Football

Goals from Ciro Immobile and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Borussia Dortmund to a 2-0 win over a lacklustre Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League.

Louis van Gaal urged Angel di Maria to give even more after he inspired Manchester United to a 4-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers on his home debut.

While in another Serie A match, AC Milan hung tight and fought hard to pull off a surprising 5-4 win over Parma.

India U-23 men's football team have it all to prove when they open their Asian Games campaign against United Arab Emirates in a Group G match.

Ashley remains committed to the club and will not sell it for any price over the next two years.

Messi and Neymar are fit for Saturday's La Liga game at home to Athletic Bilbao, with manager Luis Enrique saying that he has an almost complete squad to choose from.

Radamel Falcao, Danny Welbeck and Toby Alderweireld are among the players in line to make their debuts as the Premier League resumes this weekend.

United may have sold Welbeck and spent over 150 million pounds on imports but they will never abandon their policy of giving youngsters a chance, said Ryan Giggs.

"The teams are now stranded in Shanghai, waiting for the government's green signal. The team was slated to leave for Incheon on Tuesday," according to AIFF source.

The Euros have been expanded from 16 to 24 teams for the 2016 tournament in France, with the top two countries from nine groups qualifying automatically.

Perez sought to play down an apparent spat with Ronaldo as he announced the La Liga club's income had surged above 600 million euros in 2013-14.

Spain's rebuilding following their shambolic World Cup got off to a bad start, failing even to manage a shot on target as France coasted to a 1-0 win in their friendly.

The Premier League club said on Twitter that Rojo is now available to play against Queens Park Rangers in the next match on September 14.

Ronaldo appeared to offer a criticism of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez by saying the club's transfer policy would probably be different if he was in charge.

Arsenal confirmed they had signed England forward Danny Welbeck to a long-term deal from Premier League rivals Manchester United as the transfer window closed on Monday.

A former EPL footballer has been charged with conspiracy to commit bribery as part of an ongoing investigation into the fixing of lower-league football matches in England.