Football

Mohun Bagan started their AFC Cup campaign on a strong note, demolishing Maziya Sports and Recreation Club of Maldives 5-2 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium on Wednesday.

Messi clinically finished off a lightning counter-attack and then dispatching a penalty in the Champions League match in London on Tuesday.

A leading candidate in Friday's election to replace Sepp Blatter as FIFA's president said this week is the "most signficant" in the 112-year history of world football's governing body.

"I feel fit, I feel fresh and, every morning, I go with a smile. Although we have a difficult time when there's a loss, I love to go to Cobham, to the training field, so I feel fresh," Chelsea Hiddink was quoted as saying by The Sunday Times on Saturday.

Factbox on South African Tokyo Sexwale, one of five candidates standing for the FIFA presidency in an election on February 26.

Flummoxed by a rearguard action from Championship leaders Hull City in the FA Cup on Saturday, manager Arsene Wenger knows his Arsenal side must sharpen up for next week's Champions League last-16 clash with Barcelona.

Suarez opened the scoring for Barcelona, but Palmas' Willian restored parity before Neymar scored the winning goal in Las Palmas on Saturday.

Paris St Germain would be odds-on certainties to easily beat Chelsea and take a big step towards the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday if statistics and domestic form decided matches.

Liverpool scored four goals in 13 second-half minutes to complete a 6-0 win at last-place Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday for the team's biggest victory under manager Juergen Klopp.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has admitted to lying to fellow France international Mathieu Valbuena over a sex video at the centre of an alleged blackmailing attempt, Le Parisien reported on Friday.

Barcelona, who were playing without Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, drew with Valencia 1-1. Barca also set a new club record of 29 games unbeaten. They will meet Sevilla in the final on May 21.

Bagan remain third in the league table with 11 points from five games behind Bengaluru FC and East Bengal, who are in the first and second position currently with 15 and 14 points respectively.

Pellegrini's worries are beginning to pile up with second-placed Spurs, one point ahead of them, next to visit the Etihad.

Leicester City capped a memorable day on Saturday by announcing that star striker Jamie Vardy has extended his contract by one year until June 2019.

India have clubbed alongside Sri Lanka and Maldives in Group A. The hosts will clash against Sri Lanka in their opening fixture on February 6 before taking on Maldives on February 10.

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill admits he could follow John Terry out of Stamford Bridge if he doesn't force his way back into the starting line-up on a regular basis.