A referee had his hands full as he brandished six red cards during a fiery Oceania Champions League match that ended 4-3 and saw nine minutes of stoppage time.

The clash on Monday between Samoa's Kiwi FC and Nadi FA of Fiji followed a match earlier in the day between Magenta of New Caledonia and Tefana from Tahiti in which three players were sent off.

Having each seen their Champions League qualification hopes fade at the weekend, West Ham United and Manchester United approach Wednesday's FA Cup quarter-final replay with special motivation to progress.

For West Ham, the competition represents a final opportunity to crown their farewell season at the Boleyn Ground, which stages its last ever FA Cup tie, with a piece of silverware.

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti remained defiant on the thorny issue of captain Francesco Totti after the out-of-favour club captain provided his first assist of the season in a frustrating 1-1 draw with Bologna on Monday.

Totti's future at the club for whom he has played 23 seasons is a hot topic in Italy as the Serie A giants stall on offering the 39-year-old an extra year's deal.

Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi remains the world's highest paid footballer with an annual income of 74 million euros ($84.3 million, £59.3 million), according to a report set to appear in Tuesday's edition of France Football magazine.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri played down his emotional response after the Foxes took their latest big step towards the English Premier League title.

Ranieri left the pitch in tears after Jamie Vardy's second-half double sealed a hard-fought 2-0 win at relegation-threatened Sunderland on Sunday.

Spanish giants Real Madrid need to overcome a 2-0 first leg deficit against Wolfsburg on Tuesday if they are to reach the Champions League semi-finals for a fifth consecutive season.

The 10-time European champions have a famous history of turning around heavy first leg defeats in European competition, but haven't managed to do so in their last eight attempts stretching back to 2002.

Danny Willett wasn't even going to come to Augusta National if new son Zac had been born on his due date, which was Sunday, the same day his daddy won the Masters.

Instead, wife Nicole gave birth to Zac on March 30, the 28-year-old Englishman flew to the year's first major last Monday and departed with a green jacket after a final-round meltdown by defending champion Jordan Spieth handed him a shocking victory.

Kobe Bryant became one of the greatest legends in the history of the NBA over two decades with the Los Angeles Lakers, fighting through pain and controversy to ensure his place among the sport's icons.

Bryant ranks third on the NBA all-time scoring list, trailing only leader Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone, and won NBA crowns with the Lakers in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010.

Of the 12 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) teams anxiously awaiting Tuesday's draw for the Russia World Cup 2018 third round qualifiers, arguably Qatar has the most at stake.

Since being controversially chosen to host the 2022 tournament, the Gulf state has been battered by ongoing allegations of corruption, charges it denies, and labor abuse, which it claims to be addressing through reform.

Angel di Maria will attempt to exorcise some personal ghosts when he returns to Manchester for Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Manchester City on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old Argentina international endured a miserable time in the city with Manchester United last season, with a traumatic burglary expediting his departure at the end of the campaign.