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The 28-year-old's injury is a blow for both Barca and Argentina but Villani believes the Argentina national team captain will return quicker than expected.

Juventus' miserable start to the Serie A season continued as they lost 2-1 at Napoli, while Roma reignited their league campaign with a 5-1 drubbing of newly-promoted Carpi on Saturday.

Otamendi has revealed that the presence of several fellow Argentines in the squad placed a crucial role in his decision to move to the EPL giants.

UEFA President Michel Platini says a payment to him being looked into by Swiss authorities was for work carried out under contract at FIFA.

Carneiro has left Premier League champions Chelsea in the wake of last month's public spat with manager Jose Mourinho, according to several media reports on Tuesday.

Benteke is set to undergo scan after sustaining a hamstring injury during their 1-1 draw to Norwich City on Sunday, first team coach Gary McAllister has said.

As part of their preparations for next year's Olympic Games, India will compete against New Zealand in a six-match hockey Test series from October 2 to 11.

Rajendran R Kurusamy, 55, was sentenced to four years jail, the stiffest sentence ever imposed for a single match-fixing charge, Today newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Indian Super League (ISL) along with All India Football Association (AIFF) concluded the last leg of the two-part workshop series for Indian referees and assistant referees for the year 2015.

Florenzi, who has spent almost his career at Roma after emerging from its youth academy is an attacking midfielder usually, but he has been used at fullback more recently.

Ronaldo will attract most of the attention this weekend when teams return their focus to the Spanish league.

India entered the match high on confidence following a 5-0 thrashing of Bahrain in their first match on Wednesday, but could not sustain the momentum as Iran proved too hot to handle at the Gostaresh Foolad Stadium.

City will have last season's leading Premier League scorer Aguero back for the visit of West Ham United, but captain Kompany will be one of several senior players missing.

Germany's Moritz Fuerste ($105,000) and India's Akashdeep Singh ($84,000) bagged the top price among the foreigners and Indians.

Goetze, who has spent much of the past two seasons on the bench, is starting to feel some love from coach Pep Guardiola after scoring in their 3-0 win at Greece's Olympiakos in the Champions League.

Criticised for not being clinical enough in front of goal, Giroud's frustration got the better of him when he was first booked for dissent after his reaction to the referee giving a foul against him.