Arsene Wenger Suspended for Three European Games.

The UEFA has banned Arsene Wenger for three matches for improper conduct in relation to comments he made about the match referee after Arsenal's Champions League game against AC Milan on 6th March suspended from carrying out his managerial duties for the team's next three European games, Wenger has been hit with a fine of €40,000 (£33,000).

A third time the frenchman has been given a touchline ban in the space of a year and the barring an appeal to will be a blow for the club when they return to continental competition to qualify for next season's champions league after moving into 3rd place in the premier league on the back of a seven-match winning.

And the Arsenal boss was left fuming at the Swiss referee's decision to send off Robin van Persie and the wenger was then handed a further two-match touchline suspension for violating his Barcelona ban by communicating with the Arsenal bench from the stands of the Gunners play-off tie against Udinese earlier this term to his latest UEFA charge came after he criticised Slovenian official Damir Skomina for his performance in the 2nd leg of this season's last-16 tie against Milan.

The Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola Says Barcelona 'dominated' the match against AC Milan.

The Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola believes that his side were stronger than AC Milan in Wednesday's goalless Champions League draw at San Siro and the Spanish coach praised his side's combative display against the Rossoneri in their Champions League clash on Wednesday to the lamenting the condition of the pitch at San Siro.

And the Catalan giants were in the driving seat for most of the match to be could not convert their superiority into goals as Guardiola's men failed to find the target for only the fourth time in 2011-12 in we played well and he had possession of the ball and we dominated, Guardiola told reporters after their quarter-final 1st-leg encounter to the half-time, I told my players not to take too many risks in despite that we had 17 shots on target while playing with nine players from our youth ranks.

A fans must show up in the second leg. These players have given too many things to be left alone to know that the fans will come and the guardiola then followed in the footsteps of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was highly critical of the condition of the pitch at San Siro during the Gunners Round of 16 tie against the Rossoneri for the AC Milan should take some measures, Guardiola explained and we play do not think that Inter and Milan want a pitch with these conditions.If the referee did not award us those two penalties, it is because he did not see them, the 41-year-old said.

TEAM NEWS: Alessandro Nesta back for AC Milan and Sanchez join Messi in Barcelona forward line Champions League quarter-final first leg tonight's huge clash AC Milan vs Barcelona.

The AC Milan welcome back Alessandro Nesta for tonight's huge clash with Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-final 1st leg, but Ignazio Abate misses out, joining the likes of Thiago Silva and Alexandre Pato on the treatment table to Rossoneri left Nesta on the bench against Roma at the weekend, resting him for tonight's clash to the Thiago Silva missing out with a hamstring injury in the veteran centre-back will partner Philippe Mexes in the heart of the defence.

And the clarence Seedorf lines up in the centre of midfield alongside Massimo Ambrosini and Antonio Nocerino in the absence of the suspended Mark van Bommel and the barcelona will line up as planned to inclusion of Seydou Keita for Cesc Fabregas in the carles Puyol fills in at left-back for Eric Abidal is scheduled for a liver transplant and Adriano has a thigh strain. Ibrahim Afellay misses out on the final 18 as he continues his recovery for the Lionel Messi will be joined up front by Andres Iniesta and Alexis Sanchez.

Barcelona Squad:

Valdes, Dani Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Puyol, Xavi, Busquets, Keita, Iniesta, Messi, Sanchez.

Subs: Pinto, Montoya, Tello, Thiago Alcantara, Marc Muniesa, Fabregas, Pedro.

Milan Squad:

Abbiati, Bonera, Mexes, Nesta, Antonini, Nocerino, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Boateng, Ibrahimovic, Robinho.

Subs: Amelia, Yepes, Mesbah, Aquilani, Emanuelson, Maxi Lopez, El Shaarawy.

The clash at San Siro kicks off at 20.45CET.

