Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is prepared to risk Diego Costa’s fitness at Manchester United on Sunday, providing the striker can train in full on Saturday.

Chelsea have announced manager Jose Mourinho underwent surgery on his elbow on Monday in an attempt to cure a long-standing complaint.

Jose Mourinho is eager to win the Champions League for a third time and insists playing on the European stage is vital for his developing Chelsea team.

QPR are close to agreeing a deal to bring former Chelsea full-back Jose Bosingwa to Loftus Road.

QPR are eyeing up a move for former Chelsea right-back Jose Bosingwa.

MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini is preparing for a Europa League outing which “feels like a Champions League game” after his side’s drop into the secondary continental competition.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL: Inter Milan 2 Bayern Munich )

UEFA have charged FYR Macedonian club FK Pobeda for “manipulating the outcome of a UEFA match to gain undue advantage for themselves and a third party”.

PORTO ensured Atletico Madrid followed their city neighbours Real out of the Champions League after playing out a goalless draw against the Spanish side at the Estadio do Dragao.

GERMANY striker Kevin Kuranyi fired his side a step closer to a Champions League quarter-final berth as his early goal was enough to seal a 1-0 first-leg win over FC Porto last night.

Schalke 1 Porto 0

Arsenal successfully negotiated a potentially fraught trip to Porto but endured a few heart-stopping moments before clinching their place in the Champions League knockout stages.

FRENCH champions Lyon fired out a broadside at Champions League rivals on Wednesday, playing with considerable flair to outclass Real Madrid 2-0 in Group E.

Didier Deschamps has been appointed as the new coach of Juventus.

BARCELONA winger Ludovic Giuly is hoping that a week which began in disappointment will end tomorrow night in Paris with vengeance for the worst football memory in his career.

Everton have wrapped up the £1.5m signing of Portuguese international defender Nuno Valente.

Portuguese international defender Nuno Valente is set to join Everton if he passes a medical, according to reports.

Rangers manager Alex McLeish believes fate saw his team drawn alongside Artmedia Bratislava in the Champions League group stages.