Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2 Celtic 0 (Celtic win 5-4 on aggregate): Celtic reached the Champions League group stage for the first time in three years, but only after an enormous scare in Israel.

Celtic 2 Astana 1 (Celtic win 3-2 on agg)

Capital One Cup Second Round

A police search for three brothers who went missing on Monday teatime has gone national.

Police in England have expressed concerns for the safety of three brothers who failed to come home from a teatime bike ride.

As they prepare to end the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup dream in Vienna tomorrow night, Austria believe sacking Giovanni Trapattoni would be a crazy move.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIER GROUP C:

Austria 2 Sweden 1

Wales 2 Austria 1

Austria 2 Kazakhstan 0

Austria 4 Kazakhstan 0

Novak Djokovic showed he is very much the man to beat at the US Open with a stunning display to defeat Juan Martin Del Potro in straight sets in the quarter-finals.

FC Twente 1 Fulham 0

Austria 0 Belgium 2

TOTTENHAM were far from their fluent best but did enough in Enschede last night to progress to the last 16 of the Champions League as winners of Group A.

FC Twente 3 Tottenham 3

Harry Redknapp has kept to his word and has handed some of his fringe players starts as Tottenham chase top spot in their final Champions League Group A game at FC Twente.

Tom Huddlestone today avoided punishment for his apparent elbow on an opponent in Tottenham’s Champions League thrashing of FC Twente.

THE Spurs Go Marching On”, as the song said at the end of a thrilling return to White Hart Lane of top-level European football.

HARRY REDKNAPP backed the misfiring Aaron Lennon to shake off his slump in form ahead of Tottenham’s Champions League clash with FC Twente tonight.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has admitted his interest in Salzburg’s prolific goalscorer Marc Janko.

ON A rollercoaster of a night at Dalymount Park, the League of Ireland kingpins were just three minutes away from going through to the next round of the Champions’ League when, having kept Red Bull Salzburg comprehensively under wraps for the vast majority of this second leg game, a moment of human error undid all their good work both in Dublin and Salzburg.

BOHEMIANS earned a hard-fought Champions League away draw in Austria last night as Red Bull Salzburg were left to rue spurned opportunities last night.

BOHEMIANS manager Pat Fenlon admits that his side go into tonight’s Champions’ League qualifier against Red Bull Salzburg as “massive underdogs” but still believes there are good reasons for thinking the League of Ireland champions and cup-holders can keep the tie alive for the return leg in Dalymount Park.

MARCELLO LIPPI failed to weave his magic in his first match since returning to the Italy helm as the Azzurri were forced to recover from two goals down to draw with Austria in a friendly in Nice last night.

Three-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer headed the list of seeded players to safely make it through to the third round on day four at Melbourne Park.

BLACKBURN finally tasted a European victory to book their place in the group stages of the UEFA Cup last night.

BLACKBURN suffered late UEFA Cup heartbreak as they came within 90 seconds of creating club history.