Summary of the Europa League semi-final matches played on Thursday.

Atletico Madrid secured a hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday thanks to an own-goal by Rui Silva and a header by Alvaro Morata as Diego Simeone's side ended a three-game winless run in all competitions.

Koopmeiners leads Atalanta past Milan into Coppa semis

Images from UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.

Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.

LaLiga leaders Barcelona's pursuit of a 27th Spanish title gained momentum after a 2-1 comeback win over Real Madrid.

Barcelona winger Raphinha secured a 1-0 win in LaLiga for the second straight week this time at Athletic Bilbao as his side tightened their grip on top spot.

Champions Real Madrid earned a 2-0 win in a feisty LaLiga encounter at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday to ensure they stayed in the hunt for the LaLiga title with leaders Barcelona.

The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.

A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.

A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.

A summary of Saturday's action in LaLiga, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga.

A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.

Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland

Lionel Messi scored his maiden goal for Paris St Germain in Tuesday's 2-0 Champions League victory against Manchester City.

Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.

Atletico Madrid took a giant step towards the La Liga title

Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho scored two poacher's goals as they beat Manchester United 3-1 in their FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday to set up a last-four clash against Southampton.

Lionel Messi was at the top of his game as Barcelona earned a 3-2 win at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday to move up to third in La Liga.

Images from football matches played across Europe on Sunday.

Here are the best images from across the world from the previous week.

Some of the big moments of the sporting world from 2010-2019!

A round-up of Saturday's action in Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga.

News of all that transpired on and off the football field

Galatasaray win 22nd Turkish title after beating closest rival

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

A summary of Tuesday night's matches in the UEFA champions League.

A summary of Thursday night's UEFA Champions League matches.

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Spain strolled to a 4-1 win at home to Israel, while Italy survived some first-half scares on the way to a 2-0 win and Ukraine registered a 1-0 home win over Ukraine in an action-packed game.

Lionel Messi is back in the Argentina squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Colombia after missing the last three due to injury in which his team have dropped seven points. Messi was named on Friday in coach Edgardo Bauza's 26-man squad and will captain Argentina away to arch-rivals Brazil in Belo Horizonte on Nov. 10 and at home against Colombia in San Juan five days later. Argentina have slipped down the South American group standings to fifth after a shock 1-0 home defeat by Paraguay and 2-2 draws with Peru and Venezuela, all without Messi.

European heavyweights Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Paris St Germain all maintained their leads and Benfica toppled Sporting Lisbon.

A summary of the results of the football matches played across Europe on Sunday

Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez secured victory over nine-man Atletico Madrid in La Liga's top of the table clash, while Juventus won a 12th straight Serie A game to stay hot on the heels of leaders Napoli.

CONCACAF big guns Mexico, the United States and Costa Rica all got off to winning starts on Friday in their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by