UCL: Chelsea claim all three point over Sporting Lisbon .

Jose Mourinho's side were on top for the majority of the game but failed to convert a number of good chances and Matic’s goal was all that separated the sides at the final whistle. The former Benfica midfielder put the visitors in front after 34 minutes when he rose unmarked at the far post to head a quickly-taken Cesc Fabregas free-kick past goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

UCL: Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 3-2

A goal from Blaise Matuidi was ultimately enough for Paris Saint-Germain as they beat Barcelona 3-2 in a Champions League thriller on Tuesday.

Francesco Totti gives City something to worry about as they have just one point in group E

Manchester City are five points off the top of Champions League group E following a 1-1 draw at home to Roma. The hosts enjoyed a near-perfect start on Tuesday as Sergio Aguero won and converted an early penalty before familiar frailties in Europe's premier competition reared their head once again.

Amaju Pinnick is NFF new president.

Delta State Sports Association head Amaju Pinnick has emerged the president of the Nigeria Football Federation after an election held in Warri on Tuesday afternoon.

Football result 29 September 2014.

England - Premier LeagueSeptember 29
FT	Stoke City	1 - 0	Newcastle United

England - FA Cup:: qualificationSeptember 29
FT	Farnborough	0 - 1	Brackley Town

Italy - Serie ASeptember 29
FT	Udinese	4 - 2	Parma
FT	Palermo	0 - 4	Lazio

Italy - Serie BSeptember 29
FT	Virtus Lanciano	1 - 1	Bari

Peter Crouch adds more to Alan Pardew problems.

Peter Crouch heaped further misery on Alan Pardew as his header gave Stoke City a 1-0 win over Newcastle on Monday and extended the Magpies' wait for a first Premier League win of the new season.

Eden Hazard believes Chelsea have what it takes to win UCL.

Eden Hazard believes Chelsea have assembled a strong enough squad to win the Champions League this season. The Belgium international arrived at Stamford Bridge in June 2012, a month after the club won the competition against Bayern Munich, with a semi-final berth last season their best finish in the tournament since then.

Real Madrid will not consider selling their star player for another two years.

That’s the view of Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, who believes Real Madrid will not consider selling their star player for another two years. A group of Manchester United fans arranged for aeroplane to fly over El Madrigal during Real Madrid’s 2-0 win over Villarreal at the weekend with a banner urging Ronaldo to “come home” to the club he played for between 2003 and 2009.

Joe Hart happy to remain City's keeper.

Willy Caballero was preferred in goal for Saturday's win at Hull City, but the England No 1 is set to return for Tuesday night's Champions League game against Roma. Hart's recent omission came against the backdrop of ongoing contract uncertainty - he has less than two years to run on his current City deal - but ahead of the Roma game the 27-year-old confirmed he sees his long-term future at the club.

Luis Enrique talked down Ibrahimovic's absence through injury for their Champions League clash.

Luis Enrique has warned his Barcelona players that Paris Saint-Germain remain a huge threat despite Zlatan Ibrahimovic's absence through injury. The two sides meet in the Champions League on Tuesday in a mouthwatering tie and the Barca coach insists his team must be at their best if they are to get all three points from a game he feels could decide the outcome of the group.

Jamie Carragher questions Mignolet's ability.

The Belgium international, signed from Sunderland for £9million in 2013, established himself as the club’s first choice goalkeeper last season as Brendan Rodgers’ side came within three points of winning the Premier League title.

Football result 28 September 2014

England - Premier League
FT	West Bromwich Albion	4 - 0	Burnley

England - Championship
FT	Reading	3 - 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers

England - FA Cup:: qualification
FT	Thurrock	0 - 2	Aveley
FT	Hayes & Yeading United	0 - 1	St.Albans

Eden Hazard denies PSG link

Eden Hazard has reiterated his desire to stay at Chelsea and ruled out a move to Paris Saint-Germain.  The Ligue 1 champions have repeatedly been linked with a big-money move for Hazard, with interest particularly high during the World Cup.

