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1. Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has stepped into the row with Real Madrid over Cristiano Ronaldo by accusing the Spanish club of trying to "naturalise" the forward. Alex Ferguson's number two used historical references to explorer Christopher Columbus to put across his point to the Spanish champions, who have upset United in their dogged pursuit of the Portuguese winger. Earlier in the week, Real coach Bernd Schuster angered Ferguson with his claim that a deal to take Ronaldo to the Bernabeu this summer was as good as done.


2. Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has called for the club to abandon its strictly imposed salary cap for fear of losing their best players. The Dutch marksman has expressed his concern that the Gunners' wage policy is limiting the club's ability to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United. Already this summer, Mathieu Flamini has quit the Emirates to sign a far more lucrative deal with Milan and fellow midfielder Alexander Hleb is reportedly on the verge of penning a deal with Barcelona.


3. The Portuguese FA has confirmed Chelsea's interest in appointing Luis Felipe Scolari as their new manager. Chelsea are in the hunt for a new boss after parting company with Avram Grant last Saturday and a host of bosses from across Europe are believed to be contenders for the Stamford Bridge hot-seat. The likes of unsettled Inter chief Roberto Mancini, ex-Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard, Blackburn manager Mark Hughes and Russia coach Guus Hiddink are all understood to be targets. And, according to the Portuguese Football Federation's vice-president Amandio De Carvalho, Portugal manager Scolari - who is out of contract after Euro 2008 - is also on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's short-list.


4. Ipswich boss Jim Magilton is poised to make a move for Manchester City striker Emile Mpenza, according to the player's agent. The 29-year-old's contract is set to expire at Eastlands this summer and he is believed to be on the lookout for a new club. Ipswich first enquired about the availability of the Belgian international in March when a loan move was touted but an offer was subsequently rejected by the striker who said he was not fully fit.


5. Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen paid £160,000 for a 1974 Chevrolet Corvette owned by Hollywood actress Sharon Stone at a Monaco Grand Prix charity auction. The car, stored in Los Angeles and said to have just four miles on the clock, was one of the top lots at a glittering Amber Fashion show in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation on Friday night.


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1. Celtic won the Scottish Premier League on a dramatic final day of the season with a 1-0 win over a spirited Dundee United at Tannadice. With 20 minutes of an absorbing contest remaining Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink met Paul Hartley's corner with a towering header from five yards that left 'keeper Lukasz Zaluska with no chance. A Celtic win meant Rangers would need to produce a goal-fest of staggering proportions to take the title away from their arch-rivals, though they slumped to a 2-0 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie.


2. Former Manchester United and Chelsea star Paul Parker will be pleased to see the back of Didier Drogba if he leaves Stamford Bridge. "If, as expected, Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea this summer, his final performance will have summed his time at Stamford Bridge nicely. There were flashes of brilliance, but unfortunately the bad outweighed the good. He has always had a streak of indiscipline and in the end it may well have cost his team the Champions League. Had he taken the fifth penalty and not John Terry, Chelsea would probably have brought the European Cup home with them.


3. Manchester City concluded their post-season tour of Asia with a humiliating 3-1 loss to a South China Invitational XI in Hong Kong, a match that could prove to be Sven-Goran Eriksson's swansong as manager. Dietmar Hamann opened the scoring for City, who were missing numerous first-team regulars, but the hosts levelled before half-time through Giovane Da Silva. The Invitational XI - a select band of Hong Kong players - went ahead three minutes after the interval when Festus Baise struck before Liang Zicheng added a third in the 71st minute. City failed to respond to end their disappointing tour with a second defeat following last Saturday's 3-1 reverse to Thailand Premier All-Stars, a defeat played under the watchful eye of club owner Thaksin Shinawatra.


4. Manchester United have left Moscow after their Champions League victory, with uncertainty still surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo. As he has done consistently for the last year, the 23-year-old winger issued mixed messages about his future plans in the aftermath of what was a rollercoaster night for him in the Luzhniki Stadium. Within minutes of having declared, "I am going to stay - there is no way I'm leaving after this," Ronaldo qualified that commitment with a reminder that "the future ... no one knows."


5. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton turned the tables on Ferrari with the fastest lap in Thursday's Monaco Grand Prix practice. The 23-year-old Briton, runner-up in the Mediterranean principality in a McLaren one-two last year, showed his mastery of the tight and twisty streets with an afternoon lap of one minute 15.140 seconds. His friend and rival Nico Rosberg, also running on the softer tyres, was second quickest in a Williams.


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Euro Champions League Final

MAN UTD 1 1 CHELSEA

(man utd win penalty 6 - 5)



MANCHESTER UNITED KING OF EUROPE & KING OF ENGLAND

BIG GAME TONIGHT

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - FINAL


MAN UTD VS CHELSEA


Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Selection dilemma for Fergie

Manchester United took a full-strength 24-man squad to Moscow to prepare for the Champions League final on Wednesday against Chelsea. The party, led by manager Sir Alex Ferguson, flew out of Manchester Airport at lunchtime on a private charter. Ferguson has already admitted he will have a tough job, not just picking a team but choosing his seven substitutes.

It means six players will be left watching the game from the stands at the Luzhniki Stadium.
Paul Scholes has been promised a place in the starting line-up after missing the European Cup victory in 1999 through suspension. It might also be a memorable night for Ryan Giggs as he is poised to overtake Sir Bobby Charlton's club record of 758 appearances.

Manchester United squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Heaton, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Brown, Neville, O'Shea, Silvestre, Pique, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Hargreaves, Anderson, Fletcher, Park, Nani, Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez, Saha,


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Uefa - Final

Zenit St Petersburg 2 0 Rangers


"Igor Denisov's 72nd-minute goal broke Rangers' stubborn resistence as Zenit St Petersburg ground out a 2-0 victory in a predictably tight UEFA Cup final at the City of Manchester Stadium. Denisov slotted past Neil Alexander with 18 minutes to go to break the hearts of Walter Smith's men and the estimated 100,000 fans they brought down from Glasgow to Manchester.

Midfielder Konstatin Zurianov prodded home a second to seal the win with the last kick of the match. Rangers were predictably cagey game until the hour mark as Dick Advocaat's side struggled to find a way through the blue wall, but Zenit took advantage of the increasing space in the final half-hour to grab the goals that make them only the second Russian club to lift the trophy.

Rangers had endured an epic journey which saw them play no fewer than 18 European games to come this far only to fall at the final hurdle at the hands of the Russian champions, denying the Scots their first European trophy for 36 years. Contrary to all the pre-match hype, the match enjoyed an open start and both sides had early chances; first Andrei Arshavin shot the wrong side of the near after he was released down the left channel, before Jean Claude Darcheville opted to cross rather than shoot when through on the left, Radek Shirl intercepting on his own six-yard line.

After their early chance, Rangers settled back as Zenit mounted some pressure on their goal, the Scots finding it difficult to maintain any decent possession as the Russian side harried and pressed in midfield. But despite all their possession in the Rangers half, Zenit were unable to create any decent shooting opportunities as the blue wall did its job on the edge of the box, although the Russians were disappointed not to be awarded a penalty moments before the break when Arshavin's cross hit the arm of Kirk Broadfoot.

Rangers were convinced they should have had a penalty of their own ten minutes into the second half. Darcheville's first-time shot on the turn brought a fine save out of Vyacheslav Malafeev and when Barry Ferguson pounced on the rebound, the ball bounced up and struck a Zenit arm - although the referee ruled the defender knew nothing about it. As Rangers finally began to commit a few more players forward, Zenit also began to look more threatening and the Russians came within a whisker of taking the lead just after the hour-mark.

Keeper Alexander made a rash decision to come out of his goal as Arshavin chased a long punt upfield, and the goal opened up when the striker just nicked the ball away from the keeper 35 yards from goal - however, his chip goalwards was headed off the line by the retreating Sasa Papac. However, the chance seemed to spark some renewed belief in Zenit and after a spell of pressure, they finally made the breakthrough with 18 minutes remaining.

