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Spain suffered their first qualifying defeat in eight years when they slumped to a 2-1 loss against Slovakia while England made it two wins in two.

England duly beat San Marino 5-0 to maintain their perfect start to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.

Germany have enough strength in depth and coach Joachim Loew will not call up reinforcements for their Euro 2016 qualifier in Poland on Saturday despite a growing injury list.

Atletico de Kolkata, the franchise from the 'City of Joy', was the first born to Indian Super League and is co-owned by former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly.

Ronaldo scored his third hat-trick in four La Liga matches as Real Madrid smashed Athletic Bilbao 5-0 on Sunday.

Record-chasing Messi and Neymar scored as Spanish league leader Barcelona eased to a 2-0 win at nine-man Rayo Vallecano.

Henderson scored one goal and set up another to lead Liverpool to a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion, ending his team's three-match run without a Premier League victory.

The record 20-time English champions have forecast a 10 per cent drop in revenue in 2014-15 after they failed to qualify for the Champions League under David Moyes.

Costa scored his eighth goal in six Premier League games to help give Chelsea a 3-0 win over Aston Villa and consolidate top spot in the standings.

"I am very excited to be a part of this franchise in what definitely looks like a breakthrough development for football as a sport in India," said Kohli.

Backed by bookmakers and pundits alike - Chelsea are heavy favorites to claim the Premier League this year.

The former Liverpool hitman already played in a match between the Barca first team and the reserves.

Materazzi, a marquee player-cum-manager, said he would be happy if football becomes a popular sport in India through the ISL.

Varene arrived at Real Madrid from Lens in the summer of 2011 for 10 million euros and broke into the first team at the end of the 2011-12 campaign.

Samper, who has been with the club since the age of six, played the whole of 1-0 Champions League Group F victory at home to APOEL.

"The owners want to give a name which would have a feel of the city. The team is awaiting the arrival of its marquee manager-cum-player Marco Materazzi," the team official said.