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Zidane said he would do his utmost to make sure Real, currently third in La Liga after an unhappy spell under Benitez, land silverware this year.

Eibar romped to a 4-0 win at Real Betis on Sunday as the tiny Basque team recorded their biggest win in their second season in Spain's first division.

City's 2-1 win over Watford City on Saturday was their first victory away after they beat Crystal Palace on September 12.

Atletico Madrid have signed Argentine midfielder Augusto Fernandez from rival Spanish club Celta Vigo at the start of the winter transfer window.

"We are looking forward to a difficult game against Maldives as they are a good side. Not only are Maldives highly organised, they are good in the attacking department too. It will be tricky," said Stephen Constantine.

Messi returned to Barcelona's group training along with his teammates in preparation for Wednesday's clash against Real Betis in La Liga.

Star football player Lionel Messi won the best player of the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards here on Sunday, and FC Barcelona took home the best club prize.

Louis van Gaal hinted after United's feeble 2-0 loss at Stoke on Saturday that he could quit before being forced to relinquish the hot seat and the game against Chelsea could well be his last.

Sri Lanka struck in the final minute of the added injury time through Mohammed Rifnas to beat Nepal 1-0 and put one foot in the semi-finals of the South Asian Football Federation Championships.

Arsenal landed a meaty blow in the Premier League title race with a 2-1 win at home to rivals Manchester City on Monday that swept away a few more doubts about their title credentials.

Gurbaj Singh, who successfully took legal route to get his ninth-month ban overturned, has hit out at Hockey India again for not giving him an opportunity to play in the fourth season of Hockey India League (HIL) next year.

Aston Villa displayed some fight to earn a 1-1 draw in torrential rain at Newcastle United on Saturday but their Premier League survival hopes grow bleaker by the week.

Lucas Perez equaled a club record for Deportivo La Coruna by scoring for a seventh straight Spanish league game to help earn a 2-0 win over Eibar on Saturday.

Former captain and current advisor to All India Football Federation, Bhaichung Bhutia has admitted that the eight-year old I-League has been a failure and feels that the "successful" Indian Super League should be given a few more seasons before a possible...

Chennaiyin have won 8 matches from their 16 outings so far but the most important one awaits them on Sunday against Zico's FC Goa.

In search of the 10th manager of his 12-year tenure as Chelsea owner, Abramovich appears no nearer to his dream of owning a self-sustaining, crowd-pleasing football team.