Hamburg  - There is all to play for in the Champions League after Tuesday night's first-round matches in the round of the last 16 failed to produce any clear winners.

Inter Milan were held to a goalless draw by Manchester United in Italy, Barcelona played to a 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyon, and former winners Porto drew 2-2 in Madrid against Atletico.

The only victory on the night belonged to Arsenal, who missed a number of excellent chances against AS Roma but still registered a 1- 0 victory through Robin van Persie's first-half penalty.

Hamburg  - There is all to play for in the Champions League after Tuesday night's first round matches in the round the last 16 failed to produce any clear winners.

Inter Milan were held to a goalless draw by Manchester United in Italy, Barcelona played to a 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyon and former winners Porto drew 2-2 in Madrid against Atletico.

The only victory on the night belonged to Arsenal who missed a number of excellent chances against AS Roma, but still registered a 1-0 victory through Robin van Persie's first half penalty.

London, Feb. 24 : A troubled former England football star Paul Gascoigne a. k. a. Gazza has revealed how he careered towards insanity during a year of drink and drugs hell.

Gazza opened his heart to give a painfully honest account of the worst 12 months of his life.

He confessed to snorting cocaine and revealed how cops dragged him from his hotel bath amid family fears that he would kill himself.

He also revealed how he downed hundreds of bottles of wine and gin over a six-week spell during which he didn't get a wink of sleep, and admitted he became so disturbed he thought his toy parrots were real - and his only friends.

Sports Minister Dr MS Gill on Monday emphasised the popularity and importance of football while at the same time having at a dig at the quality of the game in the country.

“Football is popular and can be played by anyone, that’s why the government has upgraded it to category A in our priority list of games,” Gill said at a function to honour members of the team that reached the semifinals of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics by beating hosts Australia 4-2 in the quarterfinals.

Munich  - Bayern Munich Juergen Klinsmann, attempting to lift his side after two successive defeats, said Monday criticism made him work even harder.

"Criticism makes me even more ambitious. I am the sort of person who works even harder when things aren't going so well," he said.

Klinsmann has to pick his team up after a 2-1 home defeat to Cologne ahead of Wednesday's Champions League tie at Sporting Lisbon.

Three defeats in four matches have put Klinsmann back under pressure at Bayern where a number of players have called for a more defensive approach.

Frankfurt  - The German football federation DFB has called on Hoffenheim coach Ralf Rangnick to elaborate on comments in which he sought to explain why two of his players turned up late for a doping test.

The federation has also called for written statements from the players, defenders Andreas Ibertsberger and Christoph Janker, who are being investigated for breach of doping regulations.

The players turned up 10 minutes late for a doping control immediately after the Bundesliga match on February 7 at Borussia Moenchengladbach.