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Rahman, who is composing music for the upcoming movie "Pele", met the "King of Football" at an event in Kolkata and said it was an honor to do his film.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation by FIFA's ethics committee, which could lead to lengthy bans from soccer for Blatter and Platini, is still continuing in private.

His birthday is still be some days away but football legend Pele had the celebrations on Monday, as music composer AR Rahman sang the 'Happy birthday' jingle, and former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly clapped in reverence.

Virtually out of reckoning after four losses in a row, a beleaguered Indian football team would look to salvage some pride and put up a decent performance against Oman.

The champions have suffered three retirements in four races and the throttle failure that sidelined Nico Rosberg in Russia on Sunday took the gloss off another triumphant afternoon for the team.

Even the spirited and popular quote "How do you spell Pele? Easy G-O-D", can be captured in a concoction of a shot of rum and your choice of soda.

Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder scored either side of half-time to keep alive the Netherlands’ hopes of Euro 2016 qualification as they won 2-1 in Kazakhstan on Saturday.

Platini lodged an appeal on Saturday with FIFA against his 90-day suspension and was backed by the South American confederation, which called for the European soccer leader to be allowed to stand in the presidential election to succeed Sepp Blatter.

FIFA has provisionally banned President Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini for 90 days in the wake of a Swiss criminal investigation.

Klopp also received the backing of German national coach Joachim Loew.

Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata may have crossed the Chennayin FC hurdle with ease but they now face another tough rival in form of Zico's FC Goa in an ISL encounter on Wednesday.

Atletico de Kolkata on Tuesday received a big blow to their campaign as their marquee player Postiga was ruled out for three to four weeks.

Jurgen Klopp has emerged as the clear front runner for the Anfield hot seat, with Liverpool hoping to appoint the German as a replacement for sacked manager Brendan Rodgers by the end of the week.

The weather has played truant in recent days with rains at regular intervals, and with thunderstorms forecast for Tuesday a free flowing match is most unlikely.

Wenger was roundly criticised in the British press after his side's 3-2 loss to Olympiakos last week left them struggling to avoid a group-stage exit in the Champions League.