Lionel Messi overhauled Real Madrid great Alfredo Di Stefano's La Liga goals tally as Barcelona and Atletico Madrid each won on Saturday to pull three points clear of Real at the top.
'The poetry of the earth is never dead,' John Keats once wrote. But when Keats wrote these lines, man had no way of reaching up to the hem of the sky and gaze down upon earth.
Stand-in defender Vlad Chiriches atoned for an early blunder by scoring his first Serie A goal to help Napoli come from behind and beat Chievo 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday, putting them level at the top with Juventus.
The Brazilian scored twice in a 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid that sent Real Madrid to the top of the Primera Liga.
Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved is almost certain to miss his club's Champions League second leg match with Real Madrid.
Diego Costa scored twice as Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 3-0 to maintain their winning home run this season and keep pace with Barcelona at the top of the La Liga table.
Images from Monday's IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab, in Hyderabad.
A 5-0 victory over Racing Santander left Real three points behind Barcelona with three games to play after this weekend's matches.
The United States and Cuba have announced that they have formally re-established diplomatic relations after 54-year freeze and would reopen embassies in their respective capitals from July 20, a major step towards normalisation of ties between the Cold War foes.
Several other students were injured in the shooting.
IMAGES from football matches played in the Spain, Germany and Portugal on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old left winger has been the outstanding Spanish player in the Primera Liga this season.
Real Madrid beat Leganes 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday after coach Zinedine Zidane heavily rotated his side in preparation for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich, including leaving out top-scorer Cristiano Ronaldo.
Didier Deschamps said his team's startling success was brought about by forcing the Spanish favourites out of their comfortable stride.
An unbeaten 96 by Pravanjan Mallick helped Orissa post 217 for four on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate division semi-final against Madhya Pradesh.
Skipper Raul scored from the penalty spot 12 minutes into the second half as Spain escaped with a 1-1 draw.
Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain and evergreen AS Roma forward Francesco Totti lit up Serie A on Monday as the two teams won in contrasting fashion to boost their bids for an automatic Champions League spot.
Lionel Messi created a goal and scored another as Barcelona came from behind to beat struggling Rayo Vallecano 3-1 at home on Saturday and stay seven points clear at the top of La Liga.
Reigning champions Real Madrid took advantage of Valencia's defeat against Deportivo to move up to second.
Real Madrid scored a 2-1 victory over the Thai national team in their last match of their Asian tour.
But for third-placed Spurs, who trail leaders Manchester City and Liverpool by five points, this may prove to be a loss that leaves them with too much ground to make up.
Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0 on Wednesday in a King's Cup quarter-final first leg victory.
Bayern Munich booked their fifth successive Champions League semi-final spot with a 2-2 draw at Benfica on Wednesday to seal a 3-2 aggregate victory that kept the Germans on course for a treble of titles.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Boca Juniors edged out AC Milan 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out following an absorbing 1-1 draw after extra time to win the World Club Cup.
Former Brazil forward Ronaldo said on Wednesday he will try to get back into shape with an eye on coming out of retirement to play for North American second division club Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
Orissa declared their innings at 466 for eight, taking a first innings lead of 231 runs, and then reduced Goa to 41 for one in their second knock.
A maiden unbeaten knock of 119 by opener Swapnil Asnodkar helped Goa to a position of strength.
