West Brom left-back Goran Popov will start a three-match suspension after being sent off for spitting at Tottenham defender Kyle Walker, ruling him out of Monday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool at Anfield.

West Brom 0 Tottenham 1

West Brom 0 Tottenham 1

Roberto Mancini knows Mario Balotelli’s departure could harm Manchester City’s title hopes but believes the move to AC Milan is what the forward needs.

West Brom 0 QPR 1

West Brom head coach Steve Clarke will check on the fitness of several key players ahead of tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham.

West Brom 2 Norwich 1

West Brom head coach Steve Clarke made two enforced changes for the home Barclays Premier League clash with West Ham.

Arsenal 2 West Brom 0

Aston Villa 1 West Brom 1

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert preferred Gabriel Agbonlahor to £18m record signing Darren Bent up front for the Barclays Premier League midlands derby with West Brom at Villa Park.

Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City strengthened their squad with four new signings and were hoping to confirm another as the transfer window came to a hectic finale tonight.

West Brom have signed Dinamo Kiev left-back Goran Popov on a season long loan with a view to a permanent deal.

Macedonia registered only their second win of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign but were far from convincing in seeing off minnows Andorra.

Russia 1 FYR Macedonia 0

Macedonia 0 Republic of Ireland 2

AN OLD foe will come back to haunt Ireland in Skopje tonight if Macedonian coach Mirsad Jonuz and his bosses at the Macedonian FA get their way.

YOU wait all week for an injury story of real substance and then two come along at once, as Macedonian defender Goran Popov joined Robbie Keane on the doubtful list for tomorrow night’s European Championship qualifier.

THERE will be more than a football match on the horizon when Giovanni Trapattoni lands with his Ireland team in an airport named after Alexander The Great just outside Skopje tonight.

Braga capped a historic night for Portuguese teams in the Europa League as all three Primeira Liga representatives booked their places in the semi-finals of the competition tonight.

Ireland 2 Macedonia 1

Republic of Ireland v Macedonia

FYR MACEDONIA defender Boban Grncharov has shrugged off Ireland’s attacking threat, claiming his team can deal with ‘aerial players’ and boasted that the current Macedonian team has never been better.

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has left Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli and Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi out of the Azzurri squad for their upcoming games against Slovenia and Ukraine.

Mario Balotelli has vowed to put his Manchester City troubles behind him.

MARIO BALOTELLI has apologised to his Manchester City team-mates for his red card in Thursday’s Europa League encounter with Dynamo Kiev at Eastlands.

Mario Balotelli has apologised to his Manchester City team-mates for his red card in last night’s Europa League encounter with Dynamo Kiev at Eastlands.

Roberto Mancini is threatening to axe Mario Balotelli for Manchester City's Premier League encounter with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Manchester City 1 Dynamo Kiev 0 (Dynamo Kiev win 2-1 on aggregate)

FYR Macedonia 2 Armenia 2

Diego Maradona's reign as Argentina manager began with a 1-0 victory over Scotland in a friendly in Glasgow tonight.

PSV Eindhoven’s troubles show no sign of abating as a Luis Suarez brace earned Ajax a 4-1 win at the Amsterdam ArenA and sent them top of the Eredivisie table.