Spain moved to the top of their World Cup qualifying Group I on Tuesday after securing a 1-0 win to France in Paris. Pedro scored the winner for Spain in the 57th minute.
Paris Saint Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been cleared to play both legs of his team's Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona after UEFA reduced his two-match suspension on appeal.
A goal and two assists from Mathieu Valbuena helped France to a 3-1 victory in their World Cup qualifier against Georgia in Paris on Friday, a win that sees them take over from Spain as Group I leaders.
Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 on Friday in a highly-charged qualifier match for the football World Cup. The game pitched the former Yugoslav nations against each other for the first time since independence.
Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis has been banned from playing for the Greek national team for life after he gave a Nazi salute while celebrating a goal in a Greek league match on Saturday.
Turkish side Galatasaray have qualified for their first Champions League quarter-final in over a decade after a surprise 3-2 win away to Germany's Schalke 04.
Barcelona have qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals after thrashing AC Milan 4-0 (4-2 on aggregate) at Camp Nou on Tuesday, helped by two first-half goals from star striker Lionel Messi.
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti has hinted that David Beckham may start Saturday's Ligue 1 match against Nancy after remaining on the bench throughout a Champions League last 16 against Valencia on Wednesday.
Two people died in clashes as protesters torched a Cairo police station and others tried to disrupt traffic in the Suez Canal on Saturday after a court upheld death sentences for 21 people convicted for their role in a deadly football riot.
