Football

Paul Gascoigne became a national hero with his performances and tears as England reached the 1990 World Cup semi-finals.

Lionel Messi failed to score but his team outplayed Sweden to seal a 3-2 win in an entertaining friendly.

Pep Guardiola will see a familiar team in one of his first games in charge of Bayern Munich when his new club faces his former side Barcelona in a friendly on July 24.

UEFA subsequently took action over the Fiorentina game, banning Poleksic for two years for failing to report a corruption plot.

Liverpool's Champions League match with Debrecen in 2009 has emerged as the English game identified by police to be fixed.

The winger is all set make his India debut against Palestine in a friendly tie in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Sergio Aguero rescued Manchester City with a late goal in a 2-2 draw with Liverpool, as they dropped two more points in the title race.

There are two changes to the squad of 23 - Joaquim Abranches and goalkeeper Subhasish Roychowdhury joining the squad in place of Anthony Pereira and Karanjit Singh respectively.

Juventus won 2-1 at Chievo Verona on Sunday to move three points clear of Napoli again at the top of Serie A.

Napoli moved provisionally level with Juventus atop the Serie A with a 2-0 win over visiting Catania.

Punjab Warriors and Ranchi Rhinos played out a 1-1 draw at Birsa Munda Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.

Nicolas Anelka joined the Italian giants in January on a five-month deal.

QPR, who play Norwich City on Saturday, are bottom of the Premier League with 16 points from 24 games.

Sergio Floccari headed in the goal from a corner deep into injury-time to give his side a 2-1 win over Juventus.

Third-tier struggler Oldham stunned Liverpool 3-2 while Spurs lost 2-1 at Leeds.

The Spaniard was lambasted for failing to deal with a cross that led to an injury-time equaliser for Spurs in Sunday's 1-1 draw.