Former Celtic winger Aiden McGeady insists he has nothing to prove to Scottish fans after admitting his move to Spartak Moscow was surrounded in negativity.

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out buying any new players in the January transfer window unless injuries force him to ask owner Roman Abramovich to open his cheque book.

Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti insists the Blues still have a lot to do to ensure they finish in first place in Group F despite a comfortable 2-0 victory over Spartak Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium last night.

Spartak Moscow are reeling from the loss of influential midfielder Alex ahead of tomorrow’s Champions League Group F clash with Chelsea at the Luzhniki Stadium.

Spartak Moscow boss Valery Karpin has denied any interest in signing Celtic star Aiden McGeady.

Spartak Moscow are willing to pay Tottenham £10m to bring Roman Pavlyuchenko back to Russia.

Michael Laudrup, who had been linked with the managerial vacancy at West Ham, is set to take over as coach of Spartak Moscow within the next 48 hours, according to the club’s director of sport.

David Beckham looks certain to be fit for Real Madrid’s crucial clash at home to Racing Santander on Saturday.

David Beckham has been handed a boost on his 30th birthday with the news that the foot injury he picked up in the weekend clash at Real Sociedad is not as serious as first thought.

SOME good news for Chelsea. Bayern Munich’s two top strikers, Claudio Pizarro and Roy Makaay, were injured in their 3-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday.

BARCELONA continued their slide into mid-table obscurity after slumping to a 3-0 defeat away to a lively Racing Santander in the Primera Liga last night.

JUVENTUS coach Marcello Lippi believes his newly-crowned Italian champions have nothing to fear when they take on European champions Real Madrid on Wednesday.

RUSSIA coach Oleg Romantsev turned on his players even though they opened their World Cup campaign with victory over Tunisia to climb to the top of Group H.

Russia coach Oleg Romantsev was pleased with his side’s 2-0 win over Tunisia in Kobe but not their performance.

Russia coach Oleg Romantsev was pleased with his side’s 2-0 win over Tunisia in Kobe but not their performance.

Russia scored twice in the second half to comfortably beat Tunisia in Kobe and take control of Group H.

Russia scored twice in the second half to comfortably beat Tunisia in Kobe and take control of Group H.

Russia midfielder Egor Titov has all the attributes of a potential World Cup superstar.

Russia coach Oleg Romantsev has named a strong 20-man squad for the upcoming friendly clash with the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.