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Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League brace against Malmo took him to 501 goals for club and country and level with Raul as Real Madrid's all-time top scorer. Ronaldo's remarkable goal haul has come in 753 appearances for Real Madrid, Manchester United,...

Manchester United are "suffering" after six matches in 18 days, said boss Louis van Gaal following his side's 2-1 Champions League win over Wolfsburg. Juan Mata's first-half penalty and Chris Smalling's 53rd-minute goal gave United their first Group B victory. The...

Manchester City did not deserve their last-minute Champions League victory at Borussia Monchengladbach, says Blues manager Manuel Pellegrini. Sergio Aguero's penalty earned a 2-1 win, with keeper Joe Hart saving a penalty before the Germans took a 1-0 second-half lead. Nicolas...

Gareth Bale has been named in the Wales squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Andorra later this month. The 26-year-old forward has missed Real Madrid's last three games with a calf injury but is set to return...

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been left out of the England squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Estonia and Lithuania. Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 19, and Reds forward Danny Ings, 23, have received their first senior call-ups, having represented...

Chelsea suffered a fifth defeat of the season after losing 2-1 to Porto in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night. The home side led just before half-time through Andre Andre's close-range finish, only for Willian's brilliant free kick to...

Daniel Sturridge will not play in Liverpool's Europa League clash with Sion on Thursday, manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed. Sturridge scored twice in the 3-2 win over Aston Villa at the weekend - only his second appearance since returning from...

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been banned from football for life. The 72-year-old Trinidadian is the former head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), but quit Fifa in 2011. He is fighting extradition to the US on...

Sepp Blatter says he will not stand down as Fifa president because of the criminal proceedings opened against him by Swiss investigators. The Swiss, 79, is suspected of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and making a "disloyal...

Former Chelsea forward Andre Schurrle says he left the club because of a breakdown in his relationship with manager Jose Mourinho. The 24-year-old signed on a permanent deal for Wolfsburg in February, and has revealed that he felt Mourinho no...