Lebanon lost 0-3 to South Korea on Tuesday in the third match of the final Asian qualifying round for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Kim Bo-kyoung was the star of the show with two goals at Goyang Sports Complex.

A Frenchman who has lost all of his limbs said he plans to swim 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) across the Red Sea from Taba in Egypt to Jordan's Aqaba this week as part of a global challenge.

Using prosthetic limbs with flippers attached, Philippe Croizon, 44, said: "If things go as planned and I get the green light from the Egyptian authorities, I will swim from Africa to Asia on Friday."

Ukraine's former European Player of the Year Andrei Shevchenko rolled back the years as his second-half double inspired the Euro 2012 co-hosts to a come from behind 2-1 win over Sweden in their Group D encounter.

The 35-year-old Ukraine captain took his tally to 48 in 108 international appearances with two superb headers within seven minutes of each other - his opposite number Zlatan Ibrahimovic's neat 52nd minute finish had given the Swedes the lead.

The Los Angeles Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1 to win the Stanley Cup, completing their improbable run to the first National Hockey League championship in the club's history.

The Kings, who had led the best-of-seven championship series 3-0 before dropping two straight games, completed a four-games-to-two triumph.

Steven Gerrard hailed England's "unbreakable" defense after managing to frustrate France to earn a crucial 1-1 draw in their Euro 2012 opener.

The England captain led from the front with a tireless performance in central midfield as Roy Hodgson's side dug deep to hang on for a share of the points in sweltering conditions in the Donbass Arena.

Tehran police have sealed a multi-screen cinema in the capital that defied a police ban on selling women tickets for live public screenings of Euro 2012 football games, the ISNA news agency reported on Monday.

ISNA cited Tehran police as saying that the "Zendegi cinema complex has been sealed by police after it sold tickets to women since cinemas are only authorized to sell tickets for such screenings to men."

Rain or shine, clay or mud, Sunday or Monday, Rafael Nadal rules Roland Garros.

The man they call "Rafa" won his record seventh French Open title Monday, returning a day after getting rained out to put the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic. He denied Djokovic in his own run at history — the quest for the "Novak Slam."

A delighted Lewis Hamilton made it a magnificent record seven different winners in seven races this year on Sunday when he drove with flawless speed and control to win the Canadian Grand Prix.

The 28-year-old Briton produced a magnificently judged performance in a race that passed off smoothly despite a weekend of student protests and police action resulting in around 60 arrests in the city, to seize his first win of the year.

Italy showed great character after a traumatic run-in to Euro 2012 by holding defending champions Spain to a 1-1 draw in their opening Group C clash on Sunday.

Croatia, though, top the group after the 2008 quarterfinalists beat the Republic of Ireland 3-1 in the later match on a night that Ireland's record caps holder Shay Given will wish to forget.

Players from European clubs have long complained about midweek trips to the extremes of the continent for a Champions League game and then a return home for weekend action but such air miles and hours pale into insignificance compared with those being clocked up by the national teams of Asia.

As the final round of qualification for the 2014 World Cup kicks off, there are three games in nine days for some of the 10 nations still in contention for spots in Brazil. With the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) spanning over 9,000 miles (14,480 kilometers), acclimatization techniques can become just as important as tactics.