Zenit St Petersburg 2 Malaga 2

Sevilla opened their Primera Division season with a deserved 2-1 win in an occasionally scrappy game at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Malaga striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has announced his retirement from football at the age of 35.

Santi Cazorla’s stunning stoppage-time free-kick gave Malaga a deserved point to halt Real Madrid’s 11-match winning run in the Primera Division last night.

Colin Montgomerie is full of admiration for what Miguel Angel Jimenez has achieved since his 40th birthday five years ago.

PAULO WANCHOPE was withdrawn from the Manchester City squad for last night's match at Birmingham after Spanish club Malaga moved in for the player.