Spurs lose and Everton draw

Pre-season: Tottenham's unbeaten run in Asia came to an end as they suffered a 2-0 defeat to South China in an exhibition match…

Pre-season:Tottenham's unbeaten run in Asia came to an end as they suffered a 2-0 defeat to South China in an exhibition match in Hong Kong. With the game being Tottenham's fourth in seven days, boss Harry Redknapp opted to play Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane in central midfield and give youngsters Jonathan Obika, John Bostock, Danny Rose and Jake Livermore a chance to impress.

It backfired, as a fine strike from Chan Siu Ki and a Li Haiqiang penalty were enough to hand the hosts victory over their Premier League opponents.

Evertonfought out a 2-2 draw at Coventryat the Ricoh Arena.

Australia midfielder Tim Cahill gave David Moyes's side the lead in the 15th minute when Ireland goalkeeper Keiren Westwood failed to hold his initial shot.

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Leon Osman went close to a second before Clinton Morrison crossed for Michael Doyle to slide in an equaliser.

Everton regained the lead just five minutes later when teenage substitute Jose Baxter fired into the bottom corner through a crowd of players.

But Aron Gunnarsson salvaged a draw for Chris Coleman's side and ensured Sky Blues veteran Marcus Hall's testimonial ended on a positive note when he headed a Doyle cross in at the near post.

A 70th-minute equaliser from Ludovic Giuly salvaged a draw for Paris St Germainagainst Atletico Madridin the Emirates Cup in London.

The former Barcelona forward levelled following a fine run and cross from Stephane Sessegnon to earn the French side their first point of the tournament.

But the game's controversial moment came just before half-time when Sergio Aguero went down under a challenge from Albert Baning. Referee Alan Wiley pointed to the spot before showing the PSG man a red card.

Aguero dusted himself down to take the spot-kick himself to give the Spanish side the lead.

The spot-kick looked destined to decide the contest until Giuly popped up with 20 minutes left to grab a point for PSG.

But it was not enough to save them from the wooden spoon with Atletico in third place.

A late David Goodwillie penalty ensured Dundee Unitedgrabbed a 1-1 draw against Newcastleat Tannadice.

Andrew Carroll's strike on the hour mark gave the visitors the lead before Steve Harper saved a Danny Swanson penalty five minutes later after Kevin Nolan had handled in the box.

Newcastle, without a permanent manager and with owner Mike Ashley still looking for a buyer for the club after relegation from the Barclays Premier League last season, looked to be holding out for the win until referee Chris Boyle awarded a second spot-kick when Ryan Taylor appeared to man-handle Craig Conway.

Goodwillie made no mistake but there was a further moment of controversy when referee Boyle appeared to ask the Newcastle bench to replace the complaining Damien Duff, though it ended peacefully.