Football

A shock 1-0 defeat at Swansea put City one point behind the new league leaders United, who beat West Brom 2-0.

Saturday's match against Betis will mark Mourinho's 100th match on Madrid's bench.

Pep Guardiola's side is 10 points adrift of league leaders Real Madrid, so Barca need Messi to keep up his form.

The mood in the Indian camp is upbeat as the Sunil Chhetri-led side gets ready to begin its campaign.

United is up against a Spanish side it has not played since 1957.

APOEL has already become the first Cypriot team to reach the round of 16 of the Champions League.

The Italian coach has cast further doubt over his role after yet another poor result on Sunday evening.

A 23-member Indian national football team left here for Kathmandu to participate in the AFC Challenge Cup.

Juventus missed a chance to make up ground on table-toppers AC Milan as they were held to a 1-1 draw.

Arjen Robben scored a brace as Netherlands beat England 3-2 in football friendly.

Brazil needed an own goal in injury time to defeat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 in a friendly in Switzerland on Tuesday.

Bayern are in crisis mode ahead of the first leg after being held 0-0 at the Bundesliga's bottom side Freiburg on Saturday.

Wenger is looking for Arsenal to "show internal strength and resilience" to bounce back after their FA Cup exit.

The Gunners followed up a 4-0 defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League by being knocked out of the FA Cup.

The England international has been sidelined since undergoing surgery on his ankle last September.

Barcelona are turning full attention to defending their European crown - which is bad news for Leverkusen.