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Juventus eased to a 2-0 win at Livorno to provisionally take over the top spot in Serie A, while Fiorentina fell to a surprise 1-0 defeat at Udinese.

Lalrindika Ralte scored a spectacular goal in the 73rd minute to give East Bengal a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.

Barcelona's already injury-hit squad has received another blow with full back Adriano ruled out of Tuesday's Champions League game.

Mario Balotelli failed to convert a penalty kick and AC Milan were held to 1-1 by 10-man Genoa at the San Siro.

Osasuna beat Valladolid Friday as their second road victory of the season lifted it out of the Spanish league drop zone.

Carrick has established himself as an integral part of the United team since joining from Tottenham in 2006.

Liverpool's Premier League title aspirations will be under scrutiny again when they make the short trip across Stanley Park to face city rivals Everton.

Uruguay sealed their spot at the 2014 World Cup finals after a goalless draw at home to Jordan in the second leg of their intercontinental playoff.

Xavi is suffering from hamstring strain, Valdes limped out of Spain's friendly and Cristian Tello suffered ankle ligament damage in training.

Ronaldo upstaged Ibrahimovic in a showdown of superstar forwards, sending Portugal past Sweden 1-0 in a World Cup playoff.

Vicente del Bosque has agreed a two-year contract extension with the world and European champions which ties him until the 2016 European championship in France.

Owning two of the biggest egos in football, Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic have dominated the build-up to the most anticipated of the four playoffs.

The nearly 230,000 tickets in the second phase of sales for the 2014 WC were sold out on Monday just seven hours after being made available on FIFA's website.

With the 'big four's' dominance almost extinct, there are at least six clubs fighting for the elusive EPL trophy.

Juventus beat Napoli 3-0 to take advantage of another slip up by Roma and close the gap on the Serie A leader to one point.

Robin van Persie tormented former club Arsenal once again by scoring the only goal in United's 1-0 victory over the Premier League leaders.