Saint-Etienne remained firmly in the hunt for a place in next season's Champions League after coming from behind to defeat visiting Ajaccio 4-2 on Wednesday. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted twice to take his season's tally to 19, while Mathieu Bodmer and Renaud Cohade were also on target after Adrian Mutu had struck the opener for Ajaccio with the Romanian then adding a late consolation for the Corsican club.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has been suspended for 10 matches for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in last weekend's English Premier League match at Anfield, the Football Association said on Wednesday. "A three-person Independent Regulatory Commission today upheld The FA's claim that a suspension of three matches was clearly insufficient and the player will serve a further seven first-team matches in addition to the standard three," the FA said on its website thefa.com.

Bayern Munich are on the verge of their third Champions League final in four years after routing Barcelona 4-0 in Tuesday's semi-final, first leg. It was the Spanish giants worst European defeat since the 1997 group stage 4-0 loss to Dynamo Kiev. Germany star Thomas Mueller was Barca's chief tormentor with goals in each half while striker Mario Gomez and Dutch wing Arjen Robben also netted to give Bayern a huge advantage for the return leg at the Camp Nou on May 1. The stunning performance came at the end of a remarkable day even by Bayern's standards.

PARIS (Reuters) - Stade Rennes coach Frederic Antonetti will leave the Ligue 1 club at the end of a disappointing season. Rennes are 10th in Ligue 1, after reaching as high as fourth in January, and have little to play for in their remaining six league games. An eight-match winless streak dashed any hopes of playing in European competition next season.