Liverpool pulled off an incredible fightback on another breathless European night at Anfield to reach the last-four of the Europa League.

Tottenham 2  Qarabag 1 Europa League Group J

Celtic have the prospect of facing Robin van Persie and Nani’s new side Fenerbahce plus Ajax and Molde from Norway in Group A after they were drawn together in the Europa League group stages.

Nicolas Otamendi is reportedly close to leaving Valencia for an English club and will be replaced by Ezequiel Garay.

The Republic of Ireland U19 side suffered a heart-breaking loss to hosts Germany in their UEFA U19 Championships Elite Qualifying Round encounter in Sandhausen today.

NAMIBIA: A linguistic storm is brewing in Luderitz, where some residents of the remote Namibian town are protesting plans to change its name to !Nami#nus.

Manchester City’s tough luck in the Champions League draw continued with a second successive last-16 tie against Spanish giants Barcelona.

Sporting Lisbon have lodged a complaint with Uefa following their 4-3 loss to Schalke in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Germany coach Joachim Low has admitted that the mood in the world champions’ camp is less than "brilliant" as they seek to make amends for Saturday’s European Championship qualifier loss to Poland in Warsaw.

Poland 2 Germany 0

Liverpool have been drawn to face Real Madrid, Basle and Ludogorets in Group B of the Champions League.

Patrick van Aanholt, the Chelsea left-back who has spent the last two years on loan at Vitesse Arnhem, has been dropped from the Holland squad for the World Cup.

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Arsenal remain hopeful of signing Schalke 04 star Julian Draxler before the January transfer window closes tomorrow night.

‘Widespread support for Thomas Hitzlsperger from the football community’ ran the headline on one website yesterday, after the former German international and Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton man came out as gay in a newspaper interview.

Arsenal have been handed an unenviable Champions League last 16 tie after being drawn against holders Bayern Munich.

Greenpeace have stuck again, with Real Madrid and the Champions League the targets of their campaign to save the Arctic.

Celtic’s new signing Teemu Pukki grabbed a debut goal as the Hoops overcame Hearts 3-1 in their Scottish Premiership clash at Tynecastle on Saturday.

Anthony Stokes was on target as the Hoops overcame Hearts in today's SPL clash at Tynecastle.

Dundee UTD 0 Celtic 1

Celtic Manager Neil Lennon has his side's Champions League draw alongside Barcelona, AC Milan and Ajax is "the best and the worst draw" they could have had.

Arsenal have been drawn to face Turkish club Fenerbahce in the Champions League play-offs.

Swedish coach Erik Hamren has warned that Ireland will set out to be party poopers in Stockholm when the countries meet in a World Cup qualifier on Friday week.

Tottenham 2 Newcastle 1

Cristiano Ronaldo will return to Old Trafford to face Manchester United after Real Madrid were drawn against his old side in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Celtic will today learn their reward for a memorable Champions League qualifying campaign when the draw for the last 16 takes place in Nyon.

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Schalke 04 2 Arsenal 2

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal’s recent slump is due to the fact his players have forgotten how good they are.

Denmark might be sitting pretty atop Group B with Germany but they know they must improve significantly to make a prolonged impact on Euro 2012.

Given the — justifiable — excitement over Marcelo Bielsa’s Athletic Bilbao at the moment, it would be easy to overlook just how significant a part Schalke 04 played in their thrilling meeting in the Europa League last Thursday.

Manchester United’s conquerors Athletic Bilbao scored three late goals to beat Schalke 4-2 in their Europa League quarter-final first leg last night.

Athletic Bilbao winger Markel Susaeta knows his side cannot afford to waste any chances when they face Schalke 04 in their Europa League quarter-final first leg in Gelsenkirchen tonight.

It is rare in modern football to see something quite so startling as Athletic Bilbao’s two victories over Manchester United.

Irish giantkillers Shamrock Rovers have landed a plum tie against Premier League stars Tottenham in the Europa League group stage draw today.

Schalke last night confirmed they had rejected an official approach from Blackburn for Raul because the former Spain striker wants to stay with the German club.

International referee Pedro Proenca has been attacked while out shopping in Lisbon, Portuguese media reported today.

DARRON GIBSON has become the latest player to withdraw from an ever-diminishing Ireland squad for Saturday’s Euro 2012 qualifier in Skopje, having notified the management team that he will be unavailable with a groin problem.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson made eight changes for this Champions League semi-final against Schalke at Old Trafford tonight.

Alex Ferguson has included one major surprise in his Manchester United starting line-up for tonight’s Champions League semi-final with Schalke with Brazilian full-back Fabio selected to fill the right-back slot.

INTER MILAN president Massimo Moratti is standing by coach Leonardo after two heavy defeats in four days virtually ended their hopes of retaining their Serie A and Champions League titles.

ARGENTINA striker Diego Milito is set to return to Inter Milan’s starting line-up when they host Schalke 04 tonight in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.