Football

Asia has four automatic spots at the World Cup, with a fifth up for grabs in an inter-confederation playoff, and Infantino said that number could rise to at least six under an expanded format.

Real Madrid coped well without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo to comfortably hold Manchester City to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday.

Leicester has one hand on the Premier League trophy. With three games to go and a seven point lead over nearest rivals Tottenham Hotspur the title is theirs to lose.

Anthony Martial snatched a last-gasp winner to send United into a potentially season-redeeming FA Cup final as the favourites following a 2-1 victory over Everton at Wembley on Saturday.

Hazard scored his first Premier League goals of the season as Chelsea got back on track with a 4-1 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has been dealing with so-called 'must-win' games throughout a troubled season and Saturday's clash with Everton falls into that category.

Patel said that in general a blanket ban on sporting activities because of issues like scarcity of water was not right though a decision by a court should be accepted.

"No benchmark or time frame has been targetted to complete the process. But we are trying to do it as soon as possible. We are trying to do it by 2017, or else it will be done in 2018," AIFF secretary general Kushal Das said.

Real Madrid and Wolfsburg meet on Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with Madrid trailing 2-0 from the first leg and trying to reach the semifinals for the sixth straight time.

"A scan on the knee injury Jordan Henderson sustained during Liverpool's clash with Borussia Dortmund on Thursday night has shown isolated damage to his lateral collateral ligament," the club said on their website (www.liverpoolfc.com).

Suarez is Barcelona's top scorer this season with 45 goals in all competitions. "Luis Suarez is a very intelligent guy. When he arrived here he knew he'd be in the eye of the storm for anything he did," Enrique said of him.

Ranieri guided his team to three wins and a draw during the month to consolidate their position at the top of the table, where they currently sit seven points clear of Tottenham with six games to play.

Argentina reclaimed top spot from Belgium in Thursday's FIFA world rankings, while Copa America champions Chile soared to an all-time high of third place.

Uruguay's Juan Pedro Damiani has resigned from FIFA's ethics committee after the Panama Papers showed his law firm acted as an intermediary for a disgraced FIFA official.

Leicester have won 20 of the 32 matches they have played so far and Ranieri wants the players to continue the momentum as he believes that it will be difficult to recapture this form next season.

Brazilian superstar Neymar could join Paris Saint Germain, if the French giants pay his huge 193 million euros get out clause, his agent said.