Football

Liverpool will take their strongest squad of the season to Newcastle United on Saturday, said manager Brendan Rodgers.

AIFF Director Anil Kamat has expressed displeasure over the condition of training grounds for the multi-sport event in Goa.

The Spain international has yet to play this season after undergoing surgery on a broken bone in his right foot.

Cole was allowed to leave West Ham at the end of last season but his career seemed to have stalled when he failed to find another club.

FIFA has given worldwide life bans to 14 El Salvador national team players who had already been suspended by their home association for match-fixing.

English FA chairman Greg Dyke said it will never take place in the searing heat of the Middle East summer.

Rosicky picked up a calf injury in the 2-1 loss at Italy on September 10.

Germany coach Loew called up Hamburger SV defender Westermann to replace the injured Sven Bender for upcoming WC qualifiers against Ireland and Sweden.

Napoli stayed within striking distance of Serie A leader Roma with a comfortable 4-0 win over promoted Livorno.

The win has boosted their confident and they are looking for a second win against Mohammedan Sporting, who are low on confidence after losing against Pune FC.

Dempo FC are nervous but excited to play against Meghalaya's Rangdajied FC, during the third round encounter of the I-League.

Di Maria will almost certainly lose his place in the starting lineup to Bale when the winger is back from injury but he is not going down without a fight.

Jupp Heynckes may have won the treble for Bayern last year, but Pep Guardiola wants to do it again and with the same style that made Barcelona famous.

Taison equalised for the hosts after Danny Welbeck gave United the lead in Donetsk.

The pair faced each other eight times in La Liga while Guardiola was in charge of Barcelona and Pellegrini was at Real Madrid, Villarreal and Malaga.

Gnabry's goal against Swansea made him Arsenal's second-youngest Premier League goalscorer - Cesc Fabregas being the youngest.