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Drag-flicker Varun Kumar scored a brace to guide India to a 3-1 win over Germany in their opening game of the four-nation Invitational hockey tournament.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho told his Chelsea counterpart Antonio Conte that his antics in whipping up the crowd during the London club's 4-0 victory on Sunday were "humiliating", according to Italian television.

Rupinder Pal Singh slammed six goals as India launched their campaign in the fourth Asian Champions Trophy with a rousing 10-2 victory over Japan in the Kuantan Hockey Stadium.

Bayern Munich broke their three-game winless streak with an emphatic 4-1 win at home to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday in the Champions League with winger Arjen Robben outstanding.

First-half goals by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Julian Weigl set Borussia Dortmund up for a 2-1 win at Sporting on Tuesday although they had to survive a second-half rally in Champions League Group F.

Juan Cuadrado came off the bench to score a late winner as 10-man Juventus beat Lyon 1-0 in France in Champions League Group H on Tuesday.

Cedric Hengbart scored the fastest goal of the third edition of Indian Super League but that wasn't enough for the Kerala Blasters as they were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Pune City

Lionel Messi took just three minutes to score on his return from injury as Barcelona enjoyed the perfect preparation for the visit of Manchester City in midweek with a 4-0 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna on Saturday.

Michael Chopra's first goal in the Indian Super League (ISL) helped Kerala Blasters register a 1-0 win against Mumbai City FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday.

The Derby between Spain's most widely supported teams is also known as El Clasico. Tebas explained that the time of the match has been chosen to be compatible with the viewing peaks of the Asian market.

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.

Messi is preparing to make his return from injury against Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday to ensure he can start in next week's mouth-watering Champions League clash with Manchester City.

Gabi, whose contract was supposed to end by the end of this season, expressed his happiness to continue for another year at the Spanish club.

Barcelona superstar Neymar's 49th international goal in his 73rd appearance took him one clear of Zico on Brazil's all-time topscorer's list.

Brazilian winger Marcelo Pereira was the cynosure of all eyes as he struck a brace in Delhi Dynamos 3-1 win over defending champions Chennaiyin FC at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, on Thursday.

"On these two dates Argentina cannot count on its best, who is Messi, but has players who can win matches, although Messi is always needed," said the former player of River Plate, Real Zaragoza and Benfica on Tuesday.