Football

Germany will be without defenders Jerome Boateng and Marcel Schmelzer as well as midfielders Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos.

Levante, who lie sixth in the standings three points behind Real in third, upset the visitors 1-0 in September last year.

France suspended Yann M'Vila for going to a nightclub during the U-21 Euro playoffs.

Pune FC's bright start to the campaign was halted here against East Bengal.

The big win by Bayern Munich threw the French club Lille out of the Champions League.

Ibrahimovic showed he can create goals as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed a shoddy Dinamo Zagreb team 4-0.

Ashley Cole will miss Chelsea's Champions League Group E game at home to Shakhtar due to a hamstring injury.

Striker Aritz Aduriz scored twice to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 victory at Granada.

Liverpool have registered just two wins from the first nine games in the Premier League against struggling Norwich

Coach Menezes said the combination of Oscar and Kaka has more tactical variations.

The NFF has a novel idea to even out one-sided matches - if a team go four goals down they can bring on another player.

John Obi Mikel is believed to be one of the players who Chelsea say was targeted by referee Mark Clattenburg during the Blues' tie against United on Sunday.

A Chelsea steward has been hospitalized after being injured in a crowd surge at Stamford Bridge

Swansea City goalkeeper Michel Vorm will be out for between six and eight weeks after rupturing his groin.

Manchester City have named former Barcelona technical director Txiki Begiristain as director of football.

Bin Hammam had a lifetime ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in July.