Three-time champions Inter Milan face a battle to get through Europa League Group K after a second successive defeat.

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny says he has no regrets about missing out on glamour opposition as yesterday’s Europa League draw placed the Irish champions in a testing and long-haul group comprising Russian giants Zenit St Petersburg, Dutch side AZ Alkmaar and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Villarreal eased into the semi-finals of the Europa League with a 4-2 second-leg victory over Sparta Prague last night.

The locals are very restless at Valencia, as fans and pundits now realise what it’s like supporting a club controlled by Singapore businessman Peter Lim and Portuguese super-agent Jorge Mendes.

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Joe Kinnear has attempted to build bridges with the Newcastle fans he last week claimed he was more intelligent than.

The Europa League is such a contrived competition that it’s hard to work up much enthusiasm about it, even for the clubs involved.

Nani is determined to prove his worth to Manchester United in the coming months as he seeks a new and improved contract – and insists his best is yet to come.

Dublin’s chances of hosting a game at the multi-venue 2020 Euro Championship have been boosted by the news that Uefa are to decree that host cities for the tournament will have to be served by airports with two terminals.

Benfica and Porto are once again locked in mortal combat at the top of the league in Portugal.

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Nemanja Vidic took another step towards making his Manchester United comeback in tomorrow’s Champions League encounter with CFR Cluj when he took part in this morning’s training session at Carrington.

Valencia and Bayern Munich both progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 1-1 draw at the Mestalla last night.

Manchester United dodged a Galatasaray welcome committee in Istanbul last night — but Alex Ferguson insists a return to ‘Hell’ poses no problems.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney admitted luck played a significant part as he bounced back from his penalty miss against Arsenal by converting one in Braga on Wednesday night.

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling feels the team benefited from the unexpected break provided by a power cut in their 3-1 Champions League victory at Braga.

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Braga 1 Manchester United 3

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is optimistic that his squad can go all the way in the Champions League this season - and has identified Real Madrid, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund as their main rivals.

Alex Ferguson yesterday celebrated his 26th anniversary as Manchester United manager, insisting he is firmly focused on the future.

Darren Fletcher and Paul Scholes were missing from Manchester United’s travelling party for their Champions League Group H clash with Braga.

You might think there are few jobs more simple than working in the Uefa marketing department, but the Champions League is not as straightforward a sell as it seems.

Patrice Evra has warned rivals that Manchester United “are back” after moving to the top of the Barclays Premier League at the weekend.

There are so many imponderables before Chelsea’s encounter with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

Manchester United’s Shinji Kagawa is facing a four-week spell on the sidelines with a knee injury.

Darren Fletcher does not care whether Manchester United and Chelsea serve up a Premier League classic on Sunday – all he is interested in are three points.

Jonny Evans thought he had blown his chance of extending his Manchester United goalscoring streak at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.

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Manchester United 3 Braga 2

Alex Ferguson has advised Rio Ferdinand to take his complaints about how racism is being dealt with to the very top of the game.

Chelsea’s transformation from the defiant, defensive long-ball side of last year to the fluid inter-passing outfit currently on top of the Premier League has already won manager Roberto Di Matteo plenty of headlines; but is there an equally big revolution quietly taking shape at Manchester United?

Alex Ferguson has moved to end a rift with centre-back Rio Ferdinand over the player’s decision not to wear a Kick It Out T-shirt before Saturday’s match against Stoke, despite the expressed wishes of his manager.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has said there is no problem between him and defender Rio Ferdinand over the player’s refusal to wear a T-shirt supporting the anti-racism Kick It Out campaign ahead of the 4-2 win over Stoke.

Rio Ferdinand was training this morning as normal ahead of Manchester United’s Champions League encounter with Braga at Old Trafford tomorrow.

Michael Carrick wants Manchester United to wrap up their progress to the Champions League knock-out stage as quickly as possible.

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Barcelona kept their perfect start to the season going with a 2-0 win at Benfica thanks to goals either side of half-time by Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas.

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CFR Cluj 1 Manchester United 2