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Benitez kicked-off his tenure as Real Madrid boss with a frustrating 7-6 penalty shootout loss to AS Roma in a pre-season friendly.

Younes Kaboul has joined Sunderland from fellow English Premier League side Tottenham, ending his eight-year spell at White Hart Lane.

Bartomeu has confirmed that if he wins on July 18, he would push for the current UEFA president Platini to replace Blatter as FIFA president.

Swiss authorities have begun questioning the soccer officials who were arrested in Zurich in May in a corruption scandal and are facing extradition to the United States, legal sources said.

British media reported on Sunday that Sterling was moving to Manchester City in a deal worth 49 million pounds ($76.07 million).

The move sees Cabaye reunited with former manager Alan Pardew, who he worked under for two-and-a-half years at Newcastle before leaving for PSG in January 2014.

Van Persie joined United from Arsenal for 24 million pounds ($36.92 million) in August 2012 and had an impressive debut season.

India went down in the rankings following two consecutive defeats in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Guam last month.

Casillas is on the verge of joining Portuguese side Porto after 16 seasons with the La Liga club he joined as a boy, it was widely reported in Spanish media on Wednesday.

Real Madrid announced that defender Dani Carvajal has signed a new contract that binds him to the Spanish football giants until June 2020.

Lionel Messi, 28, received harsh comments after Argentina's 4-1 defeat in the penalty shootout on Saturday.

A large contingent of officials and media gathering was present at the airport to receive the team, which finished fifth at the just-concluded Hockey World League Semi-finals.

The rumour mill is abuzz that Riise might replace David James as Kerala Blasters' star player for second season of the ISL this year.

The chairman of AIFF technical committee is in total agreement tournament director Javier Ceppi and says standards of the grounds 'have to be much, much better'.

Carli Lloyd led from the front as the United States won the Women's World Cup for a third time with a crushing 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday.

Sharif apparently told ministry officials on Saturday in Islamabad that the teams performance in 2016 Rio Olympics qualifiers was embarrassing.