Michael Owen has hinted for the first time at the true depth of his frustration at being cast into the shadows by England manager Fabio Capello.

Inter Milan survived a late scare and depleted resources to win 3-2 at Udinese and maintain their four-point lead at the top of Serie A on Sunday.

When Real Madrid paid Lyon 30 million euros for French international forward Karim Benzema in the summer it looked like Gonzalo Higuain would be the one to make way.

Marseille kept alive their hopes of winning the French title on Sunday with an impressive 3-0 victory over bitter but ailing rivals Paris Saint Germain which saw visiting fans boycott it because of what they saw as over the top security measures.

The six Paris Saint-Germain fans detained prior to the Marseille-FC Copenhagen Europa League match here on Thursday were released overnight, a judicial source revealed on Friday.

Stoke City rushed to the defence of Ryan Shawcross, who got his first England squad call-up on Saturday just hours after snapping the right leg of Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey in a red-carded tackle.

Maurice Edu says Rangers control their own destiny after his injury time winner against Celtic sent his club ten-points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League.

German giants Bayern Munich went top of the Bundesliga for the first time since winning the title in 2008 this weekend -- back where they belong, trainer Louis van Gaal believes.