In sports news:

In the Champions League Manchester City made a dramatic comeback to beat Bayern Munich by three goals to two to keep their hopes of getting through to the final stages. Meanwhile Lionel Messi scored a hat trick for  Barcelona and set a new record for the Champions League with 74 goals.

In sports news:

It was a bad week for English teams in the Champions League with Liverpool losing 1 - 0 to Real Madrid and Manchester City crashing out to a 2 - 1 defeat against CSKA Moscow. The Manchester team are now at the bottom of their group after failing to score a victory in Europe this season.

In sport:

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson surprised the soccer world this week with his announcement on Wednesday that he was stepping down after more than 26 years as the team's boss. During his period as one of the most successful managers in British soccer, Ferguson won twenty titles, including two Champions Leagues. The new manager is another Scot  David Moyes, who will leave Everton at the end of the season.