Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is searching for the formula to take his team's performance up several notches to get past Bayern Munich on Wednesday and reach the Champions League final

Plus: Chelsea are stepping up their interest in Shakhtar Donetsk midfield talent Georgiy Sudakov; Kylian Mbappe has accepted the challenge to face eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a 100m raceThe top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday'

Jamie Carragher called on Casemiro to leave top level football or run the risk of becoming a laughing stock, and TEAMtalk has learned the Brazilian has accepted his time in the Premier League is up and talks over a transfer are already underway

It's an honour to captain your club or country, and some players have been fortunate enough to wear the armband for both.These stars were all permanent captain of their domestic or national team at one point or another – in many cases, concurrently

Jean-Philippe Mateta surged beyond Johnny Evans to finish emphatically for his sixth goal in a row on home turf

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· Danny LewisThe summer transfer window won't reopen in Europe for a while yet, but there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip is swirling around

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After every Premier League weekend, BBC football pundit Garth Crooks gathers his thoughts and gives you his Team of the Week.Here are this week's choices and, as ever, Garth also discusses the game's big talking points in the Crooks of the Matter