Football

The El Clasico comes only four days after the teams drew 1-1 in the Spanish league.

Barca have an eight-point advantage over Real with seven matches left.

Ronaldo has had an outstanding season, scoring 39 goals in all competitions.

Messi struck in the 43rd minute to send the Spanish champions through to the last four.

Cambiasso and Maicon scored in Inter's 2-0 win over Chievo Verona, while Francesco Totti scored a brace in AS Roma's victory.

The referee failed to award Chelsea a penalty in Man Utd's Champions League QF on Wednesday.

The victory lifted City into third place, a point above Chelsea and three behind second-place Arsenal.

With Barcelona seen as one of the favourites this year as well, here are few players to look forward.

Dirk Kuyt's controversial penalty and a brilliant individual effort by Luis Suarez earned Liverpool a 2-0 win over Sunderland.

Favorite Barcelona will meet Shakhtar Donetsk, and defending champion Inter Milan will take on Schalke.

Arsenal will look to take advantage of Manchester United's defensive problems.

Cesena scored 10 minutes from time to earn the draw.

Inter Milan needed goalkeeper Julio Cesar to saved a penalty two minutes from time.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes Arsenal is his team's biggest threat this season.

The Ukrainian club went through 6-2 on aggregate after winning 3-2 in Rome in the first leg.

Frank Lampard scored a brace after John Terry headed one into the net.