Football

Kerala Blasters will be aiming for a quick reversal of fortunes in their second Indian Super League (ISL) football match against Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) here on Wednesday after having lost their first match away at Guwahati to NorthEast United.

Mumbai City FC tasted a rare away win after putting it across FC Pune City 1-0 in their opening match of the Indian Super League at Balewadi Stadium.

Atletico Madrid became the surprise table toppers on Sunday after beating Valencia 2-0 following a thrilling day of La Liga action which saw champions Barcelona lose 4-3 at Celta Vigo and Real held to a 1-1 draw to Eibar.

Manchester United were denied by a spirited Stoke City performance as Joe Allen pounced late to secure one point for the visitors.

Guardiola and Pochettino have a shared history in the Catalan derby when the former was coach of Barcelona and the latter led Spain.

Champions Juventus, favourites for a record sixth consecutive 'scudetto', can feel confident of maintaining their one-point lead on Napoli at Empoli.

United got their Europa League campaign off the ground with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Zorya Luhansk at Old Trafford on Thursday and host Group A leaders Fenerbahce in their next game on October 20.

The private airplane of Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo crashed while trying to land in Barcelona on Monday.

The five-times European champions are fourth on the table on 13 points after six games, having also beaten Arsenal, Chelsea and champions Leicester City and drawn with Tottenham Hotspur while their only defeat has come against the promoted Burnley.

Spain's High Court said it had reopened a fraud and corruption investigation into Brazilian soccer player Neymar over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos, after an appeal by the public prosecutor.

"They send us messages to look after Messi but they don't protect him. He plays every match," Bauza

Real Madrid shrugged off the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to record a club record 16th consecutive league win 2-0 at Espanyol to stay top of La Liga on Sunday.

Mauro Icardi's dream of "winning trophies" with Inter Milan has been dealt a Europa League blow and now faces a Serie A acid test in Sunday's visit of champions Juventus for the "Derby d'Italia".

The Brazilian attacker has enjoyed a close relationship with Klopp since the German's arrival at the club in October 2015.

The Premier League table has returned to familiar type after last season's delightful anomaly featuring Leicester City, with Manchester City and Chelsea now setting the pace and Manchester United back in the top four.

Delhi Dynamos signed off their pre-season football campaign in Sweden with a 3-2 victory over Swedish club Assyriska BK at Ruddalens IP