Watford 1 Everton 1: Heurelho Gomes lauded a “great result” for Watford after they ended their run of four successive Barclays Premier League defeats with a 1-1 draw against Everton at Vicarage Road.

Watford 1 Leeds United 0: Defeated Leeds manager Steve Evans has hailed cup counterpart Quique Sanchez Flores as a “fantastic addition” to the Barclays Premier League.

Watford 2 Newcastle 1

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Aston Villa 2 Watford 3: Remi Garde is contemplating changes in a bid to plug Aston Villa’s leaky defence.

Arsene Wenger faced an angry supporter at last week’s shareholder Annual General Meeting when he was accused of overseeing an ‘embarrassing’ run of recent results in the Champions League.

EVERTON 2 WATFORD 2:

Chelsea 3 Watford 0

Ecuador 0 France 0

Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1

Luis Suarez once again hit the headlines for the wrong reasons as Chile put themselves back on track for a World Cup berth with a 2-0 home win over Uruguay.

SWITZERLAND midfielder Valon Behrami accused Chile counterpart Arturo Vidal of destroying his World Cup after he was sent off in yesterday afternoon’s Group H clash.

Chile 1 Switzerland 0

Chile 1 Northern Ireland 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.

DWIGHT YORKE has revealed he may end his international career in the aftermath of Trinidad and Tobago’s world cup exit in Kaiserslautern.

Wales 0 Paraguay 0

Police in the Philippines said they were investigating five US Marines for allegedly raping a woman in a former US naval base, officials said Thursday.

Paraguay 3 Slovenia 1

Paraguay 3 Slovenia 1

Slovenia 0 Paraguay 0

Slovenia 0 Paraguay 0

Spain: Casillas, Puyol, Nadal, Hierro, Juanfran, Baraja, Luis Enrique, Valeron, De Pedro, Tristan, Raul.

Paraguay's Carlos Paredes has fully recovered from an ankle injury and could start against Spain.

Paraguay have a major injury worry after key midfielder Carlos Paredes pulled up in training with a calf injury.

Porto will be delighted with the draw they got at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in Athens.

The opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships was followed by the men’s marathon which was won by Gezahenge Abera of Ethiopia in a time of two hours, 12 minutes and 42 seconds.