Qatar will host East Zone matches for Asia's Champions League after the West Zone games were successfully staged in the Gulf state following a long coronavirus hiatus, officials said Friday.

The East Zone teams, which come from countries including Japan, China and Australia, will play their remaining matches in Doha from November 18 to December 13, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said.

Switzerland's Liverpool forward Xherdan Shaqiri has finally returned a negative Covid-19 test, but that of Borussia Dortmund's Manuel Akanji came back positive, the Swiss football federation announced on Thursday.

Petra Kvitova returned to the French Open semi-finals for the first time in eight years on Wednesday after defeating Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-3, describing Roland Garros as her "lucky place".

The specter of empty stands and uncertainty over future broadcast and commercial contracts failed to halt the Premier League's arms race as clubs again splashed out more than £1 billion in the transfer window.

Argentina's Nadia Podoroska became the first qualifier in the Open era on Tuesday to reach the women's semi-finals at Roland Garros after stunning third seed Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4.

Ukraine have just one fit goalkeeper for Wednesday's friendly with world champions France after Real Madrid's Andriy Lunin and Yuriy Pankiv contracted coronavirus following first-choice Andriy Pyatov's positive test earlier in the week.

A musical about the life of legendary Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff is set to start late next year, paying tribute to one of the game's greatest-ever players.

Manchester United responded to their defensive woes by signing Brazil left-back Alex Telles from Porto for a reported initial fee of 13.5 million ($14.8 million) on Monday.

Luke Shaw gave a damning assessment of Manchester United as the defender admitted his side "gave up" in their "embarrassing" 6-1 defeat against Tottenham on Sunday.

Petra Kvitova returned to the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in eight years on Monday while Novak Djokovic continued his bid to become the first man in half a century to win all four Grand Slam titles twice.