Eduardo Salvio scored twice, including a penalty, as Benfica beat PAOK 5-2 on aggregate to make it through to Thursday's Champions League draw.
The teams were tied 1-1 after the first leg in Greece and Aleksandar Prijovic put the visitors ahead on the night.
But goals from Jardel, two from Salvio and Pizzi put Benfica in control, with PAOK having Leo Matos sent off.
Benfica's victory means they take a spot in pot two ahead of last season's runners-up Liverpool.
Dutch champions and 1988 European Cup winners PSV Eindhoven safely made it through to the group stages with a 6-2 aggregate win over BATE Borisov.
Mark van Bommel's side won the second leg 3-0 courtesy of goals from Steven Bergwijn, Luuk de Jong and Mexico international Hirving Lozano and will be in pot three.
Red Star Belgrade, who lifted the European Cup in 1991, took their place in pot four by coming from 2-0 behind to draw 2-2 against Salzburg and making through on away goals.
Munas Dabbur struck twice for the Austrian champions, but two goals in two minutes from El Fardou Ben Nabouhane and Milos Degenek was enough for Red Star.
Four-time European champions Ajax have qualified for the Champions League for the first time in four years after a goalless draw in the second leg of their playoffs tie at Dynamo Kiev secured a 3-1 aggregate victory.
Young Boys reached the group stage of the competition for the first time in their history after winning 2-1 at Dinamo Zagreb for a 3-2 aggregate scoreline, while AEK qualified at the expense of Vidi after a 1-1 home draw to back up a 2-1 away win.
Ajax created numerous opportunities at home with the best coming on 14 minutes after Tomas Kedziora dragged down De Ligt at a corner.
However, Dusan Tadic hit the post from the penalty spot, spurning an early invitation to put Ajax firmly in control of the tie.
"We made it difficult for ourselves by not scoring but this is well deserved," Ajax captain Matthijs De Ligt said.
"I'm not thinking about the draw, we're in ecstasy and are going to have a party."
In Zagreb, Izet Hajrovic smashed in the opening goal for the hosts after just seven minutes only for Young Boys to level on 64 minutes with striker Guillaume Hoarau slotting home from the penalty spot after Martin Leovac fouled Roger Assale.
Just two minutes later the Swiss side went ahead with Hoarau netting from close range after a corner was headed back into his path.
AEK reached the group stage for the first time since 2006 despite ending their draw with Hungarian minnows Vidi short on troops.
Petros Mantalos sent the hosts ahead from the penalty spot on 48 minutes before Loic Nego executed a neat chip nine minutes later to level the score.
The Greeks had Helder Lopes sent off with 10 minutes to go for a foul on the edge of his own area and Marko Livaja was also dismissed when a fight broke out after the full-time whistle.
"It's an unbelievable feeling that the team has returned to the Champions League after 12 years," AEK striker Ezequiel Ponce said.
"My teammates did a great job and I am very happy to be a member of this side and of this effort."
On Wednesday, PSV Eindhoven host Bate Borisov with a 3-2 lead, Salzburg are at home against Red Star Belgrade after a 0-0 first-leg draw and Benfica visit PAOK with their Champions League playoffs tie evenly poised at 1-1.
A female tennis player has copped a dress code violation for taking her shirt off on court during the US Open.
Due to the sweltering conditions at the tournament this year – tops of 38 degrees Celsius – players are offered a longer than usual 10-minute break as a reprieve from the heat.
In a match against Swedish Johanna Larson, French tennis player Aliza Cornet used the break to change into a new shirt.
After returning to the court and realising it was on backwards, Cornet pulled it off and promptly put it on the right way.
The chair umpire, Christian Rask, then gave her a code violation.
A clearly perplexed Cornet challenged Rask on his decision, asking why she was getting a violation. Rask clarified that it was because she was not allowed to take her shirt off on court.
The code violation was technically a warning, so she didn't lose any points, but the 28-year-old was obviously confused by the decision – shaking her head and smirking in a "can you believe this?" way.
Many have been quick to call attention to the fact that male tennis players are often seen with their shirt off while on the court. As pointed out by The Spun, in a recent match Novak Djokovic spent several minutes bare-chested before putting a shirt back on.
