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Levante's Senegal midfielder Papakouly complained of racist abuse from a section of the Atletico Madrid supporters during Sunday's La Liga game.

Sunderland took a huge step towards staying in the EPL by handing Ryan Giggs the first defeat of his reign as interim Manchester United manager.

Barcelona conceded a second goal to Getafe forward Angel Lafita in injury time to stumble to a 2-2 draw at home on Saturday.

The pre-bid meeting is scheduled to be held on May 15, and the last day for submission of bids is June 2.

Media reports this week said Manchester City and PSG have been given the chance to settle breaches of the Financial Fair Play rules.

Mourinho accused Hazard of "not sacrificing himself 100 per cent" for his team-mates, two days after their Champions League semi-final exit.

"I want to thank the mothers of these players we have at Atletico Madrid because they gave birth to them with balls this big," an emotional Simeone said.

Danny Rose was the central figure as Tottenham beat 10-man Stoke 1-0 Saturday to win their first away game for more than two months.

Sepp Blatter has encouraged fans to be optimistic that the World Cup in Brazil will be a success, amid growing concerns over security and public unrest.

"Ryan Giggs, the club's most decorated player, will assume responsibility for the first team until a permanent appointment can be made," the club has said.

Paris St Germain collected their first trophy of the season when Edinson Cavani's double secured a 2-1 victory against Olympique Lyon.

Pune FC squandered a one-goal lead to go down 1-2 to East Bengal in an I-League Round 25 encounter on Saturday.

Atletico stayed firmly on course for a surprise La Liga title triumph when a Miranda header and Diego Costa's late penalty secured an unconvincing 2-0 win.

Barcelona will be without Neymar and Jordi Alba for the final month of the season after both were injured during the Copa del Rey final loss to Real Madrid.

Both having served India together for years, Ganguly and Tendulkar now find themselves on the opposite sides of the Indian Super League.

Roma kept up the pressure on Serie A leader Juventus with a comfortable 3-1 win against Atalanta on Saturday.