The Golden State Warriors suffered their first defeat of the season Saturday with a shocking 108-95 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, halting their season-opening win streak at 24 games.

The stunning defeat came at the end of a grueling seven-game road trip for the weary Warriors, who needed a double overtime marathon to beat the Boston Celtics on Friday and extend the streak to 28 straight regular season wins dating back to last season.

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu basked in the glory of another record-breaking night at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final as Mao Asada suffered a meltdown on the Barcelona ice.

The 21-year-old Hanyu took an unprecedented third straight men's gold with Spain's world champion Javier Fernandez taking silver, as he had last year, and Japanese newcomer Shoma Uno taking bronze.

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill will draw hope from his side's remarkable recent win over Germany after they were handed a tough Euro 2016 draw on Saturday.

The Irish were pitted alongside Belgium, Italy and Sweden in Group E at the finals, arguably the toughest section of all.

England coach Roy Hodgson welcomed Saturday's draw for Euro 2016 made in Paris that threw up three unfamiliar opponents for the much-traveled Three Lions boss.

England, who have twice reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in 1968 and 1996, were placed in Group B alongside Russia, Slovakia and fellow home nation Wales.

Louis van Gaal admits Manchester United must bounce back immediately from defeat at Bournemouth if they are to retain any hope of challenging for the Premier League title.

The 2-1 loss on Saturday left Van Gaal’s side in fourth place and without a win in their last five matches, including the defeat in Wolfsburg that ended their interest in the Champions League.

Manuel Pellegrini believes Manchester City showed the spirit they will need to maintain their Premier League title challenge after securing a late 2-1 win over Swansea.

Pellegrini's side looked set to drop two points at home to their managerless opponents on Saturday when substitute Bafetimbi Gomis drove in a 90th-minute equalizer for his first goal since August.

Argentinian Mauro Icardi signaled his return to action with a first brace of the season as Inter Milan beat Udinese 4-0 to go four points clear of Fiorentina ahead of key title clashes on Sunday.

Udinese's last defeat at their refurbished Friuli stadium came nearly three months ago, in a 3-2 reverse to Inter's city rivals AC Milan.

Out of favor Italy striker Mario Balotelli left fans and critics guessing about his possible return to the Azzurri squad by leaving a cryptic message on social media on Saturday.

"Can't wait," Balotelli wrote on his Instagram account alongside a picture listing Italy with Group B opponents Belgium, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland for next summer's 2016 European Championships.

Former France international Franck Ribery will miss Bayern Munich's final three matches of 2015 after suffering a thigh injury, his team said on Friday.

Ribery only made his return from a nine-month injury lay-off a week ago, making a late scoring cameo off the bench in a 3-1 defeat at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Friday maintained a 90-day suspension from international football against Michel Platini, in a new blow to the Frenchman's hopes of entering the FIFA presidential race.

The CAS panel "determined that maintaining the provisional suspension for the remainder of the 90 days does not cause irreparable harm to Michel Platini at this point in time," a court statement said.