AC Milan 1 Real Madrid 1

YOU can usually tell what gets an Italian manager riled. For Giovanni Trapattoni it seems to be the Andy Reid question. For Marcello Lippi on Sunday it was more the Giovanni Trapattoni question.

Republic of Ireland 2 Italy 2

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has named a 24-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers away to the Republic of Ireland on Saturday and at home to Cyprus four days later.

Marseille 1 AC Milan 2

Italy 2 Bulgaria 0

Switzerland 0 Italy 0

MOHAMED HOMOS scored the only goal as Egypt claimed a memorable Confederations Cup victory over Italy in Johannesburg last night.

Montenegro 0 Italy 2

ITALY and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has said his team would be wrong to underestimate Montenegro and focus on the top-of-the-group showdown against Ireland next week.

Brazil 2 Italy 0

The future of Kaka remains shrouded in doubt, despite the overwhelming support of 65,000 fans and his AC Milan team-mates last night.

Italy 2 Montenegro 1

Italy 1 Romania 1

Barcelona have agreed a deal to sell full-back Gianluca Zambrotta to AC Milan.

Holland 3 Italy 0

Barcelona 0 Manchester United 0

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani anticipates a long and arduous negotiation process to bring Barcelona’s Ronaldinho to the San Siro this summer.

Barcelona 1 Schalke 0 (Barcelona win 2-0 on aggregate)

Schalke 0 Barcelona 1

Barcelona 1 Celtic 0 (4-2 on aggregate)

Tottenham have officially ended their pursuit of Rangers and Scotland full-back Alan Hutton.

Ajax defender Urby Emanuelson is set to stay in Holland, ruling out a move to Tottenham.

EL CLASICO once again lived up to its billing as Real Madrid traded blow for blow with Barcelona in Camp Nou on Sunday night and won to establish a commanding seven-point lead at the top of La Liga.

Scotland found a new way to inflict agony on their fans by crashing out of the 2008 European Championships qualifiers in the last minute against Italy at Hampden.

Scotland midfielder Lee McCulloch castigated Manuel Gonzalez after the Spanish referee awarded a controversial free-kick which led to the 2-1 defeat by Italy at Hampden and ended home hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008.

Scotland 1 Italy 2

Barcelona are facing an injury crisis and defender Eric Abidal admits they will need to somehow find a way to cope with the “physical” challenge posed by Rangers.

TALK OF DIVORCE hung heavy in the Spanish air yesterday with Ronaldinho’s forecast split from Barcelona filling the back pages.

Hearts 1 Barcelona 3

Barcelona head coach Frank Rijkaard has confirmed that Thierry Henry will play a part in the club’s pre-season matches against Dundee United and Hearts.

BARCELONA grabbed a first away win since November in La Liga after sealing an emphatic 4-0 victory at Recreativo Huelva at the weekend.

Barcelona moved three points clear at the top of the Primera Liga after an emphatic 4-0 victory at Recreativo Huelva.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez stuck with exactly the same side that produced such a shock result in the Nou Camp a fortnight ago.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has recalled playmaker Deco and defender Lilian Thuram for tomorrow's Champions League last-16 second leg with Liverpool at Anfield.

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta admits the team have to be prepared for another “war” in Tuesday‘s Champions League clash with Liverpool at Anfield.

Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes refused to be downhearted after his side’s shock Champions League defeat at home to Liverpool, insisting they still have a "great chance" of progressing through.

Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise both got on the scoresheet as Liverpool put a traumatic week behind them to claim a stunning Champions League victory over Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

Holders Barcelona kept their hopes of progressing to the knock-out stages alive with a 2-0 victory over Levski Sofia in Bulgaria tonight.

Barcelona’s Ronaldinho has been named FifPro’s player of the year for the second successive season.

Chelsea 1 Barcelona 0

WHILE Palermo and Portsmouth give an unfamiliar early-season look to the top of Serie A and the Premiership, it seems to be business as usual in both Spain and France.

Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has admitted he is only staying at the club because they were relegated to Serie B this summer.