1 Substitute Lukas Podolski grabbed an 81st-minute equaliser to salvage a 2-all tie for World Cup winners Germany in an international friendly against Asian Cup champions Australia on Wednesday.
2 Elsewhere Christophe Berra scored a late winner as Scotland won over North Ireland 1-nil. Also in other friendlies on Thursday Qatar are set to take on Algeria, Ivory Coast are home to Angola and team Iran will be up against Chile in Austria.
3 Prince Ali of Jordan, Luis Figo and Michael van Praag, three candidates who are going to race against Sepp Blatter for FIFA Presidency outlined their vision for the future of world football to delegates at the UEFA Ordinary Congress in Vienna on Tuesday.
4 Italy's Domenico Pozzovivo has won 3 stage of the La Volta Catalunya while Pierre Rolland of France took the overall lead.
5 The IOC Evaluation Commission has continued its inspection in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday.