Juventus clinched their sixth successive Serie A title, and completed a third league and cup double in a row, when they beat relegation-threatened Crotone 3-0 on Sunday.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 500th club goal of his career
Lazio, having endured a miserable start to the season, had high hopes of victory at Genoa, who were languishing in the relegation zone at the start of the day.
IMAGES from Serie A matches played in Italy on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark's opening game of the European Championship.
Borussia Dortmund beat Hertha Berlin 3-2 on penalties to reach the German Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday after the match finished 1-1 after extra time.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus strolled to a 3-0 home win over bottom side Crotone in the Italian Serie A on Monday, with the victory taking the champions up to third in the standings.
Cristiano Ronaldo has no symptoms of the coronavirus but will miss Portugal's UEFA Nations League game against Sweden on Wednesday
Mauricio Pinilla converted a late penalty to give Atalanta a 2-1 win over Inter Milan and condemn their troubled opponents to a third successive Serie A defeat on Sunday.
Napoli brush aside lowly Crotone to go third in Serie A.
Unai Emery's Villarreal were much improved in the second half and had spurned numerous chances before Moreno's leveller.
A round-up of matches played in the Serie A and French Ligue 1 on Sunday
Barcelona snatched a late 2-1 win at Getafe with Paulinho's strike sending them seven points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.
A summary of sports events and sports persons who made news on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid took a giant step towards the La Liga title
Miralem Pjanic's free kick gave Juventus a 2-1 win at Chievo on Sunday as goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon celebrated his 600th Serie A appearance.
The result also means second-placed Real Sociedad can reclaim top spot if they beat Eibar on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi rescued a 1-1 draw at Villarreal with a sensational late free-kick on Sunday but could not prevent the champions finishing the weekend third in La Liga, five points behind leaders Real Madrid.
Barcelona have emerged as favourites to be crowned champions after one defeat in their last 22 Liga games.
Images from football matches played in Europe on Sunday.
Images from matches played across top football leagues in Europe.
Champions Juventus returned to the top of Serie A with a 4-0 home rout of Cagliari on Wednesday, while former leaders Napoli dropped to second after being held to a goalless draw at Genoa.
Former Bayern Munich coach Flick takes over Germany to 2024
A summary of Sunday's action in Serie A and La Liga.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A round-up of the top-flight football matches played across Italy and Germany on Sunday
Lionel Messi scored a 50th freekick goal for Barcelona as he led his side to a quick-fire comeback to win 3-2 at Valencia on Sunday and keep the pressure on La Liga title rivals Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.
IMAGES from soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
Italy coach Antonio Conte is among 130 people who face formal investigation.
AC Milan beat visitors Lazio 2-0 to claim consecutive Serie A wins for the first time since February thanks to Carlos Bacca's fifth goal of the season and an M'Baye Niang penalty on Tuesday.
Napoli suffered their first defeat of the season on Sunday when they lost 1-0 at lowly Atalanta while Serie A leaders Juventus surged on with a 3-0 win at Empoli, helped by a Gonzalo Higuain brace.
Genoa blew away Serie A leaders Juventus on Sunday, scoring three times in an astonishing first half hour on the way to a pulsating 3-1 win.
A summary of results from matches played in the Italian Serie A and Ligue 1
Images from football matches played across Europe on Sunday.
Draxler makes PSG debut as holders advance into French Cup last 32
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