Football

Juventus clocked up their 12th successive Serie A win on Sunday when they swept aside Chievo 4-0 away in a hopelessly one-sided encounter.

Murtaza Ahmadi idolises the Argentine soccer star but a jersey of his favourite player is beyond the means of his poor family in rural Ghazni province south-west of Kabul.

Under-fire Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal looked forward to drinking "expensive" wine gifted to him by executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward after his side reached the FA Cup last 16.

The 24-year-old's transfer fee is around 10 million euros ($11 million, £7.6 million), according to reports in the British media.

Lose to second-tier Derby in the FA Cup on Friday, and even Van Gaal acknowledges the scrutiny could be too much to take.

Atletico Madrid failed to regain the Spanish league lead from Barcelona on Sunday after being held 0-0 at home by a Sevilla side that had both a player and coach Unai Emery sent off.

Captain Taisuke Matsugae scored a goal and did the spadework for another as Mumbai FC broke their winless and goalless streak by getting the better of Salgaocar SC of Goa 2-1 in a third round match of the I-League football on Sunday.

Liverpool substitute Adam Lallana struck deep into stoppage time to snatch a 5-4 win over shell-shocked Norwich City in an extraordinary Premier League game at Carrow Road on Saturday.

A listless Mohun Bagan were saved by former Trinidad and Tobago World Cupper Cornell Glen as they managed to hold arch-rivals East Bengal to a 1-1 draw in the much-anticipated Kolkata derby

Valencia have turned to their retired former winger Vicente Rodriguez to help them out of a slump that has left Gary Neville still searching for his first victory in charge.

Son Heung-min's thunderous finish helped Tottenham Hotspur secure a 2-0 victory at Leicester City and Liverpool eased past fourth-tier Exeter City 3-0 in FA Cup third-round replays on Wednesday.

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has dispelled doubts about Chritian Benteke's suitability to the team's high-pressing style of play and said the striker has a long-term future at Anfield.

Elneny arrives after winning three consecutive Swiss league titles at Basel, which he joined from El Mokawloon in Egypt.

"The two clubs were found to have violated several provisions concerning the international transfer and first registration of minor players," said FIFA in a statement.

Klopp's celebration to greet his team's last-gasp equaliser was as wild as the game itself, as Liverpool and Arsenal served up a pulsating 3-3 draw in the Premier League on Wednesday.

FIFA's ethics panel said on Saturday it had formally given outgoing President Sepp Blatter and European soccer head Michel Platini the reasons for their eight-year bans from the game, information both men could use in an appeal.