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Ronaldo inspires rampant Real

La Liga: Cristiano Ronaldo scored one and created four as Real Madrid thrashed Villarreal 6-2

Roma slash Inter's lead to five points

Serie A: A 1-0 win over Catania allowed Claudio Ranieri's side to close the gap at the top of the table

Chainrai vows to safeguard Pompey

• Owner may use family trust fund to save club• Finding new owner remains preferred optionPortsmouth's owner, Balram Chainrai, has vowed to save the 112-year-old club and is prepared to use money from his family's trust fund to do so should a new buyer or fresh investment not be...

Mourinho questions whether Chelsea are a 'strong' team

• Internazionale manager says game is Europe's biggest• Portuguese celebrates eight years without a home defeatJosé Mourinho has claimed that Chelsea's clash with his Internazionale team at San Siro on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the Champions League is European club football's...

Newcastle United 3-0 Preston North End | Championship match report

As the stadium turned into a wall of sound, one of Newcastle United's ­backroom staff emerged from the dugout and whispered something in Chris Hughton's ear. ­Stationed, typically, on the technical area's outer edge, the manager responded with a self-conscious wave and, at once, the...

Wolverhampton 0-2 Chelsea

Chelsea were silent yesterday after fresh tabloid allegations about the private life of Ashley Cole posed the first test of the club's pledge to hand out the "severest disciplinary consequences" to any ­players tarnishing the club's reputation.Last Wednesday, following three weeks in which the...

Everton 3-1 Manchester United

It is a "schoolboy error" when a journalist allows a mobile phone to ring in David Moyes's company, but there was only one loaded question to ask when the roles were reversed and the Everton manager scrambled for the silent button on Saturday. "Was that Rooney?"Moyes dismissed the query as the joke...

You are the Ref

Click to enlarge, and debate the strip below the line. Keith Hackett's official answers appear in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday.Keith's Hackett's answers1) He may be quick-thinking, but he's also committing an offence. Do not award an offside: let play continue, and then, when the ball is...