A young US side won easily against an under strength Mexico in a Los Angeles friendly last night. . . . more . . .
AS Monaco are back in Champions League contention after holding out for a win with 9 men. . . . more . . .
Three goals from Claudio Lopez saw SS Lazio clinch a place in the second stage of the Champions League. . . . more . . .
Real Madrid won easily against struggling Sporting Lisbon. . . . more . . .
New Bayer Leverkusen coach Rudi Voller won his first game as a club manager with a 1-0 victory over Spartak Moscow. . . . more . . .
Olympiakos needed a penalty to hand Valencia their first defeat in the Champions League this season. . . . more . . .
Olympique Lyon are still chasing a place in the second stage of the Champions League with this convincing win in Holland. . . . more . . .
Sturm Graz continued their great home form in the Champions League by beating Glasgow Rangers 2-0. . . . more . . .
Arsenal used this as a training game and hammered Sparta Prague. . . . more . . .
Anderlecht produced a great first half display to shock Manchester United with a 2-1 defeat. . . . more . . .
Juventus had a disastrous night in Turin as they crashed to a 3-1 defeat against Hamburg SV with only nine men. . . . more . . .
Spanish champions Deportivo la Coruna needed an 82nd minute goal from Walter Pandiani to reach the second stage of the Champions League. . . . more . . .
Paris Saint Germain scored one of the biggest Champions League wins ever with a 7-2 thrashing of Norwegian champions Rosenborg at Parc des Princes. . . . more . . .
PSV Eindhoven are well placed to progress in the Champions League after this 1-0 win in the Ukraine. . . . more . . .
Bayern Munich made unspectacular progress into the second stage of the Champions League with a 0-0 draw against Helsingborg. . . . more . . .
AC Milan found it easy in Istanbul against Besiktas and are now through to the last sixteen of the Champions League. . . . more . . .
FC Barcelona saved themselves with a 1-1 draw thanks to a 93rd minute equaliser from Rivaldo at Leeds United. . . . more . . .
Manchester United needed an 81st goal from Paul Scholes and an even later effort from Dwight Yorke to subdue the Dutch champions after an indifferent display. . . . more . . .
Helsingborg crashed the Norwegian champions title winning party with a 2-0 victory. . . . more . . .
Hamburg have little to hope for from the Champions League this season after this sterile draw in Athens. . . . more . . .
Deportivo la Coruna dominated against Juventus but the Italian team held on for a draw. . . . more . . .
Bayern Munich recovered from a recent poor run to beat Paris St Germain 2-0. . . . more . . .
Anderlecht hammered Kyiv Dynamo 4-2 in their Champions League game with four first half goals. . . . more . . .
A brilliant match brought the best out of Rivaldo whose three goals kept FC Barcelona in the Champions League. . . . more . . .
Leeds United made a comfortable job of drawing in Istanbul with Besiktas. . . . more . . .
Arsenal sealed their place in the second stage of the Champions League with an 88th minute goal from substitute Robert Pires. . . . more . . .
Shakhtar Donetsk recorded their first Champions League win by beating Sparta Prague 2-1 after coming from behind. . . . more . . .
Dutch club Heerenveen managed their first Champions League win with a 1-0 victory over Olympiakos. . . . more . . .
Real Madrid were sensational in a 5-3 win over Bayer Leverkusen at a thrilled Bernabeu stadium. . . . more . . .
Valencia are through to the second stage of the Champions League after a 2-1 win at Lyon. . . . more . . .
Sporting Lisbon crashed out of the Champions League with a 3-0 home defeat against Spartak Moscow. . . . more . . .
A draw suited both teams who expect to qualify from their group but Rangers started very well. . . . more . . .
The US and Costa Rica missed out on a chance to seal a place in the CONCACAF play-offs with a sterile 0-0 draw in Columbus, Ohio. . . . more . . .
After two good draws away from home the Irish team won well in front of their own Dublin fans to stay in touch with World Cup qualification. . . . more . . .
Belarus won 2-1 in Minsk against Armenia thanks to two first half goals including the winner from Nikolai Ryndyuk. . . . more . . .
Denmark dominated this game in Copenhagen but Bulgaria survived to draw it. . . . more . . .
Wales came for the draw and they managed it with a well disciplined performance. . . . more . . .
A 0-0 draw in Bratislava helped neither side. . . . more . . .
Greece crashed to an unprecedented defeat in Tirana against Albania. . . . more . . .
Scotland survived a great start by Croatia to come from behind and draw 1-1 in Zagreb. . . . more . . .
Super Andriy Shevchenko poured on the World Cup misery for Norway after scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory in Oslo. . . . more . . .
A 0-0 draw in Chisinau did little to help either side. . . . more . . .
