News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The 47-year-old tennis legend will become the oldest player in Federation Cup history this week.
Brescia left Mario Balotelli on the bench after coach Fabio Grosso said the maverick striker had not put in enough effort in training during the week.
Chelsea's Romanian striker is the thinking man's footballer, a rare talent who topped the Ranieri and Abramovich hitlist.
Four have tested positive for marijuana and class A drugs ecstasy and cocaine in separate cases which prove illegal drugs are becoming worryingly common within the game.
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African Player of the Year Samuel Eto'o completed a 24-million euro ($29.41 million) move to Barcelona.
Real Madrid beat an over-cautious Barcelona side 2-1 on Saturday to claim their first league win at the Nou Camp in 20 years.
Arsenal suffered a shock Europa League exit to Olympiakos Piraeus on away goals after a 2-1 extra-time home defeat, while Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers cruised into the last 16 with emphatic aggregate wins on Thursday.
European football was given good and bad reminders of its past on Thursday with an impressive 2-0 win for once-mighty Ajax Amsterdam over Schalke 04 in one Europa League game but ugly scenes in the crowd at Lyon delaying another.
Martinez struck inside two minutes before Domenico Berardi equalised, but Lukaku gave Inter breathing space with a powerful strike and a penalty before half time.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The world's biggest superstars landed in Paris and enjoyed a game of soccer.
Kazakhstan's Astana fought back to beat a youthful Manchester United side 2-1 at home, Arsenal's woes continued as Frankfurt's Daichi Kamada scored twice to secure a 2-1 win.
A factbox on new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Cristiano Ronaldo is a colossal figure in club football having completed a hat-trick of Champions League (1 Manchester United, 2 Real Madrid) victories. The three-time Ballon d'Or winner, Ronaldo has won several league titles. But the Portuguese magician tasted success for the first time with the national team as Portugal defeated hosts France to lift the 2016 Euro title.
The Portuguese forward then fired in the penalty in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Factbox on Dutchman Louis van Gaal who left his job as Manchester United manager on Monday.
A summary of Wednesday night's matches inthe UEFA Champions League.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
As Manchester United prepare to embark on a new era following Louis van Gaal;s departure, Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com offers a diagnosis of what went wrong with the most successful Premier League club after Sir Alex Ferguson called it a day.
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