Barcelona's Neymar struck twice to put the Spanish side in the Champions League final despite a 3-2 loss at Bayern Munich on Tuesday as they progressed 5-3 on aggregate and will face Real Madrid or Juventus next month.
Defender Marcel Schmelzer has extended his contract ahead of schedule to stay with Borussia Dortmund until 2021, the Bundesliga runner-up confirmed in a statement on Monday.
Diego Tardelli's only goal of the game helped Shandong Luneng book a place of the last 16 of the AFC Champions League with a 1-0 win over Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Group F on Wednesday and in turn eliminated their opponents.
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has extended his contract ahead of schedule to stay with the German record champions until 2021, Bayern confirmed via the club's official homepage on Wednesday.
Liverpool fights back to advance to Europa League semifinals with thrilling victory
Barcelona hosts Valencia on Sunday desperately in need of a win to arrest a slide of three defeats in four games and prevent losing its grip on the La Liga title race.
Saturday's meeting between Barcelona and Real Madrid pits the two most expensive strike forces in history against one another.
Leicester City continues its once unlikely quest to win the Premier League title on Sunday, with Sir Alex Ferguson among those backing the Foxes to claim the crown.
Arsenal seemed to have heeded the painful lessons that have blighted their recent Champions League campaigns when the score was 0-0 against Barcelona with 20 minutes left on Tuesday.
With one from Lionel Messi and two from Luis Suarez, FC Barcelona beat River Plate 3-0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup on Sunday, lifting their fifth trophy in 2015.
Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick in Barcelona's 3-0 victory over China's Guangzhou Evergrande at the Club World Cup semifinals on Thursday.
VfL Wolfsburg reached the Champions League last 16 and dealt a knockout blow to Manchester United with a 3-2 victory to claim top spot in Group B and condemn their opponents to the Europa League on Tuesday.
Real Madrid face almost certain expulsion from the Spanish Kings Cup knockout competition after fielding an ineligible player in their third round first leg tie away to Cadi.
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