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Liverpool are training hard and it is just a matter of time before they get the results that will put their Premier League campaign back on track, manager Brendan Rodgers has said.

Karim Benzema scored to help Real Madrid eke out a 1-0 win over Granada and take the overnight lead of the Spanish league on Saturday.

Chelsea grabbed a morale-boosting 2-0 victory in a fiery London derby against Arsenal on Saturday when two visiting players were sent off at Stamford Bridge and Diego Costa stayed on the field despite his inflammatory actions.

At $58,000, Sardar didn't feature among top 10 Indian buys at the auction, which could now be a case of sour grapes for the five teams that, maybe, let it slip.

The Champions League season is only one match day old, but it will be tough for anyone to better Alessandro Florenzi's eye-popping strike that gave Roma a 1-1 draw with defending champion Barcelona on Wednesday.

The tournament draw clubbed India with Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka in Group A while Afghanistan, Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh will constitute Group B.

Pellegrini has refused to blame Raheem Sterling, although the striker missed several scoring chances during a 1-2 defeat to Juventus in a Champions League clash.

The 25-year-old, who was born in Amsterdam, Narsingh's grandparents were immigrant workers from Andhra Pradesh earning a living at the plantations in Suriname, a former Dutch colony.

The group's three-year contract with HIL ended after the 2015 season, but there has been no further development as Hockey India has floated an offer for a five-year contract.

Manchester United spent 6.5 million pounds ($10 million) to take Schweinsteiger to Old Trafford in the close season, British media reported.

The girlfriend of Diego Maradona says she and her former football superstar boyfriend will soon tie the knot, although no firm wedding date has been set.

Iran turned in a brilliant second-half performance to overwhelm India 3-0 in the second round of the FIFA World Cup qualifying competition here on Tuesday.

India hockey coach Roelant Oltmans said that a well-organised defence will hold the key for the team's fortunes in next year's Rio Olympic Games.

World champions Germany kept hold of top spot in Group D and moved to the verge of Euro 2016 qualification with a 3-2 defeat of a spirited Scotland side at Hampden.

Glenn Hoddle said the striker should consider dropping to a midfield role to prolong his career.

Australia thrashed Bangladesh 5-0 in their World Cup qualifier on Thursday, exposing the wide gulf amongst Asian nations as they maintained their unbeaten start on the long road to Russia.