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Valencia and Atlético Madrid carried the flag for Spain on Thursday as both advanced to the Europa League round of 16 with wins over Club Brugge and Galatasaray. Athletic Bilbao, however, were knocked out after a hammering by Anderlecht.

Carlos Queiroz, Portugal’s national coach, reckons Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo is the top player in world football right now. The debate is raging around the world about who is better seeing as the Portuguese ace’s £80m departure for Real Madrid has seen Wayne Rooney blossom.

Chelsea´s Salomon Kalou has been ruled out for “around two weeks”, the Premier League leaders said on Thursday, after sustaining a thigh tear in Wednesday´s League Cup loss to Blackburn Rovers.

Germany´s stars are set to use video conferencing in their bid to win the World Cup title for a fourth time as coach Joachim Loew looks to keep an eye on his players´ preparations.

Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani has announced the exact date the English midfielder David Beckham would join the club for his second spell at the San Siro.

According to several reports, Liverpool is closely monitoring Eljero Elia’s impressive performances. The winger from Hamburger SV has quickly developed himself to a key player for the Bundesliga side and it’s reported that Rafa Benitez made him one of his primary targets.

Fulham celebrated the club´s 130th anniversary by pulling clear of the Premier League´s relegation zone with a 2-0 win over fellow strugglers Hull at Craven Cottage on Monday.

Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal has decided against risking Dutch winger Arjen Robben for Wednesday´s Champions League clash at Bordeaux.

FIFA is to open a disciplinary investigation into Diego Maradona after the Argentinian coach´s sexually-explicit, foul-mouthed rant following his team´s qualification for the 2010 World Cup.

Ghana overcame Brazil 4-3 on penalties in the final of the Under-20 World Cup at the Cairo International Stadium here on Friday to become the first African side to win the tournament.

Diego Maradona apologised to the world´s women on Friday for his explicit, foul-mouthed rant which followed Argentina´s World Cup qualification, but refused to say sorry to journalists.

The African clash between Ghana and South Africa at the 2009 World Youth Championship ended in a 2-1 victory to the Ghanaians.

Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni said Tuesday he is confident his side can match any potential World Cup playoff rival.

Republic of Ireland have ruled Damien Duff, Darron Gibson and Steven Reid out of their plans for Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Italy.

World Cup winner Romario is to run for election to the national parliament as he fights off debts and fraud charges.