Champions League: Ronaldo Rescues United In Injury Time; Chelsea Lose To Juventus

Manchester United 2 - 1 Villareal Juventus 1 - 0 Chelsea

Soccer

Cristiano Ronaldo came to Manchester United's rescue again last night.

His deflected goal in the fifth minute of injury time handed the Premier League side a 2-1 Champions League win at home to Villarreal.

Atalanta top Group F this morning, courtesy of their 1-0 win at home to Young Boys.

United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Ronaldo is simply world class.

A Federico Chiesa goal just after half-time was enough to give Juventus a 1-0 win at home to Chelsea.

Elsewhere in that group, Zenit hammered ten-man Malmo 4-0 in St. Petersburg.
 

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Stephen Kenny will name his latest Republic of Ireland squad this afternoon.

A World Cup qualifier away to Azerbaijan on October 9th is followed three days later by a friendly with Qatar at the Aviva.

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Passport issues have deprived Leicester of Kelechi Iheanacho for tonight's Europa League game away to Legia Warsaw.

West Ham play host to Rapid Vienna.

Celtic will be at home to Bayer Leverkusen

Rangers are away to Sparta Prague.

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Tottenham are in Conference League action tonight, welcoming Slovenian side Mura to North London.

Boxing

Professor Richard McLaren will reveal his initial findings into alleged corruption at the 2016 Olympics today.

Infamously, Michael Conlan came off the worse of a split decision against Vladimir Nikitin in Rio.

That fight is believed to be one of up to ten that will be cited by McLaren in Lausanne today.

Golf

After the disappointment of the Ryder Cup, Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington pair up again today.

They're playing partners at Carnoustie on the opening day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Also at Carnoustie today is John Murphy.

Paul Dunne and Jonathan Caldwell both play the Old Course at St. Andrews today.

While Cormac Sharvin and Michael Hoey play Kingsbarns.

Racing

There's a seven-race card at Clonmel this afternoon, with the first off at 1.10pm.

And action continues at Bellewstown today, with the first going to post at 1.25pm.