Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year beating Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o and Ghana's Michael Essien for the 2009 award.

Fulham are outclassed at the Stadio Delle Alpi as Juventus strike three first-half goals to establish a 3-1 lead in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie.

Benfica 1 Marseille 1 (Benfica: Maximiliano Pereira 77; Marseille: Hatem Ben Arfa 90)

Valencia 1 Werder Bremen 1 (Valencia: Juan Mata 57; Werder Bremen: Torsten Frings 25pen)

Panathinaikos 1 Standard Liege 3 (Panathinaikos: Loukas Vintra 48; Standard Liege: Axel Witsel 8, Milan Jovanovic 16, Igor De Camargo 74 Red card: Simao 90 - Panathinaikos.

Hamburg 3 Anderlecht 1 (Hamburg: Joris Mathijsen 23, Ruud van Nistelrooy 40, David Jarolim 76; Anderlecht: Jonathan Legear 45)

Rubin Kazan 1 Wolfsburg 1 (Rubin Kazan: Cristian Noboa 29; Wolfsburg: Zvjezdan Misimovic 67)

Atletico Madrid 0 Sporting Lisbon 0 (Red cards: Leandro Grimi 31, Tonel 90 - both Sporting)

Liverpool's woes deepen as Lille strike in the 85th minute to clinch a 1-0 victory in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 clash at the Stade Lille Metropole.

Leicester City complete the signing of Everton striker James Vaughan on an initial one-month loan deal. Vaughan, 21, has scored twice in 10 games for Everton this season and spent time on loan at Derby County before picking up an injury.

Internazionale striker Mario Balotelli will miss the Serie A leaders' visit to Catania on Friday after sustaining a knee injury in training.

Derby County and Nottingham Forest are fined £45,000 apiece for ugly scenes at the end of both Championship fixtures this season.

Nice must play their next home Ligue 1 game, against Paris St Germain on March 20, behind closed doors.

Australia soccer coach Pim Verbeek insists he will make a decision on his future soon, amid local media reports he is to quit after the World Cup finals in South Africa.

Teplice 2 Viktoria Plzen 1

AC Bellinzona 0 St Gallen 2; Grasshoppers 2 Aarau 0

Besiktas 2 Buyuksehir Bld. Spor 0; Kasimpasa 0 Bursaspor 2

Charleroi 4 Lokeren 1

A brace from Wayne Rooney seals a 4-0 victory and an emphatic 7-2 aggregate scoreline as Manchester United romp past Milan at Old Trafford to clinch their place in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Robbie Savage has to play in goal for over half of Derby's 4-1 defeat to Reading in the Championship.