Chelsea and Liverpool both qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a game to spare.

Their final game at Stamford Bridge will decide who finishes first and second in Group G.

Vodafone cut short their shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United.- Chelsea and Liverpool both qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a game to spare. Their final game at Stamford Bridge will decide who finishes first and second in Group G. Chelsea enjoy a comfortable 2-0 win at Anderlecht with first-half goals from Hernan Crespo and Ricardo Carvalho. Real Betis hold Liverpool to a goalless draw at Anfield. Despite their poor domestic form, Rangers will become the first Scottish team to reach the knockout stages if they beat already-qualified Inter Milan at Ibrox in their final game. Under-fire Gers boss Alex McLeish sees a goal from youngster Ross McCormack earn a vital 1-1 draw in Porto.

- Vodafone, the mobile phone company that has sponsored Manchester United since 2000, is ending a four-year shirt deal with the Old Trafford club. The current deal, worth about £9million a year, began last season and will now end in May 2006. Vodafone say it will now focus on Champions League sponsorship. United swiftly deny suggestions they could rename Old Trafford as part of a new sponsorship deal.

- Middlesbrough’s Abel Xavier is handed an 18-month suspension after he tested positive for a banned substance. The 32-year-old was tested after Boro’s Uefa Cup game in Xanthi on 29 September and was given the suspension at a personal UEFA hearing in Nyon. Xavier is mid-way through a one-year contract at Middlesbrough.

- West Ham United manager Alan Pardew apologises to Tottenham Hotspur’s Mido after he was abused by a section of Hammers supporters during Saturday’s draw at White Hart Lane. The Egyptian forward was subjected to racist chanting by some of the visiting support throughout the Premiership game.