Football

Bhutia said here that the Football Players Association of India has asked IMG-Reliance to increase the home grown players to six from the current five in the starting eleven of the ISL.

The win left Napoli six points behind leaders Juventus who host Lazio on Wednesday.

Barcelona's star trio was kept in check by some tough defending from the home side, and France striker Antoine Griezmann scored a goal in each half as Atletico overturned a 2-1 loss at Camp Nou in last week's first leg to win 3-2 on aggregate.

Mohun Bagan football team that was in Myanmar to play its AFC Cup match is reported to be safe after a massive earthquake measuring 7.2 on richter scale hit the country's capital.

Mohamed Salah had hit the post three times before collecting a short throughball from Totti early in the second half and slotting past Bologna goalkeeper Antonio Mirante.

City will be without captain Vincent Kompany when the team faces Paris Saint-Germain for a spot in the Champions League semifinals.

Jamie Vardy's double sent Leicester closer to a first Premier League title on Sunday, sealing a 2-0 victory over struggling Sunderland.

Juve moved up to 76 points ahead of second-placed Napoli, who host struggling Hellas Verona on Sunday.

Brazilian superstar Neymar was on Friday given the go-ahead to play at the Olympics by his club Barcelona but was ordered not to take part in the Copa America, local media reported.

Real Madrid's hopes of an 11th European title were left hanging by a thread as they slumped to a shock 2-0 loss at Germany's Champions League novices VfL Wolfsburg.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez have scored 107 goals between them this season but after Barcelona's celebrated trio failed to find the net in the defeat by Real Madrid, coach Luis Enrique defended them by declaring "they aren't machines".

Zidane replaced Rafa Benitez three months ago, but his star-studded team is virtually out of the Spanish league title race, 10 points adrift of Barcelona in third place.

The All India Football Federation reduced the eight-match suspension of Sanjoy Sen to four games after the Mohun Bagan coach tendered an unconditional apology to the apex body.

Sunil Chhetri said his side did not play to its potential in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. In their last game, India were convincingly beaten 0-4 by Iran in Tehran on Thursday.

Wales also drew 1-1 against Northern Ireland, thanks to a last-minute penalty from Simon Church, while the Czech Republic began their preparations with a 1-0 home defeat to Scotland.