Zhang was competing at the Asian Junior Championship in Yogyakarta when he collapsed on court.

Ronaldo had a chance to put Portugal ahead late in the first period of extra-time in a tense, goalless tie in Frankfurt.

It took an own goal, the tournament's ninth, with just five minutes remaining in Duesseldorf to give France a nerve-jangling victory that raised fresh questions about the form of their key forwards.

Zhang Zhijie was taken ill during a match late Sunday against Japan's Kazuma Kawano at the Asian Junior Badminton Mixed Team Championships.

Another embarrassing exit for English football at a major tournament was looming in Gelsenkirchen until Bellingham's acrobatic effort in the 95th minute broke Slovak hearts.

"I can imagine how everybody's going to react to that even though we've won, but we're still in there," Southgate said. "We want to be better, I'm not going to hide from that. But the spirit and the character was there for everybody to see."

Matches will be played on a home-and-away basis from this September to June 2025, with the top two in each group qualifying directly for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and teams finishing third and fourth in their groups will advance to the fourth round of Asian qualifying.

While Zlatko Dalic's side were drawn in arguably the toughest group, alongside Spain, Italy and Albania, their return of two points was a disappointing haul for the 2022 World Cup semi-finalists. 

"Do you have quite some time? Because I can list quite a few mistakes," Koeman told reporters after Austria grabbed a thrilling 3-2 win over the Netherlands that sent them into the last 16 at Euro 2024 as group winners.

Gareth Southgate's side have struggled to find their best form in the tournament and delivered another unimpressive performance in Cologne, one that will do little to silence the mounting criticism back home.

The French are through to the last 16 after emerging unbeaten from the first round, but Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Poland in Dortmund meant they finished second in Group D behind Austria.

Kenyan runners won the top men's and women's divisions at the Jakarta International Marathon (JAKIM) 2024 on Sunday.

Mbappe watched from the bench as an unused substitute in Leipzig, the new Real Madrid recruit forced to wear a mask in training this week after breaking his nose in France's opening game of the tournament.

The Czechs had soaked up Portugal's first-half pressure under torrential rain in Leipzig before stunning one of the pre-tournament favourites early in the second period.

The Czech gamble - conceding possession and defending in numbers - looked set to pay off with a valuable point in their first group game, but a calamitous closing half-hour from defender Robin Hranac saw them leave Leipzig empty-handed. 

The much-fancied Belgians lost their opening Group E game 1-0 to Slovakia at the Frankfurt Arena, giving up an early goal and then being held at bay by some dogged defending.

Portugal won Euro 2016 and are spearheaded by 39-year-old superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo, preparing to play at a record-extending sixth Euros.

The France captain, to his credit, was sublime in creating the goal that beat Austria 1-0, but his failure to score at a Euros will weigh heavily on a player who has found the net 12 times at World Cups, including a hat-trick in the 2022 final.

Mbappe's head violently collided with the shoulder of Austrian defender Kevin Danso as they competed for the ball in the air late in the Group D opener in Duesseldorf.

Luciano Spalletti's Italy take on Albania in Dortmund in the first of three clashes in a fiendishly difficult Group B which also contains Spain and Croatia.

Indonesia's 2-0 win against the Philippines on Tuesday allows the team to advance to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification.

After three dismal tournaments in a row -- including going out in the group stage at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups -- Julian Nagelsmann's side take on the challenge of putting Germany back among Europe's heavyweights.

The 40-year-old became a hero overnight in the country of 1.4 billion people after his saves during Singapore's match at Thailand helped China squeeze into the next qualifying round.

The loss in Doha on Tuesday dashed India's dreams of reaching the third round of Asian qualifying for the World Cup for the first time.

The Indonesian team has only been represented once at a World Cup, in 1938, when it was still under colonial rule and known as the Dutch East Indies.

Regular World Cup qualifiers Japan, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Iran have already confirmed their progress, claiming spots among the 18 countries that will battle for the eight guaranteed berths at the finals in two years' time.

As Japan's Hideki Matsuyama marks a decade in professional golf, we take a look back at how he evolved from his breakthrough victory at The Memorial Tournament in 2024 to becoming Asia’s most decorated golfer.