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Europa League semi final clockwatch – live! | Paul Doyle

All-Spanish final ahead as Bilbao face MadridKick off in tonight's games is 8:05pm BST. Paul will be here shortly before then with team news and build up. In the meantime here is Sid Lowe on how Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are united in pain fol...

The Fiver | Breeding Golden Lion Tamarins In Sweatiest Brazil | Paul Doyle

Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arrivingOUT OF THEIR BIG CUPSAfter a week in which Spain's top clubs were dumped out of Big Cup despite each having the advantage of playing at home...

US Quevilly rise from the depths to reach French Cup final | Paul Doyle

Third-tier Quevilly folded in 1978 but a remarkable giant-killing run in the cup sees them take on Lyon in Saturday's finalUS Quevilly have been upstarts since birth. The amateur team who will compete in the French Cup final on Saturday against aristoc...

Harry Redknapp remains confident of Champions League spot for Spurs

• Redknapp: I'm not worried about the way we are playing• Manager concedes Newcastle 'can just relax and play'Harry Redknapp insists he is still "very confident" that Tottenham Hotspur will qualify for next season's Champions League even though a 1...

Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League match report

When asked at the start of the season how he thought Adel Taarabt would fare in the Premier League, Harry Redknapp ventured the opinion that the player whom he let go to Queens Park Rangers for around £1m in 2010 would start the campaign in scorching ...

Redknapp: Chelsea won’t win Champions League

• Spurs' manager wants rivals distracted from Premier League• He believes Blues would lose final even if they beat BarçaHarry Redknapp has written off Chelsea's chances of winning the Champions League but says he hopes Roberto Di Matteo's men reac...

Chelsea v Barcelona – live! | Paul Doyle

• Drogba goal and dynamic defensive performance gives Chelsea first-leg leadPreamble:This is the weakest side that Roman Abramovich has ever sent out to soothe his Champions League craving and tonight they come up against one of the best teams in the...

Chelsea v Barcelona – live! | Paul Doyle

• Drogba goal and dynamic defensive performance gives Chelsea first-leg leadPreamble:This is the weakest side that Roman Abramovich has ever sent out to soothe his Champions League craving and tonight they come up against one of the best teams in the...

Bayern Munich v Real Madrid – live! | Paul Doyle

Late Gomez goal gives Bayern first-leg leadPaul will be here from around 7.29pm. Until then, here's Gregg Roughley's preview.Jupp Heynckes, the Bayern Munich coach, has urged his players to take advantage of a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to play i...

The Fiver | Real Madrid v Bayern Munich: round one | Paul Doyle

Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arrivingBANJAXING BIG CUPThis Real Madrid campaign really belongs on some pan-European equivalent of UK Gold, possibly in between episodes of Der Mi...

Carlos Tevez gives Manchester City belief the title can still be won

• Tevez and Roberto Mancini disagreement is 'in the past'• Striking partnership with Sergio Agüero looks lethalCarlos Tevez and Robert Mancini are publicly disagreeing again – but this time the manager is unlikely to mind. Mancini has been insis...

Norwich City 1-6 Manchester City

Manchester City found a cure for their ailing away form to keep the title race alive – even if Roberto Mancini insists it is dead – with a hard-fought victory at Carrow Road. A key ingredient in the remedy was Carlos Tevez, who scored a hat-trick a...