Daily sports news for 22 November 2017

REAL MADRID

Champions League the tonic for Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portugual international has scored eight times in five matches in Europe, the same amount as in 2013-14, when he finished with a record-breaking 17 goals.

ANDERLECHT-BAYERN

Bayern Munich fans chuck 500 euro notes on pitch in protest

Russia 2018

HRW: Russia 2018 stadium workers suffer human rights abuses

Football

Pahang FA reject offer to play in AFC Cup

BARCELONA

Messi and Valverde agreed the striker would be benched in Turin

Juventus v Barcelona

Messi on the bench against Juve

Premier League

Courtois not rushing Chelsea renewal as Madrid et al await

Premier League

Adebayor: "Ask Rosicky how he is and he's out for 2 months"

Uefa

UEFA Team of the Year: 20 Liga players on 50-man shortlist

GREMIO-LANUS

Advantage Gremio through late Cicero strike

International football

Zlatan loses his Swedish player of the year award after a decade

SEVILLA - LIVERPOOL

Liverpool to investigate fan reports of heavy-handed policing

REAL MADRID

Uefa investigate Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal for forced yellow

Valencia - Barcelona

Piqué out of Valencia clash as yellow card ban upheld

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Kane and Spurs revel in beating Real Madrid to top spot

Barcelona

"I wish I could give my World Cup place to Buffon" - Rakitic

Tennis

Grand Slams to drop number of seeds to 16 from 2019

Tottenham Hotspur

Rose thorny about Gunners snub

ALFREDO RELAÑO

Cristiano Ronaldo: eight goals in the Champions League

Real Madrid removed the monkey from their back in Cyprus with a 6-0 victory over APOEL Nicosia that will serve as a shot in the arm ...

SEVILLA

Emotional messages for Sevilla's Toto #FuerzaBerizzo

PSG-CELTIC

Seven-goal PSG overwhelm Celtic at the Parc des Princes

ATLÉTICO - ROMA

Atlético's wonder-goal against Roma in 1998-99 Uefa Cup

JUVENTUS 0-0 BARCELONA

Stodgy stalemate enough for Messi-less Barça to progress