ARSENAL ended their Champions League Group F campaign with a defeat at Olympiakos — but the Greeks still missed out on the knockout stages.

Robin van Persie was only named among the substitutes as Arsenal looked to earn their first Champions League Group F win of the season against Olympiacos at the Emirates Stadium tonight.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson made eight changes for this Champions League semi-final against Schalke at Old Trafford tonight.

Alex Ferguson has included one major surprise in his Manchester United starting line-up for tonight’s Champions League semi-final with Schalke with Brazilian full-back Fabio selected to fill the right-back slot.

ALEX FERGUSON admits he still gets envious when he compares Manchester United’s European record to that of the continent’s other heavyweights.

SCHALKE will face Manchester United in the Champions League semi-final after beating Inter Milan for the second time in eight days last night.

Schalke 2 Inter Milan 1 (agg 7-3)

A MATCH which began with Inter Milan scoring one of the great Champions League goals ended with their Champions League ambitions all but dead as Schalke twice came from behind in the San Siro to claim a sensational advantage in last night’s quarter-final.

DEFENDER Martin Demichelis and substitute Martin Palermo succeeded where Argentina’s multi-talented strikeforce had failed as they scored the goals to break Greece’s resilience and end their World Cup hopes at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane last night.

A BLUNDER by Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama handed Greece their first victory at the fifth attempt in two World Cup finals.

SOUTH KOREA coach Huh Jung-moo has told his players not to be afraid of Argentina as they attempt to prolong their stay at the World Cup.

South Korea 2 Greece 0

THE corpse of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos was found reburied in another grave three months after it was dug up and stolen.

A Cyprus police spokesman confirmed that a body discovered in a Nicosia cemetery is the stolen corpse of ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos.

The body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos has been stolen from its grave, police in Cyprus said today.

Nikolaos Makarezos, one of the leaders of the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967-1974, has died at 90.

Cypriots will vote for a new president today, choosing between a right-wing former foreign minister and the head of a reformed communist party, who share a vision for new talks to end the island’s division.

RANGERS boss Walter Smith maintained he never felt his team were out of the running in their UEFA Cup tie despite relying on Nacho Novo’s dramatic 81st-minute equaliser to secure an away goals victory over Panathinaikos in Athens last night.

CYPRIOT President Tassos Papadopoulos was eliminated yesterday from Cyprus’s presidential run-off in a huge surprise after a cliff-hanger election that saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the last minute.

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos was eliminated today from Cyprus’ presidential run-off in a major surprise after a cliff-hanger election that saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the last minute.

Cypriots were voting for a new president today in an election seen as pivotal to the decades-old search for a deal to reunify the ethnically-divided island.

Greek Cypriots demolished a wall along the boundary that splits Europe’s last divided capital, Nicosia, early today.

The Mediterranean region – particularly the area around Greece – could be hit by a major tsunami before the end of the century, a scientist said today.

An exit poll on Cypriot state television predicted a tie between communists AKEL and right wing DISY in today’s parliamentary election, the war-divided island’s first vote since Greek Cypriots rejected – and Turkish Cypriots backed - a UN peace plan two years ago.

Polls opened today as Greek Cypriots vote for a new parliament.

British foreign secretary Jack Straw expressed hope today that renewed Turkish initiatives would help resolve the Cyprus dispute, which threatens to hinder Ankara’s efforts to join the European Union, Turkish media said.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was greeted with angry criticism from Cyprus’ president as he arrived on the divided island in hopes of gauging support for a stalled UN. peace plan.

Ireland and Cyprus today agreed to strengthen economic, trade and cultural ties between the two countries.

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos today said relations with Britain were recovering from strain created by the launch of Turkey’s accession talks with the European Union earlier this month.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos President was warming to the idea of a new round of reunification talks in Cyprus.

Champions League results GROUP E:

Champions League GROUP D:

Arsenal 1 Panathinaikos 1

Arsenal lead against Panathinaikos thanks to a goal from Thierry Henry.

Euro 2004 result:

Russia 2 Greece 1

Spain coach Inaki Saez named an unchanged side from that which made hard work of beating Russia last weekend, which meant no place for matchwinner Juan Carlos Valeron.

SPAIN coach Inaki Saez has conceded that he is considering dropping the country’s record goalscorer Raul but said he would keep his decision secret until kick-off in today’s Euro 2004 match with Greece.

A THIRD of women do not use contraception or do not know how to use it effectively, new research has found.

Waving European Union flags and shouting slogans in both Greek and Turkish, tens of thousands of Cypriots turned out for a final show of support for a UN plan to end the 30-year division of their island.

Gwynne Dyer says the proposal to unite Cyprus is destined to fail.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was “disappointed” today that both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders are calling for the defeat of his plan to reunify their war divided nation.

Panathinaikos 0 Man Utd 1

Adrian Mutu has put Chelsea ahead against Lazio tonight.