Not only that: the Women's Tennis Association handbook states that a player can change clothes during the end of a set. Cornet was yet to begin her next set, so she was technically still at the end of a set.
As Laura Wagner wrote for Deadspin, "This was a judgment call on the part of the chair umpire, who could clearly see what the issue was, and he inexplicably chose punitive action."
Technicality and rules aside, one thing is clear: it would have been less likely for Cornet to cop this violation if she had been a male.
Barcelona beat Real Valladolid 1-0 on Saturday but had VAR to thank after it ruled out a last-gasp equaliser for the new boys.
Jordi Masip, poor finishing and an equally-poor pitch kept the score goalless until Ousmane Dembele's winner just before the hour mark, although VAR was needed to make sure of the result deep in stoppage time.
Philippe Coutinho came into the Catalans’ XI for their trip to Valladolid, who handed a debut to Enes Unal.
The Blaugrana had won nine of their previous 11 meetings with the Pucela but lost 1-0 the last time they travelled to Jose Zorrilla in March 2014.
Dembele kept his place in Barca’s attack, despite not scoring against Alaves, but he was lively again, while Enes almost capped his debut with a piledriver and header, both of which Marc-Andre ter Stegen dealt with.
Masip, a product of La Masia, also did all he could to make the Catalans wish they kept him with a string of saves, including one on a Coutinho drive.
The unruly state of the Jose Zorrilla pitch, which had only been relayed a few days ago, stunted Barca’s possession game, making a stalemate increasingly likely.
However, Sergi Roberto kept a cross in play and his header dropped to Dembele, who fired a shot past Masip first time.
Valladolid began pushing for the equaliser, but Ter Stegen was on hand to scoop up Keko’s header, before substitute Malcom should’ve killed the game off, only for the ex-Barca goalkeeper to smother his one-on-one.
It was left to VAR to settle the contest, and having already chalked off Luis Suarez’s finish from close range, the technology crucially spotted Keko a step out of line when he flung home a diving header with just seconds remaining.
Real Valladolid 0-1 Barcelona
Dembele 57
Real Valladolid: Masip; Moyano, Olivas, Calero, Nacho; Borja (Keko 64), Alcaraz; Anuar, Plano, Toni (Verde 87); Enes (Cop 70)
Dusan Tadic starred for Ajax as the Dutch side eased to a comfortable 3-1 win over Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League play-offs first leg on Wednesday.
Young Boys tied 1-1 with Dynamo Zagreb and AEK Athens won 2-1 at Vidi with both sides having a man sent off.
Donny van de Beek sent Ajax ahead in the second minute thanks to a glaring error from Kiev goalkeeper Denys Boyko, who let the midfielder's shot slip under him.
The Ukrainians hit back with Tomasz Kedziora heading home on the rebound from a corner after Andre Onana denied Tamas Kadar.
Ajax dominated the ball but Kiev looked sharp on the break and the Dutch side needed a slice of luck to go ahead again when Hakim Ziyech's shot deflected in off of Kadar.
Former Southampton playmaker Tadic fired home Nicolas Tagliafico's low cross to send Ajax two goals ahead at the break.
Klaas Jan Huntelaar headed against the woodwork after the break and Ziyech smashed a low effort off the post late on as Ajax looked to virtually secure qualification for Europe's premiere competition before next week's second leg.
"It was a great game with great support. The fans were fantastic and we played great on the pitch. 3-1 is a good position (to go to Kiev)," said Ajax coach Erik ten Hag.
"Defending the second ball (from set pieces) we have to be more disciplined. We have to keep playing because if you lose the ball against this team then they come at you strong."
Hungarian minnows Vidi had Szabolcs Huszti sent off after just 23 minutes after a reckless challenge on AEK's Anastasios Bakasetas, who later was dismissed himself for crashing his studs into Istvan Kovacs' ankle.
Before that Viktor Klonaridis and Bakasetas struck for the Greek side, with Danko Lazovic later pulling one back for Vidi to give them a chance in Athens.
"After conceding we showed nervousness, which we shouldn't have. We had to keep the ball and not sit back so far," said AEK manager Marinos Ouzounidis.
"However they also threatened and were confident of scoring. I expected them to be hard to play but was also expecting to do better after the goals we scored.