Rangers were caught on the hop after they surrendered possession from their own throw just inside their half; the ever dangerous Arshavin running at the heart of the Rangers defence before slipping a fine pass through to the run of Denisov, who finished calmly past Alexander. Rangers boss Smith quickly sacrificed a defender for substitute striker Nacho Novo, although Zenit had an immediate chance to double the lead moments later, midfielder Zurianov screwing a shot wide after a low cross found its way through to him at the far post.

Novo almost grabbed Rangers a last-gasp equaliser, but he prodded over the crossbar from eight yards out after Ferguson's long throw bounced through to him at the back post. And Zurianov made sure of the victory when he burst into the box to bundle home Tekke's low cross after the Turkish striker had been released again by the brilliant Arshavin."


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News

1. West Ham striker Dean Ashton will meet the club at the end of the week to start discussions over terms for a new contract at Upton Park. The 24-year-old has two years left on his current deal and is thought to be on the radar of Manchester Untied, Portsmouth and Newcastle.


2. Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is set to pledge his future to the club by signing a new two-year contract extension in the summer. The Czech Republic international has moved swiftly to counter suggestions he was ready to quit Stamford Bridge. Instead, Cech has revealed he and his agent, Pavel Zika, will discuss a new deal when the time is right.


3. Czech winger Pavel Nedved has signed a new one-year contract with Juventus after deciding not to retire. The Serie A club have finished third in their first season back in the top flight following their demotion for match-fixing in 2006. They will enter the Champions League qualifiers next season, prompting the 35-year-old left winger to stay.


4. Outgoing Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has admitted he could see himself playing for Stuttgart but has not ruled out retiring from the game altogether. The Bundesliga club have reportedly made an approach for the 38-year-old stopper, who will leave the Gunners on a free transfer this summer. Stuttgart's number one, Raphael Schafer, has failed to live up to expectations since joining from Nurnberg last season and has been dropped for the final game of the season after making one mistake too many. Lehmann, who lost his place to Manuel Almunia after a shaky start to the campaign, has long been expected to return to his home country for a final swansong.


5. Lewis Hamilton is determined to achieve his aim of winning the Monaco Grand Prix in two weeks time, but is not expecting any preferential treatment from his McLaren team. Hamilton came within a whisker of victory last season, only to lose out to then team-mate Fernando Alonso after a team orders rumpus that sparked the feud between the duo. Although the 23-year-old was undoubtedly quicker than Alonso in the second half of the race, and was itching to pass, he was told to hold station in second. It was a decision that rankled with Hamilton at the time.

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GLORY GLORY MAN UTD

WIGAN 0 2 MAN UTD


CHELSEA 1 1 BOLTON





Manchester United sealed their 10th Premier League title in 16 years with a 2-0 win against Wigan Athletic.On the day he equalled Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 758 first-team appearances, Ryan Giggs scored the second goal late on to seal a nervous victory. Cristiano Ronaldo gave United a first-half lead with a disputed penalty - his 31st league goal of the season.



Bolton's injury-time equaliser against Chelsea meant United ended with a two-point cushion, but the result at Stamford Bridge was rendered irrelevant thanks to the Reds' vastly superior goal difference. Chelsea proved no less efficient at achieving results, but their inability to produce the fantasy football demanded by Roman Abramovich eventually proved fatal to their title hopes - and could also sound the death knell for Avram Grant's reign as manager.


They will regroup ahead of the Champions League final - against United - in Moscow in 10 days' time.

Breaking news

1. A late goal by Danny Murphy gave Fulham a 1-0 Premier League win at Portsmouth and an unlikely escape from relegation to the Championship. Murphy was left all alone to nod in a Jimmy Bullard free-kick on 76 minutes in an even match that never saw Fulham panic or lose their discipline.


2. Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix from pole position for the third year in a row after tyre concerns slowed Lewis Hamilton's challenge. The Brazilian took the chequered flag 3.7 seconds ahead of the 23-year-old McLaren driver, who ran most of the race on the harder tyres and had to make three pitstops compared to his rivals' two. It was Massa's seventh win in Formula One, at the anti-clockwise track where he took his first in 2006, and his second in five races this season. Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen saw his overall lead trimmed to seven points from nine after finishing a close third.


