Borussia Dortmund weathered frigid conditions at the easyCredit-Stadion as they earned a 2-0 win away to Nurnberg to move into first place in the Bundesliga table

Giorgio Chiellini believes that the battle for this season's Scudetto has become a two-horse race between Juventus and AC Milan.

Inter coach Claudio Ranieri has admitted that he feared Wesley Sneijder was facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after the player picked up an injury in Wednesday's 4-4 draw with Palermo.

Carlos Tevez says he is not interested in signing for Paris Saint-Germain, and has his sights set on a move to either Spain or Italy.

Bayer Leverkusen forward Eren Derdiyok has been ruled out for three weeks following a domestic accident, according to Bild.

Inter midfielder Angelo Palombo has made it clear that AC Milan did not make a move for him in the winter transfer window.

Manchester United goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard may be out of action for up to six weeks, manager Alex Ferguson has confirmed.

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich travel to the Imtech Arena to meet Hamburg having decided not to strengthen their squad in January.

Round 22 of the Serie A is in doubt as heavy snowfalls threaten to disrupt or postpone the league programme.

Sir Alex Ferguson expects the same old rivalry but with a new twist when Manchester United face Andre Villas-Boas' Chelsea on Sunday.

Eric Abidal finally put pen to paper on his new contract with Barcelona on Friday and immediately insisted that there was never any real chance of him leaving the club.

Olympique Lyonnais have been granted planning permission to build a new stadium, which is to be called the Stade des Lumieres.

Brazil’s trade unions have threatened to go on strike next month, casting further doubt over the country’s hopes of having all of the stadiums ready in time for the start of the 2014 World Cup.

The agent of Miroslav Klose has dismissed reports claiming that the forward had a bust-up with Lazio sporting director Igli Tare.

Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti has admitted that AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato is still a transfer target for the Ligue 1 leaders, but added that they have not spoken with the Brazil international yet.

John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy after the FA took action over the Chelsea defender's upcoming court case.

Jose Mourinho wants to return to the manager's job at Stamford Bridge, according to Friday's papers.

Roberto Mancini's Manchester City will be looking to bounce back in the English Premier League when they entertain Fulham on Saturday.

Hibernians climbed to within a point of leaders Valletta on Friday, courtesy of a 2-0 victory over Qormi.

Floriana's Manolito Micallef claimed L-Argument’s Player of the Month award for January.

Luxol Sports Club will be participating in the Leonardo da Vinci Programme 2012 where 10 of our Coaching staff have been selected to participate in a Mobility for a week in March.

Holders Floriana will face premier league rivals Hibernians in the U*Bet FA Trophy quarter-finals.

The Malta Football Association through its technical centre at the Ta’ Qali Complex is constantly engaged in improving its services for the benefit of our footballers, especially the country’s representative teams.

Hibernians regained second place and cut Valletta's advantage at the top of the table to four points after hammering Hamrun Spartans 5-0 on Sunday.

St Andrews FC will be organizing the fifth edition of the ‘Everybody Deserves a Chance’ Football Festival’ at the Luxol Stadium between the 26th of February and the 18th of March.

A second-half goal from Ivan Woods was enough for Floriana to beat Birkirkara 1-0 and move second in the BOV Premier League.

Sliema Wanderers and Tarxien Rainbows played out a 1-1 draw in Friday's BOV Premier League first match at the Victor Tedesco Stadium, Hamrun.

The Hibernians Supporters Club continued their 90th anniversary celebrations with a visit at the palace of the President of Malta at San Anton for which over 60 members attended.

Dusan Fitzel turned down the offer to take over again the Malta national team after deciding to continue working with the Czech FA.

Balzan Youths striker Pedro Dos Santos Calcado claimed the BOV Player of the Month award for January.

Sunday's sports programme Kontrattakk offers another 90 minutes of non-stop football.

Mqabba and second from bottom Tarxien Rainbows played out a 1-1 draw at Hibernians Stadium on Sunday.

Honours were shared between leaders Valletta and Sliema Wanderers as their BOV Premier League match ended in a goalless draw.

Results

Ronnie O'Sullivan was a man in a hurry as he made two centuries in beating Joe Perry 5-1 to reach the German Masters quarter-finals.

With heavy snow cancelling their on-track unveiling, Ferrari launched their F2012 online on Friday and first thoughts are: at least it's red.

Stephen Maguire dumped the world champion John Higgins out of the German Masters with a 5-0 whitewash in the second round in Berlin.

Ronnie O'Sullivan lost the first four frames before winning the next five to complete an astonishing 5-4 win over Andrew Higginson at the German Masters.

Casey Stoner remained quickest as the chequered flag fell at Sepang on Thursday, bringing an end to MotoGP’s first pre-season test of the year.

Bad weather in Maranello has forced Ferrari to cancel the planned launch of their 2012 car, with the unveiling of the car to now appear online.

Andre Berto's February 11 rematch against Victor Ortiz in Las Vegas has been called off after the Haitian-American suffered a serious arm injury in training.

Mohammad Amir has been released from jail, where he was serving a six-month term for spot-fixing, around three months ahead of schedule.

Paul di Resta has billed his new Force India VJM05 as a "fine piece of art" despite unveiling a rather unattractive boxer-nosed machine...

Marcel Kittel was victorious on stage two of the Etoile de Besseges after the course was curtailed due to snow and strong winds.

MI6 have told their spies not to go on holiday until after the Olympics are over.

While currently focused on preparations for the new season, Lewis Hamilton admits he would like to get his contract situation resolved early on in the year.

England have named three uncapped players in their starting XV for the Six Nations opener against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Mark Williams made an impressive start to the defence of his German Masters title by easing past Ken Doherty 5-0 in the last-32 at Berlin's Tempodrom.

Nacer Bouhanni won the opening stage of the Etoile de Besseges in a sprint finish.

McLaren’s drivers have removed the covers from the new MP4-27 on Wednesday.

Ramis moved two points clear at the top of the National Ten Pin Bowling League after claiming an 8-0 win over Supreme.

Justin Caruana Scicluna has been crowned the MTBA Tenovar Masters champion for 2012.

ASM will be organising on Sunday the ninth event for Autocross and the fourth event for the Motocross Championships 2011/12.

The Mountain Bike season got underway last Sunday with the traditional season opener race in Pembroke.

The final shooting competition in Air-Rifle & Air-Pistol was organized at the National Indoor Airgun Range in Bidnija on Saturday.

Results

Marsa registered their first win in the 20 over Winter Cricket League after beating leaders Krishna on Saturday.

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The Malta Basketball Association president Paul Sultana met Nar Zanolin, FIBA Europe General Secretary in Madrid recently on the launch of the FIBA World Cup 2014 in Madrid.

Maltese international basketball referee Bernard Vassallo received another FIBA nomination thus continuing his successful season.

Valletta Subbuteo Club will be fulfilling another one of its commitments abroad when in the weekend will by competing in the Major of Mons in Belgium.

Week two of the new National Ten Pin Bowling League saw two big wins for defending champions okmalta.com and J. Grima & Co.

Maltese international volleyball referees, Marvic Micallef, Frankie Tanti and Nello Calleja, have all been appointed to officiate in a number of European Championship and European Cups’ matches during the first months of this year.

Results

Kavallieri were made to work hard to beat Overseas 24-22 in the Cisk Lager rugby league on Saturday.

Alan Curmi was voted as the Malta Auto Racing Driver of the Year 2011, with Joshua Anastasi a close second.