Football

Uruguay sealed their spot at the 2014 World Cup finals after a goalless draw at home to Jordan in the second leg of their intercontinental playoff.

Xavi is suffering from hamstring strain, Valdes limped out of Spain's friendly and Cristian Tello suffered ankle ligament damage in training.

Ronaldo upstaged Ibrahimovic in a showdown of superstar forwards, sending Portugal past Sweden 1-0 in a World Cup playoff.

Vicente del Bosque has agreed a two-year contract extension with the world and European champions which ties him until the 2016 European championship in France.

Owning two of the biggest egos in football, Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic have dominated the build-up to the most anticipated of the four playoffs.

The nearly 230,000 tickets in the second phase of sales for the 2014 WC were sold out on Monday just seven hours after being made available on FIFA's website.

With the 'big four's' dominance almost extinct, there are at least six clubs fighting for the elusive EPL trophy.

Juventus beat Napoli 3-0 to take advantage of another slip up by Roma and close the gap on the Serie A leader to one point.

Robin van Persie tormented former club Arsenal once again by scoring the only goal in United's 1-0 victory over the Premier League leaders.

Bendtner has criticised Arsenal and Wenger for not selling him in the summer and said it will be a 'miracle' if he stays at the Premier League club.

The top three teams in the Spanish league are all on winning runs going into the weekend, with leader Barcelona and Madrid both on three-game winning streaks.

Lalpekhlua did the star turn for Dempo Sports Club as his first-half strike proved decisive in his team's 1-0 win over Churchill Brothers.

Mohammedan Sporting rode on a first-half penalty by Joshimar d'Silva Martins to pip Mumbai FC 1-0.

Young plunged headfirst into another diving controversy when the winger tumbled over to win a penalty during 0-0 Champions League draw at Real Sociedad.

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has been criticised for allowing Lloris to play on despite briefly losing consciousness against Everton on Sunday.

Atletico Madrid has given Diego Godin a three-year contract extension that keeps the Uruguay defender at the club until 2018.