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The FA Cup enters its semifinal stage with a Manchester derby on Saturday as City and United clash at Wembley vying for a place in the final.

The FA Cup enters its semifinal stage with a Manchester derby on Saturday as City and United clash at Wembley vying for a place in the final.

Lionel Messi, and not Cristiano Ronaldo, is on the way to greatness according to Barcelona and Netherlands legend Johan Cruyff.

Arsenal's injury worries have eased off a bit with the news that Wojciech Szczesny could recover in time to cover the posts against Liverpool on Sunday.

With his contract expiring in the summer, the recently sustained shoulder injury and crossing the 30 years mark, Owen Hargreaves' Manchester United career may well be over before it actually took off.

A new video has emerged in which LA Galaxy star David Beckham bends three footballs into far away rubbish bins while on a California beach, promoting questions of whether he really did it or whether the incident was staged.

Tottenham made a valiant attempt to overturn their first leg deficit of 4-0 on Wednesday, but Real Madrid secured a 1-0 victory via Cristiano Ronaldo's goal at White Hart Lane to go through 5-0 on aggregate, setting up a semi final El Classico with Barcelona.

Damage limitation wil be Spurs' main motive on Wednesday when the mighty Real Madrid come visiting with an aggregate lead of 4-0 after the first leg at the Bernabeu.

Lionel Messi's 48th goal of the season saw Barcelona beat Shakhtar Donetsk by an aggregate of 6-1 in Ukraine.

Barcelona and Manchester United advanced to the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League after victories against Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea respectively.

Lionel Messi's 48th goal of the season saw Barcelona beat Shakhtar Donetsk by an aggregate of 6-1 in Ukraine.

Tom Brady, a three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback and likely NFL Hall of Famer, said in an interview that he was greatly relieved when he was finally drafted late in the 2000 NFL draft.

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has claimed that he is under no pressure to play striker Torres and admitted that he would drop the star striker if he feels the need to do so.

Once again flaunting his athletic side, Justin Bieber trained with FC Barcelona on April 8.

In the Professional Footballers' Association Player and Young Player of the year awards, both Gareth Bale and Samir Nasri have been nominated and are favorites to win.

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will be out for the rest of the season after sustaining another groin injury.

Barcelona planted one foot into the semis of the Champions League with a huge 5-1 first leg win over Shakhtar Donetsk at the Nou Camp on Wednesday, setting up a probable El Classico clash with Real Madrid in the semi finals.

Manchester United has the advantage going into the second leg of the quarter finals after a Wayne Rooney first half goal gave them a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

Many eyebrows were raised in the first leg of the quarter final between Chelsea and Manchester United when Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti substituted the effective Drogba for the out of sorts Torres.

When Chelsea host Manchester United on Wednesday, in the first leg of the quarter finals of the Champions League, memories will invariably go back to that night at Moscow in 2008.

When Chelsea host Manchester United on Wednesday, in the first leg of the quarter finals of the Champions League, memories will invariably go back to that night at Moscow in 2008.