Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said good fortune and mental toughness were behind his team's penalty shootout win over Manchester United in Saturday's FA Cup final.
The English side drew goalless with Juventus in the second leg, but made it to the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 aggregate.
Fransa Pax failed to take advantage of the chances they had in the first half and drew goalless with Tollygunge in the National Football League.
Fine goalkeeping by Rajat Ghosh Dastidar enabled the defending champions escape with a goalless draw in the National Football League match.
A goalless draw against Chinese Taipei gave India the top spot in Group A.
Sunil Chetri struck four goals as the hosts routed Gujarat 6-0 in the opening match of the Santosh Trophy.
Barcelona's grip on top spot in the Primera Liga was strengthened when Real Madrid were held goalless by Real Betis and Valencia lost 2-1 to Racing Santander.
Dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick as defending champions India defeated South Korea 4-1 in their final round robin match to keep a clean slate and storm into the semi-finals of the Asian Champions Trophy.
France's goalless draw with Israel confirmed a lot of work will be needed to overcome the absence of Zinedine Zidane.
Colombia held Chile to a goalless draw in an unsavoury, foul-ridden World Cup qualifier match.
Former India hockey players raised Rs 100,000 for cancer afflicted Vivek Singh from an exhibition match.
Italy must forget all about the "Totti Factor" or they are in danger of coming unstuck against a confident, in-form Sweden.
The teams played out a disappointing goalless draw in the opening Euro 2004 Group B clash.
A round-up of weekend action in the major European leagues.
The Spanish club have the possibility of a first domestic and European double when they face Villarreal in the UEFA Cup semi-final.
Spanish rivals Villarreal and Valencia had to settle for a goalless draw in the first leg of their UEFA Cup semi-final.
Owen missed Newcastle United's goalless draw at Portsmouth at the weekend with a leg injury.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes his team's defensive errors gifted Chelsea the victory.
Barcelona must to wait to confirm a place in the Champions League last 16 after dropping points for the first time in Group D in an absorbing 0-0 draw at Olympiakos Piraeus on Tuesday.
Substitute Jesse Lingard struck twice in the second half as Manchester United fought back from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 Premier League draw with Burnley at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Arsenal won the FA Cup for the 10th time on Saturday when they beat arch-rivals Manchester United 5-4 on penalties.
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane scored his 100th goal for the club to help secure a 3-0 victory over lively Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield on Saturday.
Portugal played out a goalless draw against Austria after captain Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in their Euro 2016 Group F match at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Saturday.
The Chilean striker scored the winner in their UEFA Cup semi-final first leg against AZ Alkmaar.
Thierry Henry scored twice in a 3-2 victory in the English premiership.
The Argentine striker netted the only goal of the match as AC Milan scored an away victory over Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League first knockout round tie
Monaco beat Paris St Germain 2-0 and they are now third in the standings with 42 points from 23 games.
Atletico de Kolkata, reduced to ten men from the 43d minute, reached the final of the Indian Super League on goal aggregate after playing out a hard-tackling, goalless draw with Mumbai City FC in the second leg semi-final.
