McLaren Formula One driver Fernando Alonso has left hospital in Barcelona on Wednesday, three days after crashing in pre-season testing. Alonso pictured above is thankfully looking well.

The Greek government has suspended professional football in the country indefinitely in a crackdown on violence.

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Lawyers for jailed South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius have launched a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges, BBC reports. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in December that prosecutors could appeal against the acquittal. She had sentenced Pistorius to five years in prison for the lesser charge of culpable homicide, or manslaughter. Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013. He said he mistook her for a burglar, while prosecutors argued that he shot her after a row at his upmarket home in the capital, Pretoria. The double amputee athlete was acquitted by Judge Masipa of both premeditated murder and the lesser murder charge of dolus eventualis, also known as common-law murder. In South African law, this charge applies if the accused knew they might kill someone but still went ahead with their course of action.

Tuesday February 24:

Juventus 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund

Manchester City 1 – 2 Barcelona

Wednesday February 25:

Arsenal 1 – 3 Monaco

Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 0 Athletico Madrid