Football

Mourinho, who has a contract until June 2016, said he would sit down with Perez after Real's final two La Liga matches to decide whether he will continue.

Mourinho was sent from the bench for protesting a referee's decision in the second-half of Copa del Rey final against Atletico Madrid.

David Beckham decided to retire from football at the end of the season, which he announced Thursday.

The 34-year-old Lampard, the club's all-time leading scorer, had initially been told he was not wanted beyond the end of the season.

Balotelli said he had come close to abandoning the match after being insulted by visiting Roma fans at San Siro on Sunday.

The England defender made his international debut against Cameroon in 1997 and had won 81 caps.

Ivory Coast players Eboue and Drogba, who was instrumental in Chelsea's run to the Champions League title last season, were heckled during Sunday's 2-1 league win by Fenerbahce.

From a position of strength, City is now back behind Manchester United and likely to face fresh challenges next season from a Chelsea.

AC Milan coach condemned Italian soccer culture as backward after his team's match at home against AS Roma was interrupted by racist chanting from fans.

Raphael Varane suffered a knee injury in Saturday's 1-1 La Liga draw at Espanyol.

Valdes has not recovered from a left-foot injury whereas Abidal is sidelined after hurting a muscle while training.

Roberto Martinez is a strong manager who can keep Wigan Athletic in the Premier League, Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini said.

The nine-times European champions visit Espanyol on Saturday when a failure to win would gift leaders Barcelona their fourth La Liga title in five years.

David Moyes will not answer questions about his new appointment at Manchester United when he speaks to journalists on Friday.

Marek Hamsik, Edinson Cavani and Blerim Dzemaili scored in quick succession early in the second half to guarantee Napoli a second-place in Serie A.

Bookmakers were quick to install Everton manager David Moyes as the favourite to replace Alex Ferguson.