Sports

Fourth-placed Villarreal are stumbling towards the finishing line, missing the chance to pull away from Athletic Bilbao and Celta Vigo in fifth and sixth places.

Manchester City struck twice in each half with Fernando grabbing the opener, followed by Sergio Aguero converting a penalty just before halftime at the EPL match on Saturday.

Fifth-place United trail Manchester City and Arsenal by four points ahead of their league game against potential FA Cup final opponents Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

An East Bengal official said that Bhattacharya conveyed his decision to step down in an e-mail to the club.

Napoli bounced back from a week of turmoil to beat 10-man Hellas Verona 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday and restore some much-needed confidence to the team.

Mohun Bagan's hopes of retaining the I-League title virtually went up in smokes after they were held to a 3-3 draw by DSK Shivajians in an enthralling I-League contest at the Vidyasagar Krirangan on Saturday.

Bayern, who won Tuesday's first leg in Munich 1-0 and remain on course for a treble, have been without the Dutchman this month as he continues to recuperate from an adductor muscle injury that was initially considered to be a minor one.

Victory also enabled Arsenal to close to within four points of north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who dropped points in a 1-1 draw at Liverpool.

Mario Mandzukic scored the only goal before halftime to send Juventus further ahead of Napoli, who visit Udinese on Sunday.

Messi's penalty against Bolivia in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier took him to 499 goals for club and country and there could be few more fitting scenarios for Barca's talisman to make it 500 than Saturday's clash with Real Madrid at the Nou Camp.

Cannavaro considers defending champions Juventus are superior to Napoli due to their strong bench strength.

The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, discussed some key issues regarding the U-17 World Cup in India and gave its approval on Wednesday.

United will spend eight days in the country and play two matches, with fixture dates, venues, opposition teams and ticket details to be announced in the coming days.

Wang's Dalian to break in, China's biggest commercial property developer and an active buyer of global entertainment and sports companies, became the first Chinese top-level sponsor of FIFA last week.

West Ham's charge towards a Champions League spot was halted by a late Cesc Fabregas penalty as Chelsea remained unbeaten in the Premier League under interim manager Guus Hiddink.

Wanda Group, China's largest commercial property company, last year bought a 20 percent stake in Spanish club Atletico de Madrid and Blatter's nephew Philippe Blatter is the chief executive of its subsidiary Wanda Sports Holding.