Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has called on the Football Association to investigate Robin van Persie’s elbow on Carlos Cuellar during his side’s FA Cup fourth round defeat on Sunday. …

Celtic were made to work hard for their place in the League Cup final as they edged out First Division Falkirk 3-1 in an entertaining semi-final at Hampden on Sunday. …

Borussia Moenchengladbach have kept in touch with the Bundesliga’s leading trio with a handsome 3-0 win at VfB Stuttgart. Mike Hanke in the 31st minute and Marco Reus and Igor …

Luuk de Jong scored three goals as FC Twente beat FC Groningen 4-1 to move second in the Dutch league. De Jong put Steve McClaren’s Twente ahead in the 14th, …

Arsenal scored three times in eight second-half minutes to recover a 2-0 deficit and reach the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa. Villa …

Ten-man Ajaccio have moved out of the relegation zone by defeating Valenciennes 2-1 for their fourth straight victory in the French league. Substitute Christian Kinkela scored the winner in stoppage …

Arsenal have kept their attempt to end a seven-year trophy drought on track, scoring three times in eight second-half minutes to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and reach the fifth round …

David Zurutuza lasted only five minutes, but it was long enough to score a double in Real Sociedad’s 5-1 rout of visiting Sporting Gijon in the Spanish league on Sunday. …

Freiburg had a player sent off after four minutes as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Mainz on Sunday to stay bottom of the Bundesliga. Mainz scored all their …

Crawley Town, the lowest-ranked side left in this season’s FA Cup, has been handed a fifth-round match against English Premier League club Stoke. While third-tier side Stevenage will host eight-time …

Inter Milan’s seven-match winning streak in the Italian league has been broken with a 1-0 loss at Lecce, which also allowed Lazio to jump ahead of the Nerazzurri into fourth …

John Guidetti scored a hat-trick as Feyenoord dished out a spanking to defending Eredivisie champions Ajax at De Kuip. Feyenoord have been very much in the shadow of their rivals …

Fraizer Campbell emerged from his latest bout of injury misery to keep Sunderland’s FA Cup dreams alive and deny Middlesbrough a famous victory. The former Manchester United striker was introduced …

Bayer Leverkusen coach Robin Dutt has dismissed talk of differences with former Germany captain Michael Ballack, who was this week criticised by the club’s chief executive. Ballack was substituted after …

Led by an inspirational banker, Mirandes’ run to the Copa del Rey semifinals has amazed football fans in a country dominated by big-money teams and invigorated a troubled Spanish town …

Cologne says Germany international Lukas Podolski has been ruled out for three to four weeks after suffering a recurrence of a foot injury. The Bundesliga side says Podolski partially tore …

Sunderland striker Fraizer Campbell scored on his first appearance since August 2010 to rescue a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday. Second-tier …

Finals-bound Perth Glory enhanced their reputation as the A-League’s best travellers with a 3-0 away triumph against Adelaide United on Sunday. The Glory, through goals to Shane Smeltz, Steven McGarry …