FC Bayern München moved to within one point of the Bundesliga summit following a 2-1 victory at FC Schalke 04, as TSG 1899 Hoffenheim surrendered their league leadership by losing 1-0 at Hertha BSC Berlin.

Former R. Standard de Liège, Coventry City FC, Udinese Calcio and Belgian international right-back Régis Genaux passed away at the age of 35 on Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his home inChaudfontiane.

UEFA Champions League contenders FC Girondins de Bordeaux are likely to be without goalkeeper Matthieu Valverde for at least a week after he suffered a head injury during his team's 2-0 win over AJ Auxerre on Saturday.

Shunsuke Nakamura is a doubt for Celtic FC's UEFA Champions League trip to Aalborg BK on 25 November after missing the Scottish champions' win over Motherwell FC on Saturday with a knee injury sustained in training.

FK Ekranas sealed their first Lithuanian title since 2005 after a 5-1 win over FK algiris Vilnius gave them an unassailable A Lyga lead over nearest rivals FBK Kaunas.

Kalmar FF claimed the Swedish title for the first time in the club's 98-year history on Sunday after earning the point they needed to secure the championship, drawing 2-2 at Halmstads BK on the final day of term.

Stade Rennais FC inflicted a fifth consecutive Ligue 1 loss on AS Saint-Etienne, winning 3-0 away from home to leap up to fourth, while Ludovic Giuly gave Paris Saint-Germain FC a 1-0 win over LOSC Lille Métropole.

Two Nicolas Anelka goals took Chelsea FC back to the Premier League summit with a 2-0 win at Blackburn Rovers FC, while Tottenham Hotspur FC climbed off the bottom by triumphing 2-1 at nine-man Manchester City FC.

A last-gasp Julio Cruz goal handed FC Internazionale Milano a 1-0 success over Udinese Calcio, giving José Mourinho's men control of Serie A as city rivals AC Milan failed to reclaim top spot with a 1-1 draw at US Lecce.

Villarreal CF are back up to second in the Spanish Liga after emerging 2-1 winners at home against UD Almería, but there was frustration for Club Atlético de Madrid, who could only draw 0-0 at bottom side CA Osasuna.

MFK Dinamo Moskva are one point away from becoming the only team to compete in all three UEFA Futsal Cup final four events after opening up a lead in Elite round Group C with one match to go in Zagreb.

Vålerenga IF won the Norwegian Cup for the fourth time after a convincing 4-1 victory over league champions Stabæk IF in the final, a success that will put them among the entrants for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League.

Adds details in paras 4-10) MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - An accident aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean killed 20 and injured another 22 people, a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee said on Sunday. The accident

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MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - An accident aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean killed 20 and injured another 22 people, a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee said on Sunday. The accident occurred late on Saturday during

MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - At least 20 people were killed and another 21 injured in an accident on a Russian Pacific Fleet nuclear submarine which was undergoing routine tests, an aide to the Russian Navy commander said on

VLADIVOSTOK, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - North Korean border guards detained a Russian ship in the Sea of Japan with 14 crewmembers on its board, the Russian Far Eastern regional rescue and coordination centre said on Sunday. The Stepan Demeshev

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow hopes for a more constructive dialog with the administration of Barack Obama about the deployment of U.S. missile defense shield elements in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Democrat Obama, who

Broadcaster and writer Dame Joan Bakewell is appointed a champion of the elderly by the government.