Football

The victory gave the Premier League club a hat-trick of wins in their pre-season tour of the region, after 2-0 wins

India U-16 colts take on Afghanistan in the second semi-final of the SAFF U-16 Championship.

With no competitive matches in Europe, it's the intrigue about the futures of Wayne Rooney, Gareth Bale, Luis Suarez and Cesc Fabregas that is largely filling the void during the off-season.

Bartomeu said the Spanish club is not "bothered" by United trying to lure away its midfielder.

Manchester City have already spent over 80 million pounds on signing Fernandinho, Navas, Negredo and Jovetic this transfer season.

Strikers Bedashwor Singh and Krishna Pandit scored a goal each to help India script a 2-0 win over Bangladesh.

Philipp Lahm scored with a header in the 14th minute and halftime substitute Mario Mandzukic added the second goal.

Gerardo Martino, says his biggest concern is being able to live up to the challenge that "a club of this size" represents.

Manchester United are also said to be interested in Bale but are not ready to pay over the odds for the Spurs winger.

Suarez, second top scorer in the Premier League with 23 goals last season has already stated that he wants to leave Liverpool.

Manchester United having launched a £15 million bid for the Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye.

The meeting in Mumbai is held to decide their course of action on AIFF's request to sort out the stand-off with its commercial partner IMG-Reliance on the issue of IPL-style tournament.

The 29-year-old's contract had been due to expire in 2014 and he was linked to a move back to Brazil with Santos last January.

Strootman's former club PSV Eindhoven had reached an agreement with AS Roma for a reported fee of 17 to 19 million euros.

The 21-year-old Brazil forward had been given a choice between No. 11 and No. 7.

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