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The Primeira Liga winners are missing three central defenders plus goalkeeper Julio Cesar for the last-16 second leg at the Petrovskiy Stadium.

Shivajians came up with a dominant performance to outclass East Bengal 2-0 in an I-League match at the Balewadi Stadium here on Sunday.

No evidence of vote-rigging in the awarding of the 2006 soccer World Cup to Germany has been found but it cannot be ruled out completely, a law firm commissioned by the German Football Association said.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes tiredness was behind their 3-0 defeat by Liverpool on Wednesday.

Barcelona face struggling Rayo Vallecano on Thursday in their bid to become the first Spanish team to reach 35 consecutive games without a loss in all competitions, surpassing the record set by their fierce rival in 1988-89.

Tottenham survived an early scare and scored two goals in eight minutes to beat struggling Swansea 2-1 Sunday and stay in pursuit of Premier League leader Leicester.

Atletico are eight points behind leaders Barcelona, while Real Madrid are nine points back going into the 26th round. Barcelona, unbeaten in 33 games in all competitions, hosts fifth-place Sevilla on Sunday.

The FA said it held 'in-depth and exhaustive discussions" with the clubs and European soccer's governing body UEFA before settling on the date that clashes with Champions League ties between Real Madrid at home to Roma and Wolfsburg against Gent.

Infantino said: "I am very confident about the situation, and the discussions I'm having with the leaders of many associations make me feel even more confident, so I hope to have some more than 105."

Barcelona, who won 2-1 at Las Palmas on Saturday, have 63 points to Real's 54 with 13 matches of the season remaining.

Mandeep Singh's lone field goal was enough for Waveriders to seal third position. The Waveriders had lost the semi-final 1-3 to Jaypee Punjab Warriors in Ranchi on Saturday.

Suarez opened the scoring for Barcelona, but Palmas' Willian restored parity before Neymar scored the winning goal in Las Palmas on Saturday.

According to reports in Italy on Saturday citing a sister of former Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti revealed that Mourinho was set to join Manchester United.

The 53-year-old ended his second spell at English Premier League (EPL) side Chelsea in December following a poor start to this season's campaign.

The jury is out on the suggestion. While most involved with the game don't mind seeing it happen, they don't feel there is immediate requirement or urgency for this.

Luis Suarez missed a second-half penalty but made amends soon after by scoring the third goal to take his tally in all competitions to 40 this season.