3. Birmingham City were relegated from the Premier League despite defeating Blackburn Rovers 4-1 at St Andrews. Reading's win at Derby condemned the Blues to the Championship, while Fulham finally grabbed a goal against Portsmouth to also send the Royals down to the second tier.



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1. Ferrari's Felipe Massa set his sights on a Turkish Grand Prix hat-trick after taking pole position for the third year in a row. The Brazilian, winner in 2006 and 2007 at the anti-clockwise Istanbul Park circuit, will have Heikki Kovalainen's McLaren alongside him on the front row on Sunday with the Finn coming back strongly from a heavy crash in Spain. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was third quickest with Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen joining the 23-year-old Briton on the second row.


2. Avram Grant insists the only way to separate Chelsea and Manchester United would be a play-off to decide the Barclays Premier League title. The two clubs are level on points going into the final day of the season with Grant's Chelsea closing the gap in the last month but trailing on goal difference. United's freescoring style has given them the edge despite Grant targeting more attractive football since taking over from Jose Mourinho


3. Honda will try to help Japan's Takuma Sato and Briton Anthony Davidson after the demise of the Super Aguri Formula One team, according to Honda F1 chief executive Nick Fry. "It's something that we are thinking about at the moment. Obviously both drivers have done a super job over a number of years and if we can help, I'm sure we will," Fry said. "But there's nothing planned at the moment." Super Aguri were formed with Honda's backing at the end of 2005 after Sato was dropped by BAR Honda in favour of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello.

MAN UTD OR CHELSEA ?

The important match this weekend - Sunday 11 May 2008


Wigan vs Man Utd


Chelsea vs Bolton



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Other matches


Birmingham City vs Blackbur Rovers

Derby County vs Reading

Everton vs Newcastle

Middlesbrough vs Manchester City

Portsmouth vs Fulham

Sunderland vs Arsenal

Tottenham vs Liverpool

West Ham vs Aston Villa

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1. Manchester United winger Nani has apologised for his red card against West Ham.
The Portuguese star headbutted West Ham skipper Lucas Neill in Saturday's Barclays Premier League win at Old Trafford, earning himself a three-match ban. He also faces internal disciplinary action, with manager Sir Alex Ferguson vowing to "deal with" the player. Nani said: "I recognise that my action was a thoughtless one, but I also have to say that I was provoked and attacked. I know it serves as no excuse, but that's exactly what happened.


2. Newcastle United and Manchester City are reportedly tracking Porto defender Bruno Alves. Alves has been in excellent form for the Portuguese Liga champions, and reports claim scouts from both United and City have been monitoring his progress. The 26-year-old's current contract runs until 2012, and it is claimed that Porto would not accept an offer of less than 30million euros (£23.6million). The central-half's agent, and father, has confirmed that a number of clubs are interested in signing Alves.


3. Wigan boss Steve Bruce is expected to step up his efforts to sign Egypt striker Amr Zaki over the next few weeks. Bruce watched Zaki score twice last night as his club El Zamalek beat Aluminum 5-1 win in the Egyptian General League. Zaki, who has scored 21 goals in 40 internationals, is a top target for Wigan, who reportedly had a £4.1million bid rejected in the January transfer window. With the Latics securing their Barclays Premier League status for a fourth successive season with a 2-0 victory at Aston Villa on Saturday, Bruce is now eager to strengthen his squad.


4. Sheffield United chairman Kevin McCabe has warned a quartet of clubs to forget any hope of signing in-demand striker James Beattie this summer. Beattie has had a superb first season at Bramall Lane following his £3million move from Everton last summer, scoring 22 goals in the Championship. He has been linked with a return to the Premier League with Bolton, Portsmouth, Aston Villa and new boys Stoke all reportedly interested. However, McCabe has warned the top flight clubs that it will be extremely difficult to prise Beattie away from his long-term deal.


5. Super Aguri have withdrawn from the Formula One World Championship following problems over funding. The team, which owes engine and support supplier Honda around £100 million, had fought tooth and nail for its survival for many months. A takeover by Magma Group, funded by Dubai money, collapsed last month and Honda were lukewarm about an 11th hour rescue bid from Germany's Weigl Group. The team was effectively created to give an F1 seat to Japanese driver Takuma Sato, who was dropped by Honda in 2005, while Briton Anthony Davidson was chosen for the second car in 2008.


