Barcelona avenged their September defeat in the French capital by beating Paris St Germain 3-1 at Camp Nou to claim top spot in Champions League Group F.

Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova confirmed after his side’s 7-0 aggregate Champions League semi-final loss to Bayern Munich that star forward Lionel Messi was not injured but did not feature in the second leg for fear of getting injured.

Lionel Messi has said Bayern were "superior" to Barcelona in last night’s 4-0 thrashing, with the Catalan club’s hopes of reaching the Champions League final all but over.

Friday night’s last ever Basque derby to be held at Athletic Bilbao’s Estadio San Mames should have been a celebration of La Catedral’s 100-year history, but instead turned into yet another low point in one of the club’s worst seasons.

Juventus last night won their first Serie A crown since 2003 as a Diego Milito hat-trick sunk title rivals AC Milan.

Spanish international striker Fernando Llorente fired Athletic Bilbao into the Europa League final with a late winning goal in last night’s semi-final second leg in the Basque Country.

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The shortage of Premier League fixtures on Saturday meant Swansea’s flattening of Fulham took centre stage on Match of the Day, with their manager Brendan Rodgers interviewed by Gary Lineker via video link.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists his side can overturn a 3-2 first-leg deficit after being “well beaten” in last night’s Europa League clash at home to Athletic Bilbao.

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Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola says his team will set out to attack in next weekend’s Clasico against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, despite holding an eight-point lead over Jose Mourinho’s side with only seven league games remaining.

Neil Lennon has played down his bust-up with Spanish referee Iturralde Gonzalez during Celtic’s friendly at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday night.

Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano is set to be sidelined for around six weeks after suffering a knee injury during last night’s defeat to Athletic Bilbao, the Primera Division club have confirmed.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola wants his side to show more killer instinct in front of goal after seeing them leave it late before securing the three points against Athletic Bilbao.

Barcelona are sweating on the fitness of superstar Lionel Messi ahead of their two huge matches this week.

RONALDINHO grabbed his 11th league goal of the season as Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to two points after a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad at the Nou Camp on Saturday, while Sevilla moved into second spot after a 2-1 comeback win at home to Real Madrid.

JUVENTUS began the defence of their Italian league title in style with a thumping 5-1 home win over Empoli yesterday.