* A Paris Saint-Germain without a rested Neymar cruised into the last eight of the French League Cup with a 4-1 victory at second-tier Le Mans on Wednesday (Dec 18).
* Some of the best e-sports teams in the world will come to Singapore in June next year to play for a prize pool of US$1 million in the final qualifying tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC), organisers announced on Wednesday (Dec 18).
* Manchester City remained on course to lift the League Cup for a third successive season after overcoming third-tier Oxford United 3-1 on Wednesday and will face Manchester United in the semi-finals.
* Bayern Munich's Joshua Zirkzee and Serge Gnabry scored stoppage-time goals to give the Bundesliga champions a 3-1 win at Freiburg on Wednesday, while Borussia Moenchengladbach joined RB Leipzig at the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Paderborn.
* Real Madrid outplayed Barcelona for large parts of Wednesday's (Dec 18) top-of-the-table La Liga clash but were unable to make their dominance count and the Clasico ended goalless to leave the Catalans top of the standings on goal difference.
* A superb Cristiano Ronaldo header sent Juventus three points clear at the top of Serie A with a 2-1 victory at Sampdoria on Wednesday (Dec 18) as Gianluigi Buffon matched the league appearance record.
* Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan, who won three stages on this year's Tour de France, has extended his contract with Lotto-Soudal until the end of 2022, the Belgian team announced on Wednesday (Dec 18).
* Japan playmaker Takumi Minamino will have a medical at Liverpool on Wednesday before a proposed transfer from Red Bull Salzburg, according to British media reports.
* Formula One world champions Mercedes have formed a partnership with cycling powerhouse Team Ineos in a bid to boost performance levels. The partnership will see the teams work together to develop and implement innovations in areas such as engineering and data analysis.
