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Chelsea completed their surprise swoop for Fiorentina's former Bolton left-back Marcos Alonso for a reported £23 million ($30 million, 27 million euros) on Wednesday.

Like goalkeeper Joe Hart, who joined Torino on loan earlier, the former French international midfielder does not feature in new manager Pep Guardiola's plans.

Delhi Dynamos Football Club announces the signing of former Real Madrid midfielder Marcos Tebar Ramiro for the upcoming season of the Hero Indian Super League.

Torino have completed the signing of goalkeeper Joe Hart from Manchester City on a season-long loan, both clubs confirmed on Wednesday.

Hart, who was given permission to leave the England camp to fly to Italy, underwent a medical at the Serie A club on Tuesday.

Twelve Indian players of FC Goa team on Tuesday left for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to train at head coach Zico's football academy, Zico 10, and prepare for the third season of the Indian Super League.

Ivan Rakitic's first-half header maintained Barcelona's 100 percent start to the La Liga season as the champions withstood a wave of late pressure to win 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is expecting another gruelling game at Athletic Bilbao when the La Liga champions visit San Mames on Sunday.

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday after winning both last season's Champions League and Euro 2016 with Portugal.

FC Goa announced that they will assemble at chief coach Zico's football academy Zico 10 for pre-season training and conditioning ahead of the third edition of Hero Indian Super League (ISL).

Barcelona have completed the signing of Dutch international goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Ajax, the Spanish champions confirmed on Thursday.

Daniel Sturridge scored twice as Liverpool strolled into the League Cup third round with a 5-0 win at Burton Albion on Tuesday, while Chelsea edged third-tier Bristol Rovers 3-2.

Belgium set up an intriguing men's Olympic hockey final against Argentina after they dumped out the world's second-ranked team the Netherlands with a resounding 3-1 semi-final victory on Tuesday.

The mixed doubles tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna also reached the quarterfinals, but Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi's defeat in the individual event ended the archery campaign for Indian women at the Rio Olympics.

French star Paul Pogba's move from Juventus to Manchester United for 89 million pounds (105 million euros, $116 million), a sum confirmed by Juventus, makes him the world's most expensive player.

India will begin their Olympic campaign on August 6 against Ireland, labelled as the minnows in the competition.