Football

Iniesta, who sustained the injury in last month's La Liga 'Clasico' at Real Madrid, has not been included in the squad for the match.

Messi on Saturday set a La Liga scoring record of 253 goals, surpassing the previous record of 251 set by former Athletic Bilbao's Telmo Zarra six decades ago.

Mourinho has declared Costa finally free of the hamstring injury but admitted to concerns about how he would cope with their marathon of games for the rest of 2014.

Kerala Blasters FC registered their 4th win under controversial circumstances where Garcia's goal was ruled out due to absence of goal-line technology.

Cristiano Ronaldo led Real Madrid to their 10th Champions League title in May and has already scored 18 goals from 10 La Liga matches this season.

Chennaiyin FC produced a crushing performance to beat Pune City FC 3-1 as they pipped Atletico de Kolkata to the top spot in the points table of the Indian Super League.

Rooney took his tally to 46 in his 101st international to move within three goals of Bobby Charlton's England scoring record of 49.

United suffered a 10 per cent fall in first quarter revenue as the absence of lucrative Champions League soccer this season took its toll.

Garcia scored in the 51st minute as Atletico de Kolkata defeated NorthEast United FC 1-0 to regain their lost touch and strengthen their top spot.

The Belgian said that winning the trophy will be very difficult despite the failings this season of Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United.

Delhi were handed a 1-4 drubbing by FC Goa in their last match at home, pushing them to the bottom of the standings with just one win from eight matches.

Assistant coach Vivek Nagul said two more wins may be enough for his side to book a semi-final berth in the Indian Super League.

India has pulled out of mounting a bid for 2015 and 2016 FIFA Club World Cups, according to All India Football Federation officials.

Brazil midfielder Oscar has signed a new contract at Chelsea that will keep him at the Premier League club until 2019.

Milan, who have won just four of 11 matches, are eight points off the lead in seventh.

While Chennai's both goals were scored by Elano, who now took his goal-tally to eight, Koke's equaliser for NorthEast was also out of the top drawer.