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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.

Poonam scored goals in second and fourth quarter against Scotland in India's last match of the South African tour, in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Wednesday.

"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.

Leaders Leicester manager Ranieri made the shocking statement that Tottenham, in his opinion, are favourites than Arsenal, Manchester City to win the English Premier League title.

Defeat for the third consecutive year at home in La Liga to Atletico Madrid ended Real Madrid's realistic title hopes before the end of February.

Asia Olympic chief Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah said, "As a member of the FIFA Reform Committee I was proud to be able to contribute to the proposals but I know that we still have a long way to go -- reform cannot happen overnight."

Ronaldo missed Real Madrid's two best chances in a defeat against Atletico Madrid at a Spanish League derby match on Saturday, but he surprised journalists post match with a series of declarations in which he appeared to point the finger at some of his te...