Football

Messi is poised to take sole possession of the competition's all-time scoring record just three days after he rewrote the Spanish league's record books.

City had won just once in six games before the international break and were knocked out of the League Cup, fell eight points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Pellegrini remains confident City can challenge for the EPL title, despite currently trailing leaders Chelsea by eight points.

Manchester City must win their eight Premier League games before the end of the year if they are to challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title, manager Manuel Pellegrini said.

Fans entered the pitch on the final whistle and a group of them them pulled down the crossbar and few of them attempted to steal strikers Gervinho's shorts.

Vadocz has plied his trade for Odense Boldklub (in Danish Superliga) and CA Osasuna (in La Liga).

Well, the obvious and most well-deserved candidate for Player of the Tournament currently is Elano from the Chennaiyin FC.

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

As Delhi Dynamos' strikers struggle to find the net in the ongoing ISL, its stand-in coach Mark Luijpers on Wednesday attributed the trend to lack of luck.

Catch all the action from match 29 of the Indian Super League played between Kerala Blasters FC and Mumbai City FC.

Kerala Blasters' player-boss James is determined to keep the team's decent run of form going and has asked his team-mates to keep the pressure on the table-toppers.

Atletico de Kolkata's midfielder Cavin Lobo, with two goals, is the only noticeable Indian entrant in the list which boasts of several big international names.

It's the first time Antonio Conte has included Mario Balotelli since taking over from Cesare Prandelli.

"John has lower rib cage and paraspinal muscle injuries which will keep him out of our next game," a team official said.

Putting up an exhilerating show, FC Pune City triumphed 3-1 to hand leaders Atletico de Kolkata their first defeat in the Indian Super League.

The excitement was the same for fans of Tendulkar when they saw their cricketing icon in a different role on Thursday, cheering Kerala Blasters FC.