EUROPEAN LEAGUES

Chelsea and Arsenal both rallied from early deficits to win their English Premier League openers at home. Action also began in Germany, where defending champion Stuttgart was held to a 2-2 tie by runner-up Schalke 04.

AUSTRIA, T-Mobile Bundesliga
Aug. 8-12/Day 6
R. Vienna 4 A. Karnten 0
A. Vienna 6 Wacker 1
Sturm Graz 3 Altach 1
A. Karnten 1 Mattersburg 1
Salzburg 2 Ried 0
LASK 2 R. Vienna 0

BELGIUM, Jupiler League
Aug. 10-12/Day 2
Westerlo 1 Charleroi 0
Gent 5 Genk 0
Anderlecht 1 Lokeren 0
Stand. Liege 4 Brussels 1
Mons 1 Mechelen 1
Cercle Brugge 2 Zulte Waregem 0
Roeselare 3 FCV Dender 1
St. Truiden 0 Mouscron 2
Beerschot 0 Club Brugge 1

ENGLAND, Premier League
Aug. 11-12/Day 1
Sunderland 1 (Chopra 94) Tottenham 0.
West Ham 0 Manchester C. 2 (Bianchi 18, Geovanni 87).
Middlesbrough 1 (Downing 31) Blackburn 2 (Santa Cruz 63, Derbyshire 79).
Everton 2 (Osman 26, Anichebe 75) Wigan 1 (Sibierski 80).
Derby Cty. 2 (Oakley 5, Todd 84) Portsmouth 2 (Mwaruwari 27, Utaka 83).
Bolton 1 (Anelka 50) Newcastle 3 (N'Zogbia 11, Martins 21, 27).
Aston Villa 1 (Barry pen. 85) Liverpool 2 (Own goal 31, Gerrard 87).
Arsenal 2 (van Persie pen. 84, Hleb 90) Fulham 1 (Healy 1).
Chelsea 3 (Pizarro 17, Malouda 31, Essien 50) Birmingham 2 (Forsell 15, Kapo 36).
Manchester Utd. 0 Reading 0.

FRANCE, Ligue 1
Aug. 11-12/Day 2
Toulouse 1 (Elmander 89) Lyon 0.
Sochaux 1 (Birsa 18) Le Mans 3 (De Melo pen. 30, 51, 61).
St. Etienne 3 (Gomis 19, Feindouno 70, 91) Valenciennes 1 (Audel 88).
Nice 1 (Hognon 86) Rac. Strasbourg 0.
Nancy 1 (Kim 11) Caen 0.
Marseille 0 Rennes 0.
Lorient 2 (Rafik 14, 30) Monaco 1 (Gakpe 66).
Auxerre 0 Bordeaux 2 (Wndel 45, 49).
Metz 1 (Ndiaye 84) Lille 2 (Bastos 21, Maric 89).
Lens 0 Paris SG 0.

GERMANY, Bundesliga
Aug. 10-12/Day 1
Stuttgart 2 (Khedira 63, Pardo pen. 67) Schalke 2 (Kobiashvili 25).
Wolfsburg 1 (Radu 84) A. Bielefeld 3 (Wichniarek 38, Eigler 51, Kirch 80).
B. Leverkusen 0 En. Cottbus 0.
Hannover 0 Hamburg 1 (Benyamin 23).
E. Frankfurt 1 (Amanatidis 31) Her. Berlin 0.
Bochum 2 (Sestak 47, Bechmann 49) Wer. Bremen 2 (Diego pen. 39, Sanogo 45).
Bay. Munich 3 (Toni 14, Klose 66, 85) H. Rostock 0.
Nuremberg 0 Karlsruher 2 (Haijnal 44, 74),
Bor. Dortmund 1 (Kringe 86) Duisberg 3 (Ishiaku 8, 64, Tararache pen. 62).

SCOTLAND, Premier League
Aug. 10-11/Day 2
Falkirk 1 (Higdon 4) Celtic 4 (Own goal 30, Miller 75, Nakamura 79, Vennegoor of Hesselink 81).
Rangers 2 (Ferguson 52, Cousin 80) St. Mirren 0.
Motherwell 2 (O'Donnell 85, McCormac pen. 90) Inverness 1 (Tokely 82).
Hibernian 4 (Zamma 64, 82, Fletcher 66, McCann 90) Gretna 2 (Yantorno 17, McMenamin 49).
Aberdeen 1 (Nicholson 19) Hearts 1 (Stewart 45).

SWITZERLAND, Super League
Aug. 10-12/Day 5
Zurich 3 St. Gallen 1
Basel 3 Sion 2
Xamax 3 Young Boys 1
Luzern 3 Grasshoppers 3
Thun 2 Aarau 5

TURKEY, Super Lïg
Aug. 10-12/Day 1
Istanbul 2 Fenerbache 0
Ankara 1 Ankaragucu 2
Besiktas 1 Konya 0
Trabzon 1 Sivas 0
Denizli 0 Bursa 0
Gaziantep 2 Kasimpasa 0
Genclerbirligi 1 Oftas 2
Kayseri 3 Manisa 1
Galatasaray 4 Rize 0

LATIN AMERICAN LEAGUES

MEXICO, Torneo Apertura
Aug. 10-11/Day 2
Veracruz 2 (Mancilla pen. 43, Restrepo 49) Atlas 1 (Oliveira 7).
San Luis 3 (Moreno 37, pen. 66, Coudet 79) Necaxa 2 (Silvera 25, Rodallega 27).
Monterrey 2 (Suazo 77, Ochoa 87) Puebla 0.
Cruz Azul 1 (Riveros 58) Tigres 0.
Pachuca 3 (Cacho 12, 61, Alvarez 90) Morelia 1 (Romero 40).
Guadalajara 0 UAG 0.
Atlante 1 (Nkong 6) UNAM 0.
Toluca 2 (Rosada, Zinha 80) Santos 3 (Benitez 42, Rodriguez 45, Luduena 72).
Club America 6 (Cabanas 2, 37, Lopez 48, 67, Insua pen. 69, Davino 75) Chiapas 1 (Rojas 20).

ARGENTINA, Torneo Apertura
Aug. 10-12/Day 2
Arsenal 2 Colon 0
San Martin 1 San Lorenzo 2
Rosario Cen. 2 Gimn. y Esgrima 2
V. Sarsfield 3 Olimpo 0
Racing 0 Banfield 1
Estudiantes 1 Gimn. Jujuy 0
Tigre 0 Independiente 3
Lanus 1 Huracan 1
Argentinos Jun. 3 Boca Juniors 2

BRAZIL, Campeonato Brasileiro
Aug. 11-12/Day 19
Sport 3 Juventude 0
Sao Paulo 2 Atletico-PR 0
Flamengo 2 Nautico 1
Internacional 1 Goias 0
Figueirense 1 Botafogo RJ 1
Corinthians 2 Gremio 1
Atletico-MG 1 Palmeiras 2
Parana 0 Vasco da Gama 0
Fluminense 3 Santos 0
America RN 1 Cruzeiro 2