Football

Allardyce criticised referee Phil Dowd after West Ham were denied what he considered a penalty while United were awarded a spot kick.

Despite the Real medio's willingness to take a pay cut, the transfer was not "practicable" because of the vast discrepancies between the Spanish and Italian tax systems, Adriano Galliani said.

Simao Sabrosa scored a free kick to give Espanyol the lead in the 17th minute.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring for Real before Valencia's Jose Guardado added to his team's woes with an own goal.

Pirlo gave Juventus the lead with a kick early in the second half but Sansone levelled in the 78th minute to preserve Parma's unbeaten home record.

Harry Redknapp hailed a fantastic performance at Loftus Road against a club that sacked him in June after 4 years.

The friendly slated for Feb 6, a FIFA match date, will help India garner ranking points.

Messi has recently won the award for the fourth successive time, something nobody has ever done.

City have sent back 912 of the 3,000 tickets they were allocated for Sunday's league clash at Arsenal.

The Londoners' joint-second top scorer of all time, Frank Lampard, looks unlikely to be offered a new deal.

United, under new Dutch coach Eelco Schattorie, are looking to come out of a bad phase, especially the way they upset last year's champions Dempo 1-0 in the last round.

Blackburn was relegated from the Premier League in May under Kean, who was fired in September.

Messi received the FIFA Ballon d'Or for 2012, beating his club team-mate Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sporting Clube de Goa will look to secure maximum points against Shillong Lajong FC in their I-League clash.

Second-place Lazio rallied to beat visiting Cagliari 2-1 in a controversial finish.

The effervescent Suarez scored in the 10th and 16th minutes and a lopsided first half was rounded off by Daniel Agger's header.