Ronaldo breaks Messi’s Champions League goals record for a season

The Portuguese scored twice in Tuesday's away game against Bayern Munich to take his tally for the 2013-14 campaign to 16
Cristiano Ronaldo has broken Lionel Messi's goals record for a single Champions League season following his double in Real Madrid's 4-0 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

Ancelotti praises 'perfect' Real Madrid after Bayern thrashing

The coach was thrilled with the performances of Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema but gutted that Xabi Alonso will miss the final through suspension
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed his team's "perfect" display after they reached the Champions League final on Tuesday.

Robben on par with Messi & Ronaldo, says Sammer

The Bayern director has nothing but praise for the winger as they prepare for the away game against Madrid
Bayern Munich sporting director Matthias Sammer has voiced his admiration for Arjen Robben ahead of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final encounter with Real Madrid and feels the Netherlands international is on par with players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

I was afraid to return from injury, admits Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted he was afraid to return in Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Bayern Munich, but insists he was fit enough to return to Champions League action.

The Portugal international has not featured since the Blancos' 3-0 home leg win over Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-final - exactly three weeks prior to his start at Santiago Bernabeu against the European champions.

Real Madrid 1-0 Bayern

The Frenchman turned home Fabio Coentrao's cross in the first half to seal a win against Pep Guardiola's side, who dominated possession but failed to find a breakthrough
The France international poked home Fabio Coentrao's cross in the first half for the only goal of the game to inflict only a second defeat in the competition for Pep Guardiola's side, and his first as a coach at Santiago Bernabeu.

Ronaldo completes Real Madrid training session - but Bale sits out

The Portugal star and Sergio Ramos were fit enough to practice as normal with the rest of the squad, but the €100 million man is suffering with an illness
Cristiano Ronaldo was fit enough to complete a full training session on Monday for Real Madrid as they prepare for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final with Bayern Munich.

Bale back in full training ahead of Bayern clash

The Wales star missed Monday's session due to illness but was able to work as normal with the Real Madrid squad as they prepare to take on Pep Guardiola's side
Real Madrid attacker Gareth Bale returned to full training on Tuesday ahead of the Champions League semi-final first-leg with Bayern Munich.

Moin to serve as chief selector and manager: PCB

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former captain and coach Moin Khan as chief selector and Zaheer Abbas as adviser to the chairman.
Khan was the coach and Abbas was the batting consultant of the teams which recently could not defend its Asia Cup title and also could not make it to the semifinals of World Twenty20.
The PCB says in a statement on Monday that Khan will also be the team manager, with permission from his employer, Pakistan International Airlines.

Blow to Delhi, KP Out; Karthik to Lead

Delhi Daredevils suffered a big jolt ahead of their IPL campaign as captain Kevin Pietersen was Wednesday ruled out of their opening match against Royal Challengers Bangalore Thursday due to a finger injury.     
Pietersen, who was bought by Daredevils for USD 1.5 million (Rs 9 crore), had sustained an injury on his right hand little finger during fielding drills with Surrey at The Oval last month.  

Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid: Brilliant Bale breakaway heaps more misery on Martino's men

A fine Marc Bartra header cancelled out Angel di Maria's early opener but the Wales international settled a gripping encounter in Los Blancos' favour
Gareth Bale scored a stunning solo goal to earn Real Madrid a dramatic 2-1 victory over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday night.

After Angel Di Maria's first-half opener was cancelled out by Marc Bartra, the Wales international stormed down the left wing - running half the length of the pitch before poking the ball past Blaugrana goalkeeper Jose Pinto with just five minutes to play.

Manchester City top Madrid and Barca as kings of world sports salaries

A new study has claimed that the Premier League giants are the globe's biggest paymasters, outstripping Real Madrid and Barcelona

Manchester City players are the best-paid sportsmen in the world, according to a new survey.

The English League Cup winners came in top of Sporting Intelligence's 2014 Global Sports Salaries Survey, with their first-team squad members reported to earn an average annual wage of €5,864,675 over the course of 2013-14. Real Madrid are football's second highest paymasters, paying their players almost €5.5m per year on average, while Barcelona come third with a mean first-team salary of just under €5.4m.

Know the Franchise Owners of IPL-style ISL

INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE: Two former cricket captains, Bollywood stars and some of the top Indian businessmen Sunday bagged the franchise rights for the eight-city inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament that will be played during September-November.

I cannot work with players punished for fixing: Latif

KARACHI: Former Pakistan cricket captain Rashid Latif said on Tuesday he turned down the job of national chief selector because he could not work with ex-players tainted by corruption.
The 45-year-old, who famously blew the whistle on match-fixing in 1994 and 1995, last week refused to take up the chief selector's post with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Corruption, match-fixing and spot-fixing allegations have dogged Pakistani cricket for two decades and Latif said he could not work with tarnished ex-pros.
“I have my principles, which do not allow me to work with players who were punished for match-fixing in the past,” Latif told AFP.

Six Pakistan-India series on the cards

Pakistan is hoping to play at least six series against India as part of a deal apparently struck at the recently concluded International Cricket Council (ICC) Board Meeting, a report by Cricinfo says.
Pakistan cricket chief Najam Sethi said on Friday his country will get eight years of series, including archrivals India, earning $300 million, after agreeing to the revamp of the game's governing body.
Pakistan had opposed changes to the International Cricket Council (ICC) which hand the majority of powers and revenues to the “big three” of international cricket, India, Australia and England.
The suggested reforms were approved by majority (eight out of 10 countries in favour) at the ICC Board meeting in February, during which Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting.

Liverpool 3-2 Manchester City

The Reds took a huge step towards a first Premier League title with a confident performance at Anfield, though the visitors made them work after equalising from two goals down

Liverpool took a huge step towards their Premier League title dream with a 3-2 victory over Manchester City on an emotional day at Anfield.

Philippe Coutinho's late strike took Brendan Rodgers' side seven points clear of the visitors, who had hit back to level things up at 2-2 after falling two goals behind in the first half
The hosts looked to be easing to a 10th consecutive Premier League triumph on Sunday after goals from Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel capped a dominant first-half showing.

With City having been robbed of the Yaya Toure's services in between those two strikes due to injury, Manuel Pellegrini's woes were mounting.

Debate: Which Clasico superstar would be missed more – Ronaldo or Messi?

With the Portuguese set to skip Wednesday's Copa del Rey final, we ask if the Ballon d'Or holder is more important to Los Blancos than his Argentine rival is to Barcelona

DEBATEBy Mark Doyle & Chris Myson

Will he or won't he? With Cristiano Ronaldo currently struggling with a thigh problem, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has to decide whether to risk the fitness of his most important player in Wednesday's Copa del Rey final against Barcelona. It would be a huge gamble on the part of the Italian coach.