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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.

Asked whether he was satisfied with India s performance in the tournament, Oltmans said: "I am never satisfied. It s good to be in the semi-finals which means that we are close to no.4 but we can be more close.

Platini's lawyer said at the end of November that the ethics body's investigatory chamber wants the UEFA chief banned for life over a suspect 2 million payment he received from FIFA's now suspended leader Sepp Blatter in 2011.

Having already booked their semi-final berth in style, an upbeat Delhi Dynamos will look to carry on their dominant show when they take on the bottom-placed Kerala Blasters FC.

Chelsea's England defender Gary Cahill has signed a new four-year contract that will keep him at the club until 2019, the Premier League champions said in a statement.

World champions Australia on Wednesday defeated Olympic champions Germany 4-1 to set up a semi-final clash against title holders Netherlands at the Hockey World League (HWL) Final.

Netherlands had to toil hard to register a 2-0 win over a fighting Canada in the first quarter-final of the Hockey World League (HWL) Final at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium.

NorthEast United FC and FC Pune City will be still eyeing Indian Super League (ISL) semi-finals qualifications when they play against each other despite being in discomforting positions.

The Hockey Revolution programme launched at the end of last year will set a direction for FIH until 2024, the centenary year of the world body.