Football

Paulo Bento paid for Portugal's disappointing World Cup and calamitous start to the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign when his contract was terminated by the FPF.

Charlton believes the club's absence from European competition this season will aid their recovery as they begin a "great adventure" under new manager Louis van Gaal.

Florentino Perez presented the annual report for 2013-2014, saying that the club's net debt of 71.5 million euros was down 21 per cent compared to the previous year.

Former Italian World Cup winner Materazzi, who was famously head-butted by Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 summit match, could become the marquee manager-cum-player of Chennai Titans.

Italy scored twice in the opening 10 minutes and Antonio Conte got the better of Guus Hiddink in their coaching debuts as a 10-man Netherlands was beaten 2-0.

NorthEast United announced the signing of Miguel Garcia, Kondwani Mtonga and Alexandros Tzvoras for the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League.

Spain defender Cesar Azpilicueta has signed a new five-year deal with Chelsea.

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has also been ruled out of Wednesday's game with an ankle problem.

Van Gaal appears to be ignoring the burning issue of a porous and inexperienced back line which has struggled badly in the first three games of the season.

Accusing the AIFF of adopting a "discriminatory attitude", Mohun Bagan said they would demand an increase in the number of foreigners to be at par with the ISL.

AC Milan have completed the signing of Fernando Torres on a loan deal from Chelsea.

The ISL was launched by star team owners Sachin Tendulkar, John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and brand ambassador Varun Dhawan in Mumbai.

Manchester United have signed Argentina midfielder Di Maria from Real Madrid for a British-record fee of 59.7 million pounds.

Sports Authority of India on Tuesday denied any plans not to clear the national football team at government cost for the Asian Games.

Ronaldo scored from long range to seal Real Madrid's 2-0 victory over the promoted Cordoba as the European champions made a winning start to the Spanish league.

Simeone was handed an eight-match touchline ban by the RFEF following his dismissal and angry reaction in the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid.