Football

The 96 Liverpool fans who died in Britain's 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster were unlawfully killed, a jury found Tuesday following the longest-running inquest in English legal history.

Gareth Bale scored twice as Real Madrid overcame a two-goal deficit to keep the pressure on the Spanish league's front-runners with a 3-2 win at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.

Rodriguez will start against Rayo Vallecano in a La Liga match on Saturday. Zidane expects a tough match, adding his players will have to think not only about La Liga but also the Champions League semi-final against Manchester City.

The 24-year-old Wilshere has been sidelined since June but has trained well in the recent weeks.

The Catalans still lead Atletico Madrid by three points with six games remaining, but were dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico on Wednesday.

Current Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola will replace Pellegrini in July, taking over a side who have qualified for the Champions League semi-finals for the first time, following a 3-2 aggregate victory over Paris St Germain.

James McCarthy's dismissal early in the second half presented a fine opportunity to secure the three points that would almost certainly have meant the Palace's survival in the Premier League.

Embroiled in the Mathieu Valbuena sex-tape scandal, France forward Karim Benzema will not be selected for Euro 2016, the player and the French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed on Wednesday.

City qualified for the Champions League semifinals for the first time on Tuesday, with Kevin de Bruyne securing a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain to build on a 2-2 draw from the first leg.

Messi's earnings in 2015 rose by nine million euros compared to the previous figures, keeping Ronaldo (67.4m euros) and Neymar (43.5m euros) as the top three stayed unchanged for the third year running.

After losses to Madrid and at Sociedad, Barcelona's lead has dwindled to three points over Atletico and four over Madrid with six rounds left.

Tottenham Hotspur will once again grapple with historical portents on Sunday when their bid to prevent Leicester City running away with the Premier League title sees them entertain Manchester United.

India currently have 142 points. India ended their 2018 World Cup qualifiers campaign poorly with 7 losses in eight matches, ending their campaign with a 1-2 loss against Turkmenistan.

City scored three early goals on the way to an emphatic 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday that kept them fourth in the Premier League.

Arsenal have only themselves to blame after a run of two wins in nine games in all competitions has left them with only an outside chance of winning any silverware, midfielder Mesut Ozil was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Experienced midfielder Milner, who will lead the side in the continuing absence of injury victim Wayne Rooney, said that Liverpool teammate Sturridge had worked hard to get back.