Many of the European leagues are taking breaks over the Christmas and New Year period, but there’s enough action in other leagues and competitions around the world to keep football fans interested. This week features the FA Cup third round, La Liga and the Emperor’s Cup in Japan – the Asian nation’s equivalent to the English FA Cup.

	DB	DF	RES
Osaka v Kashiwa	2-1 (1)	0-0	1-0
Tottenham v Wigan	2-2	0-0	3-1
Middlesbrough v Barrow	2-0 (1)	1-1	2-1
Valencia v A. Madrid	1-3	1-0 (1)	3-1
Celtic v Dundee U	1-0	3-1	2-2
R. Madrid v Villarreal	1-0 (3)	2-0 (1)	1-0