Football

Pune FC went down 0-1 to Salgaocar FC in the final of the 127th Durand Cup at the Raia Sports Complex.

"ISL is acting as the guiding light for home-grown footballers and helping them take giant strides to improve as professionals," Dias said.

Messi can now match the Spanish league's scoring milestone as he is just one goal short of Telmo Zarra's mark of 251, a record the Athletic Bilbao great established in 1955.

Liverpool are at seventh place - 12 points behind Chelsea - and showing none of the form that took the team to a second-place finish last season.

A dismal start to the season and a seemingly never-ending defensive injury crisis have left Van Gaal feeling "lousy".

Pune FC scored a goal in each half of their semi-final match to get the better of Sporting Clube de Goa 2-1 and set up title clash with Salgaocar FC.

Catch all the action from match 23 of the Indian Super League played between Kerala Blasters FC and FC Goa.

Goalkeeper Karanjit Singh proved to be the saviour as Salgaocar survived anxious moments before edging out Bengaluru FC via penalty shootout.

Eden Hazard had a late penalty saved as Chelsea missed a chance to advance from Group G in the Champions League, drawing 1-1 with Maribor.

Catch all the action from match 22 of the Indian Super League played between Mumbai City FC and Delhi Dynamos FC.

Watkiss, who holds the UEFA A and B coaching licenses will join the Pune-based club from Grimsby Town.

The standout teams so far in the inaugural edition of ISL, Atletico de Kolkata and Chennaiyin FC occupy the top two spots in the points table.

In what was ultimately a mediocre, error-strewn Manchester derby, we did get to understand much and more about the two teams on the field.

Luis Suarez's home debut with Barcelona was spoiled by Celta Vigo as Joaquin Larrivey scored in the second half to deal the hosts a 1-0 loss in Spanish League.

Hazard converted a second-half penalty to keep Chelsea's perfect home record intact with a 2-1 win over Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League.

Having remained unbeaten so far, Delhi Dynamos will be looking to post their first away victory when they lock horns with winless FC Goa on Saturday.