Crisis-hit Serie A club Parma have been docked a further two points and seen former president Tommaso Ghirardi and club official Pietro Leonardi handed four-month bans by league disciplinary officials on Friday.

Parma, who could be declared bankrupt at a hearing scheduled for March 19, were docked a point in December in relation to unpaid salaries from July, August and September 2014.

Joachim Loew has extended his contract as coach of world champions Germany until the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the German football federation (DFB) announced on Friday.

The 55-year-old Loew's previous contract took him through to Euro 2016, but he said the chance to extend the deal was not one he was going to allow to get away.

Jose Mourinho launched a passionate defense of his Chelsea team on Friday, two days after elimination from the Champions League in acrimonious circumstances by Paris Saint-Germain.

The Premier League leaders, who are at home to Southampton on Sunday, were knocked out on away goals after extra time despite the fact that PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic had been sent off as early as the 31st minute.

A Spanish judge has indicted Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu and his predecessor, Sandro Rosell, for tax fraud and fraudulent administration in a probe centering on the signing of Neymar.

Investigative magistrate Pablo Ruz accused the club and its management of fabricating a labyrinth of contracts to hide the real cost of signing the Brazil striker in 2013.

Defending champion Sevilla took a big step toward the Europa League quarterfinals after winning 3-1 at fellow Spanish club Villarreal in the first leg of last-16 matches on Thursday.

Villarreal was unbeaten at home in the Europa League before the match, and coach Marcelino Garcia's team scored 20 goals in eight games. One minute into the game, midfielder Victor Machin Perez put the visitors in front, and midfielder Stephane M'Bia added another midway through the first half.

Kyrie Irving had a career-high 57 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 128-125 overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA on Thursday.

Irving had the most points in the NBA this season, topping his 55-point game against Portland on Jan. 28. He scored nine points in the final minute of regulation to force overtime.

Mexico's best charro horsemen, wearing traditional wide-brimmed sombreros, lassoed galloping mares, flipped bulls by their tails and tested their mettle atop spirited horses on a recent weekend in Mexico City.

It was a national tournament of the country's official sport: charreria, or Mexican rodeo. The sport evolved over centuries from the demands of working life on ranches. The skills and traditional dress on display in charreria evoke a bygone era of hacienda life.

Sauber's legal dispute with Formula One driver Giedo van der Garde remains unresolved, with a further court hearing scheduled for Saturday.

The Supreme Court of the state of Victoria in Australia had ordered Sauber to honor the Dutch driver's contract this season despite having signed drivers Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr instead.

Carlo Ancelotti will remain as coach of Spanish giants Real Madrid for the foreseeable future after being given a resounding vote of confidence by club president Florentino Perez.

Despite a rocky start to 2015, Perez addressed a hastily-convened press conference on Thursday to dispel all doubts about the under-fire coach's future.

Zimbabwe was thrown out of 2018 World Cup qualifying on Thursday for failing to pay its national team coach.

FIFA's disciplinary committee said it took the action "as a result of the non-payment of an outstanding debt" by Zimbabwe's football federation to coach Jose Claudinei Georgini.