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Kerala Blasters, co-owned by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, finished at the bottom of the eight-team table last season and placed their trust in the hands of the experienced English manager.

Top-ranked India had to dig deep into their reserves to eke out a 3-2 victory over arch-rivals and defending champions Pakistan in a preliminary league match of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey.

Chauhan had represented Uttar Pradesh more than 10 times in the National Football Championship and was part of the Indian women football team in 2007 and 2010.

Manchester City defender John Stones is relishing the prospect of coming up against "the best player in the world" in Lionel Messi when they face Barcelona at the Nou Camp in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Nineteen-year-old Diawara's absence is especially surprising as he cost Napoli 14 million euros from Bologna.

Chelsea have signed a club record kit deal with Nike that is reported to be worth £60 million ($73 million, 66 million euros) per season to the Premier League club.

It is the first time Argentina have lost two home matches in a qualifying campaign, having also started on the wrong foot with a 2-0 defeat by Ecuador in Buenos Aires a year ago.

Chauhan is back in England with a work permit and has joined West Ham women's team again after her first stint, where she scripted history by becoming the first Indian female footballer to play for an English club.

Iran earlier delighted 75,000 fans at a jam-packed Azadi stadium in Tehran when Sardar Azmoun's goal earned a 1-0 win over South Korea that sent Team Melli clear in Group A after four of 10 matches.

Mumbai City FC were looking comfortable after Matias Defederico provided them the lead in the 27th minute but the home side were jolted when midfielder Pronay Halder was sent off for two yellow cards.

Maradona is in Rome for the "Match for Peace" which is to be held on Wednesday at the initiative of Pope Francis of the Vatican.

The findings of the study depended on the performance analysis of the 9,117 La Liga players from the season of 1928-29 until 2015-16, reports Efe.

It is expected that Jagielka will be available to Everton for the premier league match against Manchester City on October 15.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the opening four minutes on the way to a four-goal haul as European champions Portugal smashed Andorra 6-0 in World Cup qualifying on Friday, while France recovered from a goal down to thrash Bulgaria

With a host of celebrities from the world of sports and entertainment in attendance, the half-an-hour long ceremony had the spectators at the jam-packed stadium in thrall.

Schalke were not done with the scoring and put the game beyond doubt in the 58th minute when Naldo nodded in a corner to make it three. However, the visitors from Austria were able to consolidate their score through Jonatan Soriano, who unleashed a volley...