Brazil coach Dunga is waiting on the fitness of a trio of players ahead of Friday’s quarter-final clash with Holland.

BRAZIL coach Dunga insists that past records will count for nothing when they come up against Chile in the last 16 of the World Cup at Ellis Park tonight.

LIKE watching Brazil? It was more like watching Barnsley on a bad day as the World Cup favourites laboured to a goalless draw with Portugal that sees them both through to the knockout stage.

Portugal 0 Brazil 0

BRAZIL have already progressedto the last 16 of the World Cupbut coach Dunga is still feeling plenty of pressure ahead of today’s final Group G showdown against Portugal.

BRAZIL midfielder Gilberto Silva has admitted he is wary of the threat the Ivory Coast possess ahead of tomorrow’s Group G clash.

Ronaldinho has failed to make it into Brazil’s 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup.

ROBINHO is set for a quick return to England, after the recently departed Manchester City striker was named in the Brazil squad for next month’s friendly against Ireland in London.

AC Milan playmaker Ronaldinho has not been included in the Brazil squad for next month’s friendly international against Republic of Ireland at Emirates Stadium.

FULHAM manager Roy Hodgson believes his team suffered an “injustice” in last night’s 2-1 defeat to Roma in the Europa League at the Stadio Olimpico.

Roma 2 Fulham 1

ROMA coach Claudio Ranieri is expecting a very hard game against Fulham tonight in their Europa League showdown at the Stadio Olimpico.

BETTER concentration was the key to a vastly improved performance by Brazil yesterday as they beat the United States 3-0 for their second win at the Confederations Cup.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez cursed the "massive" mistakes which cost his side victory at home to Arsenal and handed the initiative back to Manchester United in the Premier League title race.

Roma 1 Arsenal 0 (1-1 on aggregate after extra-time, Arsenal win 7-6 on penalties)

Wayne Bridge replaced the injured Ashley Cole for Chelsea as they looked to cement a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League with victory over Roma.

ATLETICO MADRID kept pace with Liverpool at the top of Champions League Group D thanks to a 2-1 win over Marseille in the Spanish capital last night.

A Sergio Aguero-inspired Atletico Madrid kept pace with Liverpool at the top of Champions League Group D thanks to a 2-1 win over Marseille in the Spanish capital tonight.

Manchester City trio Robinho, Jo and Elano have both been named in Brazil’s squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Colombia next month but there is no place for Ronaldinho.

Brazil’s struggles continued on Wednesday as a goalless draw with 10 man Bolivia in a South American World Cup qualifier increased the pressure on under-fire coach Dunga.

Monaco forward Nene claims he is a target of Tottenham and Roma.

Arsenal 1 Real Madrid 0

Real Madrid star Julio Baptista could be set for a move to Roma after the Spanish club’s sporting director, Predrag Mijatovic, revealed he would listen to offers for the Brazilian.

Goals from Roque Santa Cruz and Salvador Cabanas enabled 10-man Paraguay to remain on top of the South American qualifying zone with a convincing victory over Brazil on Sunday.

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.

Republic of Ireland caretaker boss Don Givens relinquished his role after his side’s narrow 1-0 defeat to Brazil at Croke Park but refused to be drawn on the identity of his permanent successor.

Republic of Ireland 0 Brazil 1

STEVEN REID has emerged as Ireland’s biggest injury worry ahead of tomorrow’s friendly with Brazil at Croke Park and, if his suspect knee fails to show significant improvement this morning, Don Givens will call up a replacement for the Blackburn Rovers midfielder.

Kaka will miss Brazil’s friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Wednesday after pulling out of the squad with a knee injury.

Werder Bremen defender Naldo ended a miserable day on a high note after being called into the Brazil squad for the international friendly against Ireland on Wednesday night.

Youngsters Lucas Leiva and Anderson have been named in a youthful Brazil squad to face the Republic of Ireland in Dublin next month.

A victory over West Ham United on the opening day of the season triggered the optimism that accompanied the opening months of the Sven-Goran Eriksson era at Manchester City.

Real Madrid 2 Real Zaragoza 0

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.

Barcelona 0 Real Madrid 1

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster paid tribute to his team’s attitude after watching the Spanish champions secure a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday night.

Thousands of people turned out in Seville to pay their final respects to Antonio Puerta, who died yesterday after collapsing on the pitch during last weekend’s Primera Liga match between Sevilla and Getafe.

Kaka and Ronaldinho have both been named in Brazil’s 22-man squad to play Algeria in France on August 22.

BRAZIL stunned bitter rivals and overwhelming favourites Argentina 3-0 to win their eighth Copa America title on Sunday.

Brazil 3 Argentina 0

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists Spain international Cesc Fabregas will be at the Emirates Stadium next season.

Julio Baptista is set to return to Spain following his season with Arsenal.

Harry Redknapp put referee Graham Poll’s latest – and probably last - controversial decision behind him and admitted next season will be an even tougher challenge for Portsmouth after just missing out on Europe.

PORTSMOUTH’S brave bid for a UEFA Cup place came up short as referee Graham Poll, in his last Premiership match, disallowed a 68th-minute effort for offside when Niko Kranjcar’s shot appeared to go in off Arsenal’s Philippe Senderos.