Football

Euro 2016 kicks off on June 10 in Platini's homeland of France and UEFA rules currently require three months between the deadline to apply for the presidency and the election itself.

Soccer fans in England were wincing over their breakfast on Wednesday as horrific pictures of Luke Shaw's broken leg were splashed across the nation's newspapers.

Ronaldo continued his impressive run by scoring a hat-trick in Real Madrid's 4-0 win over 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk in Group A of the Champions League on Tuesday.

Eder opened the scoring in the 75th with a shot that banged in off the post and Soriano doubled the lead four minutes later in Serie A.

The event took place before the match between FC Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid, which was played Saturday evening.

Jose Mourinho shrugged off Chelsea's 3-1 loss to Everton on Saturday, saying there was no one better than him to coach the Premier League champions despite their bad start to the season.

After the failed move to Real Madrid, goalkeeper David De Gea is finally set to make his first appearance of the season for Manchester United on Saturday against old rival Liverpool.

Johnson said that hunger for new challenge and huge popularity of the Indian Super League has prompted him to choose to play in the ISL by joining FC Pune City.

Lawmakers in Switzerland have paved the way for new rules that make it easier for authorities to clamp down on corruption at sporting bodies based in the country such as FIFA.

"I think Brazil have great players who can replace any absence. Brazil has never been a one man team," said Neymar.

Richard Gadze, one of the brightest prospects from Ghana, has been signed up by Delhi Dynamos for the upcoming second season of Indian Super League.

East Bengal's South Korean recruit Do Dong-hyung on Sunday said he has been idolizing Argentine star Lionel Messi and "practising" the art in "training".

Manchester United will welcome David de Gea back into the fold even if, as expected, the goalkeeper refuses to sign a new contract following his failed attempt to move to Real Madrid.

India dropped 15 places to the 156th spot earlier in July following two consecutive defeats in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

"We knew from the start what we wanted and for a few players we waited until the end because it was impossible to get them done earlier because of their clubs," said Bilic.

Villa did not disclose the financial terms of the deal but British media reports said the transfer fee was in the region of 1.5 million pounds ($2.30 million).