Iraq beat fierce rival Iran 7-6 in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw on Friday, booking a place in the Asian Cup semifinals against South Korea.

Iran, which played with 10 men after halftime, twice equalized in a four-goal extra time to send the match to a lengthy penalty shootout, which ended when Salam Shakir converted after Iran's Vahid Amiri hit the post.

Kobe Bryant tore his right rotator cuff in the Los Angeles Lakers' latest defeat, the club announced on Thursday.

Bryant injured his right shoulder in the second half of the loss at New Orleans on Wednesday when he drove the baseline for a two-handed dunk.

Nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb returned to rally racing in style as he took command of the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally on day one Thursday.

The Frenchman, who has won the race seven times and ended his full-time rally career in 2012, won the opening special stage held at night in his Citroen, then settled for third behind defending world champ Sebastien Ogier, and Jari-Matti Latvala in second.

South Korea reached the Asian Cup semifinals after Son Heung-min scored two goals in extra time in a tough 2-0 win over Uzbekistan.

Kim Jin-su's long centering pass from just outside the area was deflected by the Uzbekistan defense and into the path of Son, who headed the ball past diving goalkeeper Ignatiy Nesterov 16 minutes into extra time.

For the first time in a dozen years, Roger Federer won't be featuring in the Australian Open semifinals after being beaten 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (5) Friday in the third round by Andreas Seppi.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion had never lost to Seppi in 10 previous meetings, but made some uncharacteristic errors including nine double-faults — one to surrender a mini break in the fourth-set tiebreaker.

Maria Sharapova ensured there were no match-point worries in her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open, dominating Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas 6-1, 6-1.

On Wednesday, No. 2-ranked Sharapova faced two match points but escaped with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win over fellow Russian Alexandra Panova, a qualifier ranked No. 150.

Comeback queen Victoria Azarenka won her battle of the former number ones with Caroline Wozniacki on Thursday to dance her way into the Australian Open third round.

The Belarussian, a two-time Australian champion who is returning from injury, again showed why she is the most dangerous unseeded player at this year's tournament when she upset the eighth seeded Wozniacki from Denmark 6-4, 6-2.

Novak Djokovic didn't waste any time as defending champion Stan Wawrinka took a more circuitous route to the third round at the Australian Open on Thursday.

Serbia's world number one Djokovic, who is gunning for a fifth Australian title, took just 84 minutes to demolish Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 in his best performance at this year's first Grand Slam.

A complete unknown only a year ago, Norwegian prodigy Martin Oedegaard's transfer to Real Madrid has set his fledgling career soaring towards the summits.

The young midfielder had long been courted by some of Europe's top clubs. Real, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Liverpool were all, according to press reports, in the race to sign the teenager.

Slick playmaker Omar Abdulrahman can stake his claim for a big-money move to Europe when the UAE face Japan on Friday in an Asian Cup quarter-final which threatens to be a potential banana skin for the holders.

The mop-top Emirati is the heartbeat of Mahdi Ali's highly impressive UAE, who come up against a fast and powerful Japan side boasting the biggest names in Asian football.