Last night, Cristiano Ronaldo bagged himself a brace against Champions League opponents Malmo.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s double took him past 500 career goals and handed Real Madrid a 2-0 Champions League victory over 10-man Malmo last night.

Around 700 refugee children are arriving every week without their parents in Sweden, many injured in accidents and some bearing the physical and psychological scars of beatings or rape by their smugglers.

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Malmo 2 Celtic 0 (Malmo win 4-3 on aggregate): Celtic’s Champions League hopes ended amid some controversy as a 2-0 defeat by Malmo at the Swedbank Stadion put the Swedish side through to the group stages on a 4-3 aggregate victory.

Jermain Defoe’s hat-trick spared Sunderland’s blushes as they defeated Exeter 6-3 in a thrilling Capital One Cup clash last night.

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Ronny Deila has described Celtic’s Champions League play-off clash with Malmo tonight as a cup final.

Watford 0 Southampton 0: Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was keen to take the positives out of a scrappy stalemate that left both sides still searching for their first Barclays Premier League wins of the season.

Celtic’s Champions League hopes are in the balance after a narrow 3-2 win over Malmo in the first leg of their play-off which saw former Hoops attacker Jo Inge Berget return to haunt the Parhead club with a double.

Malmo’s players were unimpressed with Celtic’s attitude after a 3-2 defeat at Parkhead that leaves the Scottish side’s Champions League hopes on a knife-edge.

Ronny Deila has put his trust in his Celtic side to overcome Malmo in their crunch Champions League play-off tie.

Celtic new boy Scott Allan checked in as the Hoops marred a fine performance in their 4-2 Ladbrokes Premiership win over Inverness with some late slackness.

Cork City boss John Caulfield was looking for something akin to a volcanic response after last week’s drawn game and he certainly got it here in the first half at the KR-vollur Stadium with Mark O’Sullivan’s first European goal coming on 13 minutes.

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There was a victory for patience and perseverance in Saturday night’s final of the Hennerty Sales Cork Oaks at Curraheen Park as Rastafari Chic landed the €5,500 winner’s prize for Vic and Jackie Roche, Waterford.

Real Madrid ensured they will go through to the Champions League knock-out stages as Group B winners with a 1-0 win over Basle.

Atletico Madrid produced a storming second half to hammer Malmo 5-0 at the Vicente Calderon in Group A last night.

Two events took place over the weekend designed to showcase Gaelic sports internationally.

At times during this World Cup qualification campaign, it has seemed Sweden’s approach has resembled that of their famed skipper Zlatan Ibrahimovic — nonchalant and one-paced.

Swansea 5 Petrolul Ploiesti 1

Irish striker Anthony Stokes believes Celtic’s opening day Scottish Premiership win over Ross County on Saturday has set them up nicely for Wednesday’s Champions League qualifier against Elfsborg.

Swansea 4 Malmo 0

Mick Cooke is planning a major upset in the Swedbank Stadium tonight as his Drogheda United side face Malmo in the second leg of their Europa League Cup first qualifying round tie (agg 0-0, 6pm Irish time).

Drogheda United 0 Malmo 0

Sublimely taken goals from Conan Byrne and Ger O’Brien provided St Patrick’s Athletic with another thrilling away day in Europe tonight.

Drogheda United return to the European stage tonight for the first time since 2008 when they host Swedish giants Malmo in Tallaght Stadium (kick-off 7.45pm).

Champions League fever in Sligo means there are now only 700 tickets left for sale for home fans for their second qualifying round first leg game against Norwegian champions Molde which, the club have confirmed, will take place on Wednesday, July 17 at the Showgrounds.

Shamrock Rovers striker Karl Sheppard says the team are determined to get at least one point on the board from their remaining Europa League Group A fixtures.

Two goals in the final two minutes saw Udinese overcome Atletico Madrid 2-0 and maintain their unbeaten record in Europa League Group I this evening.

Arsenal will be hoping to avoid Udinese and Rubin Kazan when the draw is made tomorrow for the Champions League play-off round in Nyon.

RANGERS’ Champions League hopes were shattered last night as they crashed out of the competition at the hands of Malmo after being reduced to nine men in their third round qualifier in Sweden.

Blackburn tonight completed the signing of Scotland striker David Goodwillie from Dundee United.

Malmo 1 Rangers 1 (Malmo win 2-1 on aggregate)

St Johnstone 0 Rangers 2

RANGERS’ Champions League hopes are hanging in the balance after they suffered defeat to Swedish outfit Malmo at Ibrox last night.

IT’S the silver lining on the darkest of clouds.

OF all the countless tributes paid in recent years to the star player on a star-filled Barcelona team, we particularly liked the one The Guardian penned after he’d ripped the champions of England apart, so much so we’ll recite it here.

Darren Norris believes Alex Ferguson could become the greatest Champions League manager of all time if he wins tomorrow — a loss and Pep Guardiola rises further up the list

If Fernando Torres was forced into the Europa League... it wouldn’t be just Liverpool supporters laughing.

ARGENTINA’S Ricardo Gonzalez, without a top 10 finish all season, grabbed his fourth European Tour title in stunning fashion in Malmo yesterday.

LAST SEASON’S European number one Robert Karlsson could end up missing three of this year’s four majors because of continuing eye problems.

The sun shone, but the big names did not in the opening round of the Spanish Open in Seville on Thursday.

ALEX FERGUSON has admitted he considered working abroad but the appeal of Manchester United proved too strong.