Football

Barca will appeal against the red card shown to Gerard Pique in Saturday's La Liga match against Sporting Gijon.

The midfielder is in his second season at the club and has scored 10 goals in 71 appearances.

Inter Milan, a point behind sixth-place Roma, are still winless in their past nine games.

Villas-Boas has been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent weeks with the London club in a form slump.

Lukaku has unable to secure a regular place at Chelsea, making just 10 appearances in total.

Bent underwent a scan on Monday after hurting his left ankle in Villa's 0-0 draw at Wigan.

Ranieri is Inter's second coach of the season after replacing Gian Piero Gasperini five games into the campaign.

Anthony Gerrard's penalty miss gave Liverpool a dramatic victory over Cardiff City in the League Cup final.

Inter, who have now not scored in five successive games, crashed to their seventh loss in eight matches.

Ronaldo scored his 29th goal this season to put Real Madrid on course for their first title in four years.

Valentin Stocker hit an 86th-minute shot through goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's legs.

Bayern are in crisis mode ahead of the first leg after being held 0-0 at the Bundesliga's bottom side Freiburg on Saturday.

Chelsea have won two of their last 10 Premier League games, while Napoli lie sixth in Serie A.

Ferguson believes there will be a role for him at Man United after he retires as manager in "two or three" years.

Premier League title contenders Tottenham were held to a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup by third-tier side Stevenage.

Question marks now hang over Ranieri after two defeats in a row at home to Serie A minnows.