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Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has revealed he was close to joining Atletico Madrid before opting to return to his original club Boca Juniors last year.

Manchester United forward Rooney was sidelined by a knee injury as Hodgson's team came from two goals down to win Saturday's friendly 3-2 with the younger generation flourishing in his absence in Berlin.

The former Sunderland and Manchester City star was found guilty of sexual activity with the teenager following an incident in his Range Rover car in County Durham, north-east England, last year.

"I've got two more months in Italian football and then I'm leaving," said Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini who has employed several coaches more than once, occasionally reappointing them weeks after their sacking.

Deepika will captain an 18-member Indian women's hockey team in next month's Hawke's Bay Cup to be held in Hasting, New Zealand in place of regular Ritu Rani, who has been rested.

Defending champions Mohun Bagan rode on strikes from Katsumi Yusa and Sony Norde to beat Mumbai FC 2-0 as they went three points clear at the top in the I-League football tournament on Sunday.

Title-chasing Manchester City and league-struggler Norwich drew 0-0 on Saturday in a lackluster English Premier League match.

Premier League clubs have agreed to freeze the price of away tickets for travelling supporters at "no more than £30 ($43, 39 euros) for the next three seasons, officials announced on Wednesday.

Ronaldo scored by turning home a cross by substitute forward Lucas Vazquez in the 64th and Rodriguez added to the lead four minutes later with a low shot from inside the area to give Madrid a 4-0 aggregate victory over AS Roma in Madrid on Tuesday.

Manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at his critics, saying he is bored of having to constantly face questions about his ability to win titles with Arsenal.

Star striker Sunil Chhetri is among a 28-strong Indian probable squad announced on Tuesday for the 2018 football World Cup preliminary qualifying round matches against Iran and Turkmenistan.

Real Madrid return to Champions League action with the visit of Roma on Tuesday needing to book their place in their quarter-finals to keep alive a hugely disappointing season.

Real should also have Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Marcelo back after they missed Saturday’s 7-1 rout of Celta Vigo when Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals.

Andrea Barzagli and Mario Lemina scored for Juventus while Gianluigi Buffon had a ninth successive clean sheet. The goalkeeper has not been beaten in Serie A in 836 minutes, the third-longest stretch in league history.

Juventus maintained their three point lead at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win at Atalanta on Sunday as Gianluigi Buffon made a new clean sheet record in the league's three-points-for-a-win era.

Ranieri apparently has developed a habit of making a noise like a ringing bell at anyone in the squad he feels is not paying attention.