Madrid defeated Villarreal 2-0

Raphael Varane has singled out Cristiano Ronaldo as Real Madrid's undisputed star player following his fine run of form in recent weeks.

Unstoppable Chelsea edged pass Aston Villa as Diego Costa continued his scoring form.

Diego Costa scored his eighth goal in six Barclays Premier League matches as Chelsea earned a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. Costa has been nursing a hamstring problem, but there were no signs of an injury as he continued his outstanding start to his Chelsea career by finding the back of the net with a towering second-half header on Saturday.

Arsenal came from behind to secure a one all draw against Tottenham

Nacer Chadli opened the scoring for Spurs in the 56th minute from Erik Lamela’s clever pass, after Mathieu Flamini had been dispossessed in a dangerous area by Christian Eriksen.

Wayne Rooney's historic day spoiled.

Louis van Gaal’s decision to hand Wayne Rooney the Manchester United captaincy this summer raised plenty of eyebrows at the time. His professing that his captain would always start games – despite the wealth of attacking talent at his disposal – was also odd.

Football fixture 27 September 2014.

England - Premier LeagueSeptember 27
14:45	Liverpool	? - ?	Everton
17:00	Chelsea	? - ?	Aston Villa
17:00	Crystal Palace	? - ?	Leicester City
17:00	Hull City	? - ?	Manchester City
17:00	Manchester United	? - ?	West Ham United
17:00	Southampton	? - ?	Queens Park Rangers
17:00	Sunderland	? - ?	Swansea City
19:30	Arsenal	? - ?	Tottenham Hotspur

Samson Siasia might be the next eagle caoch.

Samson Siasia could be in line to replace Stephen Keshi as Nigeria coach unless the National Sports Commission stops the Nig supereria Football Federation (NFF. Goal exclusively gathered from a top NFF official at the weekend that the Super Eagles’ poor results against Congo where they lost 3-2 in Calabar as well as the goalless draw away to South Africa has blotted the impressive record of the trainer.

Christiano Ronaldo could break all Madrid record.

Santillana has backed Cristiano Ronaldo to go on and break every goalscoring record at Real Madrid. Ronaldo scored four goals against Elche on Tuesday, adding to the hat-trick he bagged at the weekend against Deportivo La Coruna, to put him level with the former Santiago Bernabeu forward on 186 goals in La Liga.

Daniel Sturridge could return against Everton.

The England striker has not featured for his club since the 3-0 win over Tottenham at the end of August after suffering an injury to his thigh while on international duty. Sturridge missed the start of Liverpool's UEFA Champions League campaign and two defeats in the Premier League but Rodgers says there is a chance he could be back for the 232nd derby, which takes place at Anfield on Saturday lunchtime.

Jason Kreis: Lampard City loan extension not true.

New York City coach Jason Kreis insists there is "no truth" to speculation that Frank Lampard could extend his loan with Manchester City. Lampard scored the vital equaliser against former club Chelsea before netting a double in the 7-0 thrashing of Sheffield Wednesday in the Capital One Cup on Wednesday.

UEFA comfirms Liverpool probe.

Monaco, Roma, Besiktas, Inter Milan, Krasnodar and Sporting Lisbon are the other clubs under investigation. The clubs have recently submitted their accounts to UEFA and are due to be asked to provide further information on their finances as the governing body dictates that losses must be restricted to £35.4million over a two-year window.

Louis van Gaal: Manchester United is the toughest job

Louis van Gaal says Manchester United is the toughest job of his career at the moment after overseeing a poor start to the season that has seen the Red Devils win just once in five Premier League games.

defensive worry for Manchester United.

