By Akyereko Frimpong-Manson
ENGLAND
Leicester City and Nottingham Forest played out a 0-0 draw at the City Ground in the FA Cup on Saturday.
Jeffrey Schulpp gained a starting place but was replaced just after five minutes after picking an injury.
Bristol City were surprisingly knocked out of the FA Cup after suffering a 1-0 defeat to League Two side Crawley Town at the Broadfield Stadium.
Attacking midfielder Albert Adomah was replaced after 66 minutes.
Box-to-box midfielder Prince Buaben Abankwah watched from the bench as his Watford eased past Bradford City 4-2 to progress through to the next round.
Joe Anyinsah played 86 minutes of Bristol Rovers' 1-3 humiliation by Aston Villa.
ITALY
In the Serie A, Kwadwo Asamoah waved goodbye to Udinese with a glorious strike in their 4-1 drubbing of Cesena on Sunday.
The 23-year-old set up the third for his side. Compatriot Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu returned from injury to sit on the bench for Udinese.
Kevin-Prince Boateng got on the score sheet for AC Milan who thumped Atalanta 2-0 to reclaim top spot.
Youngster Amidu Salifu played 80 minutes of Fiorentina's 3-0 win at Novara. The youngster was booked on the 68th minute.
In the Serie B, there was neither Isaac Cofie nor Richmond Boakye-Yiadom in the Sassuolo team when they beat Juve Stabia 2-1.
Yaw Asante was an unused substitute for Grosseto who drew 1-1 with Livorno.
GREECE
David Addy was left out of Panaitolikos first team as they recorded a 1-0 loss at Asteras.
Francis Dickoh played in central defence for Aris who beat Giannina 1-0.
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie was not involved in Panathinaikos' 1-0 win over strugglers Kerkyra. Defender Abdul Osman played 90 minutes for Kerkyra.
FRANCE
The Ayew brothers grabbed the headlines in the Coupe de France by scoring three goals in Marseille's 5-0 win over lower division side Red Star 93.
Jordan Ayew grabbed a brace while Andre Ayew scored a spectacular free kick.
Rabiu Mohammed did not play in Evian Thonon Gaillard's penalty win over Metz.
Jerry Vandam was replaced in stoppage time as his Caen lost 4-2 to Troyes.
John Boye played at the heart of defence for Stade Rennes who brushed aside Nancy 3-0.
Bernard Kumordzi could not make his debut for Dijon who thrashed Versailles 5-1.
TURKEY
Bursaspor pipped Mersin 1-0 to close the gap between them on the Super Lig table.
Whizkid Tawrick Jibril would have to get his contractual dispute before he can make an appearance for Trabzonspor.
He did not travel with the team as they defeated Istanbul 2-0 at their own backyard.
Jerry Akaminko was rock solid at the back of defence for Manisaspor who failed to beat Orduspor.
Emmanuel Banahene was left out of the Orduspor team.
PORTUGAL
Christian Atsu played 77 minutes to help Rio Ave to beat Pacos de Ferreira 1-0 and move further away from the relegation zone.
CYPRUS
Ohene Carlos played the last nine minutes of Alki's 1-0 win over APOEL.
Chris Dickson failed to make any impact in attack as Anorthosis Famagusta thrashed them 3-0.