Football
La Liga ready for season's first El Clasico
Other than Saturday's El Clasico, Atletico Madrid host 15th-place Real Betis and Valencia play fourth-place Villarreal.
FA fines Mourinho 13,000 dollars for improper conduct
The FA fined Mourinho after the Chelsea manager admitted to improper conduct during a touchline confrontation with a referee at a Premier League match.
Ange Postecoglou to be Australian coach: Reports
Postecoglou will be hired on Wednesday as Australia's national football coach, to lead the Socceroos to next year's World Cup in Brazil.
Bayern Munich ready to pile on Plzen agony in Champions League
Bayern are likely to have fit-again pair Franck Ribery and Mario Goetze available to heap more misery on Group D strugglers Viktoria Plzen.
Qatar has 'problems to solve' ahead of World Cup: Platini
UEFA president Michel Platini has urged Qatar to solve its "problems" ahead of the 2022 World Cup which will be played in the Gulf state.
Getafe beat 10-man Granada for fourth straight win
Getafe eased past 10-man Granada 2-0 to match a club record with a fourth consecutive win that kept them close to the top four in the Spanish league.
Rio Ferdinand and Roy Hodgson join FA commission
The appointments came a day after the FA was accused by one of its board members of "letting down so many black and ethnic minority people" after setting up an all-white commission.
Gerrard delighted at 100th goal but regrets dropped points
Gerrard rounded off a near-perfect week with his 100th Premier League goal but said he was frustrated Liverpool only took a point.
Balotelli could miss games against Udinese, Barcelona
Balotelli has reported a muscular pain in his right thigh," a statement from the Milan club read on Thursday.
Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard send England to World Cup
Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard scored to send England to the World Cup finals with a 2-0 victory over Poland.
Fans vandalize football World Cup stadium in Brazil
World Cup organizers said Monday that about 100 seats were destroyed at the Arena Castelao by Fortaleza fans upset with the team missing out on promotion to the second division.
Injured Jordi Alba ruled out for six weeks
Barcelona say Alba will be sidelined another six weeks after injuring his left hamstring in training.
Spain thinking ahead before final World Cup qualifiers
As Spain prepare for their qualifiers against Belarus and Georgia four days later, Del Bosque's record is an outstanding 65 wins from 80 matches.
Shillong Lajong face uphill task against upbeat East Bengal
Shillong Lajong FC will face an uphill task when they take on the formidable East Bengal club in an I-League encounter on Wednesday.
AC Milan to play behind closed doors over abusive chants
During Sunday's match against Juventus in Turin, hundreds of Milan supporters shouted "We are not Neapolitans".
Jose Mourinho happy after Chelsea clean up Champions League act
Mourinho's team selections had been questioned by the British press after last month's shock 2-1 home defeat to Basel in their European opener.