Referee Bruno Maric saved the life of a soccer player. Zvonimir Filipovic was knocked unconscious during a match in Croatia. Maric rushed to save Filipovic when he started to choke on his own tongue.
Uruguayan international striker Luis Suarez has asserted FC Barcelona was the best place for Brazilian star Neymar and he tried his best to convince him to stay at the club.
Demonstrators blocked roads and railway lines as a general strike disrupted much of Catalonia. It came as Madrid offered concessions to try to defuse Spains worst political crisis in decades.