Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini suggested Chelsea defender Ashley Cole was at the centre of a tunnel bust-up following the Londoners’ 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge.

Michael Carrick does not believe tonight’s Manchester derby can be billed as a title decider.

Bayern Munich 2 Marseille 0 (Bayern win 4-0 on aggregate)

Barcelona defender Eric Abidal is recovering well after undergoing a liver transplant yesterday, club president Sandro Rosell has said.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean vowed to fight on after his side were relegated amid scenes of vitriol and protest at rain-sodden Ewood Park last night.

Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic is confident the club’s fans will not let them down at Anfield on Sunday.

Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall has called for lifetime bans to be handed out to anyone making offensive gestures or singing insulting chants about deaths in football tragedies.

Roberto Mancini has told his Manchester City players not to throw caution to the wind tonight as they strive to overturn a two-goal deficit in their Europa League clash with Dynamo Kiev.

A train ploughed into a group of youngsters taking a short cut to a Spanish beach party killing at least 12 of them.

New Zealand rugby referee Steve Walsh believes the modern professional game is now too “complex” for just one on-field official to handle.

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson hopes the injury which Damien Duff picked up during last night’s defeat against Stoke will not rule him out of next week’s Europa League final against Atletico Madrid.

Carlo Ancelotti backed £50m striker Fernando Torres to come good after his Chelsea side lost their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

Picketers hurled eggs at buses and blocked trucks from delivering produce to wholesale markets as Spanish workers went on a general strike today.

Tourists on a holiday island in North Carolina were ordered to board ferries and head for the mainland today as Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the US East Coast.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez felt his team fully deserved to emerge triumphant from yesterday’s “phenomenal” Barclays Premier League clash with West Ham.

Newport Gwent Dragons 13 Ulster 20

Ulster 19 Glasgow Warriors 17

Nigel Twiston-Davies has sent a warning shot to Imperial Commander’s Betfair Chase rivals that he feels his star performer could be better than ever this season.

Brian O’Driscoll has told Ireland to expect some typically ferocious tackling from Samoa at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

If WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange needs a home, Ecuador’s deputy foreign minister said the Andean nation is happy to provide one.