Marseille 0 Manchester United 0

ALEX FERGUSON has called on Paul Scholes to swallow his pride and extend his Manchester United career by another season.

Marseille 1 Chelsea 0

GABRIEL HEINZE has urged Diego Maradona not to make a snap decision on his future as Argentina boss.

Gabriel Heinze has urged Diego Maradona not to make a snap decision on his future as Argentina boss.

Lionel Messi is starting for Argentina in their World Cup quarter-final against Germany today.

GERMANY playmaker Mesut Ozil and Spain striker David Villa are the surprise omissions from Opta’s team of the World Cup so far.

DIEGO MARADONA was much more sedate yesterday after witnessing his Argentina team dismantle South Korea 4-1 at Soccer City, instead lavishing praise upon his players.

DIEGO MARADONA has warned that his Argentina side will not fear any opponent at the World Cup in South Africa after they began their quest for a third global title with a victory.

Argentina 1 Nigeria 0

MICHAEL CIANI scored at both ends and Bordeaux missed two penalties as the French champions leapfrogged Bayern Munich to move to the top of Group A last night as the visitors finished the game with nine men.

AC Milan edged a thrilling contest with Real Madrid 3-2 at the Bernabeu in the pick of tonight's Champions League games.

RECENT Champions League winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka have sought to temper the growing anticipation that this is going to be Real Madrid’s year in Europe as their side prepare to host Group C rivals Marseille tonight.

Marseille 1 AC Milan 2

The teenage brother of a man charged with murdering his father and seven others in a mobile home insisted he would never harm his family and said a dispute over drugs could have prompted the killings.

Police in Georgia were questioning a man today after arresting him on suspicion of murdering eight people in a mobile home.

A FRANTIC caller told authorities he had just come home to find several family members beaten to death and another barely breathing, according to a 911 call released yesterday following the weekend attack at a mobile home park in south-eastern Georgia.

An eighth person died from grievous wounds suffered in an attack at a US mobile home, with police acknowledging they didn’t know if a killer was on the loose.

THE man who called 911 to report finding seven people slain in a dingy mobile home on a historic Georgia plantation was arrested on drug-related charges, though policerefused to say whether he was a suspect.

New Marseille defender Gabriel Heinze insists he was not forced out of Real Madrid.

GUESS what? We went to see a circus and a football match broke it.

Liverpool 4 Real Madrid 0 (Liverpool win 5-0 on agg)

Steven Gerrard has been named on the Liverpool bench for tonight’s Champions League last-16 first leg against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Alex Ferguson has all-but written off Real Madrid’s chances of winning this season’s Champions League.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has all-but written off Real Madrid’s chances of winning this season’s Champions League.

IT’S not often you feel gratitude towards Everton, especially after such a dismal cup exit, but I needed a little quiet time at the weekend.

Argentina coach Diego Maradona has guaranteed Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano his place in the national team, but added that all 10 other starting spots are up for grabs.

Gabriel Heinze has branded as “daft” Sir Alex Ferguson’s claim that Real Madrid only signed the defender from Manchester United to boost their chances of landing Cristiano Ronaldo.

Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze has denied making the comments attributed to him earlier this week in response to remarks made by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

Former Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze has hit back at Red Devils boss Alex Ferguson.

Alex Ferguson believes FIFA president Sepp Blatter is in danger of becoming an object of ridicule after he likened the Cristiano Ronaldo saga to “modern slavery”.

PAT CURTIN is enjoying an amazing year, thanks to the achievements of Shelbourne Aston. He is now back in another classic final, with Droopys Arsene safely qualified for next Tuesday’s William Hill St Leger at Wimbledon.

JUVENTUS produced a stunning rearguard action to hold on for a famous 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League to take control of Group H.

FC Midtjylland 0 Manchester City 1 (after extra-time, Man City win 4-2 on penalties)

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster insists the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo would not cause a problem for the club – but believes the “media explosion” would be a big test for the player.

Alex Ferguson has accused Real Madrid of lacking morals over their dogged pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze believes it would be difficult for the Spanish giants to prise Cristiano Ronaldo away from Manchester United while Alex Ferguson is still in charge at Old Trafford.

REAL MADRID’S Champions League hopes were extinguished last night as Roma completed a classic smash-and-grab raid at the Bernabeu to move into the quarter-finals.

BATTLING Roma gave themselves a slender advantage after the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Real Madrid at the Stadio Olimpico.

Roma 2 Real Madrid 1*

Argentina coach Alfio Basile has included Juan Roman Riquelme but omitted Hernan Crespo from his list of 20 foreign-based players in his squad for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Venezuela.