Football

The president of the Spanish Football League (LFP) Javier Tebas on Tuesday said he believes Real Madrid will win Saturday's 'Clasico' derby match away to leaders FC Barcelona.

Ukraine's goal came in the 27th minute from a well-worked free kick routine with Ruslan Rotan lobbing the ball over the wall for Yarmolenko to prod past Wayne Hennessey.

Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger's faces a race against time to be fit for this year's European Championship after an MRI on his latest knee injury Wednesday revealed a partial ligament tear.

Gerrard's contract with LA Galaxy expires in eight months and the ex-Liverpool and England captain has thought a lot about teaming up with Carragher in some sort of coaching capacity with the Reds.

Sterling left the field with a groin injury while Hart was taken off due to a calf problem as Manchester City lost 1-0 at home to Manchester United in an English Premier League match on Sunday.

Getafe took an early lead when defender Emiliano Velazquez headed in a free kick by Pablo Sarabia in the seventh minute. Eibar restored the parity in the 87th minute when Baston tapped in Japan midfielder Takashi Inui's pinpoint pass.

Midfielder Marouane Fellaini also escaped any retrospective action for an alleged elbow on Liverpool's Emre Can because neither incident was mentioned by the referee Carlos Velasco Carballo.

While Debabrata Roy will ply his trade for FC Goa for the third successive season, local lad Keenan Almeida retained his place this year after a string of eye catching performances last season.

"David was very good as always and that's not a very good sign for us because it means they had even more chances to score," Mata told the club's television channel (MUTV) after their shambolic performance against Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday.

Madrid booked their place in the last eight on Tuesday, thanks to two goals in four second-half minutes from Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez to seal a 2-0 win on the night at the Santiago Bernabeu.

According to the Brazilian football confederation, Orlando City's Kaka suffered a thigh injury during a training session in the United States.

It was the fourth goal, scored by Suarez after Messi's earlier brace, which brought up the scoring century, keeping the trio on track to beat the record of 122 set by them last season.

Traore, making his first home league start for Chelsea, looked completely out of his depth against a strong Stoke rearguard but suddenly burst into life with a dynamic long-range strike in the 39th minute.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which governs the rules of the game, has approved testing of video technology to aid match officials, it was announced on Saturday.

"We have a tight schedule -– Stoke, PSG, Everton –- and the squad is not very, very broad, so we hope everyone is on board. If everyone is available, we'd like to go as high as possible towards the European spots," Hiddink said.

The new contract with Chelsea will keep 20-year-old Ruben at the club until 2021, the Premier League club said.