"It's all up to us. If we have the attitude and focus we need in the second leg, I don't think we have a problem."
Swiss side Young Boys took an instant lead against Zagreb through Kevin Mbabu's second minute goal but Mislav Orsic hit back five minutes before the break.
The Croatians were on top in the second period with Izet Hajrovic striking the post, but the tie finished neatly poised for the second leg.
The 24-year-old old came off the bench to earn the black and whites a vital away draw at Estadio da Luz
Egyptinternational Amr Warda was PAOK Thessaloniki’s hero as they played out a 1-1 draw at Benfica in Tuesday’s Champions League first leg play-offs.
Warda rifled from close range past goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos after Fernando Varela’s header off Dimitris Pelkas’ free-kick had kissed the crossbar.
Pizzi had given the hosts the lead from the penalty spot after Jonas was fouled by MaurÃcio on the stroke of half time.
Benfica continued their dominance in the second half before manager Razvan Lucescu threw the Egyptian into the fray for Dimitrios Limnios.
In the 67th minute, Warda had a clear-cut chance to level scores but his effort went over the cross bar despite having just Vlachodimos to beat.
And nine minutes later, he drilled home the equaliser to the excitement of the away fans. However, he was cautioned in the 89th minute for his foul against Rafa Silva.
Chuba Akpom made a cameo appearance for the Greek outfit after replacing Aleksandar Prijovic with three minutes left to play
The draw hands PAOK a slight advantage going into the second leg of the play-off billed for August 29 at Stadio Toumbas ThessalonÃki.
Sergio Aguero netted his 13th hat-trick for Manchester City as the champions made light of the absence of the injured Kevin De Bruyne to thrash Huddersfield 6-1 and move joint top of the English Premier League.
But it was a day to forget for City's arch rivals Manchester United, who slumped 3-2 at Socceroos goalkeeper Mat Ryan's Brighton.
Huddersfield, who were without Ryan's Australia teammate Aaron Mooy because his wife Nicola was going into labour, were never likely to replicate last season's feat of stopping City scoring at home.
Aguero struck twice before the break and, after hitting a post and passing up a series of other opportunities, completed his ninth top-flight treble with a deft 75th-minute finish in a 6-1 rout.
Aguero scored after 25 and 35 minutes, either side of Gabriel Jesus' effort before Jon Gorenc Stankovic reduced the deficit to 3-1 at the break.
David Silva restored City's advantage with a fine free-kick three minutes after the restart.
Aguero's third came with manager Pep Guardiola preparing to replace him, and Terence Kongolo's own goal six minutes from time completed the scoring with the Terriers suffering badly without key midfield ringmaster Mooy.
"I'm not going to demand him to be any more clinical than that," City boss Pep Guardiola said. "It's not just scoring goals.
"It's the spaces he creates, the chances, moves, assists, how often he's fouled. He never stops and when that happens Sergio is one of the best, best, best strikers in the world."
Later on Sunday, woeful defending led to two Brighton goals in two first-half minutes as Glenn Murray and Shane Duffy outsmarted Manchester United's STGtg 117 million pound ($A204 million) back four.
Eric Bailly was particularly exposed and, having conceded a needless corner that led to Duffy's first EPL goal he blundered in to foul Pascal Gross, who put away the penalty via David de Gea's leg on the stroke of halftime.
Although Romelu Lukaku had earlier reduced the deficit with a trademark header, United looked ill-equipped to mount a comeback and Paul Pogba's injury-time penalty made the scoreline closer than the match.
"Too many mistakes. We were punished by the mistakes," boss Jose Mourinho admitted.
"Sometimes you make mistakes and are not punished but we were punished by every mistake we made."
Meanwhile, second-half strikes from skipper Troy Deeney and Will Hughes gave Watford an impressive 3-1 win at Burnley.
Former Burnley forward Andre Gray opened the scoring in the third minute with a superbly taken volley.
Three minutes later Burnley got back on level terms when James Tarkowski headed home from corner.
Watford hit Burnley, who have now gone seven league games without a win, twice after the break.
Deeney drove home in the 48th minute then a terrible giveaway by Burnley defender Matt Lowton to Will Hughes resulted in the Watford midfielder firing past Joe Hart with a brilliant left-foot strike.
