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Gary Neville endured a dispiriting start to life as a head coach when the former England defender's Valencia side lost 2-0 at home to Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday to exit the Champions League.

The France striker opened the scoring in the 29th minute, heading home off a cross from Aaron Ramsey, with the ball bouncing under goalkeeper Roberto Gonzalez.

Real Madrid’s talismanic forward Cristiano Ronaldo says he does not go after records but records somehow seek him.

Raheem Sterling celebrated his 21st birthday with two goals as Manchester City scored three times in the last 10 minutes to sink Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-2 and finish top of Champions League Group D on Tuesday.

Manager Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City are not over reliant on captain Vincent Kompany, who has missed the last five games with a calf injury, despite the side's indifferent form when the defender is missing.

Liverpool missed the chance to close in on the Premier League's top four when they suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to lowly Newcastle United at St James' Park on Sunday.

World champions Australia lived up to their reputation as they bested Belgium 2-1 in the final to become the champions of the Hero Hockey World League Final on Sunday.

Adem Ljajic scored the only goal of the match as Inter won 1-0 for the eighth time in their 15 league matches this season.

Asked whether he was satisfied with India s performance in the tournament, Oltmans said: "I am never satisfied. It s good to be in the semi-finals which means that we are close to no.4 but we can be more close.

Manchester City were blown away in a 2-0 loss to Stoke at a wind-swept Britannia Stadium on Saturday, with Arnautovic scoring a first-half double against the outclassed Premier League leaders.

Under-pressure Lazio coach Stefano Pioli said he will not 'desert the sinking ship' following his side's 2-0 home defeat to Juventus on Friday, but the decision may well be taken out of his hands with Marcello Lippi spotted at the Stadio Olimpico.

Mumbai City FC showed little signs of their ordeal in flood-hit Chennai as they edged out defending champions Atletico de Kolkata 3-2 in their concluding round match of the Indian Super League on Friday.

Football legend Zinedine Zidane’s son Luca was sent off the field during a youth game which reminded one of the former France captain’s infamous headbutt during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final against Italy.

Bellerin has backed the club's academy prospects to step up and cover the 10 first team players who are currently out injured.

Former Argentina international Fernando Caceres walked by himself for the first time since he was shot in the head during an attack in 2009.