The two drivers are vying for a place alongside Australian Mark Webber at BMW-Williams for next season.
Sweden beat Italy 1-0 to gain the upperhand after their World Cup playoff first leg on a chilly night, while a young England side held Germany goalless and Belgium drew 3-3 with Mexico despite Romelu Lukaku's double but France eased to a 2-0 victory against Wales.
Switzerland has opened the largest and deepest railway tunnel across the Alps.
Michael Schumacher led the team to a one-two victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Schumacher's Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello of Brazil crossed the line second with Spaniard Fernando Alonso third in a Renault.
"If he can do in a car what he does on a bike it would be fantastic. He would beat all of us," said Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello.
Skipper Raul scored from the penalty spot 12 minutes into the second half as Spain escaped with a 1-1 draw.
Yuki Bhambri emerged triumphant in the contest between the country's leading tennis players, brushing aside the challenge of India No 1 Somdev Devvarman in straight sets to breeze into the final of the ATP Challenger in Chennai on Friday. Ranked 71 places below his compatriot at 174, Yiki beat the top seeded 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 41 minutes in the semi-finals of the US $50,000 hard court event.
Formula One has banned 'team orders' but old habits die hard and sometimes not at all.
Last year team orders forced Rubens Barrichello to move over and let Schumacher win at Spielberg.
The 'Red Shark' looked impressive in Friday's practics for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Formula One said a tribute was in the works, with details to be confirmed. A minute's silence is likely before the race.
World champions Michael Schumacher finished sixth.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher has won the Spanish Grand Prix to equal the best start to a Formula One season with five wins in a row.
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Under Blatter, FIFA has handed its development money out strategically. Members of FIFA with only tiny populations have often received as much in grant money as those with massive populations.
'There is no one to blame for this crash,' said the younger Schumacher.
Chief Williams engineer Sam Michael said it was clear the team had some catching up to do but it was not all doom and gloom.
The Colombian had a blistering late lap to outpace his German team mate at Williams Ralf Schumacher.
India's biggest sporting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Abhinav Bindra and Vishwanathan Anand hailed PV Sindhu for her valiant performance in the Olympic final against world number one Carolina Marin. Abhinav Bindra in his message for Sindhu said that he wasn't as heartbroken after missing out on a medal himself as he is today (Saturday). India's only individual Olympic gold medallist tweeted: "I think I'm more heartbroken today (after Sindhu's loss in final) than I was a week ago! Well played @Pvsindhu1 you are an inspiration to me!"
Pusarla Sindhu sent Indian fans into a frenzy by blasting through Japan's Nozomi Okuhara to reach the gold medal decider for the women's singles at the Olympic badminton on Thursday.
Barcelona lost 1-0 at home to Real Zaragoza on a night of upsets in King's Cup quarter-final, first-leg ties on Thursday.
Karim Benzema scored twice after the interval with a penalty and a header from a corner to give Santiago Solari's side a 3-1 lead, after Raphael Varane struck in the 34th minute to cancel out Anuar Tuhami's goal for Valladolid five minutes earlier.
The German did a blistering lap in the first qualifying session for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver took the honours as F1 experienced single-shot qualifying for the first time.
The Real Madrid striker scored all the goals in a 3-1 win over Germany.
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