Football

Perez is expected to make Ancelotti the scapegoat after Real ended the season without winning a major trophy but the intervention of Ronaldo may make him think twice.

"We have to make it as hard as possible defensively and be sharp. Maybe we can do something sneaky like we did at Everton," Advocaat said.

The Gunners have two home games left, against relegation-threatened Sunderland on Wednesday and then against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

Chennaiyin FC, FC Goa, FC Pune City and Kerala Blasters FC have exercised the maximum allowed retention clause by retaining six Indian players each

Each franchise is allowed to have a squad of 22, comprising 13 Indian and nine international players including one marquee.

Leicester made sure of staying in the Premier League by drawing 0-0 with Sunderland.

Rooney suffered a dead leg in last weekend's 2-1 win at Crystal Palace and Shaw sustained a facial injury.

Bacca and Carrico effectively ended any hope Fiorentina had of pulling off an unlikely comeback, as they extended Sevilla's advantage before the half hour.

The devastating combination served up by Barcelona's attacking trident of Messi, Suarez and Neymar fired past Bayern Munich into the Champions League final.

Chelsea have already secured the EPL title in the manager's second season since returning to the the English club helm with three league games remaining.

Burnley was relegated from the Premier League despite a 1-0 win at Hull that dropped the home side into the bottom three on Saturday.

Barcelona lead Real Madrid by two points with three matches remaining, although the end of the season is now in doubt.

Guardiola had predicted there was nothing he could do to contain the sublime talent of Messi during their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona.

Inter Milan were jeered off at San Siro again after a 0-0 draw with Chievo.

Drogba is expecting a "crazy" Stamford Bridge atmosphere when Chelsea attempt to clinch the Premier League title for the first time in five years with a win at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday.

"Last weekend was below the group's standard. I didn't even need to tell them, they told me," Pardew said.