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FC Goa's Brazilian striker Reinaldo struck a hat-trick in a 5-1 mauling of Kerala Blasters here on Sunday to confirm their place in the Indian Super League (ISL) semi-finals.

Aditi Chauhan, who plays for English side West Ham United Ladies as a goalkeeper, is facing deportation as she cannot renew her visa due to rules and regulations of the Football Association (FA).

"The main reason behind the poor run of the team is lack of fighting spirit. I don't know what the problem with the team is when they come on the field in the second half," said Anelka.

Cristiano Ronaldo sparkled as Real Madrid, who had already sealed a place in the last 16 of the Champions League, clinched top spot in Group A with a remarkable 4-3 win over Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.

Atletico Madrid eased through to the Champions League round of 16 with a game to spare and eliminated Galatasaray when Antoine Griezmann's double secured a 2-0 win at home to the Turkish side in Group C on Wednesday.

India may be performing poorly in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers but national football team coach Stephen Constantine's job in the hot seat is safe at least till March next year, according to a top AIFF official.

Former England football star Steven Gerrard believes that Arsenal will struggle to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Jeje Lalpekhlua scored a brace while Stiven Mendoza and Bruno Pelissari scored one goal each as the hosts registered a comprehensive win against Delhi.

PSG will bear the message in their Champions League Group A match against Swedish team Malmo on Wednesday night and again on Saturday against Troyes, their first Ligue 1 home match after the attacks, reports Xinhua.

Chennaiyin are sixth on the table with 13 points from 11 matches and with just three matches left to be played, Marco Materazzi's side now face an uphill task to qualify for the final-four.

Sameehg Doutie scored twice while Iain Hume and Borja Fernandez scored one goal each as Kolkata registered a comprehensive victory against FC Goa.

England football great David Beckham says he "didn't care" about attention from girls while growing up.

Costa grabbed a second-half winner as Chelsea beat Norwich 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday, ending the champions' three-match losing run and easing the pressure on manager Mourinho.

When AC Milan visit Juventus on Saturday, it will mark the first time in recent memory that their match-up finds them both struggling below the top five positions in the Italian league.

First-half goals from Adil Nabi, Anas Edathodika and a second-half penalty from John Riise powered Delhi Dynamos FC to a 3-1 win over FC Pune City in match 41 of the Indian Super League.

India fired six first half goals to crush lower ranked Oman 9-0 and enter the semi-finals of the 8th Junior Men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament.