The home of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was burgled while he was steering his team to a vital Champions League win at Olympique Marseille.
Nine-times champions Real Madrid topped Group C with a 3-1 win over Lazio while Liverpool, the winners of five titles, advanced from Group A with a 4-0 rout of Olympique Marseille.
Real Madrid and Liverpool will be among teams fighting for the last places in the knockout stage of the Champions League this week when the final group matches decide who goes through. Seven clubs will join nine who have already secured passage to the 16-team knockout stage of the competition while eight third-placed teams will carry on in the UEFA Cup after the winter break.
Manchester City failed with the most audacious transfer bid in years but despite Kaka's refusal to move from AC Milan the world's richest club still left their fingerprints all over the January transfer window.
World number 16 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus will be seen in action at the 2008 Chennai Open. His confirmation adds to an impressive list that includes Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya of Spain, and Russia's Mikhail Youzhny.
France coach Raymond Domenech omitted striker David Trezeguet from his 24-man squad for this month's Euro 2008 Group B qualifier in Ukraine. Trezeguet, who has scored 10 goals in 11 Serie A matches for Juventus this season, has not featured for France since a 1-0 home defeat by Scotland in a Euro qualifier in September.
The Liverpool manager hailed his rejuvenated team after they recorded the Champions League's biggest win by hammering Besiktas 8-0.
Israel international Yossi Benayoun scored a hat-trick as the 2005 champions and runners-up last season overwhelmed Besiktas in the Champions League on Tuesday.
The 2005 champions and last season's runners-up take on Besiktas in a must-win match on Tuesday knowing that even if they win their remaining three Group A games they could still fail to get through.
Rosenborg Trondheim scored twice in the second half to record a surprise 2-0 win over Valencia in the Champions League Group B match.
Five-times European champions Liverpool slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Besiktas on Wednesday and now face an uphill task to progress from Champions League Group A.
Many victims are stranded in socially and geographically isolated urban ghettos, the expert said.
AC Milan were stunned 2-1 by Celtic while Liverpool lost 0-1 to Olympique Marseille in the Champions League.
Ricardo Quaresma scored a stoppage-time goal to give Porto a 1-0 victory over Besiktas.
There is still plenty to be decided in the final round of group matches in the UEFA Champions League this week even though 13 of the 16 teams through to the knockout phase are already known. European Cup holders Manchester United and the likes of nine-times champions Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Arsenal and Liverpool have secured their places in the first knockout round.
The French defender said he wants to leave Chelsea for AC Milan but the English champions are refusing to let him go.
The Liverpool coach was at a loss of words to explain his team's scrappy performance in the Champions League match at Porto.
A summary of the opening night's matches in the Champions League.
Former European champions Liverpool and Inter Milan sealed their berths in the Champions League last 16 but last season's finalists Chelsea still have work to do after a 1-1 draw at Girondins Bordeaux on Wednesday.
Argentina upset World Cup hosts France 17-12 in the tournament's opening match at the Stade de France.
Manchester United and AS Roma will meet in the Champions League group stages.
Arsenal proved they are far from a spent force in the Premier League on Saturday with a 2-1 win over champions Manchester United at the Emirates.
Barcelona and Sporting advanced to the Champions League knockout stage while Inter Milan and Chelsea missed the chance to guarantee their places on Tuesday.
Newcomers Franck Ribery and Luca Toni were on target to help Bayern Munich to a brilliant 4-0 win at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Barcelona put one foot in the Champions League last 16 with a 5-0 away drubbing of Basel and are the only team with a 100 percent record.
Three consecutive defeats by direct rivals in the Primera Liga has left Atletico Madrid coach Javier Aguirre under pressure to get a good result against Liverpool at home in the Champions League.
German T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitz tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, the German cycling federation said on Wednesday.
Substitute Lionel Messi scored two late goals, including one in stoppage time, to lead 2006 winners Barcelona to a 2-1 victory at Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday. Last season's runners-up Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw at surprise packages CFR Cluj, who were playing in Romania's third division just six years ago.
Romania's CFR Cluj shocked AS Roma 2-1 on their Champions League debut on Tuesday but there were no surprises for Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona or Inter Milan who all won their opening group games.
Chelsea's World Cup winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari becomes the latest to try to guide the rich London club to European club football's big prize on Tuesday when the Champions League groups stages kick off.
Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo may return after injury for Manchester United when the English champions begin their Champions League defence in their opening Group E encounter against Villarreal on Wednesday.
The English Premier League again provided the late-night drama at the end of the transfer window on Monday with Dimitar Berbatov and Robinho joining Manchester United and Manchester City respectively.
Holders Manchester United will face familiar foes Celtic in this season's Champions League group stage.
Liverpool reached the Champions League after a Dirk Kuyt goal deep into extra time gave them a 1-0 aggregate win over plucky Belgian rivals Standard Liege.
Norway captain Brede Hangeland scored a first-half goal to hand Fulham, who escaped relegation on the final day of last season, an upset 1-0 home win over Arsenal in the English Premier League on Saturday. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored four minutes into stoppage time to cap a thrilling 2-1 comeback victory over Middlesbrough at Anfield that gives his side maximum points after two rounds.
Arsenal launched their bid for a first Premier League crown in five years with a comfortable 1-0 win over promoted West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the season on Saturday. Liverpool, who have their eyes on a first title since 1990, also got off to a winning start by beating Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light with a late goal from Fernando Torres.
Arsenal will face Twente Enschede after the teams were paired in the Champions League third qualifying round draw.
European champions Barcelona will quickly renew acquaintances with their former striker Samuel Eto'o when they begin the defence of their trophy at Inter Milan in their opening Champions League match next month. The draw also brought together AC Milan and nine-time European champions Real Madrid in another mouthwatering Italian versus Spanish clash with Brazil forward Kaka facing his old club at his new Bernabeu home on Matchday Three.
European champions Barcelona will face Inter Milan, Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine and Russian newcomers Rubin Kazan when they open the defence of their crown following the draw for the Champions League group phase on Thursday.
French striker Djibril Cisse may leave Liverpool if coach Rafael Benitez continues to keep him on the bench
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