Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev held their lead in the European Champions’ League qualifying Group B with a 2-0 win over Italian Serie A side AS Roma on the snow-covered turf at the Olympic Arena in Kiev on Tuesday. Roma stay stuck to the bottom of the group with just one point.

Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen fought out an exciting 1-1 draw to leave qualification from Champions League group B still up in the air for both sides in Madrid on Tuesday. Bayer’s Bulgarian international Dimitar Berbatov tormented Real just as he had done in their first encounter in Germany two months ago and put the visitors ahead after 36 minutes.

Bayern Munich eased into the last sixteen of the Champions League with a resounding 5-1 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Munich on Tuesday. Ajax’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus in Turin means Bayern finish runners-up in Group C behind the Italians and the Bundesliga leaders can now plan for the knockout phase.

South African flanker Schalk Burger got quick consolation for being dropped from the Springboks side for Saturday’s test with Scotland by picking up two major international awards on Tuesday. The 21-year-old collected the Investec international players’ player of the year award and international newcomer honours at a ceremony in London.

She only wanted her ex-husband hijacked so she could have a few days peace, bank consultant Juanita Coetzee testified on Tuesday in the Johannesburg High Court, where she is on trial for his murder. Ivan Coetzee (her second husband) was stabbed in his arm in the botched hijacking, but was later shot dead when he entered the Westonaria home he and his ex-wife still shared.

Fikile Mbalula is the newly elected president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He is 33 years old and has high ambitions for himself, the country and the world. The Mail & Guardian Online spoke with him in his office on the seventh floor of Albert Luthuli House in downtown Johannesburg.