Football

Demichelis has been charged with misconduct in relation to betting, the English Football Association said in a statement on Wednesday.

Infantino, elected to run soccer's world governing body in February, was speaking during a visit to the South American Football Confederation's headquarters in Paraguay.

The match for Russia 2018 World Cup Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 is slated to be played in Tehran on Thursday. A 22-member team on Monday left for the match.

Sporting's Carlos Castro completed the turnaround with a goal in the 89th minute with Atletico playing with 10 men after defender Jose Gimenez went down injured after coach Diego Simeone made all three substitutions.

United are four points behind fourth-placed City with nine games left this season. Asked if the derby was a 'do-or-die' match for his team's top-four ambitions, Van Gaal said: "I think so, yes . you have to win. Otherwise the gap is bigger and bigger."

FIFA has cancelled Kuwait's Asian World Cup qualifying matches against Laos and South Korea this month, world soccer's ruling body said on Monday.

Roma remained third, two points behind Napoli who will be looking to close the gap to leader Juventus to three points when they visit Palermo later.

City face a potentially pivotal week in their season, with Saturday's game being followed by a Champions League last-16 second leg match against Dynamo Kiev and a domestic derby clash with Manchester United.

McClaren's position has been under threat for weeks and speculation intensified after fans turned on him during the 3-1 home defeat by Bournemouth on Saturday.

Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic has defended team mate Eden Hazard who was jeered off the pitch by a small section of fans in Wednesday's last-16 Champions League defeat to French champions Paris St Germain.

Eternal rivals Manchester United travel to Liverpool in the Europa League last 16, first leg on Thursday in a battle of English football's two most successful sides.

Christian Benteke won and converted a coolly taken penalty deep into injury time to earn 10-man Liverpool a 2-1 win at Palace on Sunday, boosting his team's faint hopes of finishing in the Premier League's European places.

Chelsea captain John Terry believes he still has "two or three years" to perform "at the highest level," indicating that he does not know where he will be playing next football season if his club decided not to renew his contract.

The draw takes Salgaocar FC's tally to nine points from 11 matches. With their third successive draw, Mumbai FC are now on 12 points from 11 matches.

Spurs' six-match winning league run ended in a 1-0 defeat at West Ham United while Arsenal suffered a second successive league loss, surprisingly beaten 2-1 at home by relegation-threatened Swansea City.

Galatasaray have been banned from European competition for one year over the club's failure to meet Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations designed to limit losses.