The controversial amount of time added on at the end of Manchester United's derby clash with City on Sunday cost bookmakers William Hill over £1 million.
United won the derby 4-3 thanks to a goal by Michael Owen in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe said in a statement: "Had the referee blown 30 seconds or so earlier, at which point everyone other than United fans were convinced the game was over, we'd have been a seven-figure sum better off.
"We can only suppose that time passes more slowly at Old Trafford than anywhere else in the universe."
Champions League tune inspires Milan
Milan played the Champions League theme tune in their dressing room to motivate their players before Sunday's 1-0 Serie A win over Bologna.
Milan have struggled domestically in recent years but won their seventh European Cup in 2007 and produced a battling performance in last week's 2-1 Champions League win at Olympique Marseille.
"Luckily we have an environment that allows us to do certain things," coach Leonardo told reporters.
"The Champions League and Serie A are different competitions... but the important thing for us is to maintain the same approach and concentration."
Real count cost of spending spree
Real Madrid announced a record €422 million budget aligned to a net debt of €327 million after a summer spending spree on greats like Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka.
Real president Florentino Perez told the club's general assembly that the debt mountain would be cut by some €200 million by June 2010 thanks to a 14 per cent increase in revenue on last season.
"We're going through a delicate moment with the world financial crisis but we had to make a big effort for the new arrivals of players, which explains the 327m debt," Perez said.
Real unveiled their figures at a time when UEFA president Michel Platini has announced a new "fair play" policy with regard to the financing of clubs aimed at preventing clubs taking on huge debts.
Don't look at the table, Del Neri warns
Sampdoria coach Luigi Del Neri told his players not to look at the Serie A table after Sunday's 4-1 win over Siena put the Genoa club on top.
Sampdoria have won the first four games of a top-flight season for the first time ever, prompting hopes of an assault on the Champions League places this term after years of inconsistency.
"It's important not to have pressure, to not look at the table," Del Neri said.
"It's only the start, it's just four matches. But it is positive for us and is a good measure of how we are playing at the moment. We are enjoying ourselves."
Del Neri joined Samp in the close-season from Atalanta.
Police probe derby confrontation
Police said yesterday that they were investigating an incident in which Manchester City footballer Craig Bellamy confronted a fan on the pitch.
Bellamy marched towards the man, who staged a solo pitch invasion, and shoved him in the face before the fan was led away by match stewards at the Manchester derby game.
The man ran from the United home section as City took the kick-off following Michael Owen's late goal in United's 4-3 victory.
Neither the fan nor the Wales international have made a com-plaint to police about the clash.
Following the Premier League match, City boss Mark Hughes said it was "not acceptable" for the fan to invade the playing area.
Diouf quizzed over racist language
British police have quizzed Blackburn Rovers striker El-Hadji Diouf over allegations he used racist language in a row with a ball boy during Sunday's 3-0 Premier League defeat to Everton.
The Senegalese international, who appeared to complain the ball was not thrown back to him quickly enough, was questioned after the match at Everton's Goodison Park stadium.
"Merseyside police is investigating an allegation of a 28-year-old man using racist language at the Everton match on Sunday at Goodison Park," said a spokeswoman for Merseyside Police.
Diouf suffered abuse from Everton fans following the clash with the ball boy, and again when he went to take two corners in the area of the original altercation.
Wenger frustrated by persistent foulers
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will consider going to the Football Association to discuss "anti-football" players who are employed for destruction.
Wenger, who used the phrase after last month's defeat at Manchester United, is unhappy with persistent foulers going unpunished.
Asked if he will speak to the FA about the matter, he said: "I think I will try to talk about it. We have already talked about it at UEFA meetings.
"It's not a particular player. It looks to me that some players make repeated fouls and, to me, it looks that it doesn't matter how many fouls they make but they get a card when it's a spectacular foul."