Henrique: still off to QPR?

São Paulo director, João Paulo de Jesus Lopes, says that the door has not been shut on forward Henrique's transfer to QPR. The Morumbi club say that contrary to earlier reports, Henrique has not been denied a UK work visa. "The truth is the visa wasn't turned down.

Porto keeper Helton gifts Shakhtar Donetsk a 1-0 lead after he spills Willan's tame shot for Luiz Fabiano to tap home for the opener of their Champions League Group G tie.

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Well I can't see any Indonesian teams being allowed to compete in the ACL in the future. It just isn't a priority for them and long flights overseas aren't exciting when you spend half the season on planes anyway.

With the league title slipping away from Real Madrid's hands, their two cup competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa del Rey, could be the tournaments that they can realistically expect to win. Real can stamp its name in the final of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday night if they can navigate a more than tricky second leg tie against the current holders of the cup, Sevilla.

What all hat tricks aspire to be? Rivaldo for Barcelona...

Hat tricks taking place across several of the league's in Europe already with several games still to go (at time of publication). Berbatov (Manchester United), Van Persie (Arsenal), Gomez (Bayern Munich) and Fabiano (Sevilla) all scored hat tricks in their team's victories against Birmingham (5-0), Wigan (3-0), Kaiserslautern (5-1) and Levante (4-1) today.

Scot is back to take a look at team of the Week for Match day 19 of Italian Serie A Goalkeeper Gianluca Curci (Sampdoria) The Roma co-owned keeper put in a stellar display against his parent club. Curci was dominant between the sticks and pulled off 3 brilliant saves to deny both Jeremy Menez and Marco Borriello Defence Maicon (Inter) After a sluggish first half of the season, the powerful right.

Hi team, travelling Northern Spain & doing "pit stops" where available to keep you informed even if late. Three games of Round 18 of the Spanish League-Liga played yesterday with theses results. David Villa DEPORTIVO 0 - FC BARCELONA 4 ( Villa, Messi, Iniesta & Pedro) REAL SOCIEDAD 2 ( Rivas, Llorente) - SEVILLA FC 3 (Kanoute, Fabiano; Kanoute)MALAGA 1 (Demichellis) - AT BILBAO 1 (J Martinez)

FC Barcelona continued their scintillating form in the Spanish Liga with a 4-0 triumph away to Deportivo La Coruna that moved them five points clear of Real Madrid.

Depor had conceded only four times at home in the league prior to the champions' visit but Josep Guardiola's side were typically irrepressible in attack.