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In La Liga Messi has 250 goals, one short of the scoring record of Telmo Zarra for Athletic Bilbao.

Playing for Sao Paulo in Brazil's Serie A, 41-year-old Rogerio is one win away from breaking Giggs' record of most victories for the same club.

Harm van Veldhoven slammed the match referee for turning down a penalty appeal against their skipper and start Italian recruit Alessandro Del Piero.

"I know it will be tough tomorrow, they (Atletico) are on a roll after winning back to back matches", says Piero.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will miss Saturday's La Liga clash at Levante due to flu, coach Carlo Ancelotti said.

Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp says he is under no pressure despite his side sitting bottom of the Premier League table.

"Go Robert, play the ISL," Pires' former coach at Arsenal told him when the striker consulted him about the offer from India.

Messi scored twice after coming off the bench as an experimental Argentina side destroyed Hong Kong 7-0 in an international friendly mismatch.

Del Bosque predicted Costa would be a key performer for Spain in coming years after the Brazil-born forward ended his long wait for an international goal on Sunday.

Fernando Santos began his reign at the helm of Portugal with a 2-1 loss at Euro 2016 host France in a friendly.

Probing the multi-crore-rupee Saradha Group scam, the CBI grilled officials of city football giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.

The team from the land of India's football legend Baichung Bhutia is expected to do well in the inaugural season of the Indian Super League.

FC Barcelona and Espanyol would not be able to continuing playing football in La Liga if Catalonia becomes independent from Spain.

David de Gea has revealed he considered leaving Old Trafford during a difficult start to his career at the Premier League club.

UEFA says its disciplinary panel also sanctioned Partizan for fans invading the pitch, setting off fireworks and using a laser pointer.

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea made some stunning saves to help Man United earn all three points while Eden Hazard performance helped Chelsea overcome Arsenal challenge.