Thursday September 26
COPA SUDAMERICANA: Colon
of Argentina will meet Ecuador’s
Independiente del Valle in the Final,
on November 9, after beating Brazil’s
Atletico Mineiro on penalties.
ENGLAND: Derby County’s Tom
Lawrence and Mason Bennett are
charged with drink-driving following
a crash on Tuesday night that ruled
the Championship club’s captain
Richard Keogh out for the rest of
the season with a knee injury. A
proposal for Bury to be admitted to
League Two next season is rejected.
ITALY: Milan and Internazionale
shortlist two designs for a new
60,000-seat stadium which will
be built next to their San Siro
home over the next three years
at an expected cost of €650m.
SPAIN: Barcelona are found guilty
of making an illegal approach to
Antoine Griezmann ahead of his
€120m move from Atletico Madrid,but are fined just €300 by the
Royal Spanish Football Federation.Friday September 27
PORTUGAL: Silas becomes
Sporting’s third coach in just over
three weeks, and the fifth in less
than 11 months, replacing Leonel
Pontes, who had been interim boss
following Marcel Keizer’s dismissal.
TA J I K STA N : Istiklol beat Kuktosh
6-1 to win their sixth consecutive
league title and a record-breaking
eighth championship in total.Saturday September 28
ITALY: On loan from Manchester
United, Alexis Sanchez scores on
his first start as Internazionale win
3-1 at Sampdoria before he is sent
off early in the second half.
LAOS: League champions Lao
Toyota win the Commando LFF Cup,
beating Evo United 8-0 in the Final.
PHILIPPINES: Ceres–Negros’
national record of 16 consecutiveleague victories ends with a 1-1
draw at Stallion Laguna.
SPAIN: Atletico and Real draw
0-0 in the Madrid derby at
the Wanda Metropolitano.
THAILAND: PT Prachuap claim
their first major silverware, beating
Buriram United on penalties in the
League Cup Final.
TIMOR LESTE: Playing in the
top tier for the first time, Lalenok
United are crowned champions of
the Liga Futebol Amadora with a
3-2 victory over Academica Dili.Sunday September 29
GERMANY: Substitute Vedad
Ibisevic scores two goals with
his first two touches as Hertha
Berlin beat Cologne 4-0.
ITALY: Mario Balotelli scores his
fi rst goal for Brescia as they lose
2-1 away at Napoli.Monday September 30
CLUB WORLD CUP: The Education
City Stadium in Qatar will host one
semi-fi nal, the third-place play-off
and the Final, on December 21,
with Khalifa International Stadium
and Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
also hosting games.Tuesday October 1
AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Saudi
Arabia’s Al Hilal win 4-1 in Qatar
against Al Sadd in the away leg of
their semi-fi nal.
CONCACAF: Former CONCACAF
general secretary Enrique Sanz is
banned from all football-related
activity for life after being found
guilty of bribery.
COPA LIBERTADORES: Goals from
Rafael Santos Borre and Ignacio
Fernandez give River Plate a 2-0
lead after the home leg of their
semi-fi nal against Boca Juniors.
ERITREA: Five players, who are
believed to have sought asylum,
disappear the day before Eritrea’s
CECAFA Under-20 Challenge Cup
semi-fi nal against Kenya in Uganda.
UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE: Tottenham
Hotspur suffer their heaviest home
defeat in their 137-year history, losing
7-2 to Bayern Munich. Real Madrid
come from 2-0 down to draw 2-2
at home to Club Brugge as coach
Zinedine Zidane complains: “We
have never played as bad as we
did in the opening 45 minutes.”Wednesday October 2
AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Goals
from Fabricio and Takahiro Sekine
earn Urawa Red Diamonds a 2-0
lead over Guangzhou Evergrande
after their home semi-fi nal.
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