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Indian Super League franchise NorthEast United FC Mtonga for the second edition of the tournament.

France football legend Zinedine Zidane revealed on Tuesday that he would have accepted if Spanish giants Real Madrid had asked him to succeed Italian Carlo Ancelotti as head coach.

"His confidence showed when he walked up to the top of the D," said the former India Olympian about Manpreet's surprise goal against France.

"The boys look in good form as they have showcased great play during the practice matches. But tomorrow will be the real test that they have to pass," van Ass said ahead of their opening match.

A 72nd-minute goal by veteran striker Claudio Pizarro gave Peru a 1-0 victory over 10-man Venezuela on Thursday.

France scored early and often to reach the last 16 at the Women's World Cup, England also progressed while South Korea came from behind to eliminate Spain.

Serbia reached their first Under-20 World Cup final as an independent nation after beating 10-man Mali 2-1 after extra time.

India captain Sardar Singh says his team must improve on its conversion rate ahead of their Hockey World League Semifinal opener on Saturday.

Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals during his team's 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam.

Barcelona have paid 3,000,000 euros for the option to buy Brazilian footballer Gerson, according to media reports.

Sepp Blatter could go back on his promise to stand down as FIFA president, a former adviser said.

Roma chairman James Pallotta said the project took three years to be planned, and declared it will be "an historic milestone for the City of Rome and AS Roma".

"I didn't agree with Carlo Ancelotti's departure, just like I didn't agree when Vicente del Bosque and Jupp Heynckes were sacked back in the days," said Carlos.

India and Guam are in Group D along with Oman, Iran and Turkmenistan for the preliminary league with the top two finishers progressing to the next phase of the competition.

Neymar scored a goal and set up the injury-time winner for Douglas Costa, helping Brazil open their Copa America campaign with a 2-1 over Peru on Sunday.

Indian football team landed in Guam 27 hours after leaving Bengaluru on June 12. They had their first training session on Sunday at the Guam FA Stadium.