Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba hit back at a Fenerbahce fan who waved a banana towards him and team mate Emmanuel Eboue during the weekend's league encounter by highlighting some home truths about racism.

Ivory Coast players Eboue and Drogba, who was instrumental in Chelsea's run to the Champions League title last season, were heckled during Sunday's 2-1 league win by Fenerbahce in the high-octane encounter.

A Fenerbahce fan was stabbed to death and more than 100 fans were detained following Turkey's most popular derby.

Drogba, whose Galatasaray team have already secured the Turkish

Wayne Rooney, Manchester United

Once the golden boy of England and Manchester United, Wayne Rooney has undoubtedly reached something of a crossroads in his career.

Booed by his own fans as England endured a miserable World Cup in 2010, and booed again as United took to the streets of Manchester on Monday to celebrate winning this season's Premier League crown.

Without question, he remains a first choice for Roy Hodgson when it comes to leading the line with the national team, but that surely says more about the paucity of talent that England can call upon, as his recent goal scoring record for the three Lions is not what

The last few weeks have been marred by speculation surrounding the future of the coach and by on-field disciplinary problems, but Paris Saint-Germain finally won the Ligue 1 title on Sunday and there is no doubt that they are worthy champions.

PSG today claimed they had rejected a bid by Real Madrid to hire coach Carlo Ancelotti as the Spanish champions apparently seek to try and replace the departing Jose Mourinho, but all this speculation should not be allowed to undermine what has been such a poignant season in the French capital.

Ancelotti's side had stumbled once with the finish line in

Frank Lampard gets top billing in our European Team of the Week after his double at Aston Villa made him the highest scorer in the club's history. Daniel Sturridge is the only other Premier League player in the side after his hat-trick against Fulham.

Elsewhere, it's a side short on big names, with only Philipp Lahm bringing star power to the back four.

There are no players from La Liga and a quartet from Ligue 1, led by Marseille's Andre Ayew.

Porto v Benfica: Estadio do Dragao, May 11, 20:30

Battle-weary Benfica know their season lies in the balance between memorable and disappointing when they walk on to the hostile Dragao stadium pitch for the likely title-decider against Porto on Saturday.

The fierce rivals, two points apart and both undefeated in the Portuguese championship, have been neck-and-neck all year, upping the stakes for the 'Classico' which has become the crunch moment of the season.

While Benfica lead and could be crowned champions if they win, Porto have the emotional and physical edge with home advantage and

Our Bundesliga expert examines the runners and riders in the battle to avoid the drop...

Werder Bremen: 14th, 33pts

Five minutes is a long time in football. Ask Werder Bremen. Last Saturday, with just five minutes to play, Thomas Schaaf's men were leading 2-0 against Hoffenheim, another relegation-threatened side. The Green and Whites just had to hold on until the final whistle to all but guarantee their safety. Victory would have given them a five-point lead over Fortuna Dusseldorf and Augsburg and an eight-point lead over Hoffenheim. Instead, typical of their underwhelming season, Werder

Spanish football is a wounded beast.

The Champions League semi-final hammerings suffered by Barcelona and Real Madrid brought a predictable rash of ill-judged opinion about how the Spanish hegemony is over.

It’s not true. Both clubs will be among the strongest in world football next season.They’ll spend big in the summer because they can afford to.

Barça will be supplemented by a couple of players from their youth system. That hasn’t turned rotten just because the first team were beaten 7-0 on aggregate by Bayern Munich, but Spanish football is right to feel threatened – and not just at first

It has been 24 hours since the world was rocked by the confirmation that Sir Alex Ferguson's near-27-year tenure at Manchester United will come to an end this summer with the legendary manager's retirement.

A big story for all, but even more so for sports editors everywhere as the avalanche of quotes, tributes, reaction pieces and speculation followed. Now that the dust has settled somewhat, we have gathered the thoughts of Eurosport editors across the continent on the end of an era.

Here is a collection of our European colleagues' fondest memories of perhaps the greatest manager in