World Football News Headlines from FIFA

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Borussia Dortmund got back on track after two draws by beating St Pauli 2-0, a goal from Lucas Barrios and a Ralph Gunesch own goal enough to send the Bundesliga leaders 13 points clear.

Source: Dortmund double stretches lead

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Manchester United progressed to the quarter-finals to FA Cup after eliminating non-league Crawley Town, but the Premier League leaders had to labour a slim 1-0 win and failed to impress against the side five leagues below them.

Source: Lacklustre United end Crawley fairytale

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Al Wahda were left in shock today after the defending champions were beaten 5-3 by Al Ittihad Kalba'a, who sit bottom of the UAE League, while Al Wasl moved ahead of Al Wahda with a 2-0 win over Al Ahli.

Source: Minnows shock Al Wahda

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Heerenveen were on the end of a comfortable win for AZ Alkmaar, scoring either side of half-time to win 2-0, while Groningen were roundly beaten by Roda JC, with Mads Junker claiming a hat-trick in their 4-1 win.

Source: AZ, Roda ease to victory

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Having won 2-0 against St Pauli yesterday, Borussia Dortmund midfielder Kevin Grosskreutz has said he is ready to face Bayern Munich next week at the Allianz Arena in the top of the table clash.

Source: Grosskreutz: Bring on Bayern

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Lecce took full advantage of an early Gianluigi Buffon red card to stun European-qualification chasing Juventus with a 2-0 victory to boost their Serie A survival chances, despite finishing the game with ten-men too.

Source: Buffon sees red as Lecce stun Juve

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Stefan Reinartz and Stefan Kiessling scored goals in the final ten minutes to give second-placed Bayer Leverkusen a 4-2 victory over struggling Stuttgart and reduce the gap to Borussia Dortmund to ten points.

Source: Late Bayer brace sees off Stuttgart

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Montpellier stunned Ligue 1 leaders Lille with a last-gasp winner to open up a title-race in which Les Dogues were beginning to look formidable - having been unbeaten in four months - but now five points separate five teams.

Source: Montpellier blow title-race wide open

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Borussia Monchengladbach are still bottom of the Bundesliga but are now level on points with Stuttgart after coming from a goal behind to beat mid-table Schalke 2-1, with Mohamadou Idrissou scoring the winner.

Source: Gladbach produce winning comeback

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Anderlecht failed to re-take the Jupiler League lead from Genk after being beaten 2-0 at Westerlo, while third-placed AA Gent closed the gap to seven points by beating Standard Liege 4-1.

Source: Anderlecht beaten, Gent close gap