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1. Chelsea are reportedly planning an astonishing £80million move for Lionel Messi.
Billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has authorised the blockbusting swoop for Barcelona's Argentinian superstar, according to the News of the World. Messi showed his brilliance to English fans by performing superbly in Barca's Champions League semi-final clashes with Manchester United. The only man in world football capable of putting Cristiano Ronaldo in the shade could be the subject of a world record-breaking Chelsea bid that would dwarf the £48million that took Zinedine Zidane from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001.


2. Speculation is mounting that Zinedine Zidane will be sensationally appointed as Queens Park Rangers manager on Sunday. The France legend has not held a full-time job since retiring from football after the 2006 World Cup final, has no formal coaching experience and does not speak English. QPR owner Flavio Briatore has promised a major announcement before the final game of the season against West Bromwich Albion, and Sunday's People newspaper claims Zidane's appointment will be announced


3. Atletico Madrid tightened their grip on fourth spot in La Liga, and a berth in the Champions League qualifiers, with a 3-0 home win over Recreativo Huelva. Two-goal midfielder Ignacio Camacho, who turns 18 on Sunday, got on the scoresheet for the first time while fellow teenager Sergio Aguero weighed in with his 17th goal of the season. Atletico have 58 points, three behind third-placed Barcelona and five clear of Racing Santander who both play on Sunday.


4. Werder Bremen beat Energie Cottbus 2-0 on Saturday to strengthen their grip on second place in the Bundesliga and leave Bayern Munich with a little work to do to secure their 21st league title. Werder's victory leaves them nine points behind leaders Bayern with three games left to play. Bayern have a big advantage in goal difference but to be mathematically sure of the title they need a point from their final four matches, starting away to VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday. If they claim at least a draw from that game, they will be celebrating their 20th title since the Bundesliga era began in 1963 and their 21st of all time, including their first German championship success in 1932.


5. Norbert Haug, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport vice-president, said Hekki Kovalainen was extremely lucky to escape serious injury when he crashed during last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. Looking ahead to next weekend's Turkish Grand Prix, Haug recognises that the team still has work to do in order to counter the Ferrari challenge. "Heikki was really lucky, and we were too of course. The MP4-23's safety cell prevented the outcome from being worse, as did the safety barriers at the race track. This accident might have had more serious consequences, had it not been for the FIA and the teams working intensively and continuously on improved safety standards over the past 14 years."


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EPL RESULTS

Saturday 3 May 2008


Manchester United 4 1 West Ham

Bolton 2 0 Sunderland

Aston Villa 0 2 Wigan

Blackburn 3 1 Derby County

Fulham 2 0 Birmingham

Middlesbrough 2 0 Portsmouth

Reading 0 1 Tottenham

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1. After their midweek caution, Manchester United returned to their usual swashbuckling selves with a raucous 4-1 win against West Ham. Two goals by Cristiano Ronaldo, taking him to 30 in the Premier League and 40 in all competitions? A quite magnificent 30-yard screamer by West Ham old boy Carlos Tevez? An overhead kick of equal brilliance from reported Manchester United target Dean Ashton? Or Nani's red card for a stupid and feeble headbutt aimed at Lucas Neill? All this took place in a breathless first half that saw United romp to a three-goal lead before Ashton and Nani caused bums to squeak around Old Trafford. But a goal from another Upton Park old boy, Michael Carrick, helped United hold on for a win that takes them closer to their 10th Premier League title in 16 season.


2. Real Madrid can wrap up the league title if Villarreal fail to beat Getafe or if they win at Osasuna this weekend. Real Madrid defender Fabio Cannavaro said his side have not had it easy this season. "Now everyone is saying that it is easy to win the league, but it hasn't been," the Italian told a news conference this week. "We were very strong in the first half of the season, getting a record number of points and winning at difficult grounds like the Nou Camp, Vicente Calderon and Mestalla. We were a little bit worried when Barcelona and Villarreal were close to us. So it hasn't been an easy league."


3. Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has revealed that Liverpool have made "an offer involving a mish-mash of nameless player exchanges" for Gareth Barry. Earlier reports had suggested Liverpool had made a £10million cash bid to try and lure Barry to Anfield from Villa Park. But O'Neill has revealed the offer is far from straight forward and has also criticised the Reds for leaking news of the approach. Barry, who has two years to run on his current contract, recently admitted he might have to consider his future at Villa as he wants to be challenging for honours at this stage of his career.


4. Niko Kranjcar's father has confirmed that Arsene Wenger is big fan of the Portsmouth star. The Croatian midfielder is believed to be high on Wenger's list of summer targets and with the futures of Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb far from certain, a move for Kranjcar could be in the offing. Zlatko Kranjcar is former national coach of Croatia and is a huge influence on his son's career and he has confirmed Arsenal's interest. "Wenger likes players with a sense of the game," Kranjcar senior told Croatian tv station Index.


5. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen said he had no fears about returning to racing in next week's Turkish Grand Prix after his big crash in Spain last weekend. "I want to get back to racing as soon as possible," the Finn said. "Since the accident at Barcelona it has been my only focus. "Everyone involved in the sport, the FIA in particular, is always working on improving safety for the drivers but Formula One is a risky business. You know that as a driver, but you don't think about it.


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1. Former England defender Paul Parker says his former club Manchester United must lay down the attacking gauntlet to defeat Chelsea in Moscow. "If Man Utd play the way they do week in week out in the Premier League they will win the Champions League final. They must attack, play their game and go for the win. If they try to match Chelsea like for like, they'll lose out. That's what happened in last year's FA Cup final. Both sides cancelled each other out and Chelsea won it. I expect United to go 4-4-1-1, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney up front, but Carlos Tevez is going to be hard to leave out. He was phenomenal on Tuesday and he's scored some really vital goals this year - so maybe the option is to play Rooney on the left of the midfield. The problem with that is he'll run all over the place and could tire easily.


2. Former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri believes only a Champions League final victory will prevent the Blues from sacking Avram Grant this season. Italian coach Ranieri was sacked in 2004 when owner Roman Abramovich decided to bring in Jose Mourinho from Porto and while Grant was chosen to succeed Mourinho early this season, speculation persists that he will be ousted this summer. The Blues secured their place in the European Cup final on May 21 with an extra-time victory over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge and Ranieri, now coach of Serie A giants Juventus, was pleased for the Israeli coach.


3. Barcelona are preparing a major overhaul at the club after the team's failure to live up to expectations this season. "The poor performance means we have to make changes," sporting director Txiki Begiristain told Barca TV. "Now is the time to analyse the situation and we will make the decisions at the end of the season." Barca's 1-0 aggregate defeat at the hands of Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Champions League this week meant that the Catalans have now gone two seasons without winning a trophy despite making heavy investment in new players.


4. France captain Patrick Vieira said that he intends to finish his career with Italian champions Internazionale. Vieira has had a frustrating season with injuries but he is back in the side for the crucial Serie A run-in, beginning with Sunday's eagerly-anticipated Milan derby. The 31-year-old midfielder joined Inter in 2006 after his previous club Juventus were demoted for match-fixing.


5. Malaysia have been drawn in Group B together with three European football powerhouses -- Ajax Amsterdam of Holland, Chelsea of England and AC Milan of Italy --in the second edition of the Champions Youth Cup (CYC) to be held from Aug 2 till 16.
Event promoter London-based Gifted Group's chairman Jonathan Price said it was a surprise when Malaysia and Chelsea were drawn in the same group. "In last year's tournament, Malaysia and Chelsea were in the same group and in their group match at the Sarawak Stadium, Malaysia and Chelsea were locked to a goalless draw. Once again, this year's group match between Malaysia and Chelsea will be an interesting one," he told reporters here Tuesday. All group B matches will be held in Penang.
Malaysia's opening match will be against AC Milan on Aug 6, followed by Chelsea (Aug 8) and then Ajax Amsterdam (Aug 10).