Football

"I am happy to be part of this new concept in Indian football. It raises the profile of the game," the FC Pune City's marquee player said.

Meanwhile, Wales stayed atop Group B with a 2-1 win over Cyprus and are on course to qualify for their first major championship.

However, both the teams ahead of their first match of the competition, will bank on some impressive form in their warm-up games.

North-east India has long been one of India's footballing hotbeds and the excitement ahead of ISL's first match in Guwahati shows that in full light.

Just like it used to happen at the Eden Gardens, the crowd cheered him and chanted 'Sachin, Sachin' as if he was going to bat once again for Team India.

With an amalgamation of Bollywood, cricket and slick promotion the ISL will kick off at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday aiming to revolutionise football in the country.

It may sound as an alarm bell to Mumbai, ATK's opponent's in the ISL opener, that the city franchise is considering the match nothing short of a 'final'.

Josimar da Silva scored 13 goals in 23 I-League matches for Mohammedan SC which was the second highest tally last season.

Nabi is all set to realise his dream of playing alongside his heroes, Ljungberg and Anelka, as a team member of Mumbai City FC in ISL.

After India lost to Palestine 2-3, Koevermans declared in the post-match presentation ceremony that that he isn't continuing as coach of the Indian national team.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is out for the match against Barcelona, and Paris Saint-Germain must find a way to cope without him.

Barcelona led by their lethal attacking duo of Lionel Messi and Neymar, will be confident of picking up a second straight win to take control of Group F.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's equaliser in the second half gave Arsenal a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hostspur on Saturday in the Premier League.

Inter Milan seemed to be playing with fire when they signed Osvaldo, Icardi and Medel, three potentially explosive players before the start of the season.

Torres scored in his first start for AC Milan as his side came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at promoted Empoli in Serie A on Tuesday.

Real lost two La Liga matches in a row, before bouncing back with a 5-1 win against FC Basel in the Champions League last week.