Ivory Coast 0 Portugal 0

Pepe has been included in Portugal’s final 23-man World Cup squad despite having been out of action since December.

EVERTON manager David Moyes saw his side humbled in Lisbon for the second time this season and crash out of the Europa League in the process.

Sporting Lisbon 3 Everton 0 (Sporting win 4-2 on aggregate)

Everton 2 Sporting Lisbon 1

Everton 2 Sporting Lisbon 1

PORTUGAL negotiated a tricky tie to qualify for the World Cup after a 1-0 success in Bosnia-Herzegovina sealed a 2-0 aggregate success last night.

Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 Portugal 1 (Portugal win 2-0 on aggregate)

Portugal 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0

CRISTIANO RONALDO will miss Portugal’s final World Cup qualifier against Malta on Wednesday due to a right ankle injury.

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo will miss the potential Republic of Ireland playoff rival's final World Cup qualifier against Malta on Wednesday due to a right ankle injury.

FIORENTINA were held to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Lisbon in Florence but booked their place in the Champions League group stage on away goals.

BAYERN MUNICH coach Jurgen Klinsmann has promised to take tonight’s Champions League tie with Sporting Lisbon seriously, even though he intends to rest several key players after establishing a comfortable lead in the first leg.

BAYERN MUNICH put one foot in the last eight, putting five goals past Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese capital.

BARCELONA were a class apart as they hammered Basel 5-0 in Switzerland last night to go clear at the top of Champions League Group C.

Barcelona maintained their 100% record in Champions League Group C with a 5-0 rout of hapless Basle tonight.

RANGERS captain Barry Ferguson insists his players can cope without him in the UEFA Cup semi-final first leg after he picked up a silly booking in the Gers victory over Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting Lisbon 0 Rangers 2 (Aggregate score: 0-2)

RANGERS dreams of European glory took a knock when they drew a blank against Sporting Lisbon in their UEFA Cup quarter-final first-leg clash at Ibrox.

Rangers 0 Sporting Lisbon 0

GARY MEGSON paid the price for fielding an under-strength side as Bolton followed Everton and Spurs out of this season’s UEFA Cup at the last-16 stage.

Sporting Lisbon 1 Bolton 0 (Agg: 2-1)

Sporting Lisbon 3 Dynamo Kiev 0

Manchester United 2 Sporting Lisbon 1

Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidic return for Manchester United tonight as they seek to clinch top spot in Champions League Group F.

Sevilla kept in touch with rampant Arsenal at the top of Champions League Group H but were made to work much harder for a 2-1 win over Steaua Bucharest.

Sporting Lisbon 0 Man Utd 1

Sporting Lisbon 0 Manchester United 0

Wayne Rooney returned to Manchester United’s starting line-up for the first time since the opening day of the season as Alex Ferguson’s men tackled Sporting Lisbon to kick off their latest Champions League quest.

EUROPEAN champions FC Porto will suspend four of their Brazilian players, including teenage playmaker Diego, after they failed to return on time from their Christmas holiday.

HOLDERS Barcelona travel to Levski Sofia with an outside chance of crashing out of the competition, but realistically their fate will be decided against Werder Bremen at the Nou Camp next week.

Sporting Lisbon 1 CSKA Moscow 3

Sporting Lisbon 1 CSKA Moscow 3

CSKA Moscow coach Valeriy Gazzaev expects to face a UEFA Cup backlash tonight from a Sporting Lisbon side still smarting from their inability to claim the Portuguese SuperLiga.

EMBATTLED Sporting Lisbon coach Jose Peseiro has vowed to defy his critics and lead his side to UEFA Cup success on home soil tonight.

Embattled Sporting Lisbon coach Jose Peseiro today vowed to defy his critics and lead his side to UEFA Cup success on home soil tomorrow night.

CSKA Moscow and Sporting Lisbon will contest the UEFA Cup final at Sporting’s own Jose Alvalade Stadium.

AZ Alkmaar 3 Sporting Lisbon 2 aet (4-4 on agg, Sporting win on away goals)

Middlesbrough 2 Sporting 3

Newcastle continued their march towards the UEFA Cup quarter-finals as Olympiacos collapsed in Greece, but Middlesborough's cup dreams hang on a thread tonight after a 3-2 defeat to Sporting Lisbon.

Newcastle 1 Sporting Lisbon 1

Injury-plagued Newcastle are forced to make changes as they look to clinch top spot in UEFA Cup group D at home to Sporting Lisbon tonight.

Sporting Lisbon ended Dinamo Tbilisi’s interest in the UEFA Cup with a crushing 4-0 victory at the Boris Paichadze stadium in Georgia.