Radamel Falcao justified his golden boot billing by firing Atletico Madrid to Europa League glory last night.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will accept Carlos Tevez’s apology and the Argentinian could be back in action in “two or three weeks”.

AC Milan 2 Barcelona 3

CRISTIANO RONALDO inspired Portugal to victory last night in Lisbon as his two goals help book their place in the Euro 2012 finals.

Wayne Rooney’s three-match ban that will see the striker miss all of England’s Euro 2012 group games has been labelled “a huge blow” to the team by ex-striker Alan Shearer.

FABIO CAPELLO’S worst fears were realised last night when UEFA handed Wayne Rooney a three-match ban that will see him miss all of England’s Euro 2012 group games.

England’s Euro 2012 hopes have been dealt a huge blow after Wayne Rooney was today banned for three matches by UEFA.

Montenegro 2 England 2

Montenegro 2 England 2

BARCELONA led Real Madrid 3-2 on Wednesday night in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup final. The teams had drawn 2-2 in the first leg. Both were thrillers.

REAL MADRID and Barcelona will both face UEFA disciplinary hearings following their ill-tempered Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday night.

HE didn’t start the fire; it was always burning since the world’s been turning.

Barcelona have confirmed a board meeting will be held later today as the club consider action against Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has joined coach Jose Mourinho in suggesting there is a conspiracy against teams facing Barcelona in Champions League ties.

Barcelona are threatening to report Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho to UEFA after the Portuguese insinuated that the Catalan giants receive favourable treatment from referees and claimed the club had yet to win a “clean” Champions League title under Pep Guardiola.

IN an ugly encounter, Lionel Messi provided a timely reminder of why this four-game sequence between Barcelona and Real Madrid has received such sensational pre-match billing.

Bursaspor 0 Manchester United 3

Bursaspor v Manchester United

Partizan Belgrade 1 Arsenal 3

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made half-a-dozen changes from the side beaten by West Brom for tonight’s Champions League Group H clash in Partizan Belgrade as a stadium power failure in Serbia raised questions about whether the match would start on time, if at all.

URUGUAY coach Oscar Tabarez has told his players to hold on to their World Cup dreams after seeing them book their place in the quarter-finals.

Jermain Defoe has been included in England’s starting line-up for the first time since the opening competitive match of Fabio Capello’s reign for the vital World Cup clash with Slovenia.

DIEGO MARADONA has warned that his Argentina side will not fear any opponent at the World Cup in South Africa after they began their quest for a third global title with a victory.

CHELSEA captain John Terry has hit out at the standard of refereeing in the Champions League in the wake of his side’s elimination from the competition at the hands of Inter Milan.

Chelsea captain John Terry has hit out at the standard of refereeing in the Champions League in the wake of his side’s elimination from the competition at the hands of Inter Milan.

Jose Mourinho claims Chelsea’s supporters will never forgive him after his Inter Milan side knocked them out of the Champions League.

Chelsea 0 Inter Milan 1 (Inter win 3-1 on aggregate)

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has picked three forwards on his return to Stamford Bridge to face his former club Chelsea in the Champions League last 16.

Scotland 2 Macedonia 0

BARCELONA’S players have rounded on what they deemed a negative and cynical Chelsea side following the 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Barcelona’s players rounded on what they deemed a negative and cynical Chelsea side following the teams’ 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final last night.

CHELSEA�S defensive discipline earned them a precious goalless draw against Barcelona last night to make them slight favourites to reach their second successive Champions League final.

Barcelona 0 Chelsea 0

Robbie Keane saluted his Republic of Ireland team-mates after snatching a vital late equaliser to deny world champions Italy victory.

Italy 1 Republic of Ireland 1

Manchester United 0 Villarreal 0

Cristiano Ronaldo was named on the bench as Manchester United began the defence of their Champions League crown at home to Villarreal.

SWEDEN sealed their place at Euro 2008 with victory over Latvia in Solna which rendered Northern Ireland’s bid to win in Spain irrelevant.

Ajax 2 inter Milan 2

Sparta Prague 0 Arsenal 2

Chelsea 1 Anderlecht 0

Chelsea: Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Gallas, Duff, Essien, Makelele, Lampard, Robben, Drogba. Subs: Cudicini, Crespo, Joe Cole, Geremi, Diarra, Wright-Phillips, Huth.

Liverpool 0 CSKA Sofia 1