Football

Ronaldo scored 48 goals in 35 Spanish league games to claim his third Golden Boot playing for Real Madrid.

Albania joined World Cup winner Germany, Poland and Romania in clinching a spot at next year's European Championship on Sunday after winning their final qualifying games.

Stiven Mendoza scored first hat-trick of season two while Elano Blumner also scored one goal as Chennaiyin FC registered a comprehensive victory over the hosts.

FC Goa, who have a win and a draw, play their third home match on the trot and they would look for a win against Chennaiyin FC to further boost their confidence ahead of away matches.

Mumbai City FC are expected to ring in the changes as they seek to open their account against Kerala Blasters in a second round game of Indian Super League.

Mumbai City FC suffered a reverse at the hands of rivals FC Pune City in the opener. The 1-3 loss against Pune came as a big setback but Nicolas Anelka's side has enough quality to bounce back.

The Indian senior national football team got stranded in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan because of bad weather. India were to travel to Muscat, Oman via Dubai for their World Cup qualifier on October 13.

Costa admitted to being overweight at the start of the season and defended under-fire manager Jose Mourinho, insisting the players are to be blamed for the champions' poor start to the Premier League season.

One of the most coveted managers in world football, Klopp has been out of work since May when he finished a seven-year reign at Dortmund to take a sabbatical.

Atletico de Kolkata footballer Baljit Sahni, who was yesterday shown ISL season's first red card for head butting FC Goa's Gregory Arnolin was handed a suspension of two matches along with a hefty fine of Rs 5 lakh.

Dinamo beat Arsenal 2-1 at home in their Group F opener on Sept. 16 before losing 5-0 at Bayern Munich two weeks later.

Barcelona lost 2-1 at struggling Sevilla on Saturday, missing the chance to take the provisional lead in the Spanish league.

The Portuguese team will face Denmark on Thursday in Braga, and three days later will play Serbia away from home.

After another series of mixed results in the Champions League, the Premier League's leading clubs will find themselves under close scrutiny this weekend.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he is going through the worst period of his managerial career with his team winning just four of their 11 matches this season.

The former India cricket captain, who is also the president designate in the Cricket Association of Bengal after the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya, will fly to Mumbai to attend the BCCI's special general meeting on Sunday.