Football

Victor Valdes has verbally abused a referee after 2-1 loss against Real Madrid in La Liga match.

Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle was paired with Rubin Kazan, FC Basel and Benfica respectively.

Goals from Oliver Giroud in the 3rd minute and Laurent Koscielny in the 86th helped Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0.

A string of absentees including Wilshere, Podolski and Sagna, have made Arsenal's already huge task that much bigger.

Southampton players mobbed referee Mark Clattenburg when he pointed to the spot in the third minute of stoppage time.

AC Milan visit Barcelona on Tuesday for the second leg of their last 16 tie, holding a 2-0 lead from the first leg.

Lionel Messi extended his Spanish league record by scoring in 17 straight games to cap Barcelona's 2-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna.

Tevez also played a part in goals by Aleksandar Kolarov and David Silva as City crushed Barnsley 5-0 to reach the semi-finals.

Mario Balotelli came off the bench to help fire 10-man AC Milan to a hard-fought 2-0 win at Genoa.

Tata Football Academy started their campaign on a winning note, defeating Mumbai FC 2-0 while Shillong Lajong FC held Sesa Football Academy 1-1.

With relegation a realistic prospect and only 10 games left, the fans will be concerned about the club's existence.

Valdes abused the referee after receiving a straight red card in his team's 2-1 defeat against Real Madrid at the weekend.

PSG have not reached the Champions League quarter-finals since 1995 and will be favoured to progress.

Celtic, beaten 3-0 at home, need to end Juventus' 17-match unbeaten European run and re-write the Champions League record books when they visit the Italian champions.

After losing 5-2 at the Emirates, Spurs never really recovered and the Gunners caught and overtook them to secure a Champions League spot for a 15th successive season.

Inter Milan came back from two goals down to beat Catania 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday.