Football

Barcelona v AC Milan, 7.45pm, live on Sky Sports 2 Barcelona Xavi is the star of the team news this week. He missed a public training session on Monday and Pep Guardiola says his participation w

Blackburn have been on a great run of late and they've gone from virtual certainties for relegation to one of five or six teams who are in the mix to go down. I'm not sure anyone at Liverpool will be

Hull v Coventry I still think, given their home form and the games they have left at the Ricoh Arena, that Coventry can be laid for relegation at 1.91. And a point or three is well within their

Atletico Madrid vs Hannover 96, 20:05, Live on ITV4 Both of these sides have every reason to be confident ahead of this tie, after they crushed their respective opponents in the previous round. Atl

AC Milan v Barcelona, 19:45 (Live on ITV) AC Milan Massimiliano Allegri's team are top of Serie A, but have been as good on the road (W10/15) as they have at the San Siro (W9/14). In 2012 Inter,

Tottenham v Bolton, 19:30, ESPN Though Spurs are now without a league win in five, a creditable goalless draw at Stamford Bridge suggests they are the over the worst of their slump. Securing Cha

Peterborough v West Ham I'm a massive believer in digging out current form, short-term trends and recent results when looking for bets in the all-too-unpredictable world of the Championship. But

I've tried - honestly, I have - but I can't make a case for backing Fulham or laying Manchester United at Old Trafford. This is the business end of the season and, as we all know, the champions are ve

For Liverpool the season gets stranger and stranger. There is more silverware in the trophy room, an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley awaits, but league form lurches from bad worse. Were it any other mana

Neither team got the result they wanted in midweek but there's little doubt which side looks in better nick coming into the first Premier League game of the weekend. This is fourth versus fifth and