Fifty years ago the plane carrying Manchester United home from Belgrade crashed after a refuelling stop at Munich.
On a good night for English clubs in the Europa League, Manchester United hammered AZ Alkmaar 4-0, while Wolverhampton Wanderers also thrashed Besiktas 4-0 in Group K, and Arsenal came from two goals down to draw 2-2 away to Standard Liege and finish first in their pool. The upset of the night came in Group J as Crivelli scored a 90th-minute winner against Borussia Moenchengladbach to send Basaksehir through and knock the Germans out, with AS Roma grabbing the runner-up spot thanks to a 2-2 home draw with Wolfsberger as the Europa League group stage concluded on Thursday.
Top seed Ana Ivanovic beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-3 in the Pacific Life Open final on Sunday.
The Australian Open champion believes Roger Federer's top ranking is under threat from himself, second-ranked Nadal and fourth-ranked Russian Nikolay Davydenko. Djokovic, who piled up five ATP titles in 2007, has targeted another year of consistent performances and wants to produce his best form in the big events.
After Marat Safin and Marcos Baghdatis, Lleyton Hewitt, the lone star in the player field, is also unlikely to grace the tournament after pulling out of the crucial Davis Cup match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in Belgrade due to a viral infection.
Teeanger Borna Coric completed an unlikely comeback for Croatia as the small Balkan nation beat the United States 3-2 in a Davis Cup quarter-final in Oregon on Sunday.
Novak Djokovic was given a raucous welcome by around 15,000 fans in central Belgrade on Saturday following his win in the Australian Open.
Rafael Nadal put in some late-night overtime to drag hosts Spain into the Davis Cup semi-finals but Novak Djokovic's hopes were dashed in excruciating fashion as Serbia bowed out on Friday.
The world No 1 is certainly buoyed by the prospect of emulating his achievement of holding all four majors but knows that nothing less than perfection will be required.
Four-time European Champions Ajax Amsterdam were felled at the first hurdle of the continent's second tier Europa League on Thursday, exiting in the group stage two days after rivals PSV Eindhoven celebrated long-awaited success.
List of major transfers in the top Premier League ahead of the 2019-20 season (all transfer fees as reported by British media):
Substitute Toni Kroos hit a last-gasp winner as four-times European champions Bayern Munich came from behind to win 3-2 at Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Cup.
Tottenham Hotspur have been charged by UEFA after their Europa League game against Partizan Belgrade on Thursday was suspended for several minutes following three separate pitch invasions which appeared to be part of an online prank.
Industry analysts said Air India would have to scout for multiple avenues for sourcing pilots as the capacity of the state-run Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi has reached saturation.
A tainted AC Milan side, 2005 winners Liverpool and last season's finalists Arsenal will top the bill when the Champions League final qualifying round gets underway this week.
Jelena Jankovic beat Czech Nicole Vaidisova while Ana Ivanovic upset 2006 runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Andy Murray is prepared to switch from grasscourts to clay in a matter of days to play for champions Britain against Serbia in the Davis Cup, the world number two said on Friday.
Ana Ivanovic fought back from a set to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the final of the German Open.
Tottenham Hotspur's Erik Lamela scored a stunning 'rabona' goal to light up Thursday's Europa League ties, wrapping his left boot round the back of his right leg 20 metres out and blasting the ball into the top corner.
The former world No 4 denied recent suggestions from her father that she had been kidnapped.
Romanians Astra handed West Ham United their first competitive defeat at the London Stadium as Slaven Bilic's team were beaten in the Europa League playoffs on Thursday.
Lazio have appealed against a one-match stadium ban imposed for misbehaviour, including racist abuse, by their fans during a UEFA Cup match last month.
AC Milan and Liverpool won their Champions League qualifying rounds.
'Climbing up a ranking seems to be easier than stabilising a position in the top-20,' says teen tennis sensation Ana Ivanovic.
Factbox on Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Great Britain's Andy Murray who will contest his sixth Australian Open men's singles final on Sunday.
The owner of Bulgarian premier league soccer club Lokomotiv Plovdiv was killed after they beat OFK Belgrade in the UEFA Cup second qualification round.
'I had to learn to be patient. I am a different player and a different person than I was three years ago. I still believe I can repeat that 2015-2016 streak when I won four slams in a row, I wouldn't be here if I didn't.'
That flash of light in the sky followed by thunder can be both mesmerising and scary. Rediff.com presents some amazing pictures of lightning captured by ace lensmen.
A floundering Novak Djokovic should seek advice from evergreen Swiss maestro Roger Federer in order to rediscover his vintage self, the Serb's former Davis Cup coach Bogdan Obradovic said.
Russia's newest completed World Cup stadium, the Otkrytie Arena, in Moscow, was opened by the country's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
Former Czechoslovakia coach Jozef Venglos says the current Czech side have many qualities of the team he helped guide to the 1976 European title.
Images from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday
He had played a major role in the downfall of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic's regime.
Inter, Liverpool sweating on last-16 spots
There is never a dull moment in the sporting world and this weekend was no different.
Sports Ministry formally recognises yogasana as competitive sport.
The Italians drew 2-2 in Greece against Egaleo, a result which sends Middlesbrough, Villarreal and Partizan Belgrade through as the three qualifiers from Group E.
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