Watford captain Deeney said: "Last season we didn't all have a pre-season together, but this pre-season everybody put in the graft. You can see by our energy levels at the end."
Juventusleft it late to bringCristiano Ronaldohis first win inSerie A, afterChievoput up a hell of a fight against the reigning champions.
Like it or not, this season will revolve around Ronaldo, and Serie A will have an intense Portuguese flavor.
He was unlucky at the hand of goalkeeper Sorrentino on a few occasions, as the veteran stopper did everything he could to deny the ex-Madridista.
The nerves of the Vecchia Signora appeared once Giaccherini had scored a 56th minute penalty (2-1).
Khedira had fired Juve into an early lead before Stepinski had equalised, but the doubts were dissipated when Bani scored an own goal (2-2).
Shortly before the end, Mandzukic scored in a play that had to go through the approval process of VAR... but that ended up being canceled by the revision because of the Portuguese's handball.
At that point the match was still poised at 2-2, but fortunately for Juve, Bernardeschi came up trumps at the death (2-3).
Marcos Alonso grabbed an 81st-minute winner as Chelsea beat London rivals Arsenal 3-2 in a frenetic English Premier League derby.
Chelsea went ahead in the ninth minute of a frantic first half when Pedro buried a cross by Alonso.
And it was soon 2-0 when Alvaro Morata scored only his second league goal of 2018, fed by a through ball from Cesar Azpilicueta 11 minutes later.
Arsenal clawed their way back into the game in the 37th minute when Henrikh Mkhitaryan drilled in a low shot that Kepa Arrizabalaga - the world's most expensive goalkeeper making his home debut - could not keep out.
And Alex Iwobi made it 2-2 four minutes later as Arsenal exploited Chelsea's vulnerability on the flanks.
In a tighter second half, neither side could carve out as many chances before Alonso settled the game when substitute Eden Hazard carved open the Arsenal defence for the Spanish defender to finish in Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri's first home game in charge.
Substitute Aaron Ramsey almost equalised in the last minute but his strike landed on the roof of the net meaning new Arsenal boss Unai Emery has suffered defeat in his first two games since taking over from Arsene Wenger.
"I think in the first half it was half and half, we started dominating and then lost a bit of space," defender Alonso told BT Sport.
"They played better at the end but in the second half we were the better team. It is three deserved points."
Meanwhile, Harry Kane scored his first Premier League goal in August as Tottenham beat Fulham 3-1 at Wembley to maintain their 100 per cent start to the new season.
Kane had seen an early effort ruled out before Spurs did take the lead two minutes before half-time through a curling effort from Brazil forward Lucas Moura.
Fulham equalised in the 52nd minute with a header from Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Kane saw his shot come back off the crossbar before England team-mate Kieran Trippier curled in a brilliant 25-yard free-kick after 74 minutes.
The 14-game August hoodoo was finally broken three minutes later when Kane slotted in after being set up following a breakaway by substitute Erik Lamela.
Another England forward, Jamie Vardy, was shown a straight red card as 10-man Leicester held out to beat Wolves 2-0.
The Foxes broke the deadlock after 29 minutes through an own goal from Wolves defender Matt Doherty. Just before half-time, midfielder James Maddison drilled home to to double Leicester's advantage but Vardy saw red in the 66th minute after launching himself into a late challenge on Doherty.
Bournemouth also have maximum points after coming from behind to win 2-1 at West Ham.
The Irons, thrashed 4-0 at Liverpool in their opening match, went ahead after 33 minutes through a Marko Arnautovic penalty.
Bournemouth were level on the hour through a fine individual effort from forward Callum Wilson. And the visitors completed the turnaround six minutes later when Steve Cook headed in at the back post following a free-kick.
Kenedy had a penalty saved with almost the final kick of the match as 10-man Newcastle missed a golden chance to steal three points at Cardiff.
The Brazilian, who should have been sent off in the first half for a wild kick out at Victor Camarasa and did not complete a single pass during the first 45 minutes, saw his nightmare afternoon ended with a poor penalty kept out by Neil Etheridge.
Everton got their first win under new boss Marco Silva after beating Southampton 2-1 at Goodison Park.
