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FIFA interim president Issa Hayatou and interim general secretary Markus Kattner have published an open message to "friends of football" in which they support comprehensive reforms as "the only way to deter future wrongdoing and to restore faith" in the w...

The pair clashed regularly during their title battles, with Pellegrini accusing Mourinho of wanting to "take credit for everything" when Chelsea won the league last season.

Messi is battling to be fit for Sunday's final against River Plate, which would be only the second time in his career that he has played against an Argentine team.

Yan Dhanda has become the first player of Indian heritage to sign a professional contract with English football powerhouse Liverpool.

Hiddink, who performed a similar role in 2009 at the west London club, is favourite to replace Jose Mourinho who was sacked by the English champions on Thursday after Chelsea's dismal start to the season.

The race for the Premier League title will be a lot closer due to the highly competitive nature of the league and 80 points could be enough to clinch the title, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said ahead of Monday's clash with Manchester City.

In search of the 10th manager of his 12-year tenure as Chelsea owner, Abramovich appears no nearer to his dream of owning a self-sustaining, crowd-pleasing football team.

All the teams that finished first in their Champions League group will want to avoid Juventus in Monday's draw for the last 16, said coach Massimiliano Allegri.

Juergen Klopp has probably not celebrated too many draws with quite the fervour that he greeted Divock Origi's stoppage time leveller to grab a point at home to West Bromwich Albion.

Host France escaped with a relatively straightforward group in the 2016 European Championship after being drawn on Saturday with newcomer Albania, Romania, and Switzerland.

Mauro Icardi hit back at his critics with two goals as Inter Milan moved provisionally four points clear in the Serie A by comfortably beating Udinese 4-0 on Saturday.

Manchester United head coach Louis van Gaal has criticised midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger after the English football giants failed to survive the group stage of the European Champions League.

Lionel Messi scored his 80th Champions League goal as a Barcelona side without many of their other stars played to a 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, sending the German side to the Europa League.

United did not hire Van Gaal to invest £350 million for Europa League football, but to show teeth at major competitions like the Champions League.

Ancelotti has revealed that he wants to return to management at the start of next season and hinted that he would relish the chance to take charge of Manchester United in the future.

Neville put the players through their paces in a training session on Monday as the team prepares for their must-win Champions League Group H game at home to Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday.