Football

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Cristiano Ronaldo will not play this weekend as the club guards its top player from aggravating his injury.

Giggs was outstanding in a commanding midfield role as United outclassed Bayer Leverkusen 5-0.

Real overcame Ramos' early sending off and Ronaldo's absence to seal their spot in the last 16 with a 4-1 hammering of Galatasaray.

The Cameroon forward appeared to pull a muscle as he chased the ball and immediately signalled for treatment.

Athletic Bilbao came from behind to win 2-1 at struggling Malaga in La Liga and heap the pressure on German coach Bernd Schuster.

Foulkes, a former Manchester United defender who survived the Munich air disaster, died Monday, the club said.

Should Arsenal beat Marseille and Dortmund fail to defeat Napoli, Arsene Wenger's side would be guaranteed to qualify with a game to spare.

The result ended Chile's 10-game unbeaten run and took Brazil's string of unbeaten matches to six.

A sublime second-half hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo took Portugal to the World Cup finals.

Phil Bardsley scored in the 21st minute as struggling Sunderland neutralised Manchester City's high-powered attack to hang on for a surprising 1-0 win.

Eight out of ten league matches have been won so far by Arsenal, including against title rivals Liverpool and Tottenham to sit five points clear at the top.

Aaron Ramsey has scored 11 goals in 17 matches this season, equalling his entire scoring tally from his previous five seasons with the club.

Bayern won record 9th straight game in the competition beating Plzen 1-0 and City beat CSKA 5-2 but Real and United were held to draws.

Ikechuwku Uche's stoppage-time goal propelled Villarreal to a 1-0 victory at Elche and into fourth place in La Liga.

Messi has suffered a series of muscle injuries since April with the last of those just before the international break.

A late goal by Paul Pogba steered Juventus to a 1-0 win at Parma in Antonio Conte's 100th match as coach.