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A Spanish court has dropped a tax fraud investigation into Lionel Messi and his foundation linked to six friendly matches.

Pellegrini hailed his team's spirit and the influence of Yaya Toure after a dramatic last-gasp victory over Swansea City took them back to the top of Premier League on Saturday.

Ryan Giggs. Ian Rush. Mark Hughes. Neville Southall. Just some of the Wales greats who never managed to cap their distinguished careers by playing at a major international tournament.

After a quiet start in the ISL, Robin was criticed a lot but of late he has produced some important goals against the likes of Mumbai City FC, FC Pune City and now in the semi-final against FC Goa.

Sanchez will return from a hamstring injury before Christmas, manager Arsene Wenger said ahead of his side's Premier League clash at bottom club Aston Villa on Sunday.

Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted that a USD 100 million bribery case in which he is reportedly implicated "is over", and pleaded ignorance over alleged corruption by top officials at the scandal-hit world body.

Michel Platini lost his appeal Friday at the Court to Arbitration for Sport to lift a 90-day ban by FIFA.

Swansea have fired manager Garry Monk after nearly two years in charge, following a dip in form that has seen the team win just one of their last 11 Premier League games.

Habas says Chennaiyin FC is a very competitive team and his team needs to play smartly in the first-leg semi-final in Pune on Saturday.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will have the inspirational Yaya Toure available for Tuesday's final Champions League Group D game at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach, he told a news conference on Monday.

India on Sunday broke their 33-year-old medal jinx in a major international tournament as they beat Netherlands in the shoot-out to win the bronze in the Hockey World League Final.

“We had four opportunities but we couldn’t score. Football is a game where one needs to score and if we don’t, our rivals will. There is a saying in Portuguese – 'If you don’t score, they will’,” Carlos said.

India made a brilliant comeback to win the match 3-2 after the score was level at 5-5 at full time in the third-place match in Raipur on Sunday.

Facing life bans for corruption, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are expected to go before the FIFA ethics committee within two weeks.

Leicester City sit second in the Premier League, trailing Manchester City only on goal difference, and have the league's leading scorer in Jamie Vardy but manager Claudio Ranieri says top flight survival remains their top priority.

Swiss government agents swept into a luxury hotel before dawn for a second wave of arrests on corruption charges in the wake of another sweeping indictment by U.S. prosecutors.