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Barcelona remain on top of this year's Spanish League standings after beating Mallorca 1-0 at home.

Real Madrid are out of the Champions League in the first knock-out stage for the fourth successive time.

Brazil have slipped to second place because of a 2-0 loss to eighth-ranked Portugal last week.

Rooney came off the bench to score twice as Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Some news media quoted Mijatovic as saying, ''Beckham will leave us, we will not renew his contract.''