Football

A goal from Kyah Simon 10 minutes from the end earned Australia a place in the quarter-finals where they will face .

Portugal beat Italy 1-0 in an international friendly in Geneva on Tuesday to inflict Antonio Conte's first defeat as national team coach.

Mihajlovic previously coached Bologna, Catania, Fiorentina and Serbia's national team.

Bolivia scored three first half goals and then withstood heavy second half pressure to overcome Ecuador 3-2 on Monday in the highest scoring match of the Copa America so far.

FIFA suffered another blow to its prestige on Monday when the Nobel Peace Centre announced it was ending its cooperation with football's scandal-plagued governing body.

Manchester United broke Facebook records to reach the summit of both total page likes and people talking, according to Insideworldfootball.

Serbia's defense restricted the United States to two shots on target, as Serbia maintained its impressive defensive.

Fabregas struck the winner as an experimental Spain side came from behind to beat Costa Rica 2-1 in a friendly on Thursday ahead of their Euro 2016 qualifier with Belarus.

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Riise, who played for AS Roma as well, is expected to become the new signing for the Kerala team, which is managed by Peter Taylor and co-owned by Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

"Messi said to me, 'Dani where are you going to be better off than here?'," Alves said.

The Argentinian forward and his father and agent, Jorge Messi, are accused of defrauding the authorities of more than 4 million euros.

Sevilla midfielder Aleix Vidal will join treble winners Barcelona pending a medical for a reported 23 million euros($25.5 million), the Catalan club said on Sunday.

"If evidence exists that Qatar and Russia received the (World Cup) awards only thanks to bribes, then the awards could be annulled," FIFA's auditing head said.

Whistleblower Almajid has said the abundance of evidence of wrongdoing of Qatar's bid would force FIFA to strip the Gulf country of the responsibility.

"Tevez is a top player, a magnificent centre-forward and, above all, a player who likes to win," Barcelona defender Mascherano said.