Football

Chelsea will face Monterrey or the winners of the Asian Champions League in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.

The Catalan club's president Sandro Rosell is set to meet the star striker soon.

Malaga qualified for Europe's elite club competition for the first time after finishing fourth last season.

Jimenez let an easy ball slip from his grasp in the 89th minute, allowing Betis striker Ruben Castro to take advantage for the late winner.

Everton had a goal disallowed despite the ball appearing to cross the line just before being cleared.

Roma gave up a two-goal advantage to lose 3-2 to Bologna, which picked up its first points of the season.

Jermain Defoe capped a superb individual display with two well-taken goals in Tottenham's 3-1 win over Reading.

The Spanish champions slumped to their second La Liga defeat of the campaign in a 1-0 reverse at Sevilla on Saturday.

Champions came from a goal behind to secure a point as their new Spanish signing Garcia cancelled out Crouch's opener.

Scholes scored on his 700th appearance for Man United and Alexander Buttner and Nick Powell grabbed debut goals in a 4-0 win.

Mourinho says Ronaldo is an example for everyone and he's not worried about things that are supplementary.

The feud between QPR's defender Anton Ferdinand and Chelsea captain John Terry continued in the pre-match handshake at Loftus Road.

Dutchman Van Persie, suffered a strain on international duty but manager Alex Ferguson said he had recovered in time.

The crisis seems to be over as of now as the striker trained with team-mates on Wednesday.

Arsenal are ready to offer Didier Drogba an escape from his China crisis as Gunners look to fill the void left by Robin van Persie.

Goals by Viktor Faizulin and Roman Shirokov gave Fabio Capello's Russia a winning start in their World Cup qualifying campaign.