Football

Blatter has said he will defend himself before the FIFA ethics judges on Thursday though he has described the world body`s ethics commission as "the inquisition."

Chennaiyin FC qualified for the final with an aggregate score of 4-2, thanks to their stunning 3-0 victory in the first leg.

Chennaiyin FC won the semi-final 4-2 on aggregate enter the final of Indian Super League for the first time.

Fabregas has criticised the attitude and behaviour of he and his team mates in the wake of champions Chelsea's alarming slide down the Premier League table.

Lampard said the club's owner, Roman Abramovich, should keep faith with Mourinho instead of changing managers in the middle of the campaign.

A report says the 22-year-old Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder tested positive to the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide in June during the Copa America in Chile.

Real Madrid lost 1-0 at Villarreal to fall five points behind the Spanish league's two frontrunners on Sunday, after Atletico Madrid pulled level with leader Barcelona by fighting back to win 2-1 against Athletic Bilbao.

Carlos Nuzman, who heads the Organising Committee of the 2016 Rio Olympics, has stated that almost 80 percent of the the venues are complete.

Atletico Madrid clinched top spot in Champions League Group C after winning 2-1 at Benfica who only sprung into life in the last 15 minutes of Tuesday's match.

Arsenal will put one of the best Champions League records on the line when they face Olympiakos Piraeus in a showdown for second spot in Group F on Wednesday.

Delhi Dynamos on Tuesday announced its partnership with BRICS - a grouping of five major emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - to launch its football academy in India.

Arsenal will begin their quest to become the first team in modern times to win the FA Cup three years running with a home tie against fellow Premier League side Sunderland in January.

Newcastle United's long suffering supporters left St James' Park on Sunday evening jubilant but wondering whether their team had really turned a corner after a 2-0 victory over Liverpool.

Liverpool missed the chance to close in on the Premier League's top four when they suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to lowly Newcastle United at St James' Park on Sunday.

Manuel Pellegrini blamed injuries and a hectic fixture schedule for Manchester City's feeble 2-0 defeat at Stoke City but goalkeeper Joe Hart called it straight when he said their performance had been unacceptable.

Manchester United's attacking shortcomings were exposed again in a 0-0 draw against West Ham in the English Premier League on Saturday, with the team jeered off at Old Trafford after the fifth goalless stalemate in their last nine games.