Disgraced ex-Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness was released from prison on Monday after serving 21 months for tax evasion, Germany's national news agency quoted a regional official as saying.

The 64-year-old served half of his three-and-a-half year sentence after being convicted in March 2014 of having evaded paying at least 28.5 million euros ($31.5 million) in taxes.

Asian football leaders put a brave face on AFC boss Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa's FIFA presidential defeat on Saturday and pledged to work with the world body's new head Gianni Infantino.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) head Sheikh Salman, gunning to become FIFA's first Asian leader, had been the pre-poll favorite but he lost out in the second round of voting.

Kyle Lowry nailed a clutch game-winning jumper en route to a career high 43 points as the Toronto Raptors edged Cleveland 99-97 in a showdown between the two top teams in the Eastern Conference.

Lowry drained a long range shot from just inside the three-point line with 3.8 seconds left as the Raptors moved to within two NBA games of the first place Cavaliers.

When Raheem Sterling gazes out the window of Manchester City's coach on the road to Wembley on Sunday, it will be no surprise if the winger's dreams of League Cup glory are interrupted by a flashback to his childhood.

Sterling's presence amid the pomp and circumstance of City's League Cup final showdown with Liverpool represents a remarkable triumph in the face of adversity for the 21-year-old.

As the 22 players walk out onto the pristine Wembley turf for Sunday's League Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City, Daniel Sturridge will have more to prove than most.

The injury-plagued Liverpool striker, who will be facing his former club, is fighting to emerge from a mid-career slump that threatens to cost him a place in England's squad for Euro 2016.

Europe's Gianni Infantino on Friday won the presidency of FIFA with a convincing win over Asian rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and vowed to lead the scandal tainted body into a new era.

The 45-year-old Swiss-Italian general secretary of UEFA got 115 votes in the second round of the election held at the FIFA Congress while the Asian Football Confederation president got 88.

Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso has become the latest high-profile footballer to face accusations of tax fraud by the Spanish authorities.

Prosecutors presented charges on Friday for three counts of fraud amounting to three million euros ($3.3 million) between 2009 and 2011 when Alonso played for Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane has hailed the remarkable job done by Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone ahead of his first taste of the Madrid derby as Real Madrid boss on Saturday.

"We are going to play a team who have a great coach. He is very important for his team and someone I have appreciated as a player and a coach," said Zidane.

Eternal rivals Manchester United and Liverpool were drawn together in the Europa League last 16 in Nyon on Friday.

It is the first time the two most successful teams in English history have been drawn together in European competition.

A FIFA congress to choose a new president for world football's crisis-hit governing body opened in Zurich on Friday, where major reforms were also to be adopted.

The meeting to replace the disgraced Sepp Blatter began with a video montage that noted FIFA's need to restore its "credibility" and move past the period of unprecedented scandal that has plagued the organization in recent months.