Porto and Lille completed the line-up for the final 16 of the Champions League as the group phase of the competition ended.
Manchester United posted a 2-1 win at Middlesbrough while Liverpool scored their first away victory of the season.
However, Ferguson did not rule his captain out of Tuesday's Champions League Group F match against Celtic.
Deportivo's Argentine winger Lionel Scaloni accused David Beckham of making an obscene gesture at him towards the end of Real Madrid's 2-1 win over the visitors.
Manchester United suffered a setback as they were shocked by FC Copenhagen.
A summary of Tuesday night's matches in the Champions League.
England manager Roy Hodgson appeared to play down the old rivalry between Scotland and England when he said Tuesday's friendly was just another game, despite the intense atmosphere likely at Celtic Park.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Palpreet Singh, winner of the ACG-NBA Jump National Finals, India's first national basketball talent search program, was selected 11th in the fourth Round of the NBA D-League Draft held in New York.
A controversial freekick by Ryan Giggs gave Manchester United a 1-0 win over Lille and sparked a near-walkout by the French side in the first leg of their Champions League first knockout round tie.
An inspired second half goal from Edison Mendez was enough to give PSV Eindhoven a slender 1-0 win over Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League first knockout round match
Skipper Raul struck twice as Real Madrid got the better of old foes Bayern Munich with a 3-2 win at the Bernabeu in the first leg of their Champions League first knockout round tie on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old Swedish striker will play for the English Premier League leaders from January 1 to March 12.
Images from the English Premier League matches on Saturday.
IMAGES from soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
The 34-year-old Sweden striker called time on his international career.
The ace golfer blasted four birdies on his last five holes to finish tied 17th with a card of four-under 65 in the final round.
The Dutch striker has spent four seasons at Stamford Bridge, making 177 appearances and scoring 87 goals.
Ireland is set to appoint Martin O'Neill as manager and Roy Keane as his assistant, more than a decade after the former captain walked out on the team at the 2002 World Cup, FAI chief executive John Delaney said on Tuesday.
Tracy McGrady scored 37 points as the Houston Rockets fought back from three losses to beat the Dallas Mavericks 101-83 in the NBA playoffs on Thursday.
Barcelona ended Celtic's 19-match unbeaten home run in Europe with a 3-1 win in the Champions League.
Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba handed Olympique Marseille a slender 1-0 lead over Inter Milan in quarter-final, first leg match.
With no Champions League football for a third straight season, the financial realities are starting to bite and Arsenal will be desperate for some of their talented youngsters to come through.
Vince Carter scored 37 points to help the New Jersey Nets clinch the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with a 102-93 win over the Boston Celtics.\n
Paris St Germain will play Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona were pitted against an unpredictable Napoli, while Chelsea were drawn against Bayern Munich. City, who will be at home in the second leg, have yet to beat the Spanish side with two draws and two defeats in their previous four meetings.
The 32-year-old said that despite his age he still retained a fierce appetite for the game.
Paul Pierce scored 23 points and Ricky Davis added 18 to spark the Boston Celtics to a 100-86 win over the Indiana Pacers.
'It is inevitable that people around the world -- including from America and China -- will have different viewpoints over different issues'
Napoli began their Europa League group stage campaign in scintillating fashion.
The Celtic and Sweden striker quit international soccer after the 2002 World Cup finals where he was not fully fit
While the whole world grapples to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, the sporting world has been brought to a complete standstill. A lot of top sportsperson around the world have also tested positive for COVID-19 as major events like Tokyo Olympics, Formula One, Indian Premier League and the top football leagues in Europe all face long-term suspension.
Chelsea, Liverpool, Celtic, AC Milan, AS Roma and Bayern Munich join Manchester United for the Champions World series. \n\n
The Italians won 9-8 after the two sides drew their Champions World Series match 1-1.
Chelsea reached the Champions League knock-out stage on Tuesday despite a 1-0 defeat by Basel in Group E after a late Mohamed Salah goal shocked the 2012 title winners, with Jose Mourinho saying they deserved to lose. Barcelona, without Lionel Messi but already into the last 16, went two goals down in Amsterdam but looked a different side in the second half after Ajax's Joel Veltman was sent off.
Bayern Munich struggled to a 1-0 win over TSV 1860 Munich four days before their Champions League showdown with Celtic.