38-year-old Ryan Giggs says Yoga Key to Prolonging my Manchester United Career

The Ryan Giggs his hoping to have played a 1,000 games for Manchester United before retiring and he has said that practising yoga has kept him in the game for so long and added that he would still love to play another 100 games for Manchester United to the Welshman is chasing his 13th Premier League title, told Gazzetta dello Sport that he has had to change the way he thinks on the pitch but that he is still "living the dream".

A yoga has definitely helped me, the 38-year-old said, helps me train every day because it gives me the flexibility and the strength not only to play the game but to train as well and the rarely miss a training session even a little less than the younger players I still go out and train to When you get to my age for you have to change the way of thinking to a quick player when I was younger, now I am not so quick use your experience, use your intelligence on the pitch, to adapt your game and change your game, as I have done.

And the Manchester United local rivals, Manchester City, have emerged as the main rivals for the Premier League title this season and Giggs said that we have the experience but City have the hunger, if we both keeping going like this everything will be decided in the derby to asked which players he had been most impressed with when playing against Italian teams during his long career he singled out Javier Zanetti of Internazionale and Juventus's Alessandro Del Piero, calling the former to a complete player.

The Former Netherlands Defensive Midfielder Edgar Davids says Barcelona are not a Normal Team full of Mythological Gods

The former netherlands defensive midfielder Edgar Davids has lavished praise on Barcelona and is convinced Pep Guardiola's side will successfully defend their Champions League title and the 39-year-old in the Barca jersey during a six-month loan spell in 2004 to stressed that the Blaugrana are still very much in the Primera Division title race.

A barcelona are not a normal team full of mythological gods in they are on another level to all the other teams to will win the Champions League again Davids was quoted as saying by El Mundo Deportivo and the nine rounds still to go in La Liga for the ex-Juventus midfielder warned that there could be further twists and turns in store in the title race after Real Madrid saw their gap over the Catalans slashed from 10 to six points within a week.

And the madrid still hold a comfortable lead, but I believe that the league won't be decided until the last few games in barca will fight till the end, and a surprise could be in store if Madrid lose another game for the barcelona are currently preparing for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash away to AC Milan.

Chelsea Captain John Terry insists Roberto Di Matteo is in Charge

The john terry insists roberto di matteo is in charge at Chelsea and that he has no say in 1st-team affairs at Stamford Bridge and he was seen giving instructions from the touchline after being substituted in the 4-1 victory over Napoli in the Champions League for the leading to speculation that the Chelsea captain and other senior members of the playing staff were in control.

The Terry is shocked by the suggestions and says Di Matteo deserves all the credit for the Blues upturn in form and the response to comments suggesting that I think I'm the manager, I'd like to say Robbie has stepped up and been immense," the 31-year-old told the Evening Standard.

They are Chelsea through and through whether I am on the pitch or off to Had I still be on the pitch to would have been saying the same things that I was from the bench is my role as captain of this club and the just because I have come off the pitch, it doesn't mean to say my mentality changes in People might see it in the wrong way to care about this football club we all do and Robbie and his backroom staff deserve full credit.

Roma Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg Says Ibrahimovic One of the Best Players in the World.

A Netherlands international has taken the time to praise the powerful forward ahead of this weekend Serie A encounter between Luis Enrique's men and the Rossoneri and the Roma goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg has singled out Zlatan Ibrahimovic as AC Milan's main attacking threat ahead of Saturday's Serie A clash at San Siro.

The Netherlands international feels that the former Barcelona striker is one of the best players in the world, and disagrees with the criticism that Ibrahimovic often fails to shine in European competitions for the ibrahimovic is a very strong player who always scores plenty of goals in the he has won league titles with several big clubs and I think he is one of the best players in the world Stekelenburg said to Corriere dello Sport.

They are disagree with those who say that he is decisive in the league to not in Europe in they do not know why people would say that to would always want Zlatan in my team and the saturday's game kicks off at 18.00CET as Roma look to improve on their current sixth-place position in Serie A.

The Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tevez can play in their Premier League Title.

