Elsewhere on day 15 of the Games, China's world number one Zhang Yining won back-to-back table tennis golds, after defeating team-mate Wang Nan to hand the hosts a clean sweep of the medals in the women's singles.
Celta Vigo moved out of the bottom three with a 1-0 win over Espanyol, but Zaragoza ended the season at the foot of the table after losing 3-1 at home to third-placed Atletico.
The club are ninth in the 16-team table after 19 matches this season.
Liverpool are 12 points behind top-of-the-table Chelsea after 15 games and Torres believes that hopes of winning a trophy lie in other competitions.
But the Saudi Arabian was brought back to the table after Al-Fahim failed to seal the investment needed to prevent the club going bust.
While his comments may have been a bit off base, his outlook that managers like him had been given very little shot at big clubs after overwhelming success with mid-table darlings was spot on.
In Saturday's other matches, Celta Vigo beat Levante 1-0 while Zaragoza moved off the bottom of the table after beating fellow strugglers Mallorca 3-2.
Greuther Furth remain rooted to the foot of the table after losing 1-0 to Dusseldorf.
The club remain rooted to the bottom of the table after a 1-0 defeat by Fulham on Wednesday.
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Napoli continued to slip down the table after a 2-1 defeat at Bologna, with Marcelo Zalayeta and Brazilian Adailton scoring early goals to claim the three points.
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Gravesend and Farnborough - level on points in the middle of the Conference table - could not be separated after a tough contest ended in a goalless draw.
Fellow strugglers Wigan are now second-from-bottom after a 3-2 defeat at home to Sunderland, while Queen's Park Rangers remain rooted to the foot of the table after a 1-1 draw at West Ham United.
Hodgson is favourite to secure the honour after leading Fulham comfortably to mid-table and taking them through 18 Europa League matches, overcoming the likes of Shakhtar, Juventus, Wolsfburg and Hamburg, to reach the final in Germany next month.
Tottenham Hotspur leapfrogged west London rivals Chelsea to move up to third in the table after a 2-1 win away to Swansea City -- first half goals from Jan Vertonghen and Gareth Bale improving Spurs' chances of Champions League football next season.
Meanwhile, Group H favorites Arsenal top the table with six points from two matches after a comfortable 2-0 home win over Olympaikos, who remain second in the table.
It is women, after all, who are hastening the table-pounding male bullies toward obsolescence.
Retail sales increased by 5.3% in the year to the third quarter, the second-fastest growth in our table after America's 8.3% increase.
Elsewhere, Bayer Leverkusen are up to seventh in the table after beating Greuther Fuerth 2-0, while Stuttgart enjoyed their first win of the season, beating Nuremberg by the same scoreline.
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By nearly every measure, the company--France's second-largest, after France Telecom, by market capitalization--lags behind its peers, (see table).
In Ligue Un Marseille maintains a three point advantage on PSG at the top of the table after the two sides draw 2-2 at the Velodrome.
Aston Villa remain in 16th place after 1-1 draw against Fulham, while mid-table West Ham United and Southampton also played out a 1-1 draw.
Just 48 hours after being thumped by Sheffield, Tigers ran the table-toppers close, leading 7-4 before Phoenix rattled in the goals in the final period.
Third-placed Sevilla again failed to keep pace with the leaders after being held 1-1 at home by mid-table Valladolid, who had a player sent off.
The game could have turned into a rout had Fulham kept pushing but a series of substitutions slowed the pace and the home side were happy to play out a convincing victory which leaves them in mid-table and leaves West Brom in freefall after five straight defeats.
Gore's favorite was her description of an elegant family dinner table in Mississippi with much lace and candles and crystal and the elderly matriarch -- bedecked in rich brocade and a jeweled tiara -- making her way unsteadily to the table after a touch or two of bourbon and Seconal upstairs.
Spurs pressed after the break - but stay rooted to the bottom of the table.
But they were relegated after one season and then lost the 2008 Championship play-off semi-final to eventual winners Hull last season after leading the table at one stage.
As a sport that was originally played as an after dinner game on the dining tables of 19th-century English homes, table tennis seems to have come full circle as a social activity.
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