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Diego Costa and David Villa delivered again for Atletico Madrid, whose Spanish league title charge continued to gain strength.

Cristiano Ronaldo is looming even taller than usual in Madrid after a week that has been quite headline-grabbing even by his own standards.

Salgaocar consolidated their lead in the standings with a thrilling 3-2 away win over East Bengal in a round eight I-League fixture.

Bale celebrated his first appearance by scoring twice and setting up two more in Real Madrid's 7-3 rout of Sevilla.

Luiz Felipe Scolari has accused Diego Costa of "turning his back on the dream of millions" by pledging his international future to Spain.

The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasn't played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries.

Bradley scored late to help 10-man Roma beat Udinese 1-0 and set a Serie A record by winning their first nine matches of the season.

Roberto Soldado converted a late penalty to give Tottenham a 1-0 win over Hull in the Premier League.

Mumbai FC paid the price for poor finishing as they slumped to their third consecutive home defeat going down 0-1 to Mohun Bagan.

Puyol says he doesn't believe that Saturday's Clasico at home will have much bearing on the final standings of the Spanish Primera Liga title.

United's victory was enough to send them a point clear of Bayer Leverkusen with seven points from three games.

Teenager Adnan Januzaj has been added to the club's European squad before Wednesday's match against Real Sociedad.

Fit-again Fernando Torres sparkled on his 100th start for Chelsea, scoring twice to help the 2012 winners outclass Schalke 3-0.

The two were drawn to face each other on Monday in a two-leg series scheduled for November 15 and 19.

Wayne Rooney has the potential to be one of the standout players of the 2014 World Cup, according to England coach.

Bale says speculation concerning his health following his record 100 million euros transfer to Real Madrid has been "blown out of proportion massively."