
The spectre of racism continues to hang over Real Madrid's Champions League clash against Benfica, when the two teams face each other in their knockout round playoff second-leg tomorrow morning.
This, after Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni was provisionally suspended by UEFA for alleged racist abuse against Real's Vinicius Jr in the first leg last week.
Benfica will also be without boss Jose Mourinho, who is suspended after being sent off the first leg.
Real have a 1-0 advantage heading into tomorrow morning's match at the Bernabeu, and you can catch it from 4AM LIVE on Astro channel 822 and on Sooka!
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PSG will be aiming to reach the Champions League last-16 tomorrow morning, when they host Monaco in their knockout round second-leg clash.
The defending champions have the advantage, as they have a 3-2 aggregate lead.
However, they'll be without Ousmane Dembele, who's recovering from injury.
Meanwhile Paul Pogba is absent for Monaco due to a knee problem.
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In other Champions League matches tomorrow morning:
Galatasaray have a 5-2 aggregate lead over Juventus.
And Borussia Dortmund lead Atalanta 2-0 on aggregate.
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Barcelona will soon open talks with Man United over the permanent signing of Marcus Rashford.
According to reports, Barca are trying to negotiate a lower transfer fee than the initial £26 million that they agreed earlier.
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Fifa's president is confident that Mexico will have no problems co-hosting this year's World Cup, despite ongoing security concerns there.
Several Mexican states have been rocked by violence, after Mexican authorities killed a notorious drug cartel leader.
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In other sports news:
Newcastle have ruled out selling in-form winger Anthony Gordon in the off-season, after he was linked with Liverpool.
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And the Ministry of Youth and Sports is working with the Digital Ministry to develop new eSports guidelines to curb violent tendencies caused by video games.