Dutch PSV Eindhoven beat Turkish Galatasaray 2-0 Tuesday night, securing a place in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.

Thanks to a last-gasp shot from Didier Drogba, Chelsea drew 2-2 with hosts Barcelona in a scintillating European Champions League game on Tuesday, while Liverpool, Bayern Munich, PSV and Valencia qualified for the knockout stage.

Defending champion Italy was upset by Serbia and Montenegro 1-3 in Nagoya of Japan in the women's world volleyball championship on Tuesday, the opening day of the championship.

Olympic runner-up Russia stormed to a straight-set victory over Mexico at a Pool B match of the women's volleyball world championship which opened here on Tuesday.

Olympic and World Cup champion China opened its quest for the women's volleyball world championship title with a lopsided victory over Azerbaijan in a Pool B match here on Tuesday.

Italian soccer player Antonio Cassano has been barred from first-team training at Real Madrid after an outburst against coach Fabio Capello, his former mentor at Roma, local media reported Monday.

Italy's moto rider Valentino Rossi will recover quickly from seeing the 2006 MotoGP title slip through his fingers and come back in 2007 more motivated than ever, the Yamaha rider's father said on Monday.

Richard Dunne scored a first-half goal to steer Manchester City to a 1-0 Premiership win at home over Middlesbrough on Monday.

Russian Marat Safin moved his first step towards his fourth Paris Masters title, beating Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-1 and 7-6 in the first round of the indoor tournament here on Monday.

Argentine yachtsman Carlos Espinola, Olympic gold medallist in the last three Games, told media on Monday he was going for gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.