Football

Napoli came away from the San Siro with a 2-1 victory over AC Milan with goals from Miguel Britos and Gonzalo Higuain.

Paulinho scored his first Premier League goal in stoppage time on Sunday as Tottenham broke through Cardiff's resistance to win 1-0.

The former Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Porto manager also made it clear Oscar was his first-choice midfield orchestrator.

Padro Rodriguez scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd in Barcelona's 4-0 win.

Chelsea suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat to Basel in their opening Champions League match, which followed a 1-0 loss to Everton in the Premier League.

Rooney's future at United was shrouded in uncertainty during the summer after falling out of favor last season with Ferguson.

The 50-hectare (124 acre) attraction was to have been built on the man-made Marjan Island in Ras al-Khaimah.

The 26-year-old Turan joined Atletico from Galatasaray in 2011 and has become a key playmaker for coach Diego Simeone's squad.

Basel had never won a game in England until coming from behind on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge to beat Chelsea 2-1.

Messi now stands alone as the only player to have scored a hat-trick four times in the tournament.

Gerard Pique feels that Barcelona need to vary their style of play amid suggestions they have become too predictable in attack.

The Portuguese celebrated signing a new contract with a supreme performance while goals from Karim Benzema and Isco capped off the Blancos' evening.

It was a flawless performance by last season's treble winners and a successful return to the competition for new coach Guardiola.

Mourinho, famous for often surreal quotes, returned to a favourite theme when he described his players as "beautiful, young eggs".

Ancelotti said it was a "special feeling" and an extra motivation knowing he is poised to become the first man to coach six different clubs in the Champions League.

Moyes has warned his own player Ashley Young to stop diving but said on Monday he could not guarantee the winger would change his ways.