Theo Walcott opened the scoring against his boyhood club afrer 15 minutes following a well-worked free-kick. The Toffees doubled their lead after 32 minutes when Richarlison headed home, but Southampton reduced the deficit Danny Ings turned the ball in following a corner but Everton held on.
Imran Khanhas been Pakistan's prime minister by the parliament after his party swept the general election last month, marking the beginning of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) tenure in power.
Members of the National Assembly voted in the capital Islamabad on Friday for Khan to be leader of the house, making him Pakistan's head of state.
Khan will take oath on Saturday, form a cabinet and assume control of the government in the coming days.
The long-time opposition politician takes the reins of power for the first time in his 22-year political career, having led a strenuous campaign against corruption and government mismanagement since he retired as one of Pakistan's most popular cricketer in 1992.
On Friday, Khan handily beat Shehbaz Sharif, chair of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser announced.
Aretha Franklin, the teenage gospel singer who rose to become the Queen of Soul, selling 75 million records and inspiring generations, has died.
Franklin died on Thursday at 9:50am (local time) at her home in Detroit surrounded by family and loved ones, her publicist said.
A family statement said "Franklin's official cause of death was due to advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, which was confirmed by Franklin's oncologist, Dr Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute" in Detroit.
"In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart," the statement continued.
"We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds."
Franklin was known for her powerful voice and for many hits, including Respect, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Chain of Fools and Think.
She won 18 Grammy Awards and became the first female performer inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade — our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect," former president Barack Obama and wife, Michelle, said in a statement.
"She helped us feel more connected to each other, more hopeful, more human. And sometimes she helped us just forget about everything else and dance."
Former Beatle Paul McCartney said on Twitter: "Let's all take a moment to give thanks for the beautiful life of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of our souls, who inspired us all for many many years."
Singer Diana Ross said: "I'm sitting in prayer for the wonderful golden spirit Aretha Franklin."
Barbra Streisand wrote: "Not only was she a uniquely brilliant singer, but her commitment to civil rights made an indelible impact on the world."
Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but moved as a child to Detroit, where her father, CL Franklin, became a pastor at the New Bethel Baptist Church.
It was there Franklin began singing before, at 18, expressing a desire to shift from the world of gospel to pop, a move her father supported.
She was signed to Columbia Records in 1960, with her father as her manager, but it wasn't until a move to Atlantic in 1967, and the release of I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You), that she started to see commercial success.
Her version that year of Respect, written by Otis Redding, became an anthem for the civil rights movement, which was reaching its zenith in the United States.
It helped that Franklin had deep connections to that world.
Her father walked side-by-side with Dr Martin Luther King Jnr at a major rally the elder Franklin helped organise in Detroit in 1963.
In 1968, Franklin sang Precious Lord, an old gospel song, at a memorial for Dr King.
Franklin continued to release music in the following decades, scoring hits in the 1980s with a version of The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash and I Knew You Were Waiting For Me, a duet with George Michael.
Her influence stretched far among female African-American singers, from Tina Turner and Whitney Houston to Ms Lauryn Hill, whom Franklin worked with in 1998, and Beyonce, who sung a version of Precious Lord at the Grammys in 2015.
Franklin suffered from depression and alcoholism over the years, and her health began to decline in 2010, when she had a tumour removed.
She cancelled a series of concerts on doctors' orders last year and this year
The torch aimed at the Youth Olympic Games, which will take place from 6 to 22 October 2018 in Buenos Aires (Argentina), was traditionally lit in the Greek Olympia by girls dressed as the ancient priestesses in the ceremony of using parabolic mirrors and sun rays.
During the two-month voyage, the torch will cross 14,000 kilometers, spreading the ideas of Olympism and values based on it. The ceremony at the Herin temple in Greek Olympia lasted shorter than usual, because unfortunately, there are huge fires in the country with dozens of human victims.
The third edition of Youth Olympic Games (after Singapore in 2010 and Chinese Nanjing in 2014) will remain historic for equal gender representation of female and male athletes – 1999 each in a total of 3998 participants from 206 countries. The number of Croatian young female and male athletes who will travel to Buenos Aires will be known in a week when qualifying competitions for the Youth Olympics will be finished.
