Mourinho put to his place

Final score; Chelsea 1:3 Atletico Madrid

Arda Turan ccelebrates his goal against Chelsea

After 'parking two buses' against Liverpool at the weekend, Chelsea were unable to repeat the same feat today as Atletico Madrid tore through their defense like a hot knife through margarine. An out of sorts Chelsea was completely outclassed by a well marshaled away team. This was a battle of compact styles and the more fancied Mourinho was undoubtedly outwitted by his less experienced counterpart, Simeone. After this defeat, Chelsea are likely to finish the season without any silverware while Simeone will dream for a double.

Football world goes bananas

Kick out racism is the message

football stars eat bananas in support of Dani Alves

In a rare move to protest against racism in Spanish football, most of Europe's star footballers took to twitter, facebook and others posted pictures on their blogs eating bananas. Dani Alves picked a banana that was thrown at him in apparent monkey mock by a fan at Villareal during the weekend and ate it before taking the corner kick.
Surprising the incident never made it to the front page of any Spanish newspaper. This only serves to remind us that Spain remains crudely a racist society and black players plying their trade in Laliga bear the brunt on a daily basis. The authorities are not doing enough to kick out racism in football. However, news that the fan who threw the banana on the pitch was identified and banned from Villareal matches for life should serve as a solace to all those who were offended by the behaviour.

Putin annexes Crimea, redraws boundaries and goes for Eastern Ukraine

A Russian flag is raised on a Ukrainian armored vehicle

There is pandemonium in the west as Russia takes over Crimea. The Russian president, Putin, has just signed a decree to accept Crimea into the Russian federation despite the United States and Europe announcing punitive sanctions against targeted influential Russians. It would seem the Russian government regards the sanctions as a non-event or Ukraine is such an integral part or their foreign policy that they are willing to face any consequences.

New boundaries have been drawn amid western cries and the Russian juggernaut seems in full force as attention shifts to Eastern Ukraine. Pro-Russian protesters have taken over government buildings in most towns in the eastern region of Ukraine. A special army unit dubbed the anti terror unit sent from Kiev to retake the government buildings occupied by pro-Russian protesters has already lost six armored vehicle to the 'enemy'.