Global diary
Friday August 30
BOSNIA: Former international captain Emir Spahic is reported to be in a serious but stable condition following a car crash the previous evening near the town of Gacko in the south of the country.
FRANCE: Metz lose 2-0 at home to Paris Saint-Germain in a game that is briefly suspended due to a homophobic banner among home supporters – making it the second Ligue 1 game to be halted for such a reason in three days.
GERMANY: Timo Werner scores his first Bundesliga hat-trick as RB Leipzig maintain their 100 per cent start to the season with a 3-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach.
Saturday August 31
COLOMBIA: With Envigado’s opening goal in a 3-3 draw with Rionegro, Jhon Duran becomes the second youngest scorer of all time in the Colombian top tier at the age of 15 years and 261 days.
ENGLAND: Liverpool win 3-0 at Burnley to set a club record of 13 consecutive league victories.
GERMANY: Union Berlin win in the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, beating Borussia Dortmund 3-1.
HONG KONG: Reigning champions Tai Po begin the new league season with a 4-1 loss at home to R&F.
ITALY: Kalidou Koulibaly’s own goal in injury time gifts Juventus a 4-3 victory after visitors Napoli had fought back from 3-0 down.
PORTUGAL: Sebastian Coates concedes three penalties and is sent off as Sporting lose 3-2 at home to Rio Ave.
SOUTH AFRICA: Molefi Ntseki, who has never played professionally or coached a top-flight club, is appointed national coach.
