Can't live with each other, can't live with out each other: the tangled relationship between Sepp Blatter's FIFA and Michel Platini's UEFA reached a new low with the corruption storm that hit football's world body.

But while Blatter, who controls the World Cup, and Platini, with the Champions League, may be at daggers drawn, they each know they cannot afford a costly divorce.

Arsene Wenger has challenged his Arsenal stars to use their FA Cup final masterclass as inspiration to mount a serious bid for the Premier League title next season.

Wenger's side made history at Wembley on Saturday with a 4-0 rout of Aston Villa that underlined their renaissance in the second half of the campaign and served as a warning to English champions Chelsea.

Jurgen Klopp was denied a title on his final appearance as Borussia Dortmund head coach on Saturday when Wolfsburg claimed a 3-1 victory in the German Cup final.

Dortmund's plans to send Klopp off in style after seven years in charge were spoiled by first-half goals from Wolfsburg's Luiz Gustavo, Kevin de Bruyne and Bas Dost to give their club a first cup final victory.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal moved to within one win of a French Open quarter-final blockbuster Saturday as the sport's next generation endured a Grand Slam reality check.

World number one and top seed Djokovic reached the last-16 for the sixth straight year with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over 19-year-old Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova powered into the last 16 at the French Open on Saturday, finally finding her form after earlier struggles at Roland Garros.

The fourth seed from the Czech Republic outplayed Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 6-2 in just 58 minutes, taking the last five games at a canter.

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner rejected corruption charges lodged by the United States, alleging at a press conference Friday that Washington was seeking retaliation for not getting the 2022 World Cup.

A total of 14 people -- nine current or former FIFA officials and five business executives -- were indicted by the United States on Wednesday, following a corruption probe.

A new election triumph in the midst of a corruption scandal established FIFA president Sepp Blatter as the politician who can come through any storm.

Unapologetically divisive, Blatter has had to deal with scandal virtually since his first day in office.

Sepp Blatter won a fifth term as FIFA president on Friday in a dramatic end to an angry campaign dominated by a corruption storm that engulfed the leadership of world football.

His challenger Prince Ali bin al Hussein withdrew from the race after preventing Blatter from getting the required majority in the first round of voting.

Richard Gasquet made it seven French players into the third round of the French Open on Friday stirring hopes of a home title challenge.

The former Wimbledon semi-finalist and world top tenner finally saw off the challenge of Argentine claycourter Carlos Berlocq 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 after the match had been suspended overnight at two sets all.

Qatar's 2022 World Cup organisers said on Friday their controversial bid was conducted "with integrity and to the highest ethical standards" following allegations of widescale corruption within FIFA, world football's governing body.

A statement from Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, which oversees the planning of the World Cup in the Gulf state, also read: "We wish to reiterate that we have fully complied with every investigation that has been initiated concerning the 2018/2022 bidding process and we will continue to do so."