Football

Arsenal rose to third in Premier League, above their London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

Barcelona play Bayern Munich in a clash of teams ranked by UEFA as the two best in Europe. Bayern host the first leg.

UEFA are planning to introduce tough new sanctions to combat racism with players found guilty of racist offences banned for a minimum of 10 matches.

The FA want technology to be officially introduced at the pre-season Community Shield fixture.

Striker Alvaro Negredo scored twice on Monday to give Sevilla a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao.

The draw left Liverpool seventh, a place below what is set to be the final Europa League qualification place.

AC Milan squandered a two-goal lead over 10-man Fiorentina and settled for a 2-2 draw on Sunday.

The 24-year-old has accepted a salary offer of 2.5 million euros a year from AC Milan for a three-year contract.

Messi was substituted at halftime of Tuesday's 2-2 draw against PSG in Paris, having scored the first goal.

FIFA surprisingly opted for GoalControl as their goal-line technology system to be used at next year's World Cup in Brazil.

Malaga are brimming with confidence ahead of the first leg with Dortmund - who won the Champions League in 1997.

PSG must capitalise on their counter-attacking chances in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barca because they will not see much of the ball, said coach Ancelotti.

PSG chairman Nasser al-Khelaifi wants former England captain David Beckham to extend his contract with the French club for another year.

Xavi and Alba recovered from hamstring strains will be play against Paris St Germain in Champions League quarters

Goals from Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Vincent Kompany and Yaya Toure secured a comfortable 4-0 win for Roberto Mancini's men.

With this win, Pune FC completed a double over Dempo SC after beating the Goans 5-1 earlier in the season.