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Messi opened the scoring for the visitors in the 38th minute before limping off the pitch at the half-time with Barcelona leading 1-0.

Bayern Munich's Jupp Heynckes has spent days and nights studying his opponents ahead of Tuesday's first leg.

Casillas lacks the necessary sharpness to make the squad against Real Zaragoza, as per assistant coach Karanka.

The Manchester United centre-back took to Twitter to talk about offensive songs sung about him and his brother.

According to UEFA, each national association will be entitled to present up to two bids: one for the ordinary package and one for the semi-finals/final package.

Defeat to Everton in their last Premier League outing left City trailing leaders Manchester United by 15 points.

Mohun Bagan will bank on the freshly gained confidence they ought to have gained from the win against Pailan Arrows in the previous match.

Churchill Brothers will be looking to collect full points when they take on Salgaocar in the 22nd round of the I-League.

Keane, the all-time record scorer for Ireland with 54 goals, was hurt playing in the 0-0 draw at Sweden on Friday

In other matches, Tunisia pipped Sierra Leone 2-1 at home while South Africa eased to 2-0 win over Central African Republic.

Alba injured his leg during Friday's 1-1 draw with Finland that left Spain two points behind leader France in the group standings.

Meanwhile, England routed San Marino 8-0 for their biggest victory margin in 26 years.

Boateng believes the game needs to be more multi-cultural.

Nicolas Anelka hopes he could end the season with the Italian league title and the Champions League trophy with Juventus.

Ramires suffered a strained right adductor during Chelsea's 2-0 Premier League victory over West Ham on Sunday.

Manchester City's faint hopes of catching Manchester United in the Premier League title race took another heavy hit with a 2-0 loss at Everton.