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In a wide-ranging admission to US authorities on the scope of soccer corruption, football's governing body openly accused South Africa of paying a $10 million bribe to secure votes for the 2010 World Cup.

Watford's reward for knocking out FA Cup holders Arsenal is a semi-final date with Crystal Palace, while Everton will take on Manchester United or West Ham in the other tie at Wembley.

Casemiro scored in the 89th-minute to earn Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Las Palmas in the Spanish league on Sunday, keeping his team on course for an automatic spot in next season's Champions League.

Odion Ighalo and Adlene Guedioura — with a rising shot from the edge of the area — scored second-half goals for Watford, which joined Crystal Palace and Everton in an unlikely lineup for the semifinals. Danny Welbeck scored in the 88th for Arsenal.

Inter Milan beat Bologna 2-1 to move provisionally a point above Fiorentina into fourth place in Serie A on Saturday and maintain their bid for the final Champions League spot.

Leicester City's supporters celebrated a recent goal so jubilantly that a minor earthquake was detected in the city, a group of geology students said.

Beckenbauer told Bild newspaper's on Sunday edition there was no attempt to buy votes in 2000 to get the World Cup awarded to Germany, a claim echoed by the report by Freshfields law firm that found no proof of any vote buying.

Barcelona's Suarez was suspended for nine games after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup in Brazil.

City's 3-0 loss at Anfield was their third league defeat in a row and even though they have a game in a hand, bridging a 10-point gap between themselves and leaders Leicester City over the final two months of the season will be a monumental task.

The French football legend and former FIFA leader Sepp Blatter were banned for six years each over a two million dollar payment made by FIFA to Platini.

Manchester City face Liverpool again in the Premier League on Wednesday, just three days after beating them 3-1 in a penalty shootout in the League Cup final, following a 1-1 stalemate at the end of extra time.

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.