Barcelona finished three points behind Real Madrid last season but there is concern the gap between Spain's biggest two sides could be far larger this season.
Former European champions Celtic were helped by two own goals as they thumped Astana 5-0 at home and a late goal from Wissam Ben Yedder gave Sevilla a 2-1 win at Istanbul Basaksehir in torrential rain.
The 2001 champion says the Briton got what he was missing before.\n\n
Nadal, playing his first match since losing to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon semi-finals, fell behind 5-2 in the tiebreak before roaring back to prevail in his first career meeting with world number 53 Evans.
A round-up of Wednesday's league stage matches in the UEFA Champions League.
Croatia's Marin Cilic swept past Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to win the U.S. Open on Monday and reach the pinnacle of the sport one year after a doping ban kept him out of the year's final Grand Slam.
Spanish striker Raul scored twice in an impressive 3-1 victory.
France overwhelmed Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium on Sunday to lift the trophy for the second time in 20 years.
Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber upset second seeds Wynn Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja to enter the semi-finals in the WTA Hyderabad Open.
Wimbledon will herald a new men's champion and for the four players left in the draw, the moment has been a long time coming.
Glynn Hewitt says his son had been unfairly criticised after his first-round loss at Wimbledon to Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
Marin Cilic, thrashed by Roger Federer in straight sets in Sunday's Wimbledon final, said he had been suffering from a blister in his foot during the showpiece clash.
They drew 1-1 with PSV Eindhoven to make sure of a berth in the pre-quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Murray, who suffered an elbow injury in March and made his return from a five-week layoff on Wednesday after a first-round bye, won the opening set in 48 minutes before losing concentration.
Photos from the Wimbledon matches on Day 1
The World Cup and World Rapid champion beat Miso Cebalo to make the grade in the Corsica Masters.
The British ace was beaten by defending champion David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.
The Wimbledon champion was dumped by the world No. 47 in the second round of the Swiss Indoors.
Somdev Devvarman, India's No 1 singles player, was knocked out of the ATP Atlanta Open by American qualifier Jared Donaldson on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Davis Cupper, who also entered the main draw of the event through the qualifiers, lost 1-6, 6-3, 4-6.
The last three league meetings between the two sides, including October's game at Anfield, have ended in draws but Lovren said Liverpool were intent on coming away with all three points on Saturday.
The former Wimbledon champion has recovered from shoulder surgery and will represent Croatia in the first round tie in February.
The F1 ace won the award for the third time. Croatian Alpine skiing star Janica Kostelic was voted the European Sportswoman of the Year for 2002.
Ana Konjuh has opened some eyes at Flushing Meadows as the 18-year-old former world number one junior emerged to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final at the US Open.
The 2.08-metre qualifier earned the applause of a tightly packed crowd squashed on to benches round court number 14.
The defending champion was beaten by qualifier Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the first round at Wimbledon.
Roger Federer has rejigged his coaching team for next year by parting company with Stefan Edberg and bringing Ivan Ljubicic on board, the 17-time Grand Slam champion said on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Sixteen-year-old Croatian Donna Vekic was denied her first WTA title as she lost 7-6(5), 6-4 to Tour stalwart Daniela Hantuchova in the Aegon Classic final in Birmingham on Sunday.
A leading Turkish soccer club have banned their players from growing beards after their chairman said they looked like students of Islamic vocational schools and set a bad example.
Playing his first match after a three-month injury layoff, a patched-up Tim Henman was humbled 6-4 6-2 by Croatian Ivan Ljubicic in the first round of the World Indoor Tournament on Tuesday.
Goran Ivanisevic and Ivan Ljubicic rallied from two sets down to beat James Blake and Mardy Fish in the doubles, in the Davis Cup first-round tie.\n\n
British pair Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot defeated Canadians Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil in four sets in Ottawa to give Britain a 2-1 lead ahead of Sunday's reverse singles.
Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro became the first player through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open as she dug herself out of a hole to beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit 4-6, 6-4 ,8-6 on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Having let three match points slide in the fourth set against Roger Federer on Centre Court, Marin Cilic may be forgiven for wanting to rewind the video and replay the key moments again. His Swiss conqueror snatched a pulsating fourth-set tiebreak 11-9 before winning 6-7(4) 4-6 6-3 7-6(9) 6-3 to reach his 11th Wimbledon semi-final and keep up the tilt for an eighth title.
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