A summary of the concluding day's action in the German Cup, French Cup and La Liga.
Images from the Malaysian Grand Prix race at Sepang Circuit.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso emphasised the positives on Sunday after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel dashed the Spaniard's hopes of seizing back the lead in the Formula One championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Had he not jumped the start, Fernando Alonso might have won Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix and gone home with his second win in four races. As it was, in a chaotic race rich in incident, Spain's feisty double world champion provided a talking point later on with a move full of significance for the Ferrari driver's season.
As impressive as those results have been, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner took the opportunity after the race to issue a scary warning that his team is capable of winning every grand prix this season.
Kimi Raikkonen, the only man standing between 24-year-old Alonso and the title, made an error in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. and starts on the third row in fifth place.
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has accused rivals Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso of coming in his way during various stages of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
Renault's Fernando Alonso will replace Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season, the Italian team said Wednesday. Spain's Alonso, World champion in 2005 and 2006, has signed a three-year deal and will partner Felipe Massa next year.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso turned up for a race-fixing hearing on Monday that could determine Renault's Formula One future.
The Renault driver held off a strong challenge from seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
Sebastian Vettel looked forward to following in Michael Schumacher's Formula One footsteps after Ferrari confirmed on Thursday that the four times world champion would replace Fernando Alonso next season on a three-year deal.
Fernando Alonso on Thursday refused to categorically rule out leaving current team Ferrari as soon as next season for either former outfit McLaren or reigning champions Red Bull.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen sang "Viva Las Vegas" after racing to a record-extending 18th victory of the season and joining Sebastian Vettel in third place on Formula One's all-time winners' list.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won the European Grand Prix on Sunday to become the first repeat winner of the Formula One season after eight races.
Fernando Alonso warned McLaren they were making him look like an amateur.
New Chelsea signings David Luiz and Marcos Alonso are not ready for a first-team place in Sunday's Premier League clash with SwanseaCity, manager Antonio Conte said on Friday.
Fernando Alonso has said he will do what he can to help Ferrari's Felipe Massa beat Lewis Hamilton to the Formula One title.
David Coulthard doesn't feel sorry for the multi million pound worth Spaniard.
Renault's Fernando Alonso condemned racist supporters on Friday after hate messages were posted on a Spanish website targeting Formula One title favourite Lewis Hamilton. McLaren's Hamilton, the sport's first black driver, is poised to become the youngest Formula One champion at the age of 23 in Sunday's season-ending race.
A lacklustre Bayern Munich needed a long-range goal from Spaniard Xabi Alonso to secure a 1-0 victory over Darmstadt 98 on Tuesday that put them into the quarter-finals of the German Cup.
Fernando Alonso won his first race in more than a year on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was unshaken in his belief that he can win this season's Formula One title despite rival Sebastian Vettel taking another dominant pole position at the Indian Grand Prix on Saturday.
Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from McLaren team mate and bitter rival Fernando Alonso with a last gasp flying lap at the end of a wet and foggy Japanese Grand Prix qualifying session on Saturday.
'I never thought I would have such a great career and I hope there are still some more things to be added to those'
'McLaren car is 100 percent ready'
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has left midfielder Xabi Alonso and forward Karim Benzema out of his squad for Saturday's La Liga game at bottom side Deportivo La Coruna as they continue their recuperation from minor injuries.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore dismissed rumours of Fernando Alonso moving out of the French team at the end of the 2008 season.
The Spaniard said it is hard to predict the outcome of the British Grand Prix, with Ferrari resurgent after a one-two in France.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso rewrote the Formula One form book by winning his home Spanish Grand Prix for the second time on Sunday.
Fernando Alonso won the Italian Grand Prix while teammate Lewis Hamilton finished close on his heels on second.
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