Champions league qualifiers results: 1st leg

Timisora - VfB Stuttgart: 0-2

Sporting Lisbon - Fiorentina: 2-2

Olympique Lyonnais - Anderlecht: 5-1

FK Ventspils - Zurich: 0-3

Sheriff - Olympiakos Piraeus: 0-2

Kobenhavn - APOEL Nicosia: 1-0

Celtic - Arsenal: 0-2

Salzburg - Maccabi Haifa FC: 1-2

Panathinaikos - Atletico Madrid: 2-3

Levski Sofia - Debreceni VSC: 1-2

World Cup qualifying results: Europe

Slovenia tears through San Marino 5-0 at home

Azerbaijan loses at home to Germany 0-2

Croatia wins away 3-1 against Belarus

France get a lucky 1-0 win away from home

Norway destroy Scotland 4-0 at Norway; Scotland in ten men from the 34' minute

Fiorentina sign Cristiano Zanetti for 2 million euros

Juventus midfielder Cristiano Zanetti has signed a 2 year contract with Fiorentina. Fiorentina will be paying 2 million euros over three years to the bianconeri.

Zanetti missed much of last season because of

injury and with the signing of Felipe Melo he found it hard to find space in the squad and so decided to move to Fiorentina.

AC Milan sign Huntelaar from a powerful Real Madrid side for 14 million euros

Klaas Jan Huntelaar is now officially a player of AC Milan, having left Madrid for 14 million euros, and having passed his medical exams he is ready to play for a team that will certainly need him more than his former club Real Madrid.