Football

Cisse's fifth goal in six games inspired Newcastle's fightback as the team ended a four-match Premier League losing streak with a 3-2 victory over Everton.

Torres joined Milan on a two-year loan in August but has yet to rediscover his form and has only managed one goal in 10 Serie A appearances.

Terry scored for the second time in five days when his first-half goal paved the way for Premier League leaders Chelsea to beat West Ham United 2-0 on Friday.

With QPR facing three games in six days, however, starting with a London derby at Arsenal on Friday, Ferdinand is ready for action, if required.

Reveillere injured his calf during the warm-up session before Sunderland's 1-0 victory over Newcastle last Sunday.

Sociedad finished fourth in 2012-13 and qualified for the Champions League group stage, where they finished bottom of their pool.

Fellaini admitted last season was a "difficult" period for him, but said on Thursday that he felt the criticisms were unfair.

Manchester United midfielder Herrera said he has never been involved in manipulating the results of games after being named among 41 people in a match-fixing probe in Spain.

Although Arsenal is still out of the top four, a sixth successive Premier League victory over Newcastle nudged them to within two points of Champions League places.

Fikru, who did not train with the team on Friday, joined Arnab Mondal (twisted ankle), Biswajit Saha and Jofre Mateu (both niggles) in the injury list.

NorthEast United FC played out a 1-1 draw against Mumbai City FC in an inconsequential Indian Super League match to end at the bottom position in the tournament.

Liverpool's decline and fall from the European elite was confirmed, as Basel held the hosts to a 1-1 draw at Anfield to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.

Alessandro del Piero scored his first in the Indian Super League as Delhi Dynamos FC rallied from two goals down to hold Chennaiyin FC to a draw on Tuesday.

Mumbai City FC are still in with a chance to qualify to the next stage of Indian Super League as Didika and Friedrich got their names in the score-sheet for the home team.

Stoke handed Arsenal another dispiriting loss at Britannia Stadium, scoring three goals in the first-half and then withstanding a late comeback attempt.

The Indian Super League's (ISL) round-robin stage is in its last lap and as the bell rings, every point is important for teams to make it to the last four.