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Mesut Ozil opened the scoring for Arsenal only for Lewis Grabban to equalise before half-time, and the day went from bad to worse as Sanchez hobbled off with a hamstring problem after the break.

Roelant Oltmans feels it's high time India shed their perennial habit of playing "up and down" hockey and maintain a level of consistency to produce results in international tournaments.

High on their good performance against Germany in the previous match, India want to continue their good form in match against the Netherlands at the Hockey World League Final in Raipur on Monday

AIFF on Saturday said the biggest challenge for hosting the U-17 World Cup is getting the venues ready before the scheduled kick-off in 2017.

Brazilian media reports said on Friday that the Rio de Janeiro-based company will pay a fine of one billion reais ($270 million) as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors.

The former French international, who is a player-coach, accused his charges of a lack of fighting spirit after a 1-1 home draw against bottom-placed Kerala Blasters on Thursday night effectively ended their season.

Defending champions and table-toppers Atletico de Kolkata will look to seal a last-four berth when they face a struggling FC Pune City in the Indian Super League football tournament on Friday.

He has not attended any FIFA Executive Committee meetings since May, when police raided a Swiss hotel and arrested nine football officials and five sports media and promotions executives in a landmark corruption investigation into the sport's world govern...

Mumbai are struggling in seventh in the standings with 13 points from 12 games while Kerala too are in the same spot with slim chances of making the play-offs.

Indian chief coach and technical director Oltmans is hoping for a good performance from his players when the Hockey HWL Final 2015 starts at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Stadium here on Friday.

World Cup winner and current Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon believes Argentine striker Sergio Aguero can be English football club Manchester City's equivalent of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.

Rooney and Martial missed Saturday's 2-1 Premier League win at Watford with illness and injury respectively.

The Australians came from 0-1 behind to score twice in the final quarter for the win that now gives them an unbeatable lead in the three-match series with one game to play.

The match was called off before kick-off on Saturday following violent scenes with flares being thrown on to the pitch.

Four months after quitting Liverpool for Manchester City, Raheem Sterling will have the first opportunity to justify the move by getting one over his former employers when the teams meet at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Bruno Herrero scored on penalty in the 41st minute to give NorthEast the lead before Diomansy Kamara's strike in the 85th minute ended Mumbai's hopes of making a comeback.