The carlos tevez has been a virtual outcast since he allegedly refused to play in the Champions League loss at Bayern Munich and he set up Samir Nasri's winner in the 2-1 win over Chelsea to reduce Manchester United's lead to a point in the 10 days or two weeks carlos will be fitter and in better form and it will be important for us, said Mancini and carlos tevez can play a crucial part in their Premier League title pursuit after 6 months out.

They are he is maybe not 100% and he knows football and it was an important, incredible assist for Samir's goal and he plays he knows where he should take the ball. He is an important player to he maybe needs another two or three weeks to spoke to Carlos after the game and he was happy, like the other players and i have been speaking to him every day for the last month and it is normal.

And the Argentine came on as a substitute after Gary Cahill's deflected shot put Chelsea ahead, superbly creating Nasri's winner 5 minutes from time after Sergio Aguero had equalised from the penalty spot and the tonight we took three points but not only three points, more than 3 points.

The Barcelona Legend Cesar Rodriguez says

The cesar rodriguez's widow labels Messi a 'phenomenon' after overhauling her late husband's scoring record in the 3 time Ballon d'Or winner overtook the former Spain international as the Blaugrana's leading scorer with a hat-trick against Granada on Tuesday night and he widow of Barcelona legend Cesar Rodriguez says that she is "happy" that Lionel Messi surpassed her late husband's scoring record for the Catalan club.

The Emma Revillo declared that it was "an honour" to see the 3 time Ballon d'Or winner beat the record, whom she lauded as a "phenomenon" in i am very happy Messi surpassed my husband because Messi is a very good person, just like my husband was," she said in an interview to RAC1 it is an honour that Messi overtook Cesar to he is a phenomenon and the tributes have been pouring in from all over the football world following Messi's latest record-breaking feat in Barca boss Pep Guardiola hailing the dimunitive forward as football's equivalent of basketball legend Michael Jordan.

Knee Problem Chelsea Captain John Terry Has Been Ruled Out

The chelsea captain john terry has been ruled out of Wednesday's trip to Manchester City through injury and he recently returned to action from a knee problem, picked up an injury in last week's Champions League win over Napoli and was forced to miss the weekend FA Cup victory over Leicester.

A chelsea interim boss Roberto Di Matteo admits the game at the Etihad Stadium will come too soon for Terry and he is hopeful the skipper will be fit for Saturday's crucial home clash with Tottenham to it still a bit too early for John Terry, admitted Di Matteo to he did very well to come back in such a short time and we were lucky to he should be fine for the weekend.

Early career for a john terry was born in Barking, east London, and attended Eastbury Comprehensive School and he played initially for Senrab and he is an English professional footballer to he plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League to he was also captain of the England national football team. Terry was named UEFA Club Defender of the Year in 2005, 2008 and 2009 and PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2005 and was included in the FIFPro World XI for four consecutive seasons, from 2005 to 2008 in he was also named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team to he wears the number 26 shirt for Chelsea.

Aston Villa's Match Postponed against Bolton on Tuesday Will Not go ahead

The Aston Villa have agreed to Bolton's request to postpone Tuesday's Premier League match and sent of the best wishes to Fabrice Muamba in the Bolton midfielder remains in a critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest in the FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham on Saturday.

The Aston Villa were due to host Owen Coyle's men in league action in midweek but have now released a statement to confirm the game will not go ahead to prayers of Aston Villa Football Club are with Fabrice Muamba and his family," read the statement to our thoughts also extend to his teammates in the management staff and all at Bolton Wanderers Football Club at this terrible time.

And the Club without hesitation to has agreed to Bolton's request to postpone our Barclays Premier League game scheduled for Tuesday at Villa Park in we also wish to thank our supporters for in the expressions of sympathy and support for the Muamba family and all at Bolton Wanderers.

The Villa manager Alex McLeish, chief executive Paul Faulkner and captain Stiliyan Petrov also voiced their support for Muamba on behalf of the Midlands club in the mcLeish said to i am shocked and saddened by what happened to Fabrice during Bolton's FA Cup game at White Hart Lane and subsequent developments to have worked with Fabrice as a player at Birmingham and he has always been a terrific lad to nothing other than the perfect professional.

