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The Real Madrid player, who has inked a four-year deal, will link up with fellow South Americans Paulinho and Ricardo Goulart in the Luiz Felipe Scolari-coached side.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 29th La Liga hat-trick as Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid moved back to within four points of leaders Barcelona with a 6-0 thrashing of Espanyol on Sunday.

The 29-year-old made his Italy debut last year having arrived in the country in 2005 when he joined Empoli before spells at Frosinone, Brescia and Cesena.

The ISL found a passing mention as one of the world's leading celebration of happy moments last year in Zuckerberg's announcement of Facebook's quarterly results.

Townsend, 24, a regular in the England squad last season, has made just seven appearances for Spurs in all competitions this campaign and has not started a Premier League game so far.

Allegri has dismissed speculation linking him with Chelsea and said he was focused on the Serie A title race ahead of Sunday's match against Roma.

Tello played for Barcelona since 2011. He joined FC Porto on loan in 2014. He scored 8 goals in 33 matches in season 2014-2015.

The 53 European members of FIFA met on Friday afternoon and UEFA said in a statement following the meeting that they would back Infantino, a move which was not unexpected but still a significant boost to his campaign.

The 31-year-old, appointed vice-captain at the start of the current season, said that he considered Chelsea to be his home after eight years with the West Londoners.

Valencia's Paco Alcacer scored a second-half equaliser to offset an own goal by French team-mate Wilfried Zahibo in a 1-1 draw with Las Palmas in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday.

European champions Barcelona joined Real Madrid and Manchester United in earning over 500 million euros ( 545.5 million) last season, financial consultants Deloitte revealed in their latest Football Money League published on Thursday.

World Player of the Year Messi and his father Jorge are accused of defrauding the Spanish state of 4.2 million euros ($4.6 million) in tax between 2007 and 2009.

FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino suggested expanding the World Cup to 40 teams and following the example of the European championship by spreading it across several countries to share out the "honour and benefits" of the tournament.

The talks of Carlos joining Real Madrid gathered momentum after his former teammate at the club Zinedine Zidane joined as a manager. Carlos made more than 500 appearances for the Spanish giants between 1996 and 2007.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has warned Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola about the Premier League's packed fixture list, and the weather, if he goes ahead with his plan to join an English club.

In a FIFA presidential election where all candidates are presenting themselves as reformers, Asian soccer boss Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa is making his pitch as the safest option to officials beleaguered by the organisation’s crisis.