Football

Ronaldo had been a major doubt for the game against Real Sociedad after limping out of Real Madrid's 3-0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.

"It's a slight knee problem and I'm not worried about it," Ancelotti told a news conference.

United themselves won 5-0 on their last visit to Germany when they swamped Bayer Leverkusen in the group stage in November.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be remembered as one of the game's greatest players despite never gracing the English Premier League, said Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

Buffon's heroics were not enough for Juventus as the Serie A leaders lost 2-0 at an inspired Napoli, only their second league defeat of the season.

With six games remaining, they are two points clear of Chelsea and four ahead of third-place Manchester City, who have played two matches fewer.

Mourinho said Liverpool had enjoyed the "perfect season" to emerge again as title aspirants.

The demand for tickets has been highest among Brazilians, who have bought more than a million tickets for the June 12-July 13 tournament.

Giggs, along with Scholes, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, will complete the deal for the humble Northern Premier League Division One North club later in the year.

Victor Valdes is in serious danger of missing this year's World Cup after suffering a knee ligament injury during Barcelona's victory over Celta Vigo

24 Bundesliga titles, earliest champions in 51 years, unbeaten in 52 games and on course for successive Champions League title - there's no stopping Bayern.

Arsenal conceded an injury-time own-goal to give Swansea a 2-2 draw on Tuesday to fall further behind in the Premier League title race.

Messi scored a hat-trick to give Barcelona a 4-3 win at 10-man Real Madrid in an entertaining and contentious "clasico" match that kept the title race wide open.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter refused to comment on allegations linking Qatar's winning World Cup bid to payments received by voters.

Mourinho says on Friday, "I don't accept the charge," without explaining further.

According to British daily The Telegraph, Ex-FIFA vice-president Jack Warner was personally paid USD 1.2 million from a company controlled by Mohamed Bin Hammam.