Norwich 0 Manchester United 1: Juan Mata insists Wayne Rooney is ready to spearhead Manchester United’s attack for the final two games of their Premier League campaign as they continue to chase a top four finish.

The split between Uefa and Fifa president Sepp Blatter has widened after reports the world governing body watered down a report into reform proposals.

Celtic 0 Legia Warsaw 2 (Aggregate 1- 6)

Champions League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg

Legia Warsaw 1 St Patrick’s Athletic 1

Holland goalkeeper Tim Krul is ecstatic to be in the semi-finals of the World Cup after his dramatic introduction to the tournament.

WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

Might this be the World Cup won in the bedroom? All of the nations that imposed outright pre-tournament sex bans have already been knocked out.

Costa Rica 0 England 0

As the Costa Rica team arrive at the crumbling, atmospheric Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, a Neymar lookalike starts juggling a football and a dozen or so vociferous supporters go wild, screaming and waving national team flags wildly.

Bits and pieces from the sidelines in Brazil

Some have criticised the lack of coverage given to the historic event, saying it wasn't even shown on TV.

Barcelona 1 Atletico Madrid 1

Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 2

Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 2

Atletico Madrid 1 Barcelona 0 (Atletico Madrid win 2-1 on aggregate)

Atletico Madrid 1 Barcelona 0 (Atletico Madrid win 2-1 on aggregate)

Barcelona 1 Atletico Munich 1

Referee Andre Marriner has apologised to Arsenal for his error which saw Kieran Gibbs mistakenly sent off in the 6-0 loss to Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Barcelona 6 Celtic 1

“Barcelona on a roll...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s thrilling hat-trick in Tuesday’s play-off second-leg in Sweden confirmed Portugal’s place at next summer’s World Cup finals, and may have secured the Real Madrid attacker the 2013 Ballon d’Or award.

Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 3

Barcelona 0 Benfica 0

Kevin Phelan will look to carry momentum from his top-five finish at Carton House into the European Amateur Championships into this week’s Home Internationals.

In spite of a generally improved performance from the first leg last week, it mattered little in the final analysis as St. Patrick’s duly bowed out of the Europa League at the AWD-Arena in Hannover last night.

To produce a performance they can stand over is St Patrick’s Athletic’s goal in Lower Saxony tonight.

St Patrick’s Athletic won’t compromise their approach to counter Hannover 96 at Tallaght Stadium tonight as manager Liam Buckley will send his side out to play their normal game against the Bundesliga giants.

Brazil is granting asylum to a Bolivian opposition senator who has taken refuge in its embassy in La Paz, claiming political persecution and saying he feared for his life.

Real Madrid coasted past APOEL Nicosia 5-2 last night to set-up a Champions League semi-final clash with Bayern Munich.

Substitute Kaka sparkled and Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid finally broke down Cypriot underdogs APOEL in Nicosia.

Freida Pinto says that she goes through "a lot of down moments".

Alexandre Lacazette’s deflected goal gave Lyon a much-needed win in the first leg of their Champions League clash with APOEL Nicosia last night.

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho claimed some of his players believe it is "impossible to win" at Camp Nou after his side's 4-3 aggregate defeat to Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.

Barcelona booked their place in the Copa del Rey semi-finals, drawing 2-2 last night and winning 4-3 on aggregate, after surviving a determined fightback by Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid.

Barcelona 2 Real Madrid 2 (Barcelona win 4-3 on aggregate)

BARCELONA maintained their hex over bitter rivals Real Madrid by coming from behind to win 2-1 in a tense Copa del Rey quarter-final first leg at the Bernabeu last night.

Real Madrid 1 Barcelona 2

Forged in the same cinematic fires as the muscle-bound romp '300', 'Immortals' is a feast of naked male torsos and rippling biceps loosely inspired by the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Freida Pinto says none of her filmmaking experiences have been as good as 'Slumdog Millionaire'

A Brazilian state judge has approved what the court said is the nation’s first gay marriage.