FC Barcelona's Home New Jerseys Next Season leaked 2012-2013?

Fc Barcelona's orange and yellow second shirt for next season is leaked and the Catalan club have already upset some of their fans with an unusual blurry design set to be used next season as their home shirt, yet the second strip is even more off the wall.

A several weeks after Barcelona's home kit for 2012-13 was leaked on social networking sites, an image of the Catalan club's second strip for next season has found its way onto Twitter and the traditional red and blue stripes will give way to a blurry design for next term with one thick red stripe down the middle and blue either side in the image has done the rounds on the Internet and upset many fans, who have voiced their criticism of the new shirt.

And the second strip to a bright orange and yellow number is likely to cause even more controversy and they here is an image of the Catalans second shirt for 2012-13.

The Manchester City Manager Roberto Mancini is Confident of Winning League Title

The Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is confident that his side can recover from their loss to Swansea City at the weekend and win the Premier League title this season and the city went down 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium to lose the pole position in the table to rivals Manchester United  was their 2nd successive defeat last week.

The Mancini's team lost 1-0 to Sporting Lisbon in Portugal in the 1st leg of their Europa League last-16 tie and will host them in Manchester for the return leg on Thursday to speaking ahead of that clash and the mancini claimed that his players can recover from their back-to-back losses.

They are Against Sporting Lisbon in Portugal and Swansea City we did not play very good games he said in the pre-match press conference on Wednesday to we did not play like Manchester City usually play to think we need to play better and sometimes if you are unlucky in this game, you can lose.

They we cannot cry, now is the time to be strong and keep going. We are a top team and we can recover to one point behind Manchester United and we have 10 games, and we can change it if we want to i prefer to stay at the top of the table and we were there for six months and 28 games, Now we are behind but it is important to be there at the end of the season to we are disappointed about the defeat against Swansea but now we are focused on Sporting Lisbon.

The Rafael van der Vaart and the Tottenham Hotspur Playmaker is Determined to Play at Wembley

The Rafael van der Vaart is determined to help Tottenham Hotspur to an FA Cup quarter-final victory over Bolton as he bids to realise his ambition of playing at Wembley and the midfielder was set to step out at Wembley for the 1st time in the Netherlands friendly against England last month to the injury forced him to pull out of the match.

And the win over Bolton on Saturday would send Spurs into the FA Cup semi-final and Van der Vaart is eager to get there at the 1st time of asking without the headache of a replay adding to their already congested fixture list in the Wembley is a special stadium and because I missed the friendly against England I've never played he told the club's official website.

They are always difficult in the FA Cup and we will play at home against Bolton so we'll be strong and we have a good chance of making the semi-finals and playing at Wembley and they are having already beaten Bolton 3-0 at White Hart Lane this season, Tottenham will be favourites to progress in the 29-year-old is taking nothing for granted to it won't make a difference on Saturday he said  in a separate game and we have to win, we don't want a replay.

Arsenal Midfielder Tomas Rosicky Signed a New Contract at Emirates Stadium

The Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has signed a new contract and admits it is a 'great honour' to be staying at Emirates Stadium and the Czech Republic international has scored 19 goals in 156 appearances for the Gunners since joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2006 to he missed 18 months through injury.

They are 31-year-old's previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season to he has agreed an extension after impressing in recent weeks and he was linked with a move to several clubs during the January transfer window, he is delighted to be staying with the Gunners.

He is told the club's official website to it is a great honour to sign a new deal with Arsenal, I love the club and am proud to wear the Arsenal shirt to felt like home since I arrived six years ago and I couldn't be happier to commit my future to the team.

The arsenal boss Arsene Wenger added always been a big admirer of Tomas abilities and am delighted he's chosen to commit his future to the club in believe he is an exceptional player natural footballer who is technically top class and he plays the style of football we champion here and shares completely our philosophy is always ready to work for the sake of the club to willing to put the team first have huge respect for him.

