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Hockey India (HI) nominated former president Vidya Stokes as the life president in its just-concluded fifth Congress here on Monday.

The session tickets in the group stages have been priced from Rs 50 denominations and every ticket holder will be allowed to view all the matches of that day for which they hold the tickets.

Barcelona kept pace with Real Madrid as the pair surged four points clear at the top of La Liga when the champions won 2-0 away to Getafe on Saturday.

It is United's second straight 0-0 draw in the league, after being held by rivals Manchester City last weekend.

Palace have gone off the boil after a promising start to the campaign, losing four of their last six league games.

Brazilian midfielder Gustavo Dos Santos sealed the deal for Delhi Dynamos in the dying seconds as he scored the winner against Atletico de Kolkata in an Indian Super League (ISL) encounter on Thursday.

Arsenal are capable of achieving great things this season, defender Laurent Koscielny has said, adding that the squad is reaping the benefits of manager Arsene Wenger's rotation policy.

The FA confirmed that Mourinho's assistant Silvino Louro has also been charged with misconduct in relation to his behaviour which led to his 45th-minute dismissal from the technical area.

Sexwale will submit his candidature papers to FIFA to meet Monday's deadline after receiving the unanimous backing of his national federation.

Kompany has not started either of City's last two games, since the international break, and could find himself on the bench again against Manchester United in the 170th derby.

It was Mendy who opened the scoring for the hosts with a header in the 33rd minute. Mendoza doubled the lead in the 48th. Kalu Uche (74) reduced the margin for the visitors.

Netherlands will not feature at Euro 2016 after a 3-2 loss against the Czech Republic last week ended their embarrassing qualifying campaign.

Zico's boys will now look to display the same form in front of the home crowd at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda against Kerala Blasters, whose morale is bit down after two consecutive defeats.

If the North London were to club lose again, it would be difficult to see them advancing and they cannot afford to drop any more points when Bayern visit for the third time in four seasons.

Wijnaldum scored four goals as Newcastle recorded their first win of the Premier League season in style on Sunday, crushing Norwich 6-2 at St. James' Park.

Roma, which has now scored 12 goals in its last three league matches, moved provisionally second ahead of Sunday's Derby d'Italia between Inter Milan and Juventus.