Past Champions League glory over Atletico Madrid is of no advantage to Real Madrid for Tuesday's semi-final, first leg between the pair, Real boss Zinedine Zidane claimed on Monday.

Keita Balde struck twice as Lazio ruined Francesco Totti's final derby as a player on Sunday with a thrilling 3-1 win over Roma that could also jeopardize their push for a top-two finish in Serie A.

A sublime free-kick by Icelandic international Gylfi Sigurdsson gained Premier League strugglers Swansea a deserved point in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday, dealing a blow to the latter's Champions League hopes.

Valtteri Bottas claimed his maiden Formula One victory on Sunday when he resisted intense pressure from championship leader Sebastian Vettel to triumph for Mercedes in a tense Russian Grand Prix.

Pedro's sublime strike fired Chelsea a step closer to the Premier League title as the ruthless leaders swept to a 3-0 win at Everton on Sunday.

French football star and Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane called Friday on his countrymen to do their "utmost to avoid" voting far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen into office.

Nabil Maaloul was named coach of Tunisia for the second time on Thursday, four years after an initial spell in charge lasted just seven months.

Bayern Munich announced on Friday they have extended the contract of Spanish playmaker Thiago Alcantara until 2021.

Guam's football supremo Richard Lai, who pleaded guilty in the United States to taking nearly $1 million in bribes, was on Friday provisionally suspended by FIFA for 90 days.

The U.N. said Thursday it had enlisted Yusra Mardini, the teenage Olympic swimmer who braved a Mediterranean crossing in a leaky dinghy fleeing war-torn Syria, to help raise awareness about the plight of refugees.