Football

Gianni Infantino announced on Friday FIFA will establish a body to monitor working conditions for labourers at Qatar's 2022 World Cup stadiums and insisted the tournament would stay in the Gulf.

Bale has been ruled out of Real Madrid's La Liga match with Villarreal on Wednesday with a muscle strain, as coach Zinedine Zidane looks to keep an unexpected late bid for the title on track.

Hawk-Eye (GLT), which deploys seven cameras in each goal, is already used in the English Premier League, the German Bundesliga and Italy's Serie A and was also used by FIFA for last year's women's World Cup in Canada.

Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is unlikely to play for his club again season due to a knee injury, manager Louis van Gaal said on Friday.

"Considering this has been a 'bad' season for me it has not been that bad," Ronaldo said after his treble led Real to a 3-0 second-leg win over Germans Wolfsburg that secured a 3-2 aggregate victory and a place into the Champions League semifinals.

Premier Futsal was launched amid much fanfare last week and Kohli, who has been the face of Indian cricket over the last few years, will now lend his name to the newer, shorter five-a-side variant of football.

Jamie Vardy scored both goals to take his tally for the season to 21 goals. The goals kept Leicester seven points clear of Tottenham, who beat Manchester United 3-0, and guaranteed a top-four finish in the English Premier League.

Chelsea experienced their first English Premier League defeat under interim manager Guus Hiddink in a 1-0 loss against Swansea on Saturday.

West Ham United striker Andy Carroll scored an eight-minute hat-trick, but Laurent Koscielny snatched a point for Arsenal in a memorable 3-3 Premier League draw on Saturday.

The England forward damaged his knee in February but is on course to return to first-team action in time to get fit to play at this year's European Championship in France.

Despite tasting defeat for the first time in 40 games on their last La Liga outing at home to Real Madrid last weekend, Barca still hold a commanding six-point lead over Atletico Madrid with Real a further point adrift and just seven games remaining.

This is the second time this year that Kouyate has had a red card rescinded on review.

United confirmed Shaw completed his first training session since the injury on Monday after midfielder Juan Mata posted a picture on Instagram.

Bloodied by a 4-0 thrashing Barcelona handed them last November, Real Madrid's tactical changes in Saturday's 'Clasico' were richly rewarded when they ended the home side's record-breaking 39-game unbeaten run.

"Schweinsteiger is a tragic injury because the expectation is not so good for him in respect of the European Championship but you never know," Van Gaal said ahead of United's Premier League game at home to Everton on Sunday.

In a rare show of unity, fans from Roma and Lazio are planning to boycott the match in protest at the security measures which have split the Stadio Olimpico 'curve' — the ends of the stadium where the hardcore supporters sit.