Cristiano Ronaldo had the last word in a wild shootout against Manchester City, scoring in the 90th minute Tuesday as Real Madrid came back for a 3-2 victory in a Champions League opener where all five goals came late.
Ronaldo, returning to the Santiago Bernabeu for the first time since saying he felt "sad" at the club, scored with a dipping shot that slipped past goalkeeper Joe Hart as Madrid showed the grit and determination that coach Jose Mourinho had said was missing from the team to start the season.
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Officials from two FIFA-approved goal-line technology systems arrived in Japan on a Club World Cup inspection visit on Tuesday, hours after English football witnessed yet another disputed incident.
Everton was denied what appeared a clear goal against Newcastle in a Premier League match on Monday, as a referee's assistant did not spot that the ball had crossed the line.
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Seven-time European champion AC Milan limped to a scoreless draw against Belgian side Anderlecht in Tuesday's Champions League opener in front of a more than half-empty San Siro.
Milan was hoping for a positive result after a dismal start to the season in which it has lost its first two home games for the first time in 82 years.
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Football authorities need to do more to combat racism in the British game and urge candidates from ethnic backgrounds to apply for prominent roles in the sport, a government report said Wednesday.
The report, published by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, criticized clubs for lacking a transparent way of reporting incidents of racist behavior at the same time as praising the improvement in atmosphere at matches compared to the 1970s and '80s.
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Lukas Podolski and Gervinho scored as Arsenal came back from a goal down to win 2-1 at Montpellier in their Champions League opener on Tuesday.
All the goals came in a frantic opening spell. Montpellier midfielder Younes Belhanda won and converted a penalty in the ninth minute, Podolski equalized in the 16th and Gervinho put the Gunners ahead two minutes later.
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Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli took turns singing songs by the late Marvin Hamlisch during a stirring memorial service for the composer on Tuesday.
Minnelli sang "If You Really Knew Me" from the musical "They're Playing My Song," Franklin gave a soulful rendition of "Nobody Does It Better" from the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" and Streisand brought the crowd to its feet when she finished "The Way We Were" from the film of the same name.
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Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez said he doesn't know when he will return following surgery on his left ankle that was only supposed to keep him out for three weeks.
Gomez told Munich's TZ newspaper "I don't know when I can fully return, when I can take part in team training again. I myself am very impatient and can't even guess how much more time the foot needs. I don't know where I stand."
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Google has snapped up the digital photo editing service Snapseed as part of its effort to compete against Facebook's online social network.
Snapseed is the centerpiece of Google's acquisition of Nik Software, which developed the service's photo-editing technology.
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The German government agency overseeing IT-safety is warning of a security breach in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and recommending people use other browsers until the problem is fixed.
The Federal Office for Information Security said in a statement late Monday the browser's "weak point is already being used for targeted attacks."
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California Coptic Christian and Muslim leaders on Monday denounced an anti-Islamic movie that has sparked violence in the Middle East, as the filmmaker and his family left their suburban home and went into hiding.
The Southern California religious leaders joined a chorus of condemnation about last week's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans as violence continued and the leader of the powerful militant group Hezbollah called for more protests.
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