Football

Manchester City have 12 games left, two more than Leicester, and head to Anfield to face Liverpool later on Wednesday after beating the Merseysiders on penalties in the League Cup final on Sunday.

The new contract with Chelsea will keep 20-year-old Ruben at the club until 2021, the Premier League club said.

Moroccan Hicham El Amrani, general secretary of the African confederation, emerges a strong contender for FIFA's secretary general job. Infantino has earlier hinted at appointing an African for the post.

Silva, a Brazilian defender and the skipper of France's Paris Saint-Germain club, said that loss to Germany made him suffer bouts of depression and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi boosted his confidence in tough time.

Alvaro Morata added a penalty in the final minutes to help Juventus beat Inter Milan 2-0 in the Serie A Cup match on Sunday.

South African Tokyo Sexwale pulled out of the race to become the next president of FIFA on Friday, announcing in mid-speech that he was suspending his campaign with immediate effect.

With 331 million euros, China's spending in the January-February window outstripped the English Premier League's 253-million-euro outlay in January, according to figures compiled by industry website Transfermarkt.

Real trail Atletico by a point and are nine adrift of Barca with just 13 games remaining, but can move up to second place should they beat Diego Simeone's men for the first time in six league games.

Real Madrid star striker Ronaldo has made social media history by becoming the first athlete to reach 200 million followers across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Former Manchester United midfielder David Beckham has urged Louis van Gaal's critics to be patient by giving the Dutch coach time to spark a turnaround in his old club's fortunes.

Guardiola is determined to win the Champions League for a third time but will not be judged a failure even if he leaves at the end of the season without lifting Europe's biggest prize again.

Barcelona, who won 2-1 at Las Palmas on Saturday, have 63 points to Real's 54 with 13 matches of the season remaining. Atletico Madrid, who play at home to Villarreal on Sunday, are level on points with city rivals Real.

Expressing satisfaction over the work done at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan, a FIFA inspection team on Thursday proposed few minor changes to turn the facility into a world class stadium.

Ronaldo has been linked with a move to several top clubs this year.

Rio Ferdinand has said comments from Cristiano Ronaldo that the Portuguese forward did not speak to him during Manchester United's Champions League-winning season were "unbelievable".

Brazilian striker Jonas, Benfica's and the Portuguese league's top scorer, netted for the 26th time this season with a glancing header from a free kick in 91st minute.