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English teams Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United opened the group stage with losses and need to get back on track this week.

City manager Manuel Pellegrini switched his focus to conquering Europe on Sunday after his side's Premier League ambitions took another dent at the weekend.

Atletico de Kolkata won their first practice match after pre-season training in Spain by defeating Aryan Football Club here on Sunday.

A double from Luis Suarez gave Barcelona a 2-1 victory over Las Palmas that provisionally put them top of La Liga, but it came at a cost with Lionel Messi limping off injured.

This year, Mumbai may not be regarded as favourites, but have the quality and depth to rout their opponents on their day.

A Brazilian judge has accused Barcelona striker Neymar of tax evasion and frozen 188.8 million reais ($47.6 million) of his assets, authorities said on Friday.

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Ganguly was on Thursday appointed as the next CAB president after the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya and there had been speculation whether the former India captain would be able to give time to his football franchise.

Ferguson has criticised Moyes for sacking Phelan when he took over at Manchester United in 2013, accusing his successor of needing to prove his "manhood" by making "counter-productive" changes.

Liverpool are training hard and it is just a matter of time before they get the results that will put their Premier League campaign back on track, manager Brendan Rodgers has said.

Karim Benzema scored to help Real Madrid eke out a 1-0 win over Granada and take the overnight lead of the Spanish league on Saturday.

Chelsea grabbed a morale-boosting 2-0 victory in a fiery London derby against Arsenal on Saturday when two visiting players were sent off at Stamford Bridge and Diego Costa stayed on the field despite his inflammatory actions.

The Champions League season is only one match day old, but it will be tough for anyone to better Alessandro Florenzi's eye-popping strike that gave Roma a 1-1 draw with defending champion Barcelona on Wednesday.

The tournament draw clubbed India with Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka in Group A while Afghanistan, Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh will constitute Group B.

Pellegrini has refused to blame Raheem Sterling, although the striker missed several scoring chances during a 1-2 defeat to Juventus in a Champions League clash.

The 25-year-old, who was born in Amsterdam, Narsingh's grandparents were immigrant workers from Andhra Pradesh earning a living at the plantations in Suriname, a former Dutch colony.