Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said it is normal for Real Madrid to be pleased with their display in Wednesday's Copa del Rey Clasico.

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has confirmed the club have ended their interest in signing Carlos Tevez during the current transfer window.

Ferdinand's team-mates are considering mass snub of racism-row Chelsea skipper

Package believed to have contained a death threat and shotgun cartridge

• Spent gun cartridge sent to Queens Park Rangers• Ferdinand to face John Terry for first time since league meetingAnton Ferdinand was the target of a death threat on the eve of Saturday's potentially explosive west London derby against Chelsea. Hammersmith and Fulham police are investigating a letter, containing a spent gun cartridge, which was received by Queens Park Rangers and is understood to have been addressed to the defender.The buildup to the FA Cup fourth-round tie has been dominated by the first meeting of Ferdinand and John Terry on the pitch since the England captain was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence relating to an altercation with the QPR defender during the fractious league meeting at Loftus Road in October.Terry's case is due to be heard at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday, though he will not be in attendance, with his legal team to enter a not guilty plea on his behalf.It is not clear whether Ferdinandwas made immediately aware[...]

THERE has been little time to bask in the glory of a momentous night at Anfield. The emotion etched across Kenny Dalglish’s face at the final whistle on Wednesday showed just what it meant to lead Liverpool back to Wembley.

l THE victory over City will have given the whole football club a boost going into today’s game aganist United.

FOR obvious reasons, a lot’s been said about the intense rivalry between Liverpool and United.

Anton Ferdinand is agonising over whether to play in the FA Cup tie against Chelsea after receiving a death threat and a gun pellet in the post.

Argentine striker Maxi Lopez's signing signals that AC Milan has given up on signing Carlos Tevez until the end of the season.

Talented 19-year-old full-back Serge Aurier is in the Toulouse squad and could make his debut for his new side against Caen after joining the TFC from Lens this week. Get all Saturday's probable teams here.. .

Watford on a cold and damp Friday night is not everyone’s idea of a comfort zone but Harry Redknapp would not have swapped it for anywhere in the world.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admitted his side were very lucky to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup after edging past Watford 1-0 at Vicarage Road.

Rafael Van der Vaart said Tottenham did not deserve to progress into the FA Cup fifth-round draw. The Dutchman’s fortuitous.. .

MARIO BALOTELLI has once again been in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Sadly for him this is becoming a regular occurrence.