Chelsea has suspended three people from its Stamford Bridge stadium following an investigation into an incident in which a black man was blocked from boarding a Paris metro train by a group of Chelsea fans.

The London club says Thursday that "if it is deemed there is sufficient evidence of their involvement in the incident, the club will issue banning orders for life."

Former Portugal winger Luis Figo launched his campaign for the FIFA presidency on Thursday by revealing plans to expand the World Cup to up to 48 teams.

Unveiling his manifesto at Wembley Stadium in London, the 42-year-old said the expansion of the quadrennial tournament from its current 32-team format would be "weighted towards non-European teams".

A black man who was blocked from boarding a Paris metro train by Chelsea football fans chanting racist slogans wants the group to be "found, punished and locked up."

In an interview with Le Parisien newspaper, the man — identified only as Souleymane S. — said he had lost his phone in the scuffle in the metro and didn't learn until Wednesday evening that the altercation was filmed. Because he doesn't speak English, he said he didn't fully grasp what the rowdy group was saying — they chanted "we're racist, we're racist, and that's the way we like it" — but their meaning was clear.

West Ham says that is has signed Brazilian forward Nene until the end of the season, subject to the Premier League club securing his international clearance.

The 33-year-old former Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain striker has spent the past two years at Qatari club Al-Gharafa. He started his career in Brazil and Spain.

Cristiano Ronaldo ended a brief goalscoring slump to help holder Real Madrid beat Schalke 2-0 in the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday.

Ronaldo headed home in the 26th minute of the first leg match, after going three matches without a goal in the Spanish league. He also set up Marcelo for the second goal in the 79th.

Danilo's late goal from the penalty spot secured a 1-1 draw for Porto at Basel on Wednesday as the two clubs fought for a berth in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The Brazilian defender equalized with 11 minutes to play in the last 16, first leg match after a handball decision against Walter Samuel.

French prosecutors and British police on Wednesday pledged to investigate footage of self-proclaimed "racist" Chelsea supporters preventing a black man from boarding a Paris subway train.

Amateur footage obtained by The Guardian newspaper captured the incident in a Metro station shortly before Chelsea's 1-1 Champions League draw with Paris Saint-Germain in the French capital on Tuesday evening.

As Afghanistan's national anthem rang out around Manuka Oval in Australia's national capital of Canberra, players on the country's proud cricket team stood with their hands of their heart, making history.

Afghanistan started its first Cricket World Cup in the 50-over format on Wednesday — taking on Bangladesh — a huge achievement considering the team comprises many players who picked up the game in refugee camps outside their war-torn country.

A United Arab Emirates team composed largely of expatriates and semi-professionals will meet Zimbabwe on Thursday in its first Cricket World Cup match in two decades, determined to show it isn't at the tournament merely to make up numbers.

UAE last played at a World Cup in 1996, beating the Netherlands by seven wickets for its only win. But it comes into the current tournament with a mature squad — captain Mohammad Tauqir and leading batsman Khurram Khan share the distinction of being the World Cup's oldest players at 43 — and with a solid preparation.

Striker Edinson Cavani gave Paris Saint-Germain a Champions League lifeline on Tuesday with a second-half equalizer as his team battled to a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the last 16.

After defender Branislav Ivanovic put Chelsea ahead in the 36th minute of the first leg match with a looping header, Cavani equalized with a downward header in the 54th.