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MANCHESTER, England -- Bad weather played havoc with the Premier League on Wednesday as two matches were called off because of stormy conditions in northwest England. Manchester Citys home match against Sunderland was the first to be postponed before Everton announced that its game against Crystal Palace at Goodison Park had been called off due to "building damage which has led to safety concerns." The Met Office issued red warnings -- the highest possible -- for parts of Wales and the northwest, with gusts of 100 miles (160 kilometres) per hour expected on Wednesday evening. An amber warning, meaning possible severe gales, was also in place for the Manchester area. City tweeted that the game was "postponed due to exceptional and escalating weather" and because the safety of fans "cannot be guaranteed." City could have gone top of the standings with a victory -- provided that Arsenal failed to beat Manchester United in their match in north London. 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There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me. Lyle Alzado Jersey . The Heat centre scored 10 of his 30 points early in the first quarter to silence the Toronto fans as Miami defeated the Raptors 113-101 on Friday night. Otis Sistrunk Jersey .com) - Bradley Beal deposited a season-high 33 points and John Wall posted another double-double as the Washington Wizards went on the road and beat the Houston Rockets, 104-103.Entries have been revealed for the £120,000 Grade Three Crabbies Topham Chase and the £40,000 Crabbies Fox Hunters Chase. Both contests take place over two miles and five furlongs and are the two other races, other than the National, run over the famous Grand National fences during Aprils Crabbies Grand National Festival - In-form Irish challenger Empire Of Dirt features among 64 entries for the Crabbies Topham Chase (Ladies Day, Friday, April 8).The nine-year-old captured a valuable handicap chase at Leopardstown in January and defied the rise in the weights to win the Grade Three Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate by four lengths at Cheltenham last week.Trainer Colm Murphy, who is based in Co Wexford, said: Empire Of Dirt is fine and seems to have come out of Cheltenham well.We will see how he is over the next 10 days or so but I would imagine he will go to Aintree.He is obviously in the Topham and he will probably be get an entry in the 3m 1f handicap on Grand National Day (Saturday, April 9 - the Listed Betfred Handicap Chase) and maybe even the Red Rum Handicap (Thursday, April 7) over two miles.I am not sure what we will do but he seems versatile enough.His jumping has been good the last couple of runs. He made a few novicey mistakes before but he seems to have ironed that out and was very good in Cheltenham. I would not be too concerned about his jumping now. Sky Racing Tickets Fast, secure racing tickets: Exclusive racing offers near you Other notable entries include Village Vic (Philip Hobbs), a dual winner of fences at Cheltenham this season, recent Ayr scorer Rathlin (Micky Hammond), who was third last year when trained by Mouse Morris, and Killer Crow who is an eye-catching entry for IIrish trainer Gordon Elliott after narrowly missing the cut for the novices handicap chase at Cheltenham.dddddddddddd.Gloucestershire-based Nigel Twiston-Davies is one of the most successful trainers over the Grand National fences and has five horses engaged, led by exciting novice Bristol De Mai and consistent Astracad.Nicky Henderson, who has won the last three renewals of the Topham Chase, could have two contenders this time around in four-time Grade One victor Captain Conan and lightly-raced Cocktails At Dawn.There are 16 Irish-trained entries, including seven from stable of champion Jump trainer Willie Mullins.They include the Susannah Ricci-owned pair of Ballycasey (also in the Crabbies Grand National) and Blood Cotil, plus 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Sir Des Champs and Turban (both in the Crabbies Grand National).The weights for the Crabbies Topham Chase are announced on Wednesday, March 30.There are 39 entries for the Crabbies Fox Hunters Chase on Grand Opening Day, Thursday, April 7.On The Fringe (Enda Bolger) followed up his Cheltenham success with a facile victory in the Crabbies Foxhunter Chase 12 months ago and is on course to repeat the double after a narrow victory over Marito (Colin McBratney) in the St Jamess Place Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham last week.Other eye-catching entries include 2014 scorer Warne (Robert Waley-Cohen, last years runner-up Pacha Du Polder (Paul Nicholls), who gave Victoria Pendleton a dream run when fifth in last weeks St Jamess Place Foxhunter Chase, and Salsify (Rodger Sweeney, who won the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham in 2012 and 2013.Grade One-winning hurdler Marasonnien (Willie Mullins) is also engaged. 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