Defenders Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans have all been sidelined, while Tyler Blackett is suspended after he was sent off in the shock 5-3 defeat at Leicester last week. New boy Marcos Rojo is therefore the only senior central defender available to Van Gaal for Saturday's match at Old Trafford.

football result24 september 2014

FT	Burton Albion	0 - 3	Brighton & Hove Albion
FT	Chelsea	2 - 1	Bolton Wanderers
FT	Manchester City	7 - 0	Sheffield Wednesday
FT	Tottenham Hotspur	3 - 1	Nottingham Forest
FT	Crystal Palace	2 - 2	Newcastle United
FT	West Bromwich Albion	3 - 2	Hull City

Football fixture 24 September 2014

England - Capital One CupSeptember 24
21:45	Burton Albion	? - ?	Brighton & Hove Albion
21:45	Chelsea	? - ?	Bolton Wanderers
21:45	Manchester City	? - ?	Sheffield Wednesday
21:45	Tottenham Hotspur	? - ?	Nottingham Forest
22:00	Crystal Palace	? - ?	Newcastle United
22:00	West Bromwich Albion	? - ?	Hull City

Fernando Torres scored his first Serie A goal.

Fernando Torres scored his first Serie A goal as AC Milan came from behind to claim a 2-2 draw at newly-promoted Empoli on Tuesday night. Filippo Inzaghi's men were out to make amends after their 100 per cent start to the new Serie A season was halted by a 1-0 home defeat to champions Juventus on Saturday.

Capital One Cup: Liverpool survived after penalty shoot out.

Liverpool secured their passage to the last-16 of the League Cup after a sensational 14-13 penalty shootout over Middlesbrough.

Football result 23 September 2014

England - Capital One CupSeptember 23
FT	Arsenal	1 - 2	Southampton
FT	Cardiff City	0 - 3	AFC Bournemouth
FT	Derby County	2 - 0	Reading
FT	Leyton Orient	0 - 1	Sheffield United
AET	Liverpool *	2 - 2	Middlesbrough
FT	Milton Keynes Dons	2 - 0	Bradford City
FT	Shrewsbury Town	1 - 0	Norwich City
FT	Sunderland	1 - 2	Stoke City
FT	Swansea City	3 - 0	Everton
FT	Fulham	2 - 1	Doncaster Rovers

Bayern Munich claimed top of Bundesliga table.

Bayern Munich kicked Paderborn off the top of the Bundesliga with a thumping 4-0 win over the top-flight newcomers at the Allianz Arena.

Cristiano Ronaldo struck four times as Real Madrid trashed Elche 5-1

Cristiano Ronaldo struck four times as Real Madrid maintained their remarkable resurgence with a 5-1 victory over Elche at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday evening. Having scored a hat-trick in the 8-2 mauling of Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, the Portuguese was again in imperious form as he went one better on Tuesday.

Arsenal crashed out of Capital One Cup

A stunning long-range effort from Nathaniel Clyne was enough to see Southampton come from behind to shock Arsenal at the Emirates with a 2-1 victory and progress to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Neymar and Ivan Rakitic a doubt for Malaga match in midweek.

Barcelona may be without both Neymar and Ivan Rakitic when they face Malaga in midweek after the pair suffered knocks during Sunday’s 5-0 victory over Levante.

Diego Costa denied apologising to Chelsea fans for his goal against them in Champions league.

Diego Costa has denied claims he apologised to Chelsea fans for his part in their Champions League defeat to his Atletico Madrid side last season. The Brazil-born striker reportedly expressed his regret at converting a penalty during los Colchoneros’ 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge last season which eliminated the Blues from the competition. 

Roma warned Manchester United that midfielder Kevin Strootman is not for sale

Roma have warned Manchester United and other potential suitors that central midfielder Kevin Strootman is not for sale. The Dutchman has been subject to increased reported interest from Louis van Gaal's men following the Red Devils' stuttering start to the season which continued with Sunday's 5-3 defeat to newly promoted Leicester.

Mario Balotelli mocks manchester United on twitter after their defeat to Leicester City.

Mario Balotelli has taunted Manchester United following Sunday's shock 5-3 loss to newly-promoted Leicester City. Robin van Persie and Angel Di Maria gave United a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes, with Ander Herrera restoring the margin just before the hour-mark.