Germany center-back Antonio Rudiger is out of Euro 2016 after tearing ligaments in his right knee, the German football federation announced on Tuesday.

The AS Roma defender was expected to start for the world champions in their opening Group C game against Ukraine on Sunday.

Former Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said Tuesday he did more for France than President Francois Hollande simply by paying the top rate of tax on his earnings.

"Ibra came and took power in France," the Swede, who is preparing for Euro 2016 after winning won four league titles, three League Cups and two French Cups in four seasons at PSG, told Le Monde newspaper.

A grieving Angel Di Maria was the inspiration as Argentina shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to defeat holders Chile 2-1 in their opening Copa America Centenario game here Monday.

Paris Saint-Germain star Di Maria -- reeling from the death of his grandmother only hours earlier -- scored one goal and set up another as the two-time world champions avenged their defeat to Chile in last year's Copa America final.

Two-time world champion James Magnussen was Tuesday added to the Australian team for the Rio Olympics, securing a place in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay after initially being omitted.

Magnussen, 25, missed out on the 34-strong squad announced in April after he failed to finish in the top two places in the 50m and 100m at the Australian swimming trials.

Spain are bidding to win a third consecutive European Championship but a difficult draw awaits a team whose coach Vicente del Bosque admits are in transition.

The 2008 and 2012 champions are looking to avoid a repeat of their disastrous showing at the World Cup in Brazil two years ago and they come up against Croatia, Turkey and the Czech Republic in Group D.

It is almost impossible to believe that a team with Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos and Mesut Ozil look vulnerable but Germany will really have to live up to their reputation of raising their game for the big occasion at Euro 2016.

The team that beat Brazil 7-1 as they marched to a World Cup triumph in 2014 have lost seven games since and stumbled toward the European Championship finals where they have a tricky Group C start against Poland, Ukraine and Northern Ireland.

Ensconced in a luxury hotel in Chantilly, England are grappling with a diamond that does not shine ahead of their Euro 2016 opener against Russia.

Led by Wayne Rooney, England are Group B favorites against Wales, Russia and Slovakia, but with time running out before the tournament starts, manager Roy Hodgson is still buffing dull spots in his team's tactics.

Yeo Moriba laughed as she recalled her showdown with the fearsome Alex Ferguson, one of many confrontations with football authority over the future of her son Paul Pogba.

Ferguson was notorious for his “hairdryer” blasts at players in the Manchester United dressing room and the proud mother told AFP how the tough Scots manager had once left her son in tears in his office.

France are going for a hat-trick of major titles on home territory at Euro 2016 and have a kind draw but coach Didier Deschamps is seeking to douse national expectations.

Les Bleus will face Switzerland, Romania and an Albania side appearing at their first major finals in Group A as they look to add to their 1984 European Championship and the 1998 World Cup titles.

Tireless France international left-back Patrice Evra has signed a one-season contract extension until June 2017 with a further one-year option clause included, the Italian champions said on Monday.

"For Pat this is the path to further success to add to the conquest of two league titles, as many Cups and an Italian Supercup," a Juventus statement said.