Football

Alan Pardew celebrated his first match in charge of Newcastle with a 3-1 win over Liverpool.

Milan leads with 33 points, Lazio has 30 and Juventus and Napoli are level with 27 each.

Spanish airspace opened again later in the afternoon but Barca had set off by train to Zaragoza.

A newly established British subsidiary called Venky's London Limited paid 23 million pounds for a 99.9 percent stake.

Gonzalo Higuain's late goal gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win at Sporting Gijon to stay top of the Spanish league.

Kevin Davies scores a brace as Bolton humble Tottenham 4-2.

Leaders Lazio face inconsistent AS Roma in one of world soccer's most explosive derbies on Sunday.

The death of Paul the Octopus was announced by the aquarium in Oberhausen.

The club said the administrators "are unable to support the continued trading of the club".

A day after manager Alex Ferguson's candid news conference revealed that the 24-year-old wanted to leave, Rooney issued a statement explaining his reasons.

Liverpool have found some relief in the Europa League where they have won five and drawn one of their six games, including qualifying ties.

English football's most protracted and bitter takeover could still be completed by the time Liverpool face Everton on Sunday.

The draw left Inter second in the table, two points behind Serie A leader Lazio.

Hercules topped Sevilla 2-0 and Atletico Madrid defeated Real Zaragoza 1-0.

Diego Maradona was sacked as the national coach after Argentina lost to Germany in the World Cup quarter finals.

Milito ended his scoring drought with 2 goals and helped his side to take sole possession of the Serie A lead.