Football

Silva, a Brazilian defender and the skipper of France's Paris Saint-Germain club, said that loss to Germany made him suffer bouts of depression and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi boosted his confidence in tough time.

Cesc Fabregas and Branislav Ivanovic struck late goals to earn Chelsea a 2-1 victory at Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday.

Infantino, who on Friday won the vote to succeed the disgraced Sepp Blatter as head of world football's governing body, vowed to "restore the image of FIFA".

"I think it's been a difficult (season) for Man United but in big games like this, we know that they're going to turn up, because everyone loves these kind of matches," Coquelin told the club's website www.arsenal.com.

Pires was also part of the French side that won Euro 2000, and whilst at English club Arsenal he won two Premier League titles and three FA Cups.

Schweinsteiger, 31, spent 17 years with Bayern Munich, winning eight Bundesliga titles, the Champions League and a Club World Cup before moving to Old Trafford in July.

The Spanish club have earned a well-founded reputation for iron-clad defence this season but it was the Dutch champions who had to produce a stout rearguard action to avoid being beaten.

Sturridge has pledged his future to the club despite manager Juergen Klopp having publicly criticised the striker's attitude towards his injury problems.

FIFA "should be proud" of making money "and should be proud to reinvest" in football, said the acting head of the European confederation UEFA.

Gianni Infantino and Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa embarked on a final scramble for votes on Wednesday ahead of the election to lead world football's scandal-tainted governing body.

If Arsenal are to have any chance of overturning a 2-0 deficit against Barcelona in the Champions League next month they must be sharper in front of goal, says manager Arsene Wenger.

In almost 120 years of Victorian Football League (VFL)/AFL history, a woman has never officiated at the elite level of Australian rules football.

The 20 Premier League teams will share most of the 5.1 billion pounds ($7.21 billion) for live domestic TV coverage in a three-year deal starting next term and Bartomeu said they were Barca's main rivals in the battle for players.

The 39-year-old AS Roma player had complained about a lack of playing time in a television interview on Saturday.

All the goals came in the second half, with Mati Fernandez, Cristian Tello and Nikola Kalinic scoring for Fiorentina to help them move four points clear of Inter Milan, who beat Sampdoria 3-1 on Saturday.

The Portuguese international has been linked with a move to Major League Soccer (MLS) and French heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain.