Oslo/Stockholm - Norway and Sweden Thursday said they were planning a joint bid to host the 2016 European football championships.

The two national football federations said they planned to file a joint letter expressing their interest to European football's governing body UEFA.

"We cooperate very well and have made a thorough pre-study prior to our letter of interest," Swedish Football Association president Lars-Ake Lagrell and Norwegian Football Association president Sondre Kafjord said in a joint statement.

Madrid  - Real Madrid are determined to recover from Wednesday's 1-0 Champions Cup home defeat against Liverpool by scoring their 10th straight win.

On Saturday they are away to lowly but unpredictable Espanyol, who pulled off the surprise of the season last Saturday by winning 2-1 away to leaders Barcelona.

"What we have to do now is start to think about how to beat Espanyol on Saturday," Real defender Gabriel Heinze said.

Easier said than done.

Impressive performances by Jotin and Tiken; Jackson and Jaya Kumar score a brace each

Samuel Jackson and Jaya Kumar scored two goals each as BEML overwhelmed BEL 4-0 in the BDFA Super Division league at the Bangalore Football Association stadium on Wednesday. In the 'A' division league, AGORC and DYSS drew one-all, with Suresh scoring for AGORC and Ramesh equalising for DYSS.

BEML were too skilful and too organised a side for BEL, who had just a couple of shots at the BEML goal throughout the match. The blue-jerseyed BEML boys however missed several chances, including a penalty late in the match, and BEL can count themselves lucky that they didn't go down by a higher margin.

London  - Claudio Ranieri tasted defeat on his return Wednesday to Chelsea, but the Italian said that he still had fond memories of his time as head coach at Stamford Bridge.

Ranieri was back five years after his departure and received a standing ovation from the London club's fans, who still hold him in high regard.

Didier Drogba's first-half goal rather spoiled his enjoyment of the evening as Chelsea beat his Juventus side 1-0, but Ranieri will fancy his chances of orchestrating a turnaround in the return leg in a fortnight's time in Italy.