Stampeders lost the 100th Grey Cup game to the Toronto Argonauts in 2012.Hufnagel has one more season to try and claim a third Annis Stukus Trophy. Hell return to the sidelines in 2015 then hand the coaching reins over to offensive co-ordinator Dave Dickenson and focus on his GM duties. On Wednesday, Hufnagel said there was no temptation for him to go out on top after winning the championship.This whole thing was an agreement put in place last year to keep Dave in the building, Hufnagel said. In fact, Dave told me right after the Grey Cup game, he said, Now dont do anything stupid.We have a plan and we will follow through with that plan. I enjoy coaching and so I have one more year to enjoy it.Calgary defensive back/linebacker Keon Raymond was proud to see his head coach honoured. Raymond, a CFL Players Association rep, on hand as part of the leagues annual meetings.Im extremely happy for coach Huf, Raymond said. For him over the last couple of years to be coming so close and for him to win, and not just to win, but to have the season that weve had…Words cant express how important he is to our team, our organization. A lot of people on the outside see him as the Grinch, per se, but honestly hes a coach that I wouldnt mind watching my kids. I mean, he probably wont hear them a lot of times breaking stuff (Hufnagel has a hearing impairment), but hes such a players coach because he played, he understands the situations we go through as players.For example, Raymond said Hufnagel suppported a company that approached the Stampeders to try to help players prepare for careers after football.dddddddddddd Hufnagel wants similar programs across the league.He sees you as a human first, then a player, Raymond said. He understands the man, then the player.So when you can get a coach who understands the aspects of what you bring to the table and who you are, you want to lay it out on the line for him.Hufnagel said he tries to be up front with his players.I always say to the players, I try to be completely honest because Im not smart enough to remember the lie I told them yesterday, he said.Hufnagel joins Wally Buono (1992-93) as the only Calgary coaches to receive the award on multiple occasions. Besides Buono and Hufnagel, the other Stampeders coaches to capture the honour include Jerry Williams (1967), Jack Gotta (1978) and Higgins (05).Higgins, the former CFL director of officiating and a two-time coach of the year winner, led Montreal to a 9-9 record and second spot in the East Division in his first season with the club. Thats an impressive feat considering the Alouettes opened the season 1-7.Now its become a joke, Higgins said of Montreals early struggles. When we were 1-7, its difficult to lose that many games because it seems like its over a three-month period of time you havent had any success.(My wife) Sharon and I, I continued to tell her, We didnt sign up for this. This isnt what I went to Montreal for. But lifes a journey, so is each and every season. Youre going to have ups, youre going to have downs.We just happened to have a whole bunch of downs and all of sudden it turned because all of a sudden there were some athletes that were injured that came back and we were able to make a change in some certain positions, so it was such a rewarding year.Edmonton posted a 12-6 record — second-best in the CFL — under Jones, its first-year head coach, after registering a 4-14 mark in 2013. But the Eskimos couldnt solve the Stampeders, losing all three regular-season games and the West Division final to their provincial rivals.Jones credited his coaches and players for turning the team around.Unfortunately, winning and losing are both contagious, Jones said. Sometimes you get on a string where youre not playing well or youre losing a game or two and people lose confidence. I think thats just human nature.So to have them come back and this year play as hard as they played, its a tribute to them. ' ' '