Tehran police have sealed a multi-screen cinema in the capital that defied a police ban on selling women tickets for live public screenings of Euro 2012 football games, the ISNA news agency reported on Monday.

ISNA cited Tehran police as saying that the "Zendegi cinema complex has been sealed by police after it sold tickets to women since cinemas are only authorized to sell tickets for such screenings to men."

Rain or shine, clay or mud, Sunday or Monday, Rafael Nadal rules Roland Garros.

The man they call "Rafa" won his record seventh French Open title Monday, returning a day after getting rained out to put the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic. He denied Djokovic in his own run at history — the quest for the "Novak Slam."

A delighted Lewis Hamilton made it a magnificent record seven different winners in seven races this year on Sunday when he drove with flawless speed and control to win the Canadian Grand Prix.

The 28-year-old Briton produced a magnificently judged performance in a race that passed off smoothly despite a weekend of student protests and police action resulting in around 60 arrests in the city, to seize his first win of the year.

Italy showed great character after a traumatic run-in to Euro 2012 by holding defending champions Spain to a 1-1 draw in their opening Group C clash on Sunday.

Croatia, though, top the group after the 2008 quarterfinalists beat the Republic of Ireland 3-1 in the later match on a night that Ireland's record caps holder Shay Given will wish to forget.

Players from European clubs have long complained about midweek trips to the extremes of the continent for a Champions League game and then a return home for weekend action but such air miles and hours pale into insignificance compared with those being clocked up by the national teams of Asia.

As the final round of qualification for the 2014 World Cup kicks off, there are three games in nine days for some of the 10 nations still in contention for spots in Brazil. With the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) spanning over 9,000 miles (14,480 kilometers), acclimatization techniques can become just as important as tactics.

A second-half header from striker Mario Gomez was enough to give Germany a 1-0 win over Portugal on Saturday in their opening Euro 2012 match.

After victories both in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 and the third-place play-off at the 2006 World Cup, this was the German's third straight win over Portugal in major tournaments to give Germany a winning start in Group B.

Denmark claimed the first upset of Euro 2012 by overcoming a badly misfiring Netherlands side 1-0 in their opening Group B match at Metalist Stadium on Saturday.

Brondby forward Michael Krohn-Dehli claimed the game's only goal mid-way through the first half, as Denmark avenged their opening-game loss at the 2010 World Cup and recorded a first win over the Dutch since 1967.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal square off in a record fourth successive Grand Slam final on Sunday with the French Open title and a place in tennis folklore at stake.

A win for world number one Djokovic, playing in his first Roland Garros final, will make him only the third man in history -- and first in 43 years -- to hold all four majors at the same time.

Sweep away the clay, bring on the grass summed up Roger Federer's emotions after his French Open defeat to Novak Djokovic on Friday.

The Swiss star lost in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 to the top seed from Serbia in a semifinal encounter that left him on a record 16 Grand Slam titles, the last coming over two years ago at the 2010 Australian Open.

Russia delivered a sparkling performance on the opening day of Euro 2012 to put the other contenders on notice that they are capable of going the whole way this time round.

The Russians - made up of a large part of the talented side that reached the semifinals in 2008 - put four past the Czech Republic in a 4-1 hammering, including a double from impressive young attacking midfielder Alan Zagoev.