Jose Mourinho's three-year reign in charge of Real Madrid was finally brought to an end on Monday when it was announced that the Portuguese will leave the club at the end of the season. Just as in his spells in charge at Chelsea and Inter, Mourinho's time at the Bernabeu has been filled with controversy, debate, scandal and no lack of success.

Outgoing Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson heads into retirement with the Premier League manager of the year award. Ferguson picked up the League Manager Association's honour on Monday. At the reception the 71-year-old said he was relieved celebrations to mark his retirement were over. "It has been overwhelming," he told the awards dinner in London 24 hours after his last match in charge of United, Sunday's 5-5 draw at West Brom. "The club has been fantastic and congratulations to West Brom with the way they handled yesterday.

Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after a turbulent three-year spell in charge of the Spanish giants, club president Florentino Perez confirmed Monday. "After the conversations we have had with our coach Jose Mourinho we have arrived at an agreement to end our working relationship at the end of this season," Perez told a press conference. "The coach and the club agreed this is the right moment. I want to thank Jose Mourinho for the work he has done in the last few years."

Russian Premier League table after Monday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): CSKA Moscow 29 20 4 5 49 22 64 Zenit St Petersburg 29 18 7 4 53 25 61 Anzhi Makhachkala 29 15 8 6 45 33 53 Spartak Moscow 29 14 6 9 49 39 48 Kuban Krasnodar 29 13 8 8 47 28 48 Dynamo Moscow 29 14 5 10 41 34 47