Croatia and Turkey took the final automatic qualifying spots for Euro 2016 on Tuesday as the Netherlands, semi-finalists at last year's World Cup, were eliminated.

The Dutch needed to beat the already-qualified Czech Republic in Amsterdam and hope Turkey lost at home to already-qualified Iceland in Konya to salvage third place in Group A and a spot in next month's play-offs.

With 10 million followers, Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil is the world champions' most popular footballer on social media platform Twitter.

"You guys are simply amazing! Thank u for your unbelievable support - during both good times and bad. #10MioFollowers," tweeted the attacking midfielder after passing the 10 million followers milestone.

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo admitted Tuesday he felt no satisfaction despite winning a record fourth Golden Boot as the top scorer in Europe's domestic leagues last season.

"It's a special moment," said the 30-year-old Portuguese striker during a ceremony in the Spanish capital. "But I'm not satisfied, I always want more.

Ex-Germany international Stefan Effenberg has taken his first coaching job in football after accepting an SOS call from second-division crisis club Paderborn on Tuesday.

The 47-year-old Effenberg, who won the last of his 35 caps in 1998 and currently works as a Sky pundit, has received a contract until June 2017, his new club has confirmed.

New Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has accused his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger of "arrogance" and says he takes special pleasure in inflicting defeat upon the Frenchman.

Allardyce, 60, repeatedly gave Wenger problems during his time as Bolton Wanderers manager between 1999 and 2007 and they will cross swords again this season following Allardyce's appointment at the Stadium of Light.

Rafael Nadal on Tuesday said he had shaken off his foot problem from the China Open final -- and added that he was also recovering from the "mental injury" he blames for his struggles on court this year.

Nadal, speaking ahead of the Shanghai Masters, said the foot injury which gave him a "scary moment" during Sunday's 6-2, 6-2 loss to Novak Djokovic had disappeared by Monday morning.

Spain ended Ukraine's hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2016 as Mario Gaspar's solitary goal on his international debut handed the European Champions a 1-0 win in Kiev on Monday.

Cesc Fabregas also missed a penalty on his 100th cap, but Spain were grateful to a fantastic goalkeeping display from David de Gea to seal an eighth consecutive win in Group C.

Russia and Slovakia clinched qualification for Euro 2016 on Monday as reigning continental champions Spain and England both ended their campaigns with victories.

Russia's turnaround in form under Leonid Slutsky continued as they beat Montenegro 2-0 in Moscow to take the second automatic qualifying spot in Group G behind Austria and condemn Sweden to a play-off.

Roy Hodgson insists the England reserves who helped complete his side's perfect Euro 2016 qualification campaign have staked their claims for starring roles in next year's finals.

Hodgson fielded an experimental line-up for England's last Group E fixture against Lithuania on Monday and the stand-ins responded with a convincing 3-0 victory.

Prize money for next year's Australian Open will rise 10 percent to Aus$44 million ($32 million), organizers said Tuesday while revealing special celebrations are planned to mark Lleyton Hewitt's final tournament.

Tournament director Craig Tiley also announced a "friendship" agreement with the Shanghai Masters to open up the Grand Slam tournament to the Chinese market, with a new WeChat platform that will have a potential audience of more than 600 million.