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The Dutchman missed last weekend's 4-1 defeat at Manchester City in the league and the midweek 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the League Cup.

Luiz Felipe Scolari has recalled Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva for next month's friendlies against South Korea and Zambia.

Chelsea's decision to block Tottenham's move for Mata in the recent transfer window shows the clubs are now genuine rivals, Villas-Boas said.

The draw on Wednesday left the Milan side with only five points from as many games.

Italy and Napoli defender Christian Maggio will undergo a knee surgery after picking up a meniscus injury.

Even with Rooney's energetic display, the loss of the Dutchman with a groin injury left United toothless in 1-4 loss to City.

Curtains go up on the seventh edition of the I-League with defending champions Churchill taking on Goan rivals Salgaocar Football Club.

Basel had never won a game in England until coming from behind on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge to beat Chelsea 2-1.

East Bengal rode on substitute Ryuji Sueoka's second-half strike to scrape past Semen Padang of Indonesia 1-0.

A 1-1 draw between Inter and Juventus on Saturday was marred by Inter fans targeting two Juventus players with racist chants.

Liverpool moved a point clear of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the table.

Both Paul and Singh are all set to fly to Denmark for a three-month trial with Danish premier league football club FC Vestsjaelland.

El Hamdaoui scored a hat-trick and set up another goal in his first start for Malaga in a 5-0 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish league.

World football's greatest prize, the FIFA World Cup Trophy will tour India for the second time when the city of joy, Kolkata hosts it from December 22-24.

Real splashed a record 100 million euros to secure Bale's services and he could make his debut at promoted Villarreal.

Persie scored his 37th and 38th goals for the Dutch national football team against Andorra to climb to the second spot on the all-time Netherlands top scorers list.