When Arsenal and Tottenham meet in the Premier League on Sunday, months of contrasting fortunes in the transfer market will be exposed on the field — and the benches.

When last season ended, the balance of power in north London remained tilted in Arsenal's favor after beating Tottenham to the fourth Champions League spot.

Paris Saint-Germain's slow start in the French league coincides with Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal drought.

Ibrahimovic was the French league's top scorer when PSG won the championship last season, with a career-high 30 goals, and the whole team was built around him under former coach Carlo Ancelotti.

Germany left back Dennis Aogo has joined Schalke on loan from Bundesliga rival Hamburger SV.

Schalke said in a statement that the 26-year-old Aogo signed a contract through June 2014.

FIFA has imposed global bans on players and referees from Lebanon, Armenia, Estonia and Tunisia implicated in match-fixing cases.

FIFA referee Ali Sabbagh of Lebanon is serving jail time in Singapore after being convicted of agreeing to fix matches in exchange for sexual favors.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger announced Lukas Podolski will be out injured for up to 10 weeks, three times longer than first believed.

After the Germany forward injured his left hamstring during Tuesday's Champions League victory over Fenerbahce, Wenger said he would only be out for three weeks.

What's left for a man who has won three Olympic sprint titles back-to-back?

Win all three again, of course.

Seven-time champion AC Milan avoided another early-season hiccup by reaching the group stage of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over PSV Eindhoven, and Celtic produced a stunning comeback to join them on Wednesday.

After a 1-1 draw in a tense first leg in the Netherlands, Kevin-Prince Boateng scored twice and Mario Balotelli added another to ensure Milan won the playoff 4-1 on aggregate and advanced to Thursday's draw.

James Blake walked off the court at the U.S. Open for the last time as a singles player early Thursday morning after blowing a two-set lead and losing in a fifth-set tiebreaker.

The 33-year-old American fell 6-7 (2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) in the first round to Ivo Karlovic.

After her latest early Grand Slam exit, Venus Williams was asked what the future holds for her at the U.S. Open.

In one breath, Williams brushed aside the unspoken reference to retirement, saying, "I definitely want to come back for the atmosphere."

Lionel Messi missed a late penalty attempt before Barcelona clinched the Spanish Super Cup despite being held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

Messi had a chance to put the result beyond doubt in 89th but fired his penalty kick off the crossbar to finish a forgettable night for the Argentina star. Barcelona eventually claimed the trophy on away goals following the 1-1 draw in the opening leg last week.