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Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger has confirmed that the English football club will be without injured midfielder Francis Coquelin for at least two months.

Manchester City now have enough experience of playing against the European elite to mount a serious challenge in the Champions League, striker Sergio Aguero has said.

Juventus need to beat Manchester City to reach the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday and many fans still believe the best way to achieve this is by fielding Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala together in attack.

India beat No. 1-ranked Australia 3-2 in the third Test with a last-minute goal from Akashdeep, but lost the three-match series, which stood 1-1 after India’s win, in a shootout that ended 3-2 in favour of the visitors.

The 18-member India squad will be led by experienced campaigner Ritu Rani. The second in command will be Deepika Thakur. The Indian goalpost will be guarded by Savita and Rajani Etimarpu.

Van Nistelrooy has held the record since achieving the feat in 2003, when he scored in 10 games in a row across two seasons.

The German federal prosecutor's office has launched a probe after the football match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled in Hanover due to a terror alarm, the media reported.

Senior Tata Football Academy coach and former international footballer P Vijay Kumar died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, TFA Administrator Mukul Vinayak Choudhari said.

David Beckham has urged Manchester United winger Memphis Depay to use the club's famous 'Number 7' shirt as an inspiration to kickstart his floundering Red Devils career when he comes back into the team against Watford.

Tight security will overshadow the resumption of Ligue 1 action in France on Friday when Nice host Lyon, one week on from the terror attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead and 350 injured.

Led by legendary Brazilian Roberto Carlos, Delhi might be unbeaten at home, but they are winless in their last three encounters, which put any side under pressure.

Atletico de Kolkata came from a goal down to beat Chennaiyin FC 2-1 and jump to the second spot in the Indian Super League football tournament.

India were dealt an injury setback in the form of striker Lalit Upadhayay, but chief coach Roelant Oltmans feels he has sufficient arsenal at his disposal to surprise world's top teams in the tournament.

"It is getting more and more difficult to get results. So a point is good for us. Happy with the team's overall performance," Carlos told reporters after the match.

French football great Robert Pires believes his former club and international teammate Thierry Henry could be the right man to succeed Arsene Wenger as the Arsenal manager.

Ten-man Brazil came from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Argentina in a tense World Cup qualifying battle between the two South American superpowers.