Football

Russia will play Northern Ireland and Brazil in the coming weeks.

Luis Suarez netted a hat-trick on Saturday as a rampant Liverpool beat Wigan 4-0.

Van Persie has attended the training sessions this week and he will be available for the upcoming matches.

Ferguson also said that he is keen on becoming a Director at Old Trafford when he finally decides to call it a day as the Red Devils' coach.

While, Avram Grant is in line to take charge temporarily at the Stamford Bridge until the end of the season.

Milan dominated the first half and took the lead through El Shaarawy in the 21st minute, but Ezequiel Schelotto equalized in the 71st for Inter.

Serie A leader Juventus bounced back from a loss to Roma with a convincing 3-0 win over visiting Siena.

The Frenchman has endured a series of back-page headlines to forget this week after a 3-1 home defeat by Bayern Munich in Champions League.

Bavaria, its capital Munich and Bayern Munich launched a joint bid on Thursday.

The last time Kerala hosted the Santosh Trophy was in 2005 in Kochi.

Drogba signed a 2 1/2-year contract with Shenhua but left the club well before that.

The Arsenal boss snapped over reports saying he had agreed a two-year contract extension with the west London club.

The third-tier Oldham grabbed an equaliser deep into stoppage time to draw 2-2 with Everton.

Win put them level with third-placed Lazio and a point ahead of rivals Inter Milan in the race for European places.

Van Persie was out of luck, though, in an intriguing first leg at the Bernabeu which ended in a 1-1 draw in the Spanish capital.

It is the second time that the Real and Portugal striker has contributed to the International Committee of the Red Cross's network of seven orthopedic centers in Afghanistan.