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.
Holders Barcelona will face fellow Spaniards Atletico Madrid, runners-up two seasons ago, in the Champions League quarter-finals following the draw in Nyon on Friday.
The Ronaldinho Instituto is designed to cater for upto 3,500 children and will offer sporting activities and courses in computing, theatre, music and languages.
Factbox on the Brazilian, who was named European Footballer of the Year.
He can be called a flawed human but definitely a great player. That's Luis Suarez for you.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has denied that the club's success is purely down to the financial muscle of owner Roman Abramovich.
Argentina can look forward to a mouthwatering Copa America semi-final clash with Brazil after delivering a much-improved display to beat Venezuela 2-0 in the quarter-finals in their first game at the Maracana since losing the 2014 World Cup final.
Former England manager Bobby Robson is to have surgery to remove a brain tumour, news media reported on Sunday.
Wayne Rooney has he fears he will spend the rest of his career having to cope with over-eager referees.
A factbox on coach Jose Mourinho who joined Chelsea from European champions Porto.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa says he was wrong to throw his bib towards manager Jose Mourinho when he was left on the bench during the goalless English Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur last month.
The Portugal midfielder said he is almost certain to join Chelsea after Euro 2004.
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Chelsea will give a better account of themselves in the Champions League in Paris on Wednesday than they did in an unexpected weekend defeat at CrystalPalace, manager Jose Mourinho said on Sunday.
Inter have got through two-legged ties in all nine of their previous meetings with Olympique Marseille.
Chelsea manager Mourinho worked under Robson at Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Barcelona in the 1990s.
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The Portugal defender signed a three-year contract for around 30 million euros.
The two clubs will meet for the fourth time in five seasons in the first knockout phase of the Champions League
Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been selected in the uefa.com users' team of the year for the fourth time in succession
Relishing their underdog status, the Greeks hope to defend solidly and break open the Czech defence with quick counter-attacks.
Cristiano Ronaldo scrambled a second-half goal to give Portugal an uninspiring 1-0 win over Armenia in their Euro 2016 qualifier on Friday in Faro.
Germany may field just one man up front to concentrate on neutralising the dangerous Dutch strikers, including the prolific Ruud van Nistelrooy.
"We have fully honoured the terms of Claudio's contract and we wish him good luck for the future," a spokesman for the club told Chelsea's website.\n\n
Jose Mourinho said on Monday he would step up Manchester United's pursuit of Gareth Bale if the Real Madrid winger was left out of the starting line-up in Tuesday's European Super Cup between the Red Devils and the Champions League holders.
Monaco's coach was also vague about his own future after his side's 3-0 defeat by Porto in the Champions League final.
Brazilian Ronaldinho was named World Soccer magazine's Player of the Year on Thursday with Jose Mourinho winning Manager of 2004 and Greece taking the Team award.
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