Football

Hostilities were put to one side as the likes of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy and Spurs counterpart Harry Kane both impressed as England won in Germany and lost at home to the Netherlands.

However, FIFA said that the ban on the Ivorian would be lifted if he paid the outstanding amount to the agent, who was named as Sebastien Boisseau.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele has sued Samsung Electronics Co for at least $30 million, alleging the Korean company improperly used a look-alike in an advertisement that ran in the New York Times without permission.

India ended their 2018 World Cup football qualifying campaign on a disappointing note as they lost to Turkmenistan 1-2 in their last group match to finish at the bottom of the heap.

Sterling will miss Manchester City's Champions League quarter-final against Paris St Germain and will need to prove his fitness to play for England in the European Championship starting in June.

City fans angry at the large increase on prices from the previous round against Dynamo Kiev last week (£30-£40), and from the group stage matches against Juventus, Sevilla and Borussia Monchengladbach (£20-£40).

Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek has insisted that they will battle until the end of the football season to try to collect as many points as possible in the English Premier League (EPL).

United are four points behind fourth-placed City with nine games left this season. Asked if the derby was a 'do-or-die' match for his team's top-four ambitions, Van Gaal said: "I think so, yes . you have to win. Otherwise the gap is bigger and bigger."

"Following the recent decision by the IFAB to allow experimentation with a fourth substitution in extra-time, the FIFA executive committee agreed for such experiments to be conducted this year at the Olympics," FIFA said in a statement.

Juanfran's winning penalty sent Atletico Madrid into the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday, clinching an agonising 8-7 penalty shoot-out win over PSV Eindhoven.

Kompany limped off after five minutes with a muscle problem and Otamendi followed soon after as the hosts chalked up a 3-1 aggregate triumph that was entirely due to their first-leg victory.

Jerry Mawihmingthanga and Lallianzuala Chhangte (Zola) have been invited to Liverpool to take part in a week-long coaching programme at the LFC Academy in Kirkby.

Rooney has been out for eight games and will miss England's upcoming friendlies against Germany (March 26) and Netherlands (March 29) but is eyeing a return for United's Premier League fixture against his former club Everton on April 3.

Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham kept the pressure on Premier League leader Leicester with a 2-0 victory at bottom club Aston Villa on Sunday, provisionally moving Spurs to within two points of their title rivals.

Romelu Lukaku scored two superb goals to give Everton a 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final victory on Saturday over his former club Chelsea, for whom Diego Costa was sent off.

Crystal Palace reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 21 years as Yohan Cabaye's controversial penalty inspired a 2-0 win at second tier Reading on Friday.