The flimsy nature of our squad is beginning to make itself evident with a number of laboured performances.

Andy Murray made light work of crowd-pleaser Dustin Brown the world number one completing a 6-3 6-2 6-2 victory at Wimbledon yesterday.

Juventus have agreed Dani Alves can leave the club this summer and talks are under way to secure an early release from his contract.

Juventus secured their place in the Champions League final after coasting to a 2-1 win over Monaco in Turin last night.

Porto 0 Juventus 2: Juventus struck twice in the second half to take control of last night’s Champions League last-16 tie against 10-man Porto.

Dani Alves will honour the memory of Brazil legend Carlos Alberto when he skippers the side against Argentina in Belo Horizonte tonight.

Portugal 2 Wales 0: It shouldn’t be all about Cristiano Ronaldo, it really shouldn’t, but from the moment people labelled this match as Ronaldo v Bale you knew there was no way on earth he was going to settle for second best — and that’s why Wales are finally out of Euro 2016 and Portugal can look forward to the final in Paris on Sunday.

Defending Copa del Rey champions Barcelona became the first team to retain the trophy since 1998 as they defeated Sevilla 2-0 after extra time in the final.

Cristiano Ronaldo hit a late winner to hand 10-man Real Madrid a shock 2-1 win in a fiery El Clasico and end Barcelona's long unbeaten run.

Barcelona 3 Arsenal 1 (Barcelona win 5-1 on aggregate): Arsenal were hoping for a miracle last night but it failed to materialise as Barcelona powered to the Champions League quarter-finals, with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger conceding the Catalans “have two or three players who transfer normal life into art”.

Barcelona strengthened their position at the top of Champions League Group E as a brace from substitute Ivan Rakitic steered them to a comfortable 2-0 win at BATE Borisov.

Two quick-fire moments of individual magic from Lionel Messi made the difference, and Neymar added a late added goal, as Barcelona beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona 2 Paris St Germain 0 (Barcelona win 5-1 on aggregate ): Barcelona reached the Champions League semi-finals for the seventh time in eight years after comfortably brushing aside the challenge of Paris St Germain last night.

The Brazilian's agent says his client is set to leave Barcelona this summer

The first goals Barcelona conceded this season did not come until their eighth game, but even still they confirmed many pundits’ view of the team’s major weakness.

Brazil 1 Chile 1 (AET) (Brazil win 3-2 on penalties)

Wonder will we see much of this from Brazil tonight…

Brazil 0 Mexico 0

Brazil 0 Mexico 0

Say hello and wave goodbye to winners?

A Villarreal fan throwing a banana at Barcelona’s Dani Alves last weekend may have – inadvertently – helped the battle against a deeply-rooted problem of racism in Spanish football.

It was a poor week for the racists. But another maligned bunch — the PR gurus — have had worse.

Valencia 3 Sevilla 1 (Agg 3-3, Sevilla win on away goals)

A man has been arrested accused of racially insulting Barcelona defender Dani Alves by throwing a banana at him, Spanish police say.

A man has been arrested accused of racially insulting Barcelona defender Dani Alves by throwing a banana at him, Spanish police say.

Dani Alves admits to being stunned by the incredible response and support he has received for his unconventional reaction to racist abuse during last Sunday’s La Liga clash with Villarreal, but hopes he has helped further the fight against discrimination.

Shamrock Rovers striker Eamon Zayed is ready to formalise his long-standing opposition to racism in football by becoming a director on the board of Show Racism The Red Card.

Barcelona defender Dani Alves sparked an ingenious social media campaign against racism in football as support flooded in from fellow professionals for his decision to eat at banana thrown at him by an opposition fan.

Barcelona’s Dani Alves was the target of a racist slur last night after a banana was thrown on the pitch. His reaction? Pick it up and eat it…

Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 2

Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 2

Atletico Madrid 1 Barcelona 0 (Atletico Madrid win 2-1 on aggregate)

Barcelona 1 Atletico Munich 1

Barcelona reignited their title challenge with a 4-3 victory over Real Madrid in a pulsating Clasico which had a little bit of everything.

Barcelona 2 Manchester City 1 (Barcelona win 4-1 on aggregate)

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho doesn’t get much wrong and while the validity of his claim this is a Barcelona side on the wane will most likely have to wait until later rounds of this season’s Champions League, the evidence at the Etihad Stadium was that the Portuguese may just have a point.

Manchester City 0 Barcelona 2

Manchester City 0 Barcelona 2

Sweden 2 Portugal 3 (Portugal win 4-2 on aggregate)

Spanish football pundits have a neat phrase called the ‘ataque del entrenador’.

Neil Lennon is happy for speculation about the future of Fraser Forster to continue after his goalkeeper’s name was linked with Barcelona in the same week his challenge to England number one Joe Hart arguably became serious.

Northern Ireland 2 Portugal 4

Arsenal 2 Fenerbahce 0 (Arsenal win 5-0 on agg)