Real Madrid secured their passage to the Champions League quarter-finals with a comfortable win over CSKA Moscow last night.

Harry Redknapp says he is “not sure” whether he wants to take the England job and admits it would be “difficult” to make the transition from club boss to international manager.

There hasn’t been a transformation like this in football since Emmanuel Eboue went from boo-boy to folk hero because when Thomas Vermaelen scored a dramatic last-minute goal against Newcastle it turned the Emirates into a cauldron of passion and Arsenal into serious contenders for third place.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has warned title rivals Manchester City his team will not crack on the run-in.

Manchester United fans celebrate as they hear the score from the Swansea game.

A goal seven minutes from time by Luke Moore blew the title race wide open as Manchester City gave way to Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.

Just as the questions about England are banned, there are more things to wonder about.

Manchester United, the record 19-time English soccer champion, is revisiting plans for an initial public offering in Singapore as stock markets recover, said five people with knowledge of the matter.

Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United’s slack European performances will force him to reassess how to approach games at Old Trafford in future.

Italy manager Cesare Prandelli has hit out at Mario Balotelli, telling the temperamental Manchester City striker it’s time to back up his words with actions.

Keith Andrews has labelled James McClean the ‘‘most talked about youngster in the Premier League’ and says the Sunderland winger has instantly settled into life as an international footballer.

“Yeah, we seem to be the bogey team for managers at the moment,” says Shane Long as he reflects on a run of great results for West Brom which has also spelt managerial doom for Mick McCarthy and Andre Villas-Boas.

Manchester United’s miserable European home form continued as they were completely outplayed by Athletic Bilbao in their Europa League last-16 first-leg tie last night.

There are hopes of a breakthrough in the long-running Vita Cortex dispute after Siptu agreed last night to attend talks at the Labour Relations Commission next week.

Zenit St Petersburg striker Alexander Kerzhakov believes sub-zero temperatures in Russia will not play to his side’s advantage in their Champions League last-16 clash against Benfica.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is “optimistic” about his side’s title chances and believes their level is not far away from that of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Last November, less than 24 hours before he would utter those infamous words to Patrice Evra, Luis Suarez posed for photographs with one of the world’s most famous athletes, who also happens to double up as one of his bosses.

It appears two of the Premier League’s greatest rivals have made up, with Patrick Vieira yesterday revealing he and Roy Keane have settled their differences.

It was a sunny afternoon last June when I got a call that set alarm bells ringing.

Liverpool still have to deal with unresolved questions arising from the Luis Suarez affair, according to aleading anti-racism campaigner.