Football

Arsenal's injury-prone England midfielder Jack Wilshere needs surgery on a shin injury and will be missing for about three months, the club confirmed on Tuesday.

Benitez will make his Champions League debut as Real Madrid coach at home to Group A rivals Shakhtar Donetsk.

Arsenal strikers Walcott and Giroud scored a goal each Saturday in a 2-0 win over Stoke in the Premier League that still highlighted the team's inefficiency in attack.

The ISL, with all the big names, can make the game popular in the country but if we want our national team to at least be competitive at the international level, then the state leagues should be given better infrastructure.

"Rooney will be coming here as part of the ISL. So it will not just be about Pele," the former India captain and co-owner of Atletico de Kolkata Sourav Ganguly said.

The Barcelona striker came on at half time with his ahead 1-0 quickly doubling their lead with a penalty then grabbed his 46th international goal in 67 international appearances a few minutes later.

Former Liverpool star John Arne Riise, who will play for ISL franchise Delhi Dynamos this season, says his team's coach-cum-player, Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos has asked him to take up added responsibility.

The 28-year-old completed a 19 million pound move to London on August 20 and enjoyed a sensational Premier League debut, scoring one goal and creating another for Diego Costa in a 3-2 win at West Brom.

AIFF president Praful Patel said merging of I-League and ISL cannot be done overnight but decided to form a working group to work out the way to unite the two in the future.

A record $1.3 billion was spent by English Premier League clubs in the summer transfer window.

Sherwood snapped his hamstring during his side's 2-2 draw with Sunderland after kicking out at a water bottle in disgust at the referee denying a penalty.

Noble scored and was later sent off as West Ham stunned Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield in a Premier League game that both teams finished with 10 men.

Rodgers has defended the perceived change in Liverpool's playing style brought on by the inclusion of Benteke and said the tall Belgian striker gives his side an element of unpredictability they were lacking last season.

The 19-year-old, nicknamed the 'Balkan Messi' after Argentina forward Lionel, joined Barca from Dynamo Zagreb last year.

Manchester City's Argentine full-back Pablo Zabaleta will be out of action for at least a month after injuring a knee in training.