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While Germany's defensive operation will no doubt boost confidence going into their final group game against Northern Ireland next week, they struggled in attack with neither Mario Goetze nor Mario Gomez able to land a knockout blow.

Move over Brexit. If England drop out of the Euro 2016 it could wipe £6 billion (7.6 billion euros, $8.5 billion) from the value of the London stock market, a finance expert warned on Wednesday.

England's players will find it "devastating" if they are thrown out of Euro 2016 due to fan violence, midfielder Adam Lallana said on Tuesday.

The Besiktas player missed training on Sunday and according to Portuguese media, tests conducted on Quaresma's right leg revealed a minor problem with the 32-year-old set to undergo a fitness test on Monday afternoon.

India and Germany will open the 2016 Champions Trophy, which will be the last edition since its inception in 1978 as the FIH has decided to replace the tournament with another global league.

Vincent Janssen put a young Dutch side in front after nine minutes when the home defence mistakenly thought he was offside, leaving him free to head in Steven Berghuis' looping cross from six metres.

Neymar scored 31 goals in 48 appearances last season to help the club win a domestic league and cup double.

Paraguay first participated in the tournament in the 1921 edition; Bolivia joined in 1926; Peru started to participate from 1927; Ecuador in 1939. Colombia joined in 1945 and Venezuela in 1967.

Midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who has had an injury-plagued season, was included when Czech Republic announced their 23-man squad on Tuesday for next month's European Championship in France.

Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward welcomed Jose Mourinho to Manchester United, offering the newly-appointed manager their congratulations.

Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he remains at the peak of his form, claiming that jealousy is the only reason anyone would not be happy for his third Champions League triumph.

Real Madrid fans descended into the streets of the Spanish capital in the early hours of on Sunday morning to celebrate a historic 11th European Cup win after beating local rivals Atletico Madrid on penalties.

The last-eight stage of the cup competition will revert to a sudden-death format over one weekend in a bid to ease English football's congested fixture list.

"Of course it is not the philosophy of play that I like the most, because they speculate and wait in defence, but I think this is the moment for Atletico Madrid," Xavi explained.

The NorthEast United FC has been actively gearing up for the soon approaching third edition of ISL and has got renowned Brazilian Football Manager, Sergio Farias on board as the head coach.

Manchester United sacked manager Louis van Gaal after an FA Cup triumph failed to make up for the club's inability to qualify for the Champions League.