Spain 1 Portugal 0

IT HAS taken 30 matches and 11 long days but at last one of the Big Five has been spotted in South Africa; the prowling and preening Cristiano Ronaldo.

Portugal 7 North Korea 0

Ivory Coast 0 Portugal 0

Republic of Ireland winger Damien Duff has recovered from a knock to start for Fulham in tonight’s Europa League final against Atletico Madrid.

FORMER Manchester United striker Diego Forlan returned to haunt Liverpool as his extra-time strike sent Atletico Madrid into the Europa League final despite losing 2-1 at Anfield last night.

LIVERPOOL failed to gain any reward for their valiant efforts in making the long-haul trip to Madrid as a familiar foe gave Atletico a 1-0 victory in their Europa League semi-final first leg last night.

Atletico Madrid 1 Liverpool 0

REAL MADRID took a step closer to the last 16 of the Champions League after easing past FC Zurich 1-0 in a match that saw the return to action of Cristiano Ronaldo following injury.

PORTUGAL negotiated a tricky tie to qualify for the World Cup after a 1-0 success in Bosnia-Herzegovina sealed a 2-0 aggregate success last night.

Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 Portugal 1 (Portugal win 2-0 on aggregate)

DIDIER DROGBA acknowledged he is in the best form of his career after helping Chelsea reach the last 16 of the Champions League last night.

Didier Drogba was included in the Chelsea starting line-up for tonight’s Champions League match at Atletico Madrid after serving his three-match European suspension.

Chelsea 4 Atletico Madrid 0

Chelsea centre-back Ricardo Carvalho was left on the bench for the Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge.

Diego Maradona's Argentina progressed to next summer's World Cup in South Africa as substitute Mario Bolatti hit a later winner to end Uruguay's hopes of snatching the final automatic qualification berth in the South American zone.

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo will miss the potential Republic of Ireland playoff rival's final World Cup qualifier against Malta on Wednesday due to a right ankle injury.

Atletico Madrid 0 Apoel 0

Liverpool 1 Atletico Madrid 2

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has not received any offers from Manchester United for Sergio Aguero.

UNDER fire Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster had few complaints about his side’s 3-1 defeat by Getafe on Saturday, admitting he felt from early on it was not going to be their night.

Portugal winger Simao Sabrosa has revealed his long-term goal is still to play in England.

Liverpool 1 Atletico Madrid 1

Barcelona maintained their 100% record in Champions League Group C with a 5-0 rout of hapless Basle tonight.

Atletico Madrid 1 Liverpool 1

STRUGGLING Juventus are hoping for a confidence-boosting performance in the Champions League tonight when they face Group H leaders Real Madrid.

Portugal 2 Germany 3

Barcelona midfielder Deco believes Arsenal’s Alexander Hleb is the ideal candidate to replace him when he leaves the Nou Camp this summer.

Panathinaikos 1 Rangers 1

EL-HADJI DIOUF made up for his disappointment in the African Nations Cup by giving Bolton the edge in the UEFA Cup last night.

Bolton 1 Atletico Madrid 0

RANGERS’ hopes of progressing to the last 16 of the UEFA cup were dented last night after being held to a goalless draw by Panathinaikos at Ibrox.

EL CLASICO once again lived up to its billing as Real Madrid traded blow for blow with Barcelona in Camp Nou on Sunday night and won to establish a commanding seven-point lead at the top of La Liga.

Atletico Madrid 2 Aberdeen 0

Benfica winger Simao Sabrosa is set to join Atletico Madrid after the Portuguese club agreed to sell their captain to the Primera Liga side.

TWO late goals from Portugal stunned Brazil and handed Dunga his first defeat as coach.

Brazil 0 Portugal 2

Alex Ferguson’s pre-match observations proved eerily accurate as Manchester United battled back from the brink of humiliation to book their place in the Champions League knockout stages.

Benfica coach Fernando Santos insists he has no special plans to man-mark Cristiano Ronaldo in tonight’s make-or-break Champions League clash with Manchester United.

Celtic’s Champions League aspirations were given a huge boost with a convincing 3-0 home win over Benfica.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan handed Evander Sno his Champions League debut in the Hoops’ home Group F match against Benfica.

Germany 3 Portugal 1

Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann made way for long-time rival Oliver Kahn as Germany prepared to take on Portugal in the third-place play-off match in Stuttgart.

Portugal 1 Holland 0