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Defending champions East Bengal stormed into the semi-finals of the 117th IFA Shield with a 2-0 win over United SC in Siliguri.

Mancini feels with only Premier League to focus on, United will put all their strength into the championship making it tough for City to defend their title.

Tributes flowed for Totti after he converted a penalty against Genoa last Sunday to score his 225th goal to equal Gunnar Nordahl's total and became joint highest all-time scorer in Serie A history.

Former England footballer Gary Lineker termed Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir's controversial decision as 'unbelievably harsh' while Joey Barton felt a great match had been ruined.

Borussia Dortmund reach the Champions League quarter-finals on 5-2 goal aggregate for the first time in 15 years.

Hummels scored the late equaliser in the 2-2 draw Dortmund earned in Donetsk and any win at home will take his team into the quarter-finals.

The defender suffered an ankle injury during last month's FA Cup fifth round victory over Reading.

It is no coincidence Napoli's loss of form has come at the same time as a six-match sequence without a goal for Uruguay forward Cavani.

Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao scored for Atletico in a 2-2 second leg draw at Sevilla to progress 4-3 on aggregate.

Lazio's latest case follows alleged incidents of "racist behavior" during a 2-0 Europa League victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach in Rome last Thursday.

Racist chants against Balotelli made little impact in Italian media, which focused more on the Milan striker's failure to score in his first city derby against Inter.

Mourinho's squad list did not include either player and Sergio Ramos is also unavailable after his sending off in last weekend's 2-0 victory at home to Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona will get a chance to return to winning ways when erratic Sevilla visit the Nou Camp in La Liga on Saturday.

FIFA has confirmed that goal-line technology will be used at the 2014 World Cup and has invited more providers to submit tenders.

"It's a prize that pushes me to always try to improve," Antonio Conte, who led the Turin side undefeated to the title, said after the award.

Arsenal face an eighth straight season without silverware after losing 1-0 to second-tier Blackburn in the fifth round of the FA Cup.