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fiorentina end their uefa cup year in winning fashion... as we wrap up 2007 with our final sports news review. soccer fiorentina *no access italy. fiorentina needed just a point from their final group c match at home to czech side mlada boleslav on thursday to guarantee a spot in the uefa cup last 32. the italians had a slice of luck two minutes before half-time. boleslav defender vaclav prochazka was adjudged to have fouled giampaolo pazzini. former chelsea striker adrian mutu put away the penalty kick. however, the visitors didn't give up on the three points they required to reach the knockout phase and forced a fine equaliser with half-an-hour remaining. jan rajnoch let fly from distance and the swerve deceived cristiano lupatelli. only seven minutes later, though, fiorentina scored the winner. veteran striker cristian vieri beat the offside trap shortly after coming off the bench, before prodding home fabio liverani's defence-splitting pass. fiorentina finished second behind villarreal of spain, who also won 2-1 against third-placed aek in athens, while mlada go out of the competition. news review 3 as 2007 entered its final four months a familiar name was making yet more headlines. at september's us open tennis world number one roger federer won his fourth consecutive title at flushing meadows, the 26-year-old swiss claimed three slams in another hugely successful year for him, taking his grand slam tally to 12. in england's premier league, chelsea lost their 'special one'. jose mourinho, easily the most successful coach in the club's history, parted company with chelsea, to be replaced by former israeli national team boss avram grant. american cyclist floyd landis was officially stripped of his 2006 tour de france title after he was deemed to have used performance enhancing drugs. germany made history at the women's world cup in china, beating brazil 2-0 in the final and becoming the first team in the history of the men's and women's game to go through the whole tournament without conceding a goal. in october, three-time olympic gold medallist marion jones stunned the athletics world by admitting that she had used steroids during her career and immediately retired from the sport. nba teams the minnesota timberwolves and boston celtics were part of a basketball, nhl and nfl sporting invasion of england. in france, daniel carter and the new zealand all blacks once again failed to live up to their status as the best rugby union team in the world as jake white coached south africa to their second world cup title. a complicated formula one season ended in early november - already constructors champions after mclaren's spygate problems, ferrari saw kimi raikkonen edge out rookie star lewis hamilton and defending champion fernando alonso at the final grand prix of the season in brazil to become f1 world champion. barely two weeks later, alonso left mclaren after a troubled, one-year spell with the team. and another tenure came to an abrupt end as england head coach steve mcclaren was sacked following his team's failure to qualify for euro 2008. as the year drew to a close, italian fabio capello was introduced as mcclaren's successor, while ac milan's brazilian star kaka was named the european and world footballer of the year.