Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admitted to feeling "relieved" after Wayne Rooney ended the club's 404-minute scoring drought to secure a 1-0 victory over CSKA Moscow.

United had drawn their three previous games 0-0 and a fourth consecutive goalless draw -- unprecedented in the club's history -- was on the cards as Tuesday's game at Old Trafford entered its final 15 minutes.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini urged his players to maintain the standards they set in sweeping aside Sevilla 3-1 to seal their place in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.

Despite their vast resources, City have struggled to make an impact on the Champions League, losing to Barcelona in the last 16 in the two previous seasons they have made it to the knockout stage.

First-half substitute Nacho was the unlikely hero with the only goal of the game as Real Madrid beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 on Tuesday to seal their place in the Champions League last 16.

The defender had only been on the field for two minutes as an emergency left-back in place of the injured Marcelo when he took advantage of a defensive mix-up in the 35th minute to slot past stranded PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp and score the only goal of the game at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Police raided offices of the German Football Federation (DFB) and homes of top officials on Tuesday over tax evasion allegations, as the scandal surrounding graft claims over Germany's awarding of the 2006 World Cup widened.

About 50 officers swooped on "the DFB headquarters as well as at homes of three accused -- the DFB president, former DFB president and former general secretary," said a spokeswoman for prosecutors, without naming names.

Nearly 40 percent of professional football players in Britain have rotted teeth, in some cases serious enough to affect performance on the pitch, according to a new study.

Footballers may make huge amounts of money, but little of it seems to go to dental care: on average, their teeth and gums are in worse shape than their British age peers, it said.

Michelle Payne made history as the first female jockey to win Australia's 154-year-old Melbourne Cup when she rode 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance to a shock win on Tuesday.

In a tight finish, Prince of Penzance powered home to hold off Ireland's Max Dynamite (12-1) by half-a-length with Criterion (18-1) close behind at the head of a strong international field.

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James soared to another NBA milestone late Monday, jamming home a dunk against the 76ers in Philadelphia to become the youngest player to score 25,000 points.

The 30-year-old James came into the contest needing 21 points to reach 25,000. He got there in style, taking his tally for the night to 22 with an alley-oop dunk that he stuffed through the hoop with 8:06 to play in the Cavaliers' 107-100 win over the 76ers.

South African state prosecutors will on Tuesday argue in court for Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder and sent back to jail, two weeks after he was released on house arrest.

The disgraced Paralympic sprinter was found guilty last year of culpable homicide -- a charge equivalent to manslaughter -- after shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013.

Seattle wide receiver Ricardo Lockette has had "successful" surgery to stabilize his neck after he was hurt in a scary hit in the Seahawks' NFL game in Dallas on Sunday.

"Doctors at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas performed successful neck surgery on Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette Monday," the team said in a statement posted on its website. "He is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days, but will be up and moving as soon as Tuesday, and his neurological signs are all positive."

Defending champions Barcelona could seal their passage into the last 16 of the Champions League with two games to spare in Group E when they host BATE Borisov on Wednesday.

A third consecutive Champions League victory for the Catalans, despite the prolonged absence of the injured Lionel Messi, allied to Roma not beating Bayer Leverkusen at home, will mathematically seal the five-time champions' place in the knockout stages.