Suarez reveals the world's first KNITTED boot... and he'll wear them when Liverpool play Manchester United (that fixture doesn't require any more needle!)

Luis Suarez is the face of the boot 'every footballer dreams of' - and they are KNITTED.
Boot giants adidas have unveiled the new Samba primeknit limited edition studs that 'combines the comfort and responsiveness of playing barefoot with the protection of a traditional design'.
The innovative design the first football boot to have an upper that is knitted from heel-to-toe using the Samba colours of green, pink, blue and orange, providing a bespoke second-skin fit that retains the strength of a conventional boot. 

On the ball: Luis Suarez will wear the world's first knitted football boots when Liverpool play Manchester United at Old Trafford on March 16

Schalke 1-6 Real Madrid: Bale, Ronaldo and Benzema all score twice as Ancelotti's men cruise to victory in Germany

Gareth Bale was close to unplayable as Real Madrid all but sealed their place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The £86million forward scored two and made two as Real ran riot against a poor Schalke side in Gelsenkirchen, winning 6-1 with ease.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti praised Bale's performance after the match, describing it as his 'best game of the season'.

The nine-time winners had only won once before in 25 trips to Germany but victory was never in doubt at the Veltins-Arena with Real's most potent attacking weapons coming to the fore.
Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo also scored twice as an insatiable Madrid left Schalke requiring a miracle at the Bernabeu in three weeks time despite Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scoring the goal of the night in time added-on.
Schalke won a corner in the first minute and nearly took the lead but captain Benedikt Howedes' header from distance drifted wide of Iker Casillas' right-hand post.
VIDEO: Scroll down to watch Ancelotti praise Ronaldo as Real beat Schalke 6-1

Aguero and Nasri enjoy a night with Beyonce as singer comes to Manchester

Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri were among a host of Manchester City players allowed out on the town on Wednesday evening as they attended a Beyonce concert.
Nasri captured a picture of the two and posted it on Instagram with Aguero looking like he was really getting into the night's fun.
The Frenchman also took a photo with his model girlfriend Anara Atanes when they were only metres from the singer.

Drogba and Luiz rekindle old times with secret handshake before Chelsea clash

It's been hard to remember at times this week that Didier Drogba actually plays for Galatasaray rather than Chelsea.
The man who won the Champions League for the Blues was playing against them on Wednesday and he had a special welcome for David Luiz.
The pair must have had some kid of secret handshake during their time together in London and spontaneously fell back into the habit when they met at the Turk Telecom Arena.
 VIDEO  Scroll down to see the handshake between Drogba and Luiz

Galatasaray 1-1 Chelsea: Slack defending costs Mourinho's men victory as Chedjou cancels out Torres' first-half opener

It is five goals in five Champions League matches for Fernando Torres. It should have been six, though. That’s the problem.
Never satisfied, some people. Give the guy a break. Isn’t his record in Europe alone evidence of his quality? Scored against Bayern Munich earlier in the season, scored in the Europa League final against Benfica last year.
Put Torres on a plane and he comes alive. The player who has often appeared so ineffectual in the Premier League since arriving at Stamford Bridge finds his confidence again at the sniff of a passport.
And, yes, some of that is true. Inescapably, though, Chelsea paid £50million for Torres’s services. And what they had hoped to get for that outlay was a striker who made nights like this a formality, who turned one into two and uncertainty into inevitability. Torres failed to do that in Galatasaray’s Turk Telekom Arena. Given the perfect opportunity to take the match, and the tie, beyond Galatasaray’s reach, he blew it.
VIDEO: Scroll down to watch Jose Mourinho reflect on Chelsea's performance

In a twist: Fernando Torres slots home with his foot at an extraordinary angle to give Chelsea an early lead

Finney funeral draws thousands as Moyes and the football world bid farewell to England and Preston legend

The great and the good of British football past and present came out in force in Preston on Thursday to honour the passing of Sir Tom Finney CBE.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Preston to see the funeral cortege as it travelled from Deepdale stadium to Preston Minster.
The minster itself was packed with many figures from football and the city to pay tribute to the former England winger, who died aged 91 two weeks ago.

'Roy Keane... what a ****' Carrick's wife Lisa slams ex-Reds man after criticism of midfielder for Olympiacos performance

Lisa Carrick, the wife of Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick, slammed former club captain Roy Keane on Tuesday night for his criticism of the midfielder after the 2-0 defeat at Olympiacos.
Keane was typically disgusted with United's performance in Greece, and singled out Carrick's post-match interview for being as flat as the team's performance and lacking urgency.