mourinho confident after success

jose mourinho admits he will need to control his emotions when he travels to stamford bridge, but he will do so with confidence after inter milan defeated chelsea 2-1 in their uefa champions league last-16 first-leg tie. diego milito gave the serie a giants a third minute advantage at the giuseppe meazza, but salomon kalou equalised early in the second half.inter, though, earned a narrow win thanks to esteban cambiasso's excellent strike and former chelsea manager mourinho will therefore return to west london on 16th march with a degree of belief.

world cup-bound us beat el salvador 2-1

... ching scored with a diving header in the 74th minute and kljestan put away the go-ahead goal in 90th-minute injury time to lift the world cup-bound americans to the victory over el salvador on wednesday ... rudy corrales' 59th-minute strike had put el salvador ahead, after a scoreless first half in chilly, rainy conditions at raymond james stadium

mourinho confident of progression

... "it's obviously not the result which ends the tie, it's not 3-0 or 4-0, but the most important thing is the result and we are ahead," he added

special ko - petr cech injured as jose takes control of champions league tie

... ' inter manager jose mourinho admitted the tie remains very in the balance ahead of his return to stamford bridge in three weeks time

stoke 3 manchester city 1- emmanuel adebayor sent off as potty blues crash out of fa cup

... battle at the britannia: kitson opens the scoring for stoke roberto mancini's city team also had to play 30 minutes of extra-time with ten men on a heavy pitch ahead of saturday's trip to chelsea

villa 3 palace 1- warnock is wronged a second time as agbonlahor pounces

... sort it: palace manager neil warnock laments his side's concessionit would be hard on warnock if he was to leave palace on such a sour note ahead of a proposed switch to queens park rangers

guardiola demands more from champions

... stuttgart only really looked dangerous again on 63 minutes when sami khedira, like cacau a member of the germany squad, had a chance to put his side ahead, but his shot went wide

english trio guard slender europa leads

... one-time european champions marseille could rest a number of key players in their game against fc copenhagen ahead of sunday's 'le clasico' showdown with bitter rivals paris saint-germain

qaf secure third successive title

... the win ensured qaf maintained a five-point margin ahead of second-placed abdb with only one round of matches left to play

terry talks of personal 'mission'

john terry insists he has put his troubles behind him and is solely focused on winning honours with chelsea and england.the blues skipper has been impressive on the pitch for the barclays premier league leaders this season but allegations about his private life led to terry being stripped of the england captaincy.ahead of tonight's uefa champions league clash with inter milan, the 30-year-old told the sun: "i'm responding by doing what i've always done - by looking straight ahead.