A round-up of Wednesday's Champions League first knockout round, first leg ties.
Manchester United will be without the two players for three games after their claims of wrongful dismissal in a friendly were rejected.
Manchester United convincingly beat Porto 3-1 in the opening game of the Amsterdam pre-season tournament.
The England midfielder will don the number 16 shirt, previously worn by former captain Roy Keane.
English football's biggest club seem to have secured the services of the sport's most colourful manager after Jose Mourinho, according to Sky TV reports, agreed personal terms with Manchester United on Tuesday.
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.
English Premier League champions Chelsea have given their full backing to under-fire manager Jose Mourinho following the team's torrid start to the season.
Factbox on the Brazilian, who was named European Footballer of the Year.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has denied that the club's success is purely down to the financial muscle of owner Roman Abramovich.
Former England manager Bobby Robson is to have surgery to remove a brain tumour, news media reported on Sunday.
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.
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.
He can be called a flawed human but definitely a great player. That's Luis Suarez for you.
The Portugal midfielder said he is almost certain to join Chelsea after Euro 2004.
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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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.
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 defender signed a three-year contract for around 30 million euros.
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.
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.
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.
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
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