Football

Higuain scored his 30th league goal of the season but was later sent off and had to be restrained by his team mates as Napoli lost 3-1 at Udinese, severely denting their Serie A title hopes.

Barcelona first defeat in any competition since February 2015, against Real Madrid on Saturday, meant their lead over Atletico Madrid was trimmed to six points. Real, in third spot, are seven points off the pace with seven matches to play.

Atletico Madrid got in the mood for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final with Barcelona by thrashing Real Betis 5-1 on Saturday, their biggest win of the season.

Do Dong-hyun struck twice, including once from a hotly-contested penalty, as East Bengal beat arch-rivals Mohun Bagan 2-1 in a high voltage and drama-filled I-League derby match between the two Kolkata giants on Sunday.

"It's more that they didn't let me settle properly than I couldn't settle. I left a team that was out of the European competition and far away from being champions," Angel Di Maria who now plays for Paris Saint-Germain said.

Lionel Messi scored his 50th international goal to help Argentina beat Bolivia 2-0 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.

Wenger said that he would be back to fight again next season as he enters the final year of his three-year deal with the club.

Callejas, who is also the former president of the Honduran soccer federation, admitted in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, that he sought bribes in connection with awarding media and marketing rights for World Cup qualifier matches.

"If he wants to stay at Juventus, they will renew him for five more years. And if he wants to join another team, they will give him an incredible contract," Morata said of Pogba.

Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger's faces a race against time to be fit for this year's European Championship after an MRI on his latest knee injury Wednesday revealed a partial ligament tear.

Indian football team will face its toughest test in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers when it takes on Asia's highest ranked side Iran, sans influential striker Sunil Chhetri.

A friendly soccer international between Belgium and Portugal has been moved to Portugal from Brussels over security fears after Tuesday's Islamic State attacks in the Belgian capital.

Gijon's best hope on Saturday is that Atletico, who will be without injured defender Diego Godin, are still feeling the effects of the 120 minutes effort they put in to knock PSV Eindhoven out of the European Champions League on Tuesday night.

Buffon was last beaten by Antonio Cassano in the 64th minute of the 2-1 win over Sampdoria on January 10. He has since kept 10 successive clean sheets, a total of 936 minutes, and needs to save a goal for just four minutes on Saturday to break the record.

The FFF said that the ruling was 'a first step' for a possible return of Benzema to the national team, especially with the upcoming European Championship in France, to be held from June 10 to July 10.

"I think the natives have turned. There's more people who want the boss out than want him in," former Arsenal striker Ian Wright said of Arsene Wenger.