Football

The Premier League club says it has exercised the end-of-season break clause in Sherwood's 18-month contract.

Barcelona forward Neymar has almost recovered from a foot injury and hopes to play in Spanish league decider against Atletico Madrid.

World football's governing body FIFA has allotted four courses to India for overall development of the country's referees.

Japan, who co-hosted the World Cup with South Korea in 2002, are preparing for their fifth consecutive World Cup campaign.

Celta have recorded a 2-0 surprise win over Real Madrid in Sunday's La Liga encounter to end the away side's title dreams.

Juventus are still looking to break a few more records this season, while Roma will be out for revenge.

Villarreal have been fined 12,000 Euros by the Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish Football Association for the racist incident.

"At the moment we have only seven or eight players who are in top form. This whole situation is causing some headache," Germany coach Loew said.

Spanish club Atletico Madrid, former cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly as well as top Bollywood actors are among the owners of eight franchises in the ISL.

The kids earned themselves tickets for the upcoming football World Cup after being chosen as 'adidas FIFA flagbearers' for the mega event in Brazil.

"I am surprised that we did it so well in this season. We showed a lot of good things. I am satisfied with this squad," Guardiola said.

Yoichiro Kakitani's goal drought in the J-League has put his position in Japan's World Cup squad in jeopardy.

The news will also be a boost for England manager Roy Hodgson as he does his final preparations for his preliminary 30-man World Cup squad which he is announcing on May 12.

Atletico overpowered Chelsea 3-1 to ensure their remarkable season will end with a Champions League final meeting against crosstown rival Real Madrid.

The return of Hazard after three weeks on the sidelines would be a major boost given the defensive nature of the first leg in which both sides failed to score.

Messi has won a glittering array of club silverware but some believe he must win the World Cup before he can be hailed as a true great.