Benitez: We're in the driving seat
Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez hailed a "massive" victory after his side tightened their grip on a Champions League place with a narrow win at Manchester United.
Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez hailed a "massive" victory after his side tightened their grip on a Champions League place with a narrow win at Manchester United.
Lionel Messi came off the bench to score twice and help Barcelona to a 4-2 win at home to Real Betis that moved them to within striking distance of the La Liga title.
Andre Villas-Boas has been assured that he will have money to spend this summer - even if Tottenham do not qualify for the Champions League.
Brilliant Bayern Munich completed a stunning Champions League semi-final mauling of Barcelona to set up a mouthwatering Wembley final against Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund.
CRISTIANO Ronaldo has played down talk of quitting Real Madrid after the Spanish side fell short in the Champions League last night for the third time in a row.
Andre Villas-Boas has been assured Gareth Bale will stay at Tottenham Hotspur to play Champions League football next season, raising the stakes in the club's fight for a top-four finish.
JOSE MOURINHO, the Real Madrid coach, said it was “very disappointing” to lose 4-1 to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, and admitted it will be “very difficult” for his side to reach the final.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND coach Jurgen Klopp is hopeful Champions League hero Robert Lewandowski will remain at the Westfalenstadion next season.
BAYERN Munich captain Philipp Lahm has told his players they must replicate last night's hugely impressive Champions League performance against Barcelona at the Nou Camp next week.
THOSE dreaming of El Clasico at Wembley, of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi duelling for the greatest club honour of all, had their hopes increased yesterday when Real Madrid and Barcelona were kept apart in the draw for the Champions League semi-finals.
BAYERN MUNICH have confirmed Mario Gotze will join them in July.
Newly-crowned German champions Bayern Munich will face fellow four-time European champions Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
At the final whistle of this absorbing game, Lionel Messi strolled around, shaking hands, receiving an embrace from Paris St-Germain's Ezequiel Lavezzi, almost oblivious to the emotions sweeping the terraces at his impact.
Bayern Munich eased through to the last four of the Champions League by winning in Turin to complete a convincing aggregate victory.
UEFA's disciplinary inspectors are studying remarks made by Malaga president Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani claiming his side were controver-sially knocked out of the Champions League due to "corrupt UEFA and based on racism."
Real Madrid progressed to the last four of the Champions League despite defeat on the night to a Galatasaray side whose second-half comeback had Jose Mourinho's side in a panic.
Borussia Dortmund came back from the dead to book their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League with an unbelievable victory at Westfalenstadion.
Gonzalo Higuain has dropped a heavy hint that his future lies away from Real Madrid as the club prepared to seal a Champions League semi-final place.
Borussia Dortmund will look to put the disappointment of losing their Bundesliga title behind them by reaching the last four of the Champions League tonight.
REAL Madrid took a huge step towards reaching the last four of the Champions League by strolling to a comfortable victory over Galatasaray at the Bernabeu.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND wasted a host of chances to take a healthy advantage into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Malaga tonight.
BARCELONA scored two away goals but were twice pegged back in a dramatic Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Parc des Princes.
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN will face the litmus test of the club's progress when they host Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tonight.
Paul Pogba's progress at Juventus since his controversial arrival from Manchester United last summer is set to be rewarded with a place in Antonio Conte's starting line-up for tonight's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Bayern Munich.
ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger fears England has fallen behind the rest of Europe after his side bowed out of the Champions League despite a valiant 2-0 win over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.
DEBUTANTS Malaga kept their Champions League dream alive when Isco and substitute Roque Santa Cruz struck in a 2-0 win at home to 10-man Porto that sent the La Liga side through to the last eight 2-1 on aggregate.
As Barcelona bathed in the glow of what was being hailed here as one of the most exhilarating nights in the club's garlanded recent past, Lionel Messi spelt out how the Champions League comeback triumph against AC Milan has enabled them to rediscover their mojo at the worst possible time for the rest of Europe's elite.
MALAGA'S European run continued into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after Manuel Pellegrini's men overcame a one goal first leg deficit to beat 10-man Porto at La Rosaleda.
Arsenal's slim hopes of overturning a 3-1 deficit in their Champions League last-16 tie against Bayern Munich have suffered a significant setback, with midfielder Jack Wilshere ruled out of the game with an ankle injury.
THE day after Barcelona lost 3-1 at home to Real Madrid in the Spanish Cup semi-final two weeks ago, Lionel Messi stayed in bed.
In the build-up to their recent clash with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, Barcelona's players sat down for a pre-match pep talk with a difference: rather than the manager showing them a video, a video showed them their manager.
James Anderson reached 300 Test wickets for England against New Zealand and Sir Ian Botham backs him to beat his record haul of 383 wickets. Sir Ian Botham was speaking at the re-launch of Unibet in the UK where its 'Unibet Summer of Sport' ad campaign featuring Sir Ian Botham and Gavin Hastings.
With Andy Murray struggling with injury, former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic says the world number two shouldn't compete in the French Open if he is not fully fit - and tips a revitalised Rafael Nadal to win the title again.Goran Ivanisevic was speaking at the re-launch of Unibet in the UK where its Unibet Summer of Sport ad campaign featuring Sir Ian Botham and Gavin Hastings.
Former British and Irish Lions captain Gavin Hastings expects to see Jonny Wilkinson in the fabled red jersey on this summer's tour to Australia. World Cup-winning former England fly-half Wilkinson has been in imperious form with European champions Toulon this season, but declined an initial approach from Lions head coach Warren Gatland citing club commitments and his weary body.
Fraser Duncan, riding for Dublin West Eurocycles, says he is delighted to lead the amateur field after the second day of the An Post Rás 2013.
Nineteen year-old Jasper De Buyst, riding for the Belgium National Team, leads the under 23's competition following Day two of The Rás.
The Stage was won by New Zealander Seán Archbold riding for Belgium An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly.
Carl Froch finally has the chance for a rematch with Mikkel Kessler after a three-year wait and is looking to win the fight this time.
The squad and the backroom staff boarded an open-top bus at their Christopher Park training ground before making their way into the Market Place, where thousands of supporters were waiting to welcome them.
Carl Froch finally has the chance for a rematch with Mikkel Kessler after a three-year wait and is looking to win the fight this time.
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has ruled out making another offer to Jonny Wilkinson to join the forthcoming tour to Australia.