Stephanie Frappart became the first woman to referee a game in the French First Division when she took charge of the goalless draw between Amiens and Strasbourg.
Manchester City remains in control of the Premier League title race as they beat Burnley 1-0 on Sunday.
Liu Shiwen gave fellow Chinese Chen Meng an 11-0 beating en route to winning the women's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships on Saturday.
Top seed Fan Zhendong has suffered a defeat at the World Table Tennis Championships in Hungary. He was beaten by his teammate Liang Jingkun in five sets.
Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal beat Leonardo Mayer in three sets 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Barcelona Open.
Manchester City has kept the Premier League title in its sites by beating Manchester United 2-0 on Wednesday, climbing back above Liverpool with three games left this season.
Tottenham Hotspur beat Brighton 1-0 on Tuesday in the English Premier League to cement their place in the top four.
After a lacklustre season, the Phoenix Suns decided to fire head coach Igor Kokoskov on Tuesday.
Chinese track and field athlete Lyu Huihui has clinched the title in women's Javelin throw at the Asian Athletics Championships.
Chelsea missed out on the chance to go into third place in the Premier League standings after they were held to a 2-2 draw by Burnley.
Unai Emery said he is proud of what his Arsenal squad has achieved so far this season, despite their 3-2 defeat at home to Crystal Palace in the English Premier League on Sunday.
Three Chinese runners, one of whom gave the bib number to other people and the other two forged their qualification certificates for the 2019 Boston Marathon, were banned for life from competing in any road running race in China.
Alexandre Lacazette scored the only goal as Arsenal beat hosts Napoli 1-0 on Thursday to win the UEFA Europa League tie 3-0 on aggregate.
Fernando Llorente sent Tottenham into their first European Cup semi-final in 57 years.
Liverpool eased into a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona as a late flurry of goals saw them triumph 4-1 in Porto and 6-1 on aggregate on Wednesday.
Arsenal benefited from a bizarre goal following a goalkeeping error and Watford striker Troy Deeney's red card to claim a 1-0 win that lifted the team back into the English Premier League's top four on Monday.
Formula 1 celebrated its 1000th World Championship race as Lewis Hamilton dominated at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah blasted in a stunning long-range goal to seal Liverpool's 2-0 win over Chelsea that kept his team on top of the Premier League on Sunday.
Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience that watched memories turn into reality at Augusta National.