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Ronaldo's 71st Portugal goal moved him joint third with Germany's Miroslav Klose on the list of Europe's highest international goalscorers Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his home island of Madeira, a day before the local airport is to be named in his honour, as Portugal surrendered a two-goal lead to lose to Sweden. Portugal led through Ronaldo's 71st international strike and an Andreas Granqvist own goal. But a Viktor Claesson double and Cavaco Cancelo's injury-time own goal secured a remarkable turnaround for the Swedes.

Real Madrid's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo was the best paid footballer in 2016-17, with 87.5 million euros ($95.3m) in earnings, ahead of his Argentinian rival at Barcelona, Lionel Messi (76.5m), according to figures to appear in Tuesday's edition of France Football. Messi's Brazilian teammate Neymar is third with 55.5 million euros ahead of Real Madrid's Welsh forward Gareth Bale (41m) and Argentina's Ezequiel Lavezzi (28.5m), who plays for Hebei Fortune.

Messi was angered late in the game after being penalised for a foul Lionel Messi has been banned for four international matches - just five and a half hours before Argentina's World Cup qualifier against Bolivia kicks off. The Argentina and Barcelona forward was punished for directing "insulting words" at an assistant referee in Thursday's 1-0 win over Chile.

Cruyff helped Barca to their first league title in 14 years in his first campaign after signing for them from Ajax in 1973 Barcelona will honour former player and manager Johan Cruyff with a statue of him at their Nou Camp stadium. The club will also name the new stadium they are building for their B team after the former Dutch international. Barcelona made the announcement a day after the first anniversary of Cruyff's death at the age of 68. Cruyff won 13 trophies during his time managing and playing for the club, including their first European Cup in 1992. His son Jordi also said the family will donate a number nine Barcelona shirt worn by his father and the Ballon d'Or trophy from 1974 to a new Johan Cruyff exhibition at the Spanish club's museum

Michael Oliver was surrounded by several Manchester City players after awarding Liverpool a penalty Manchester City have accepted a Football Association charge of failing to "ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion" during Sunday's game against Liverpool. It followed an incident "in or around the 50th minute" of the 1-1 draw, when referee Michael Oliver gave the Reds a penalty, penalising Gael Clichy for a raised boot on Roberto Firmino

The Toffees are seeking a move away from their current home at Goodison Park Everton's new stadium will be a "key part" of Liverpool's bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the city's mayor has said. The club announced a deal to acquire land at Bramley Moore Dock on which to build the new £300m ground on Thursday. Mayor Joe Anderson said talks about using the stadium, which will seat 50,000, will happen "in due course

Dele Alli was sent off in the 39th-minute against Gent as Spurs were knocked out of the Europa League Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been banned for three European matches after being sent off against Gent at Wembley in the Europa League in February. Alli was dismissed for a challenge on Brecht Dejaegere in the 2-2 draw. Should Spurs secure a top-three Premier League finish, Alli would miss half of their Champions League group campaign. Meanwhile, Arsenal have been fined £4,300 after some of their fans ran onto the pitch during the 5-1 Champions League home defeat by Bayern Munich. Alli also missed the final three games of last season's Premier League after admitting a charge of violent conduct for punching West Brom's Claudio Yacob in the stomach

Diego Costa admits he tried to push through a move back to Atletico Madrid before eventually going to Chelsea boss Antonio Conte with his "tail between his legs". The striker was heavily linked with a move back to his former club last summer after enduring a frustrating 2015/16 season as Chelsea failed miserably to defend their Premier League crown. The two clubs were reportedly in negotiations over the transfer but talks broke down, which meant Costa had to build bridges with Conte

The unthinkable prospect of a World Cup without Argentina or Lionel Messi could move a step closer to becoming reality on Thursday as the South American giants prepare to face arch-rivals Chile in a crucial battle on the road to Russia 2018. Argentina, who last failed to qualify for the World Cup in 1970, saw their progress towards next year's finals go awry in 2016 when back-to-back draws with Venezuela and Peru were followed by defeats against Paraguay and Brazil. Although they bounced back to beat Colombia 3-0 in a home qualifier last November, they remain outside the automatic qualifying places in fifth place, with 19 points from 12 games. A defeat against fourth-placed Chile on Thursday in Buenos Aires would leave Argentina further adrift of the automatic qualifying spots. And if Colombia beat lowly Bolivia in their home game, as expected, Argentina could even finish the day further down the pecking order, outside of the fifth-place playoff berth they currently occupy. With...

