Real Madrid ended a turbulent week with a 2-0 LaLiga win over lowly Levante on Saturday courtesy of second-half goals from Kylian Mbappe and Raul Asencio.
Six of the 12 Indian badminton players were barred from participating at the World University Games due to an alleged administrative lapse.
Bayern Munich will secure the Bundesliga title on Saturday
Bayern Munich earned a nervous 1-0 win at St Pauli thanks to a sensational 28-metre drive from Jamal Musiala to stay unbeaten.
Piotr Zielinski converted two penalties for Inter Milan as they played out a thrilling 4-4 draw with Juventus.
A summary of Saturday's action in the LaLiga, Serie A and Bundesliga.
A round-up of Saturday's action in LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A and Bundesliga.
Bayern Munich's Bundesliga woes continued on Saturday when they blew a two-goal lead in a 3-3 home draw with VfL Bochum while promoted Hoffenheim took over at the top. Bayern were leading 3-1 with seven minutes to go through goals from Daniel van Buyten and Ze Roberto (2) only to allow Bochum to stage a comeback with two bad defensive lapses inside three minutes.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Serie A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga
Paris St. Germain's unbeaten start to their Ligue 1 season continued on Friday with a comfortable 3-1 win over Rennes at the Parc des Princes that saw Bradley Barcola score twice to keep them top of the standings.
Bayern Munich eased into the German Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 victory over 10-man VfL Bochum on Wednesday with Robert Lewandowski scoring twice to keep their treble hopes on track.
Bayer Leverkusen crushed hosts VfL Bochum 5-0 to stretch their remarkable unbeaten run across all competitions this season to 50 consecutive matches.
Bayer Leverkusen are the first team in the history of the Bundesliga to complete a full season without a loss.
Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski scored a quick-fire second-half double to set the leaders on course for a thrashing of Real Madrid.
All the action from football matches played in Europe on Wednesday
Record-breaking Kane scores hat-trick in Bayern's 7-0 demolition of Bochum
Images from football matches held across Europe on Saturday
Paris St Germain closed out the year on a high as they maintained their five-point advantage at the top of the table.
Images from matches played across European leagues on Saturday
Football action from across Europe in matches played on Saturday
Doan equalised in the 75th minute before Asano showed lovely control and smashed the winner in from a tight angle -- causing an explosion of joy among the Japan bench and head shaking among German fans used to watching both players ply their trade in the Bundesliga.
Bayern come from behind to beat gutsy Mainz 2-1 and widen gap.
IMAGES from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday.
Images from the football matches played on Tuesday.
Strikes from Freiburg's Ritsu Doan and VfL Bochum's Takuma Asano, who struck from fellow Bundesliga player Ko Itakura's deep free kick, gave the Asians their first ever win over Germany.
A stunning strike by Romelu Lukaku gave Inter Milan a 2-1 win at Brescia on Tuesday although they had to cling on for three points in the face of heavy pressure from the promoted side.
Bayern Munich all but secured the Bundesliga title with victory over VfL Bochum. The English Premier League contest will go to the wire next Sunday as leaders Chelsea and second-placed Manchester United both won. Inter's 2-0 win at Lazio was cheered by both sets of fans because it meant the home team's bitter city rivals AS Roma dropped back to second.
Neuer sidelined for 'coming weeks' after knee surgery - Bayern
Schalke 04 overpowered local rivals VfL Bochum 3-0 to strengthen their bid for a return to the Champions League.
Images from football action around European leagues played on Sunday
A round-up of Saturday's action in La Liga and the Bundesliga.
Marseille cement second place with Montpellier win
Images from the UEFA Champions League group matches played on Wednesday night.
The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.
Bayern Munich effectively won the Bundesliga on Saturday when a Thomas Mueller hat-trick gave them a 3-1 win over VfL Bochum while rivals Schalke 04 lost 2-0 at home to Werder Bremen.
A match-fixing ring with more than 200 suspected members fixed or tried to fix around 200 matches across Europe, including three in the Champions League, in what UEFA called the biggest betting scandal in Europe.
Severe winter weather has been causing chaos for many across parts of Europe
A round-up of Saturday's action in Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga.
Juergen Klinsmann said on Sunday he had spent a restless night after he and his Bayern Munich team were booed off following a 3-3 draw at home to Bochum. Bayern squandered a two-goal lead in the second half and now sit down in 11th place in the table, seven points behind the leaders.
Manchester United's lead in England was cut to three points when they could only play out a 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough while Chelsea won 2-0 at Manchester City. A round-up of weekend action in the main European leagues.
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