It may have taken 19 attempts over 71 years but on Saturday Poland finally made history with a stunning first ever defeat of world champions Germany in a Euro 2016 qualifier in Warsaw.

Goals from Arkadiusz Milik and substitute Sebastian Mila earned the Poles a shock 2-0 victory and surprise ownership of the Group D summit.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo spent a rare Saturday in the shadows as Argentina and Portugal slipped to defeats in friendly internationals staged more than 8,000km apart.

Messi missed a first-half penalty as Brazil beat Argentina 2-0 in a fiercely contested "Superclasico" in front of 50,000 fans in the Chinese capital.

England's Jack Wilshere has revealed that he has been adapting to his new international role as a holding midfielder by studying footage of Bayern Munich's Spanish midfield organizer Xabi Alonso.

Typically a box-to-box player with Arsenal, Wilshere has been asked to adopt a more conservative role in England's first two Euro 2016 qualifiers -- last month's 2-0 win in Switzerland and Thursday's 5-0 defeat of San Marino.

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton survived a dramatic spin in the final minutes as he continued his domination of practice at the inaugural Russian Grand Prix on Saturday.

The 29-year-old Briton, fastest on Friday, clocked the best time again for Mercedes with some ease in the final session before making a mistake at the penultimate corner and spinning to a halt in the run-off area at Turn 17.

Italy remained perfect without Mario Balotelli. The Netherlands, meanwhile, still appears to be in a post-World Cup slump.

Giorgio Chiellini accounted for all three goals in Italy's 2-1 win over Azerbaijan in European Championship qualifying Friday and World Cup semifinalist Netherlands labored to a surprisingly hard-earned 3-1 victory over 10-man Kazakhstan.

The United States played to a 1-1 draw with Ecuador on Friday in a friendly football match that served as US icon Landon Donovan's international farewell.

Donovan started the match wearing the captain's armband and played 40 minutes.

Luis Suarez returned for Uruguay for the first time since his infamous World Cup biting shame and helped the South Americans to a 1-1 friendly draw against Saudi Arabia.

The 27-year-old Barcelona star's shot from an angle on 47 minutes in Jeddah came back off the far post before hitting Hassan Muath Fallatah for an own goal.

Hosts Morocco called Friday for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals to be postponed over the Ebola crisis.

The Moroccan health ministry want the January 17-February 8 African football showpiece delayed "to avoid events which would involve countries affected by the Ebola virus", the national MAP news agency reported.

France legend Zinedine Zidane has been threatened with suspension from his current role as Real Madrid's reserve team coach because he has not validated his coaching badge, according to a club source.

"We've received a notification (from the Spanish Federation) detailing a possible suspension. We have 10 days to present our defense, which is what Real will do," said a spokesperson for the 10-time European champions.

Championship chasing Australian Daniel Ricciardo admitted on Friday that he and his Red Bull team are prepared for a tough weekend of damage limitation at the inaugural Russian Grand Prix.

Ricciardo, who retains a mathematical hope of beating Briton Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team-mate German Nico Rosberg in the title race, said he was disappointed with Red Bull’s lack of competitiveness in Friday practice.