Champions league: Roma beat Shakhtar to enter QF

As the temperature dipped towards minus-nine Celsius, Argentine striker Ferreyra took advantage of poor Roma defending to score with an expertly-taken goal in the 52nd minute. That turned the game on its head and it was no surprise when Brazilian midfielder ...

Training between mounds of snow without Neymar, Brazil may be forgiven for feeling out of their element as they prepare to face hosts Russia in their penultimate World Cup warm-up. The most expensive football player on the planet is back home, celebrating his ...

left-back Ismaily for international friendlies against Russia and Germany. Ismaily, 28, replaces Juventus defender Alex Sandro, who suffered a thigh injury while training with the Selecao in Moscow, the Brazilian Football Confederation said in a statement on ...

Russians living in Ukraine will be unable to vote in Russia's presidential election because access to Moscow's diplomatic missions will be blocked, Kiev said Friday."On Sunday, March 18, 2018, security arrangements for Russia's Ukraine-based diplomatic ...

In the other ties, Barcelona will face AS Roma, bringing back unhappy memories for the Italian side who lost 6-1 on their last visit to Camp Nou, and Sevilla will take on Bayern Munich. IMAGE: Manchester City's players celebrate winning a match. Photograph: Man City/Twitter Juventus were given a chance to avenge last year's Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid when the two sides were drawn together for the quarter-finals of this year's competition on Friday.The last eight also produced ...

IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday IMAGE: Sevilla’s Wissam Ben Yedder celebrates scoring a goal against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Manchester United fans had just two days to savour their win over arch-rivals Liverpool before Spain's Sevilla brought them back down to earth, eliminating them from the Champions League on Tuesday.   The 2-1 win by Vincenzo Montella's side, who are in fifth place in La Liga ...

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Real Madrid's Marcelo, left, and Luka Modric attend a news conference at the Valdebebas training grounds, outside Madrid. Photograph: Javier Barbanch/Reuters. Real Madrid could be without left back Marcelo and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric for their Champions League last-16 second leg at Paris St Germain in two weeks' time after the pair were diagnosed with hamstring injuries.   Marcelo was one of Real's best performers ...

As unlikely as it sounds, Lionel Messi is still waiting to score his first goal against Chelsea after drawing a blank in eight previous Champions League matches. The five-time World Player of the Year is likely to get another chance to break his duck this ...

IMAGE: Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar makes his way past Strasbourg’s Jonas Martin in Saturday's Ligue 1 match; Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters Paris St Germain continued their march towards the Ligue 1 title when they came from a goal down to beat Racing Strasbourg 5-2 at home and extend their lead at the top to 12 points on Saturday. Strasbourg, one of only two teams to defeat PSG in the league this season, opened the scoring through Jean-Eudes Aholou. The capital side levelled, ...