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An early goal by Radamel Falcao helped Atletico Madrid to a 2-0 home win against Real Betis.

Demba Ba and Hazard gave Chelsea a comfortable half-time lead before the third-place side experienced their second consecutive home setback.

However, the iconic Kolkata club has been fined Rs 2 crore and will resume their season on zero points.

Messi scored one goal and set up two more to steer Barcelona to a 3-1 win at Malaga.

Argentina forward Lionel Messi, who collected a record fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or award on Monday, is available.

City have sent back 912 of the 3,000 tickets they were allocated for Sunday's league clash at Arsenal.

The Portuguese forward was non-committal over Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng's decision to walk off the pitch over racist insults.

Djourou, who has made 144 appearances for Arsenal, will move to the Bundesliga side for the remainder of the season.

Vilanova will return to the touchline for the first time since having throat surgery to remove a tumor 16 days ago.

Milan players walked off 26 minutes into a friendly against lower league side Pro Patria after monkey chants from a small section of the crowd.

Manchester City manager does not believe the relationship between the two Italians is at breaking point.

Trevor Morgan's side returned to winning ways with a 3-0 hammering of Pailan Arrows but they are still behind.

The club president said they would consider selling their top players only if they received offers well in excess of their market value.

Chelsea would aim to start 2013 on a winning note when relegation-threatened QPR visit Stamford Bridge.

Tottenham moved up to third place in the Premier League with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Reading at White Hart Lane.

Gareth McAuley's own goal put the Red Devils ahead before Robin van Persie scored in injury time. The Red Devils retained their seven-point lead over City.