Football

Wilshere is yet to make a first-team appearance this season.

Arsenal are already without defenders Kieran Gibbs, Carl Jenkinson and Bacary Sagna.

Nemanja Vidic will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed.

Goals from Marco Streller and Alexander Frei sent Basel into the Champions League knockout stages.

Guti is confident that los Blancos will emerge victorious in Saturday's La Liga match.

Drogba scored two goals as Chelsea beat Valencia 3-0 to clinch top spot in Group E.

Man City need to win against Bayern and hope Napoli fail to win in order to progress to the last 16.

United, still need a point away to FC Basel to qualify for the knockout stages.

Martin O'Neill is returning to the Premier League nearly 16 months after quitting Aston Villa.

Drogba, Kalou and Sturridge scored a goal each to script a facile 3-0 win for Chelsea on Saturday.

The Netherlands were placed in perhaps the toughest pool with Germany, Portugal and Denmark.

A spirited Nepal were unfortunate to be held 1-1 by the Maldives, while Pakistan and Bangladesh played out a goalless draw.

There has been no mention about the cause of death of the 42-year-old.

Spanish leaders Real Madrid came from behind to beat nine-man Atletico Madrid 4-1.

Trabzonspor are only making their Champions League debut because Fenerbahce are implicated in a match-fixing scandal.

Gerard Pique, Lionel Messi, Carles Puyol and David Villa were all on target.