Malta have held the Czech Republic to a surprise 0-0 draw in Valletta. . . . more . . .
Russia won their second 2002 World Cup qualifier with an easy 3-0 beating of Luxembourg in Moscow. . . . more . . .
Hakan Sukur scored a good goal to earn Turkey a valuable away win in Baku. . . . more . . .
Another disjointed performance from England saw them draw 0-0 in Helsinki against a Finland side who dealt comfortably with the England attacks until Ray Parlour hit the ball over the goal line in the 88th minute. . . . more . . .
Iceland needed a last minute goal to defeat Northern Ireland in Reykjavic. . . . more . . .
Three goals from Miklos Feher helped Hungary to hammer Lithuania 6-1 in Vilnius. . . . more . . .
Italy are closing in on the 2002 World Cup finals after their second home win in five days thanks to two penalty kicks from Alessandro Del Piero. . . . more . . .
Austria gained some revenge for two heavy recent defeats by Spain with this 1-1 draw in Vienna. . . . more . . .
Home form is now a problem for the Dutch after this poor performance. . . . more . . .
Slovenia went down to ten men but managed to draw in Ljubljana against Switzerland. . . . more . . .
Israel scored a convincing win over Bosnia-Hercegovina in Tel Aviv. . . . more . . .
Three goals from debut striker Jared Borgetti helped Mexico to crush Trinidad and Tobago 7-0 in the Azteca Stadium. . . . more . . .
This historic derby game saw Argentina edge closer to World Cup qualification with a 2-1 win in Buenos Aires. . . . more . . .
Four goals from Romario helped Brazil to destroy Venezuela in Maracaibo 6-0 and bury the memory of coach Wanderley Luxemburgo's reign. . . . more . . .
Chile blew another chance to improve their chances of reaching the World Cup finals in 2002 by losing 1-0 in Quito to Ecuador. . . . more . . .
Bolivia beat Peru 1-0 in La Paz but it did little to improve their chances of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup. . . . more . . .
A 79th minute goal from Inter Bratislava star Szillard Nemeth was enough for Slovakia to squeeze past Moldova in Chisinau. . . . more . . .
Real Madrid captain Fernando Hierro helped Spain to beat Israel at the Bernabeu stadium with the second goal of the night. . . . more . . .
The Republic of Ireland came from behind to draw with Portugal in the Stadium of Light thanks to great shot from substitute Matt Holland. . . . more . . .
Italy cruised to a 3-0 win in Milan against Romania. . . . more . . .
Austria won unconvincingly in Vaduz thanks to a Thomas Floegel goal. . . . more . . .
Belgian scored two goals early in Riga and grabbed two more on the break for a good win over Latvia. . . . more . . .
Holland needed two goals from substitute Clarence Seedorf to get ahead in Nicosia. . . . more . . .
Polish fans clashed with police and shots were fired over their heads in Lodz before a 3-1 win over Belarus thanks to a hat trick from Radoslaw Kaluzny. . . . more . . .
Three goals - all of them penalty kicks - by Kubilay Tuerkyilmaz helped Switzerland to a 5-1 win in Zurich over an outclassed Faroe Islands team. . . . more . . .
Bulgaria found it easy against Malta in Sofia. . . . more . . .
Slovenia struggled to beat Luxembourg as the part timers produced one of their best displays in years. . . . more . . .
Greece were handed a narrow win by a great goal from Nikos Liberopoulos. . . . more . . .
Scotland had to wait until the 70th minute to score against the part timers of San Marino in a game of high anxiety on the mountainside of the Atlantic Republic. . . . more . . .
Ukraine came from two goals down to beat Armenia in Yerevan led by AC Milan star Andriy Shevchenko. . . . more . . .
The Czech Republic easily beat Iceland 4-0 in Teplice with two goals each from Jan Koller and Pavel Nedved. . . . more . . .
Georgia hammered Lithuania in Vilnius as their passing game realy came together with mpressive results. . . . more . . .
An injury time penalty saw Turkey scramble a point in Gothenburg to deprive Sweden of a win. . . . more . . .
Estonia scored two second half goals in Andorra who suffered an off day. . . . more . . .
Wales got their first point of World Cup qualification but could not keep the lead against Norway in Cardiff. . . . more . . .
Denmark came from behind to get a draw in Belfast after a great effort and exceptional goal from Northern Ireland. . . . more . . .
England coach Kevin Keegan needs a win in Finland to keep England in World Cup contention after they played miserably to lose 1-0 to Germany at Wembley. . . . more . . .
Macedonia won the first match of World Cup weekend in Europe with a 3-0 victory in Skopje over Azerbaijan. . . . more . . .
Olympic champions Cameroon were inspired by their gold medals at the weekend to hold France to a 1-1 draw in a Paris friendly. . . . more . . .