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Gerrard's was a career full of stoic heroism and heart-wrenching disappointments. It is very rare to see a man make a career out of inspiring mediocre teams both at the club and international level.

Gareth Southgate has been offered the England manager's job and could be confirmed in the role as early as Monday, according to British newspaper reports on Thursday.

However, there is a chance that he may need an operation to repair the damaged ligaments, in which case the recovery time would double to around two months, meaning it would be unlikely to reappear before the end of January.

NorthEast United FC breathed new life into their dying Hero Indian Super League campaign with a dramatic 1-0 victory over FC Pune City here on Tuesday.

Burnley were totally outplayed by Tony Pulis's rampant side and have still not won in the league at the Hawthorns since December 1969, losing on nine of their 10 visits since.

The 21-year-old Spain international, who had been linked with a move to Barcelona where he started his career, arrived in London in 2011 and has established himself as Arsenal's first-choice right back.

Isco scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time as Spain launched an improbable fightback to snatch a 2-2 friendly draw against England with both their goals coming after the 89th minute at Wembley

The first non-European to head the International Hockey Federation, newly-elected FIH President Narinder Batra on Tuesday said his main focus would be on the 10-year Hockey Revolution strategy starting from 2019, which aims at making the sport more popula...

Chennaiyin FC and FC Pune City will confront each other here on Tuesday aware that anything less than a win could severely dent their chances of qualifying for the ISL semi-finals.

A trio of thundering headers gave England a thumping victory over their oldest foes as Scotland put up a fight before being swept aside 3-0 in Friday's World Cup qualifier at Wembley.

Their campaign back on track after a poor start, Kerala Blasters take on a struggling Chennaiyin FC in a southern derby match of the Indian Super League football match.

Goalkeeper P R Sreejesh have been left out due to an injury and in his place experienced drag-flicker V R Raghunath will return to the squad to lead the Indian men's hockey team in the four-nation tournament in Australia later this month.

The club had initially said they paid 57.1 million euros for Neymar but later said the cost was nearer 100 million.

Robert Lewandowski netted twice on Tuesday as Bayern Munich came from behind to win 2-1 at PSV Eindhoven and seal their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Mesut Ozil scored a superb winner as Arsenal came from 2-0 down to beat Ludogorets 3-2 in Sofia on Tuesday and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League.

Villarreal spurned the chance to move up to third in La Liga as Eibar struck twice in the final 10 minutes to inflict their first league defeat of the season 2-1 on Sunday.