Europa League Round of 16 First-leg Manchester United Tie as They Lost 3-2 at Old Trafford.

The Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that he has been asked not to discuss the England manager situation by the Premier League and the Scot blasted his side's defending after successive Old Trafford defeats in Europe and labels Rio Ferdinand a key player to come in for the second leg in Spain next week.

The Wayne Rooney double and a heroic performance from David de Gea kept United in the tie as they lost 3-2 at Old Trafford in Sir Alex conceded that his defence had a poor night in the we were well beaten Bilbao were the better team, Ferguson told Channel 5.

A Fabio Capello's resignation last month has left the Football Association searching for a new coach to lead England in Euro 2012 and Manchester United manager Ferguson is among a number of top-flight bosses to have expressed the view that Redknapp is the best candidate for the job of a ferguson has now revealed that the Premier League have demanded he stops talking about the England vacancy.

A FA has confirmed that a shortlist of candidates for the England role has been drawn up, but a decision is not expected to be made until towards the end of the season and the bilbao's third goal was scored in controversial with the referee awarding the Spaniards a free-kick after Patrice Evra's boot came loose, and Ferguson was baffled by the decision.

Lionel Messi History to Score Five Time in a Champions League Match.

A Spain international has expressed his joy of having the chance to feature alongside the 2011 Fifa Ballon d'Or winner after the forward's five-goal showing on Wednesday and the Argentine seal a place in the last eight of the Champions League for the Catalan club and he rewrote the record books in the process and he opened the scoring with a deft chip, cut in from the right to slot home a fine second, added the 3rd with a delightful right-footed lob, slid home a 4th from a tight angle and curled in an impressive 5th as Pep Guardiola's side ran riot.

The Messi season-best total for Barcelona is the 53 he netted last season to tie with Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo in all competitions to he also has 53 goals for club and country so far this term, 48 of them for Barcelona with a potential 19 club games still to play in the Argentine has 93 assists for the Catalan club 73 in the last four seasons and 20 already this term pep guardiola took over as coach at Barca  and the messi has netted an incredible 188 goals in 201 official matches total of the Argentine now has 228 goals for the Catalan club, leaving him just seven short of the all-time Barca record of 235, held by Cesar Rodriguez.

The Lionel Messi is a magnificent player and person in great to have him on our side was overjoyed with his goals and we're very happy with his excellent form of a messi has now scored 49 Champions League goals to Only Thierry Henry (51), Ruud van Nistelrooy (54) and Raul (71) have scored more in European club football elite competition.

The Former Denmark international Brian Laudrup believes that AC Milan attacker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not surpass Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

A 43-year-old has voiced his opinion that the AC Milan striker will not become the best player in the world due to his failure to deliver when it matters most of the Brian Laudrup believes that AC Milan attacker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not surpass Barcelona Lionel Messi and Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo as the finest active footballer on the planet because of his inability to shine in big away games.

They are Swede was recently praised by Massimiliano Allegri and Mario Balotelli following his impressive form in the 2011-12 campaign to the Rossoneri coach branding him a potential Ballon d'Or candidate and the laudrup to feels that Ibrahimovic is not on par with the world's best following his disappointing performance in AC Milan's 3-0 Champions League loss away against Arsenal.

The italy there a lot of talk about 'Ibra' being able to become the best player in the world, but in order to become the best to have to perform in the big away games, like the one versus Arsenal, Laudrup was quoted as saying by Fotbollskanalen to have to perform in the big away games. 'Ibra' didn't do that one of the reasons why he won't surpass Messi and Ronaldo in the laudrup, who wore the AC Milan jersey in 1993-94, was voted Danish Player of the Year on four occasions.

2014 FIFA World Cup Fear at Brazil

They are Serious concerns about Brazil preparations for the 2014 World Cup have been expressed by FIFA raising the prospect of transport and accommodation chaos for fans and the FIFA's secretary general Jerome Valcke admitted England fans could face major problems if the team qualifies, and said "not a lot is moving" in Brazil and that organisers need a "kick up the arse".

