Football

The All India Football Federation today made it clear that restructuring of the country's league system was necessary to make the clubs commercially more viable.

France started a match poorly once again at Euro 2016 and once again they got away with it, beating Ireland 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals.

Ireland secured a famous 1-0 victory over Italy on Wednesday to advance and face another of Europe's elite teams in France for a place in the quarter-finals.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's international career did not end in a blaze of glory at the European Championship but the striker said he was proud to have represented Sweden at the tournament.

"I feel this shall be a unique year for the club and hopefully we can make dreams come true,” said the club's new Brazilian coach.

After players such as Kevin de Bruyne and captain Eden Hazard failed to shine against Italy, a convincing win against Sweden would help ease fears that team has underachieved.

"The extremely difficult weather conditions in the past few weeks (rain, humidity, lack of sunshine) have caused irreversible damage to the surface at the stadium," said a UEFA statement.

Tite has spent three trophy-studded stints at Corinthians, leading the Sao Paulo club to two Brazilian league titles, in 2011 and 2015, and the Copa Sudamericana in 2013.

England will be seeking to carry on their convincing performance in the Euro football championship on Monday, and end the preliminary stage on top of Group B ahead of Slovakia, who, in return, seek to advance to the pre-quarterfinals.

The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee has charged the Hungarian federation on three counts relating to the behaviour of their fans -- setting off fireworks, throwing objects and crowd disturbances.

UEFA began disciplinary procedures Saturday against Croatia and Turkey following flare-throwing incidents at Euro 2016 matches.

Darijo Srna, accompanied by coach Ante Cacic, went to his father's funeral on Monday and returned to the team's Deauville base camp in northern France ready to face the Czechs.

The ban will include public areas, as well as shops and off-licences, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.

England and Russia are the big beasts of Group B and, though each would love a winning start when they meet on Saturday, the fear of losing could well become all-pervading and lead to a cagey encounter.

Salomon Rondon scored on a rebound after a shot from midfield struck the crossbar and Venezuela beat Uruguay 1-0 on Thursday to advance to the Copa America Centenario quarterfinals.

The Stade de Nice also houses the Musee National du Sport following its relocation from Paris