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Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made a shootout save and the reigning English Premier League champions beat European kings Barcelona 4-2 on penalties.

Platini has been UEFA president since 2007 and had been widely expected to throw his hat into the ring to succeed Sepp Blatter.

Hockey India announced the team for the Indian Men Hockey Team for the upcoming European Tour which is scheduled for 31 July – 14 August 2015.

"He (Batra) was just finding ways to fire me and he did it. He should apologise for it (tarnishing my reputation)," Van Ass said.

Harris said the money has now been made available to Wenger for splashing it on any player he wants. Arsenal finished fourth in the English Premier league last year.

A tearful Casillas struggled to read a statement during a press conference a day after Madrid announced Casillas was moving to the northern Portuguese club.

The 21-year-old is the latest youngster to join Atletico who have also brought in Argentine forward Luciano Vietto from Villarreal since the end of last season.

Chhetri, who missed the first season of ISL as he was not released by his I-League club Bengaluru FC along with other club mates, was bought for Rs 1.2 crore by Mumbai City FC.

England striker Welbeck and Czech midfielder Rosicky would stay in London to continue rehabilitation on knee injuries, the club said on Thursday.

Muhammad Imran on Tuesday lashed out at the government for ignoring the national sport and said no one should expect big performances from players on a diet of "chana daal and khajoor".

Pakistan's men's hockey team chief selector Islahuddin Siddiqui and other selectors have resigned from their posts after the team failed to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, officials said.

Chile aiming to end nearly a century of failure by winning a major tournament for the first time in front of an exp

With this victory, Great Britain secured a spot in the World League Finals, to be played in India later this year.

Guus Hiddink quit as coach of the Netherlands after spending less than one year in his second spell in the job, the Football Association (KNVB) announced on Monday.

Phil Jones has signed a contract extension with Manchester United to keep him at Old Trafford until at least 2019, the Premier League club said.

Chris Cirelo scores a hat-trick to setup Australia's dominant 6-2 victory against India. The world champions finish on top of Pool A.