Barça slip opens door for Madrid
Real Madrid CF replaced FC Barcelona at the top of the Liga after Gonzalo Higuaín scored the only goal against Real Racing Club Santander before the Spanish champions drew with Athletic Club. |
Chelsea and United signal intent
Manchester United FC moved above Arsenal FC into second in the Premier League after beating Everton FC, but Chelsea FC remain clear at the top after a 4-0 rout of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. |
Jubilant Rubin reclaim Russian title
FC Rubin Kazan reclaimed the Russian title after drawing with FC Zenit St. Petersburg on Saturday, with coach Kurban Berdyev saying: "We had to prove our success last year was no accident." |
Seventh straight win takes Auxerre top
AJ Auxerre made the most of slips from FC Girondins de Bordeaux and Olympique Lyonnais to go top of Ligue 1 on Saturday following a 2-0 win at home to AS Monaco FC, their seventh straight victory. |
Inter too strong for Bologna
FC Internazionale Milano added to the pressure on their rivals by beating Bologna FC to stretch their lead at the top of Serie A to eight points. Parma FC went third after beating ACF Fiorentina. |
Brilliant Bremen hit the top
Werder Bremen joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the Bundesliga summit after an emphatic 6-0 win at SC Freiburg and there were also key victories for FC Schalke 04 and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. |
Pick of the week
It was international week and European football produced its fair share of the worthy and unusual. uefa.com gets into a comfy chair and opens up its book of the best stories from the last seven days. |
Marseille edge past rivals PSG
Olympique de Marseille went fourth in Ligue 1 after beating rivals Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-0, with Gabriel Heinze's lone goal moving OM to within three points of leaders FC Girondins de Bordeaux. |
Around the leagues
Liverpool FC have their backs to the wall in England, the front two meet in Ukraine while three emotional derbies should see passions rise as uefa.com previews the weekend's top domestic fixtures. |
Rubin ready to reclaim crown
If FC Rubin Kazan overcome FC Zenit St. Petersburg on Saturday, they will claim a second successive Russian title and defender Roman Sharonov is determined "nobody should unsettle" his side. |
Time is up for Dutch keeper Timmer
Former Netherlands goalkeeper Henk Timmer has decided to hang up his gloves at the age of 37 following his release by Feyenoord in the summer, saying: "Football is over for me." |
Eight wins on the spin for Budu?nost
Coach Mihailo Ivanovi? recently led FK Budu?nost Podgorica to a Montenegrin landmark eighth successive league win, but maintained that "football is not about records, it's about titles". |
Moselle men setting pace in Luxembourg
CS Grevenmacher lead the race to deny F91 Dudelange a sixth straight Luxembourgeois title, with coach Claude Osweiler noting that the title race is "maybe as open as it has ever been." |
Polonia put Bakero on the spot
José María Bakero won four Spanish titles, the European Champion Clubs' Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup at FC Barcelona, but has a new task as a coach ? revitalising KSP Polonia Warszawa. |
Nice Dacia, Dacia nice
Top of the Moldovan Divizia Nationala table after 18 games, FC Dacia Chi?in?u are too busy to mark their tenth anniversary, with president Timur Kuriev promising a party at the end of the season. |
Home no comfort in Northern Ireland
Home has been a place of horror for certain clubs in the Northern Irish Premier League recently, with some absolutely astonishing away victories hitting the headlines. |
What's on uefa.com
uefa.com has interviews with Luis Fabiano and Andriy Shevchenko and training videos spotlighting Petr ?ech and Cesc Fàbregas in a week when eight European teams learn their FIFA World Cup fate. |
German football pays tribute to Enke
German football united on Sunday to pay its final respects to Hannover 96's international goalkeeper Robert Enke, who died aged 32 on Tuesday, with thousands attending his funeral service. |
Burley relieved of Scotland duties
George Burley, 53, has been sacked as manager of Scotland following their failure to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and a series of disappointing performances in recent friendlies. |
Astafjevs reflects on European milestone
After becoming the most-capped national team player in Europe with 158 international appearances, Latvia captain Vit?lijs Astafjevs, 38, told uefa.com: "I was happy to play the first time." |
