Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning goal from an overhead kick to lift his team Al-Nassr to a thumping 4-1 win over Al-Khaleej.
Quoting a source close to the club, the Al-Nassr team will leave for Goa on Monday afternoon without injured Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic, in addition to a number of foreign players.
Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo may be missing from action, but that will hardly make things easier for FC Goa, who face an uphill task against Saudi Arabian giants Al Nassr in their third Group A fixture of the AFC Champions League Two, in Margao, on Wednesday.
Villarreal fought back to shock Barcelona 3-2 on Sunday, handing the LaLiga champions their first league defeat since late December.
A summary of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League Knock-out Phase play-offs.
A summary of Saturday's action in the FA Cup third round.
A round-up of Saturday's action in LaLiga, Ligue 1 and Serie A
A summary of Saturday's action in the Serie A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga
Images from the Euro 2024 quarter-final between Portugal and France, at Hamburg Volksparkstadion, Germany, on Friday.
A summary of Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Newcastle United's clash with AFC Wimbledon was postponed after flooding damaged the Wimbledon pitch on Monday.
A late penalty from Bryan Zaragoza secured Spain a 3-2 win over Switzerland in their final Nations League Group A4 game on Monday.
The win leaves United in 15th place in the Europa League standings on six points from four games.
Manchester United languish 14th in the standings on 19 points, their worst placing to end a calendar year since they were 15th in 1989.
Nine players from the Premier League have been called up including Ruben Dias, Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva and Diogo Jota. Goncalo Inacio is the only Sporting player in the squad.
Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee bagged two goals apiece as Manchester United thumped Everton 4-0 on Sunday in new manager Ruben Amorim's first Premier League match at Old Trafford.
Liverpool strolled to a 2-0 victory over Brentford, while Newcastle drew 1-1 at Bournemouth.
Barcelona's Joao Felix scored in the first half to secure a hard-fought 1-0 home win against his valiant parent club Atletico Madrid in a compelling LaLiga clash on Sunday.
Ronaldo, the first player to score in five World Cups, has only one goal in Qatar which came in Portugal's group opener against Ghana.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck a late winner as Portugal came from a goal down to beat Scotland 2-1.
He scored his first World Cup goal in 2006 and consistently found the next in consecutive World Cups.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Quarter-final match between Portugal and Morocco on Saturday.
Bayer Leverkusen beat Freiburg 3-2 to edge closer to a first ever Bundesliga title.
Ivan Toney, once Brentford's lynchpin in attack, has moved to Al-Ahli for 40 million pounds ($52.50 million).
Record signing Joao Felix scored two first-half goals for Atletico Madrid as they secured a 2-1 win over Juventus in the International Champions Cup.
Chelsea's Joao Felix endured a nightmare debut when he was sent off in a 2-1 Premier League defeat at local rivals Fulham.
Juventus climb to top of Serie A with win over Lecce
Lens falter in title race after draw at Nice, Marseille hit six
English Premier League side Chelsea completed the signing of Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for a British record 106.8 million pounds ($131.46 million).
The Euro 2020 Championship is being held across Europe for the first time in the competition's 60-year history, with 11 host cities in total.
The 20-year-old has scored 11 goals in 11 games in all competitions this season, including four goals in the Champions League.
Cristiano Ronaldo continued his record-breaking form for Portugal as he grabbed two more goals in his country's 6-0 thrashing of Luxembourg in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Sunday.
The 22-year-old has signed on an eight-and-a-half-year contract in deal worth 100 million euros ($108 million).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic pulled up at the end of the session, possibly with a calf muscle problem. Atletico Madrid's record signing Joao Felix is likely to miss the start of the Spanish soccer season when it resumes next month after sustaining a sprained knee in training.
Sweden missed out on the finals for the first time in 28 years on a night in which their fixture with Belgium was abandoned
United were unable to create enough quality opportunities to get themselves the goal they needed.
FIFA WC PIX: Ghana vs Portugal
Morocco will no doubt revel in another opportunity to thrive as underdogs
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