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Schalke remained unbeaten in the Champions League with a 1-1 draw at Galatasaray, but their midfielder Jermaine Jones will miss the second leg.

Neymar, who plays for Santos, has been billed as the best player to have emerged from Brazil in the last few years and is expected to lead the attack at the 2014 World Cup.

Porto and Malaga are at the top of their game as they head into their hotly anticipated Iberian duel in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Team captain Vincent Kompany and Carlos Tevez are both set to return this week against Leeds United in FA Cup.

Referee Ibrahim Chaibou is under the scanner for fixing many exhibition matches in 2010.

Edinho Junior, a striker from former EPL champions Blackburn Rovers, will be donning the red of Shillong Lajong football club.

Debrecen goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic has denied attempting to fix his Hungarian side's Champions League match with Liverpool in 2009.

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo is confident he will take part in Wednesday's friendly against Ecuador despite feeling a certain 'overload'.

"Here the illness is not admitted to so you cannot cure the patient," the LFP's Javier Tebas said after European police claimed there were around 700 matches fixed worldwide in the last few years.

Xavi has withdrawn from the Spain squad to play Uruguay this week because of a hamstring problem.

Malaga, however, lost Eliseu Pereira and Joaquin Sanchez to apparent leg injuries during the game.

Real Madrid visit Granada later, while Espanyol host Levante and Deportivo La Coruna are at Getafe.

"It was difficult to take another good player ... we have three strikers. We have only Premier League and FA Cup, I think that could be enough (strikers)," the City manager said.

Police say the 27-year-old woman, who is known to the footballer, was slightly injured during the incident in November in the northern city of Liverpool.

Benitez says the European champions must regain their killer touch if they are to apply any pressure on Manchester United.

Former Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has joined Juventus on a five-month deal from China's Shanghai Shenhua.