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Dec 6, 2011: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas claimed his under-pressure side had given critics a ''slap in the face'' after the Blues avoided an early Champions League exit and advanced to the knockout stage as Group E winners with a 3-0 win over Valencia

Dec 6, 2011: AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has revealed an agreement has been reached with Carlos Tevez, although Manchester City have yet to agree to the deal

Dec 6, 2011: The Scottish Football Association's fast track tribunal will decide on Thursday whether Sone Aluko should be punished for alleged simulation after Rangers rejected the offer of a two-match ban

Dec 6, 2011: Manchester City have told ESPNsoccernet that no deal has been agreed between Carlos Tevez and AC Milan, despite reports to the contrary, and that they would not sanction a loan deal

Dec 6, 2011: Roberto Mancini intends to confront Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge over his persistent sniping at Manchester City

Dec 6, 2011: New Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill has called on his players to start winning matches soon so the can drag themselves away from the relegation zone

Dec 6, 2011: Judd Trump sent four-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan crashing out of the UK Championship on Tuesday, and later in the evening reigning title holder John Higgins got the same treatment from Stephen Maguire

Dec 6, 2011: Bolton have won their appeal against defender Gary Cahill off for a tackle on Tottenham's Scott Parker at the weekend

Dec 6, 2011: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has ruled out the possiblity of midfielder Tomas Rosicky being sold during the January transfer window

Dec 6, 2011: Ricardo Vaz Te scored after just seven seconds and then bagged the winner as Barnsley continued their fine npower Championship form with a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace

Dec 6, 2011: Keep up to date with every goal from Tuesday's Champions League fixtures with our live service

Dec 6, 2011: Chelsea's Champions League adventure is still alive after they booked their place in the knockout stages with victory over Valencia at Stamford Bridge

Dec 6, 2011: Bangladesh had an opportunity to end a losing streak against Pakistan that has lasted 12 years, but Pakistan's slower bowlers were so far superior than their counterparts that the target of 178 seemed far out of reach for the hosts

Dec 6, 2011: European super-middleweight champion James DeGale will not face Jose Guerrero on December 9 as scheduled after the event's promoter Frank Warren postponed the event

Dec 6, 2011: Mark Allen could face a charge of bringing snooker into disrepute after his blast at World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn

Dec 6, 2011: Dan Henderson has suggested that Anderson Silva would make a rapid recovery from injury if offered a bout with Michael Bisping

Dec 6, 2011: Judy Murray, mother of British men's No. 1 Andy Murray, is in talks to be the captain of Great Britain's Fed Cup team, the Lawn Tennis Association has confirmed

Dec 6, 2011: UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon 'Bones' Jones believes Rashad Evans "does not have a chin" and Evans' forthcoming opponent Phil Davis has a great opportunity to beat him

Dec 6, 2011: Paula Radcliffe has been selected in the Great Britain marathon squad for London 2012, making her only the third track and field athlete to be picked for five Olympics