Zoran Milosavljevic

Former European champions Liverpool and Inter Milan sealed their berths in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday.

Juventus chalked up their first win at Real Madrid since 1962 by winning 2-0 on Wednesday to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League.

Barcelona put one foot in the Champions League last 16 with a 5-0 away drubbing of Basel on Wednesday, while Chelsea beat Roma 1-0.

Lionel Messi scored two late goals to lead 2006 winners Barcelona to a 2-1 victory at Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Goal-shy Manchester United kicked off their Champions League title defence with a tepid 0-0 home draw against Villarreal on Wednesday.

Manchester United completed a 3-0 aggregate win over AS Roma on Wednesday to join Liverpool and Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals as the three English teams repeated last season's success. United will be joined by 2006 winners Barcelona, who beat German side Schalke 04 by a single goal at home to secure a 2-0 aggregate victory.

Arsenal and Liverpool fought out a pulsating 1-1 draw while Fenerbahce came from behind for a 2-1 home win over Chelsea in Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal, first-leg matches. Liverpool soaked up intense second-half pressure from Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium to earn the away-goal edge for Tuesday's return leg at Anfield in their all-English clash.

Manchester United beat Roma 2-0 away and Barcelona won 1-0 at Schalke in their Champions League quarterfinal, first-leg matches on Tuesday to take big steps towards a semifinal showdown. Goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney either side of half-time gave United victory at the Stadio Olimpico as the English champions continued to torment Roma.

The Netherlands staged a remarkable comeback to win 4-3 in Austria while European champions Greece beat Portugal 2-1 as all 16 Euro 2008 finalists contested friendlies on Wednesday. England midfielder David Beckham will not have happy memories of his 100th international appearance after Fabio Capello's side suffered a 1-0 defeat to France in Paris.

Eight fans have been detained for questioning and face charges of spreading racial hatred following a Serbian first division match on Saturday, police said. Fans in the central Serbian city of Cacak racially abused Zimbabwean striker Mike Tawmanyera during a league match between local club Borac and Vozdovac Belgrade.