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In its final warm up game, Italy triumphed over Finland in Verona on Monday. Conte's side beat Finland 2-0 to boost their confidence before entering into the Euro 2016 which begins from 10 June.

Italy will probably have to adopt a defencive strategy as they will be playing without a playmaker in France this summer.

Belgium are facing a crisis in defence, with captain Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Lombaerts, Dedryck Boyata and Bjorn Engels all ruled out of the tournament in France with injuries.

Think of Portugal and one name immediately comes to mind: Cristiano Ronaldo.

His club form saw Jamie Vardy force his way into England's squad for the upcoming European Championship.

Berlusconi, who has chaired Milan since 1986, said that he would sell only to those who would remake the team as a champion in Italy, Europe and the world.

Infantino's predecessor Sepp Blatter and Coe's predecessor Lamine Diack had been IOC members for years until 2015.

The 46-year-old Italian, who won the Champions League during a short spell in charge of Chelsea, takes over weeks after the club were relegated from the Premier League.

India couldn't have asked for a sterner dry run than the Champions Trophy, where coach Roelant Oltmans' men can put their preparations to practice against the world's best.

Poonam Rani scored for India in the seventh minute, while Hazuki Nagai equalised for Japan in the 19th minute.

India were left to feature in this play-off match after they finished at the bottom of their group during the preliminary round of the joint qualification campaign of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Manchester should brace itself for some fascinating local derbies if Jose Mourinho joins United, midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger said on Wednesday.

"The fans at Manchester United demand entertaining football and I'm sure Mourinho will come and try and give it," former midfielder Scholes was quoted as saying by BBC on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old Xhaka is joining Arsenal from Borussia Monchengladbach after captaining the German team to fourth place in the Bundesliga.

After leaving Tuesday workouts, fears were high about any possible damage, particularly as Ronaldo had recently sustained a thigh injury.

Former France winger David Ginola collapsed during a celebrity golf day on the French Riviera on Thursday and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Monaco, French media has reported.