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Ramos was forced to pull out of the Spain squad for the European Championship qualifiers away to Slovakia Oct 9 and Luxemburg Oct 12 because of a calf injury.

Atletico de Kolkata, the franchise from the 'City of Joy', was the first born to Indian Super League and is co-owned by former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly.

The Indian football team squandered a first-half lead to eventually go down to AFC Challenge Cup Champions Palestine 2-3 in an international friendly.

Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero produced late moments of brilliance to earn Manchester City a 2-0 win over Aston Villa.

Hellas Verona scored late for a 1-0 win over Cagliari that moved the northeastern club into provisional fourth place in Serie A.

Ronaldo took a knock to the ankle near the end of Wednesday's Champions League Group B victory when he was caught by midfielder Anicet Abel.

Welbeck can show the treble wasn't a one-off when Arsenal travel across London with their notoriously porous defence to play Chelsea.

"After a long time away from the national team, this comes as a reward for the work that I have been doing," the striker said.

Substitute Baba Diawara scored two minutes from time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Getafe at home.

Messi will have to stand trial on corruption charges after a judge in the Catalan town of Gava rejected the footballer's appeal against having to appear.

Daniel Sturridge won't be fit to play in England's Euro 2016 qualifiers against San Marino and Estonia next week.

Mueller fired Bayern Munich to a 1-0 win away over CSKA Moscow in an empty stadium on Tuesday in the Champions League.

Tottenham, who have only won one match at Arsenal since 1993, gave a vastly improved performance following their lacklustre display against West Bromwich last week.

Phil Jagielka fired in a stoppage-time equalizer to clinch a 1-1 draw and extend Liverpool's winless run to three Premier League matches.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has given his backing to Xavi and says the veteran midfielder remains a valuable member of the squad.

Mourinho also confirmed that Costa will start against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.