FC Barcelona will appeal against the red card which will rule striker Luis Suarez out of the Copa del Rey final.

Brisbane Roar have produced one of the great shocks in Australian football history with a 2-0 win away to a Shanghai Shenhua side that included Carlos Tevez and Obafemi Martins. Tevez is reportedly the world’s highest paid player on around $600,000 per-week, while the Roar players and staff were having issues receiving payment as recently as August 2016.

Plateau United Football Club of Jos on Wednesday at the Rwang Pam Stadium defeated visiting El-Kanemi Warriors FC 2-0 to remain unbeaten in the 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has been handed a wildcard for the Madrid Open in May just weeks after completing a 15-month ban for doping, organisers confirmed on Wednesday.

Romelu Lukaku could overtake Everton legend Duncan Ferguson as the club’s leading Premier League goalscorer when they visit Middlesbrough on Saturday.