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The Albert Einstein hospital says the 74-year-old Pele is improving, but remains in an intensive care unit and is undergoing kidney treatment.

Jonny Evans has played 60 minutes in a reserve match and could return to manager Louis van Gaal's injury-hit back line against Hull City.

Third-placed Manchester City have fallen eight points behind unbeaten leaders Chelsea after 12 games.

"Probably 14-16 teams pan-India going on for 7 to 8 months. That's the vision," said AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das.

Widely regarded as the finest player to play the game, he had an operation to remove kidney stones earlier this month.

While Messi tries to break the all-time scoring mark, another record could fall in Champions League.

Thomas Vermaelen is still waiting to make his competitive debut after joining from Arsenal in the close season.

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.