World Goalkeeper of the Year Manuel Neuer has withdrawn from the Die Mannschaft squad for Wednesday’s friendly against England in Dortmund (20:45 CET) and the World Cup qualifier in Baku against Azerbaijan on Sunday (18:00 CEST). The 30-year-old goalkeeper will be treated for calf problems at his club FC Bayern München. After consultation with goalkeeping coach Andreas Köpke, Joachim Löw has decided to call up Kevin Trapp as Neuer’s replacement. The Paris Saint-Germain keeper has featured in the senior squad before, but is yet to win a Germany cap. Trapp, who played eleven times at U21 level, will join up with the squad today in Kamen close to Dortmund

Marouane Fellaini has only scored one Premier League goal this season for Manchester United Manchester United moved up to fifth in the Premier League as Middlesbrough's first game since sacking manager Aitor Karanka ended in defeat. Ashley Young's deep cross found Marouane Fellaini at the back post to head past Victor Valdes, before Jesse Lingard's terrific strike doubled United's lead after the break. Boro, with caretaker boss Steve Agnew in charge, were invited to apply pressure and when Chris Smalling made a mess of an easy clearance in the box, substitute Rudy Gestede pounced. But former Manchester United keeper Valdes slipped in stoppage time and Antonio Valencia's tap-in secured the three points. Jose Mourinho's side leapfrog Arsenal and Everton into fifth, while Middlesbrough remain 19th in the table and are now five points from safety. Having parted ways with Karanka on Thursday, Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson charged Agnew with helping Mid...

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Champions League: Leicester face Atletico Madrid in quarter-final Leicester have not beaten Atletico in their four previous meetings Leicester City have been drawn against Spanish side Atletico Madrid in their maiden Champions League quarter-final. The Premier League champions progressed to the last eight by beating Spanish title-chasers Sevilla 3-2 on aggregate. Leicester will play the first leg against last year's beaten finalists away from home on 11 or 12 April, with the return leg on 18 or 19 April.

A week after Jose Mourinho criticised their pitch, the Russian Premier League has "banned" FC Rostov from hosting league games due to "shortfalls" in the playing surface.Manchester United drew 1-1 at the Olimp-2 Stadium in their Europa League last-16 first-leg tie last Thursday."It's hard for me to believe we are going to play on that field, if you can call it a field," Mourinho had said. Rostov now have until 24 March to bring their pitch up to standard. The pitch was dry and bobbly, and after the match Mourinho said the conditions made it "impossible to play a passing game". The Russian Premier League told BBC Sport that Rostov will have their pitch inspected again on 24 March, with their next home game on 31 March against FC Krasnodar. Uefa had deemed the pitch playable for the Europa League game, but the Russian Premier League say they have different regulations in place. United and Rostov play the second leg at Old Trafford on Thu...

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Real Madrid 2-1 Real Betis Sergio Ramos has scored 10 goals this season, including a point-saver against Barcelona at the Nou Camp in December Sergio Ramos headed a late winner as Real Madrid recovered from a howler by keeper Keylor Navas to beat 10-man Real Betis to go top of La Liga. Navas escaped a red card for fouling Darko Brasanac, then spilled Antonio Sanabria's shot into his own net. Cristiano Ronaldo headed Madrid level from a Marcelo cross before half-time. Betis defender Matteo Piccinini was sent off for dragging back Lucas Vazquez with 12 minutes left, before Ramos powered in a Toni Kroos corner. Morata cannot Bale out Madrid - but Ramos can Captain Ramos has made a habit of scoring vital goals for Zinedine Zidane's side this season - most notably a last-minute equaliser against Barcelona and a late winner against Deportivo, both in December . The centre-back's power from set-pieces proved vital as Real did not quite click in attack without the susp...

           We don’t need referees’ help: Zidane Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane had a pointed message for La Liga rivals Barcelona on Saturday by claiming the European champions "don't depend" on anyone else to win. Barca produced the biggest comeback in Champions League history on Wednesday with a remarkable 6-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain to complete a 6-5 aggregate win. However, Barca's win was overshadowed by a series of controversial calls from German referee Deniz Aytekin as he awarded the Catalans two penalties. "Real Madrid is unique," said Zidane when asked if controversial decisions in favour of Madrid are given more attention in the media. "We know that we annoy certain people, but that is not going to change. "If we win it is because we've played well, we don't depend on anything or anyone else." Madrid trail Barcelona by a point at the top of La Liga, but have a game in hand over their title rivals. ...

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          Spanish La Liga 2016/17 # Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts Last 6 1 Barcelona 26 18 6 2 76 21 55 60 2 Real Madrid 25 18 5 2 67 26 41 59 3 Sevilla 27 17 6 4 51 31 20 57 4 Atletico Madrid 26 14 7 5 48 22 26 49 5 Real Sociedad 26 15 3 8 42 36 6 48 6 Villarreal 26 12 9 5 38 19 19 45 7 Athletic Bilbao 26 12 5 9 32 30 2 41 8 Eibar 26 11 6 9 42 37 5 39 9 Espanyol 27 10 9 8 39 38 1 39 10 Alaves 27 9 10 8 28 33 -5 37 11 Celta Vigo 25 10 5 10 39 44 -5 35 12 Las Palmas 27 8 8 11 43 45 -2 32 13 Valencia 27 8 6 13 36 47 -11 30 14 Real Betis 26 7 7 12 28 42 -14 28 15 Malaga 27 6 8 13 33 45 -12 26 16 Leganes 27 6 7 14 22 41 -19 25 17 Deportivo La Coruna 26 5 9 12 29 41 -12 24 18 Granada 26 4 7 15 24 54 -30 19 19 Sporting Gijon 27 4 6 17 28 56 -28 18 20 Osasuna 26 1 7 18 27 64 -37 10 this is the link you can see current point table of la liga http://www.skysports.com/la-liga-table