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France international Giroud faces a fight to get back into the Arsenal team after recovering from a broken leg, says manager Arsene Wenger.

The 44-year-old son of soccer legend Pele was arrested in Brazil after losing an appeal in a money laundering case involving a drug gang.

Both FC Pune City and Chennaiyin FC are coming off draws in their previous games against North East FC and Atletico De Kolkata respectively.

Barcelona's Messi and Real Madrid's Ronaldo continually go head-to-head to top the scoring charts in La Liga and the Champions League.

With only eight points in kitty from as many games, the match will be crucial for Goa to keep their hunt for a semifinal place alive.

The Indian Super League would play a very crucial role in overall development of Indian players, Abraham said.

Bosque has no doubts about the commitment of Costa and other members of his squad following the suggestion from Ramos that they are not giving their all.

FIFA appeared to be in limbo as a long-awaited report on the turbulent bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups was criticised by its own investigator.

"I'm trying to be the same on the pitch, but without making mistakes," Suarez said.

FC Goa manager Zico has said that his team needs to rediscover their killer instinct if they are to climb up the table and compete with other teams in the ISL.

Arsenal manager Wenger could be handed 20 million pounds in the January transfer window to help resurrect the English football club's faltering season.

FC Goa played out a goalless draw against Mumbai FC in a closely-contested Indian Super League fixture at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

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.