Villarreal have never won the Spanish Primera Liga but their players are happy to play the role of bridesmaids this season despite being just seven points behind champions Real Madrid.

PSV Eindhoven are another step closer to winning their fourth consecutive Dutch championship, having beaten Heracles Almelo 2-0 on Sunday.

Rangers were left seven points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League with a game in hand over second-placed arch-rivals Celtic after a 3-3 draw away to Dundee United on Sunday.

Inter Milan, who had seen their once seemingly invincible 11-point Serie A lead whittled down to just one, stopped the rot on Sunday with a 2-0 win at Atalanta to go four points clear with six games left.

Leon Osman kept Everton in contention for a Champions League place next season by scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory over already-relegated Derby County at Goodison Park here Sunday.

Real Madrid are refusing to press the panic button after their 1-1 draw against Real Mallorca on Saturday with coach Bernd Schuster insisting it was a valuable point after going down to ten men.

Cardiff City booked a place in the FA Cup final for the first time in 81 years as Joe Ledley´s goal clinched a 1-0 semi-final win over Barnsley on Sunday.

Villarreal saw their nine-match unbeaten run come to an end with a 2-0 defeat at Sevilla on Sunday as they squandered the chance to close in on leaders Real Madrid.

Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld was furious despite his ten-man side coming from behind to seal a 3-1 win over VfL Bochum on Sunday which put them nine points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.

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Galatasaray stay in Fenerbahçe's trace following a hard-fought win over Gençlerbirligi in Ankara this Sunday.

Paris Saint Germain slumped deeper into a French league survival dogfight on Sunday when they lost 1-0 at Nancy.

Senegal international Mamadou Niang and former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse grabbed the goals in Marseille´s 3-1 win over Lyon on Sunday to throw the French title race wide open.

The past returned to haunt Ivorian club Africa Sports on Sunday as they were eliminated from the African Champions League in the second round.

Unfashionable US Masseda of Togo staged a dramatic second-round comeback Sunday to earn a crack at mighty Esperance of Tunisia in the African Confederation Cup.

Arsene Wenger is confident Arsenal can make it third time lucky against Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday when the two sides resume hostilities over a place in the last four in the Champions League.

Avram Grant believes Chelsea will set the record straight by knocking out Fenerbahce in Tuesday´s Champions League quarter-final second leg.

Everton manager David Moyes has promised his side won´t let up in their battle with city rivals Liverpool for fourth place in the Premier League and the final Champions League spot on offer to English clubs that goes with it.

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp always insisted he´d no regrets after turning down an offer from Newcastle earlier this season and his decision looked all the more justifiable after he´d guided the south coast club into their first FA Cup final for 69 years.