Contrasting weekend results have given Tuesday's Champions League last-16 reunion between Manchester City and Barcelona at the Etihad Stadium a different allure to what might have been expected only days ago.
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini is concerned about the counter-attacking threat of Borussia Dortmund, but believes the Italians' Champions League ambitions will shine through in their last-16 clash in Turin on Tuesday.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal expressed frustration after his side squandered a chance to avenge its Premier League opening day loss to Swansea City in a 2-1 defeat on Saturday.
Manuel Pellegrini believes Manchester City is in far better form to take on Barcelona in this season's Champions League than it was when it lost to the same opponent in the competition 12 months ago.
Luis Enrique said the defeat was deserved after watching Barcelona crash to a 1-0 loss at home to Malaga on Saturday.
Bayern Munich stretched its lead in the Bundesliga to 11 points following a crushing 6-0 win at Paderborn on Saturday, while Augsburg goalkeeper Marwin Hitz scored a stoppage-time equalizer against Bayer Leverkusen.
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will meet unbeaten American Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 2 in a match fans have long craved between the two finest boxers of their generation.
The gloves worn by Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston during their infamous 1965 rematch and a rare century-old signed photo of Shoeless Joe Jackson fetched over $1.1 million total at an auction on Saturday.
Gennady Golovkin successfully defended his WBA middleweight title with a commanding performance against Britain's Martin Murray on Saturday, stopping him in the 11th round of a one-sided contest.
An arbitration panel ordered Lance Armstrong and Tailwind Sports Corp to pay $10 million in a fraud dispute with a promotions company for what it called an "unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud and conspiracy" that covered up his use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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