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Indian football coach Wim Koevermans said ahead of their SAFF Cup semi-final against Maldives that underestimating a team was not in his nature.

Abidal is angry at how his Barcelona career came to an end and claims he was not even paid by the club when he was seriously ill.

Italy holds a four-point lead over Bulgaria atop Group B of European qualifying, with the Czechs five points back in third.

Gracia signed a two-year contract with Osasuna, who are currently bottom of the Spanish football league table.

Alan Pardew said financial constraints were behind their lack of activity in the transfer window.

Rooney suffered a deep gash in his forehead during a collision with a team-mate at the club's Carrington base on Saturday.

City broke through Hull's resistance in the second half when Negredo headed in Zabaleta's cross and Yaya Toure scored from a free kick.

Ronaldinho is in the final year of his contract with Brazil's Atletico Mineiro, who he helped to the Copa Libertadores title last month.

The Cameroon striker has signed a one-year deal to be reunited with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who he played under at Inter Milan.

Pabon, who was on loan at Real Betis from Monterrey, passed a medical on Tuesday for a four-year contract.

Also, Villarreal scored their second late winner in as many weeks to rally 2-1 over Valladolid on Saturday.

Asked if his chase of Suarez was over, Wenger says "yes. Absolutely no chance of that."

FIFA expects a total of nearly 3.3 million tickets to be available for the tournament in Brazil, but only about 1 million are being offered in the first stage of sales.

The sight of Messi being substituted against Levante on Sunday was an early indicator that Martino is unafraid of making bold decisions.

Chelsea have sent a fifth player out on loan to the Dutch league this season after teenage Croatian striker Stipe Perica joined NAC Breda.

Juventus won the Italian Supercup for a sixth time with Carlos Tevez scoring in his first official match for Juventus.