Controversial French television football commentating legend Thierry Roland has died aged 74, it was announced by French TV channel M6 on behalf of his family on Saturday.

Rolland had recently undergone an operation and had declared himself unfit to travel to Ukraine for the Euro 2012 tournament telling Agence France Presse that "it would not be right to go to Ukraine where they do not have great medicine should something happen."

Britain's Saturday newspapers hailed Danny Welbeck's late strike that handed England a 3-2 victory over Sweden, but sounded a warning about the defending that blew a 1-0 lead.

The victory in Kiev -- from 2-1 down -- means Roy Hodgson's team only need a point from their final Group D game against hosts Ukraine to go through to the last eight at the European Championships.

A torrential storm threatened to wash away co-host Ukraine's match against France, and caused a rain delay of nearly an hour at the European Championship on Friday.

Pounding rain and lightning around the Donbass Arena in Donetsk forced the referee to suspend the match in the fifth minute.

Watching Spain play is a lot of fun for Germany striker Mario Gomez, and it will be even more enjoyable if he can beat the land of his father at the European Championship.

Germany was beaten by Spain at the last two major tournaments — in the final of Euro 2008 and in the semifinals of the 2010 World Cup.

New Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova says the Spanish club is looking to reinforce its defense and hopes to hold on to Dani Alves and Seydou Keita.

Vilanova, who signed a two-year contract Friday to take over from Pep Guardiola, said "we want to add to our defense. We have had problems and have been forced to adjust at both left back and center back."

Mario Balotelli has lost his place in Italy's starting lineup after two disappointing performances at the European Championship.

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli says he wishes the 21-year-old forward well, "but he needs to improve and this is a change I have to make."

Italian veteran Gennaro Gattuso has signed for Swiss club FC Sion after 13 seasons with AC Milan.

Sion presented 34-year-old Gattuso at a news conference Friday and says he signed a two-year contract.

LeBron James scored 32 points and Chris Bosh had 16 points on his return to the starting line-up as the Miami Heat beat Oklahoma City 100-96 to level the NBA finals at one game apiece.

Forward Bosh, starting his first game since the middle of May, also grabbed 15 boards while guard Dwyane Wade rebounded from a poor performance in game one to finish with 24 points and five assists in Thursday's wire-to-wire win.

World number one Luke Donald's dismal day on The Olympic Course was the lowlight from what was billed as a super-group on the opening day of the U.S. Open.

Donald couldn't find a single birdie, but bogeyed half his holes in a nine-over par 79 to see any chance that he could at last claim a first major title this week dwindle to virtually nil.

Defending champions Spain are on course for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after their 4-0 thrashing of Ireland on Thursday put them top of Group C with the Irish bowing out.

For all their endeavor in defense, Ireland struggled constantly to cope with the torrent of Spanish attacks as Chelsea's Fernando Torres proved he is back to his best with two clinically-taken goals.