The Valcke in England for the International FA Board, said: "I don't understand why things are not moving to the stadiums are not any more on schedule and why are a lot of things late and the 2014 we will have a World Cup in the concern is nothing is made or prepared to receive so many people because the world wants to go to Brazil in i am sorry to say but things are not working in Brazil to you expect more support are these endless discussions about the World Cup bill to we should have received these documents signed by 2007 and we are in 2012.

The ECA say they want more money for 2014 and we say no, we have a current agreement to true that the clubs are releasing the players for the World Cup but we have agreed to give them $70million (£44.1m) for 2014 to we gave $40million (£25.2m) for 2010 to that is not enough On top of that we pay $30million (£18.9m) a year for insurance to we can discuss for 2018 and 2022 but for 2014 we have an agreement.

Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger Sorry for Andre Villas-Boas Following His Sacking at Chelsea.

Andre Villas-Boas Lasted just more than eight months at Chelsea before being sacked and it was on Sunday announced the Stamford Bridge club were parting company with the 34-year-old just a little more than eight months after he was appointed.

The Chelsea announced the decision to sack Villas-Boas was their 'only option' after defeat by West Brom on Saturday extended a run of just one win in seven games in all competitions to the Wenger, speaking ahead of Arsenal's UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg against AC Milan, does not think the Portuguese was offered enough time.

A Frenchman told a press conference which was broadcast on Sky Sports News says i feel sorry for Andre Villas-Boas, because I know him and I like him as a manager and a man to sad every time a manager loses his job is a job that demands full commitment to think he did that i am sorry that he was not given enough time to do his job.

Villas-Boas was tasked with overhauling Chelsea's aging squad and seemingly failed to earn the respect of the likes of Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole in Wenger thinks every manager faces pressures, as he said: "You cannot say it is an impossible job and Arsene Wenger says sad every time a manager loses his job, because it is a job that demands full commitment.

Barcelona Have Announced Eric Abidal Out Hip Injury And He Could Miss Up to Three Games

A Barcelona have announced on their official website that Eric Abidal will spend 10 days on the sidelines with a hip problem and the 32-year-old returned to Barca from international football with physical complaints after playing the whole 90 minutes of France's 2-1 friendly victory against Germany on Wednesday.

He underwent a scan on Thursday, which revealed a minor hip injury which will see him miss almost two weeks of action in his means that the Frenchman is expected to sit out of the club's La Liga matches against Sporting Gijon and Racing Santander to he could also miss the Champions League return leg against Bayer Leverkusen.

Eric Abidal international career for a abidal has earned 60 caps with the French national team, having earned his debut cap on 18 August 2004 and he played on the French team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup to he went on to become France coach Raymond Domenech's top choice for left-back in nearly every UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier.

The Thiago Alcantara is in doubt for Barcelona's next matches with a niggling tibia problem according to the club's medical staff, there is no timescale on when he will return from injury and the lionel messi will miss Saturday's visit of Gijon through suspension, will return to training on Monday.

Bayern Munich Striker Mario Gomez is Closing in on Three-year Extension

A Agent of Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez has revealed that his client is close to extending his stay at the Allianz Arena to a speaking with Kicker, Uli Ferber explained that it is only a matter of time before the Germany international and the club reach an agreement to we are well on our way, he said.

The Gomez previous contract was set to expire in June 2013, is expected to put pen to paper on a 3 year deal that will extend his stay until at least 2016 in ferber did not comment on the player expected earnings to a previous report claimed that Bayern would pay Gomez as much as €9 million per season in the 26-year-old is currently joint-top scorer in the Bundesliga alongside Schalke's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to found the net 18 times in all competitions and the gomez has scored 80 times since moving to Munich in 2009.

Mario Gomez Personal life for he was brought up in Unlingen, an Upper Swabian village and is of German-Spanish descent to his father is a Spaniard from Granada and his mother is German and he has both nationalities but decided to play for the German national team at the age of 17.