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Leicester’s 1-0 victory at Watford ensured they cashed in on Tottenham and Arsenal’s 2-2 draw earlier in the day and answered questions about their own ability to grind out results from difficult assignments.

Sergio Aguero scored two goals and missed a penalty as Manchester City used a dominant second-half performance to thrash last-place Aston Villa 4-0 and revive their Premier League title challenge on Saturday.

Leiva, a Brazilian international, was carrying a knock when he stepped up to take Liverpool’s second kick at the Wembley Stadium last Sunday and exacerbated the issue as he struck from 12 yards.

Manchester United's injury problems are easing with Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini in contention to face West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, manager Louis van Gaal said.

Charlie Stillitano, chairman of Relevent Sports, met representatives of five of the biggest Premier League clubs on Tuesday to discuss a new structure for Europe's top club competition.

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona defeated nine-man Rayo Vallecano 5-1 to become the first Spanish club to play 35 consecutive matches without a loss, breaking Real Madrid's record of nearly three decades ago.

India, who currently have 142 points, were helped by their 1-0 World Cup qualifier win against Guam last year, making a leap of six places.

The 28-year-old had previously admitted to grooming a 15-year-old girl and one charge of sexual activity with her, relating to an incident when he kissed her in his Range Rover.

Matches at this year's European soccer championship in France could be moved or played in empty stadiums if security services considered there was the danger of an attack, a UEFA official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

"I am more happy now than against Norwich when we won (in the 89th minute on Saturday). We were much better tonight," Ranieri told the BBC.

Leicester were excellent for the most part, but were undone by a 50th-minute free kick from Craig Gardner that made it 2-2. Salomon Rondon put West Brom ahead before central midfielders Danny Drinkwater and Andy King scored in the 31st and 45th minutes re...

Leaders Leicester manager Ranieri made the shocking statement that Tottenham, in his opinion, are favourites than Arsenal, Manchester City to win the English Premier League title.

Damon Hill says Mercedes might not have demonstrated their might at the testing in Barcelona last week and will show their true strength when the season starts this month.

Arsenal were dealt a severe blow to their Premier League title hopes with Sunday's 3-2 loss to Manchester United but can quickly get back on track with two wins in four days.

Gianni Infantino insisted on Sunday that FIFA's reform package would close the door on a chapter of pain at world football's governing body and usher in an era of joy.

Infantino will quickly have to deal with financial and administrative problems, bring back sponsors, motivate a demoralised work force and engage with clubs and players who are growing increasingly disillusioned.