UEFA Champions League Semi Final Draw

The semi-final pairings are determined by an open draw in which no teams are seeded and clubs from the same national association can be drawn against each other. The side drawn first will play the first leg at home.

Semi-finalists

Real Madrid CF (ESP) vs FC Bayern München (GER)

Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) vs Chelsea FC (ENG)

Seven more Football League players arrested over alleged spot-fixing

Seven more players from Football League clubs based in the north-west of England have been arrested in connection with alleged spot-fixing and another six rearrested over the claims.
The 13 footballers, aged between 18 and 30, are being interviewed at police stations across the country after they were held as part of an investigation into alleged bribery and money laundering, the National Crime Agency said. In December the

Aaron Ramsey ready for Arsenal's Wigan semi and could play at Everton

Aaron Ramsey is on course to return for Arsenal in their FA Cup semi-final against Wigan Athletic a week on Saturday after coming back into full training, and Arsène Wenger is even hopeful that the midfielder could be available for Sunday's vital Premier League fixture at Everton.
Ramsey has not played since the Boxing Day

Tottenham's Daniel Levy eyeing up summer move for Romelu Lukaku

Tottenham Hotspur have inquired about signing Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea this summer.
Lukaku's agent, Christophe Henrotay, has said that he has spoken to the Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy, about the possibility of his client moving to White Hart Lane, although Everton, with whom the Belgium striker is currently on a season-long loan, appear to be at the front of the queue for his signature.
Lukaku has thrived under Roberto Martínez at Goodison Park, scoring 12 goals in 24 Premier League appearances to help Everton's Champions League challenge, and the club would take a bold step towards a top-four finish if they could

Christian Benteke ruled out of World Cup after rupturing achilles

Aston Villa's Christian Benteke has been ruled out for the rest of the season, including this summer's World Cup, after suffering a ruptured achilles.
The Belgium striker suffered the injury during training on Thursday.
The club confirmed in a statement on Thursday evening that Benteke would undergo surgery would "be out for a minimum of

Bayern Munich: 'too dominant, regal, relaxed, elegant and cool for the rest'

The word itself had become joke, a brutal eight-letter punchline that knocked down all of Bayern Munich's notorious pomposity, their sense of entitlement and delusions of grandeur. But on Tuesday night, it ceased to be funny. Borussia Dortmund manager Jürgen Klopp reached for it in his impromptu eulogy for the new Bundesliga champions, because there was really no other way to describe their superiority. "They are incredible," said Klopp. "We truly need binoculars to see them. And I can even enjoy watching them at times because they're playing fantastically well."

Binoculars. Fernglas in German. Uli Hoeness, the soon-to-be incarcerated president and architect of this Bayern team, had coined the phrase in May 2007. "We have to make

Lionel Messi hat-trick gives Barcelona victory over Real Madrid

With six minutes to go Lionel Messi struck a penalty high into the top corner of the Real Madrid net to complete a hat-trick and the scoring in an astonishing match that left the title race wide open once again. Just a solitary point now separates these two great rivals. Yet while the biggest game in Spain concluded with a new league leader, it was neither of them. Atlético Madrid are top.
All three contenders stand within a point of each other in a fascinating run-in that concludes with Barcelona-Atlético at the Camp Nou. Madrid's "other team" are top on head-to-head over Real, while Barcelona are a point behind the capital's clubs. The defending may not