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Delhi opened their account in the second season of the Indian Super League as they beat Chennaiyin FC 1-0 in a home game on Thursday here at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, and coach Robert Carlos was happy with the team's performance.

Hodgson has used Walcott mostly on the right for England, but the 26-year-old has impressed in a central role for his club this season.

Nasri announced his retirement from international football in August last year after being dropped from the squad that went to Brazil in 2014 and insisted he was happy with the decision.

Unlike the previous match, India lifted their tempo and displayed attacking hockey that helped them score three goals past the hosts to equalize the series at 1-1.

The 79-year-old Blatter is determined to stay in power until an emergency election in February.

Indian football team coach Stephen Constantine on Tuesday said the mood was "very positive in the camp" ahead of its 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Turkmenistan.

Ryan Giggs would have succeeded Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager if the winger had stopped playing at the age of 35 instead of continuing until he was 40, the Scotsman has said.

Defending champions Kolkata got off to a perfect start as a brace by Postiga and a goal from Valdo gave them three points against Chennaiyin FC.

The Portuguese scored in the 13th and the 70th minute and super-sub found his name in the score sheet in the 76th minute to hand them a 3-2 win. Only bad news for ATK was Postiga being stretched off.

Carlos, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002, is the marquee manager-cum-player for Delhi Dynamos and says it will be a special feeling to step out for the ISL opener.

Germany coach Joachim Loew has given Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno his first call-up for the side's final two European Championship qualifying games.

Gareth Bale, who has missed Real Madrid's last three matches with a calf injury, was named in the Wales squad on Thursday for this month's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia and Andorra.

City left it late as striker Sergio Aguero scored a 90th minute penalty to give the English side their first Champions League win of the season.

Having netted his 81st and 82nd Champions League goals against the Swedish side, Ronaldo is now tied with Raul as the club's top scorer of all time with 323 goals.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will not be sanctioned by the English FA for making discriminatory comments towards former club doctor Eva Carneiro.

With Chelsea floundering in 14th in the English Premier League, a win at Porto would have been a much-needed boost, but instead Mourinho watched a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the club he led to the Champions League title in 2004.