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Benfica defender Fabio Faria has retired from professional football at the age of 23 because of heart problems.

The residential academy, being developed at a cost of over Rs 50 lakh, will come up in Balewadi.

Juventus reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in seven years when they beat Celtic 2-0.

The Manchester United manager missed a mandatory news conference after his team lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

English club Arsenal will play a friendly against Vietnam's national team on July 17.

Bendtner, on loan to Juventus from Arsenal, admitted to having been 3 times over the legal alcohol limit in Denmark

Last week Barcelona defender and Neymar's Brazil teammate Daniel Alves claimed the striker had already agreed to join the Catalan outfit after next year's World Cup.

Gareth Bale has a great chance at White Hart Lane to improve on his 19 goals already this season - 15 of which have come in the league.

"The Champions League has killed off, annihilated other competition because of the huge interest it attracts," the UEFA president said on Saturday.

The new one-year contract will keep the Welshman at Old Trafford until June 2014.

Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the FA Cup fifth round and will face Manchester United at Old Trafford on March 10.

"Even if there is one game to go and we are 12 points behind, we'll still believe. We've got to keep fighting, you never know," the City and England goalkeeper said.

Messi extended his league-record scoring run to 15 straight games in a 2-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday.

Bavaria, its capital Munich and Bayern Munich launched a joint bid on Thursday.

Arsenal welcome Bayern Munich to the Emirates Stadium, for the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.

Napoli missed the chance to cut Juventus' lead to two points as they were held in Serie A on Sunday.