Football

Demba Ba is among six regulars who have pulled out of Senegal's squad for a friendly international in Niger.

The job became vacant when Oleg Blokhin, the previous coach, accepted an offer from Dynamo Kiev.

Terry's 20th minute header had given Chelsea hope they could climb to within a point of EPL leaders.

Manchester City moved within two points of league leaders Manchester United after securing a dramatic late 2-1 victory over Tottenham.

Mark Hughes' men still searching for their first win of the season as they lost to Stoke city.

Leon Osman earned his first call-up and Liverpool's Raheem Sterling and Jonjo Shelvey were named in the squad.

French police had detained over 100 fans here before the Champions League match on Tuesday.

Mario Balotelli, Carlos Tevez and Gareth Barry all fluffed opportunities for City.

After beating Air India in the previous round, Mohun Bagan have returned to winning ways after the exit of coach Santosh Kashyap.

Chelsea came from behind three times to overhaul Manchester United 5-4 after extra time.

Defending Serie A champs Juve scored in stopppage time to beat Bologna 2-1 as Inter beat 10-man Sampdoria 3-2.

Blackburn has hired former player Henning Berg as its new manager. The second-tier club said on Wednesday that the Norwegian has accepted an offer.

The Manchester United manager said the striker faked the dive and deserved his second yellow.

Also, Mark Clattenburg sent off two Chelsea players in the 3-2 loss to United and allowed a contentious late winning goal to striker Javier Hernandez.

Lionel Messi scored twice to help Spanish leader Barcelona roll to a 5-0 win at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.

ONGC held star-studded Prayag United 1-1 as I-League's third-round kicked-off in Delhi.