The Champions League group stages took on a less predictable look after Thursday's draw, helped by UEFA's decision to tweak the seeding system.

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Barcelona will be missing the lethal touch of Neymar in attack for the UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla.

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola has cast a doubt on Manchester United's new midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger by saying his former player was never fully fit during the last three seasons.

'The only club where her husband replaced me was at Inter Milan where, in six months, he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time' 'And if she takes care of her husband's diet, she will have less time to speak about me'

Manchester United kept up the positive momentum of their pre-season tour with a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the International Champions Cup on Saturday in Santa Clara, California.

Barcelona's star footballer Lionel Messi was named the Best International Athlete award, while Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, who recently won the Wimbledon singles titles, were named the best male and female tennis players respectively, at the 2015 ESPY Awards in California, on Wednesday night.

Departing Real Madrid captain and goalkeeper Iker Casillas was forced out by club president Florentino Perez and is too good to play for a 'third-tier' side like Porto, his parents were quoted as saying on Sunday.

They broke free yet failed to evade the clutches of law.

Copa America kicks off in Chile on Thursday as a widening US-led investigation lifts the lid on rampant corruption among the sport's top officials.

His season has been 10 out of 10 and there is no reason to break the contract, says Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Sevilla midfielder Aleix Vidal will join treble winners Barcelona.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique declined to say if he will still be at the helm next season after leading them to a treble in his first season including Saturday's Champions League triumph over Juventus.

Carlo Ancelotti has become Real Madrid president Florentino Perez's latest managerial victim, just 366 days after delivering the club their much-awaited La Decima, a 10th Champions League title.

'Will I be playing at Barca next season? It's an unknown'

While Juventus look forward to a first Champions League final in more than a decade and the riches that success brings, former employees at the Italian giants' Singapore-based soccer school push on with their fight for unpaid wages.

Visits by major English and European clubs to Asia are helping to boost the game in the region.

Malaysian fans say no to Premier League 'circus games'.

Bayern Munich slumped out of the German Cup semi-finals 2-0 on penalties to Borussia Dortmund.

CONCACAF's congress witnessed an outburst of support for incumbent Sepp Blatter.

He can be called a flawed human but definitely a great player. That's Luis Suarez for you.

Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale is fit for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final showdown at Atletico Madrid after sitting out Saturday's La Liga win at home to Eibar, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday.

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The story behind the horrific crash of the Lufthansa's Germanwings airbus that claimed the lives of 150 people onboard could take some more time to unravel.

French air investigators are examining one of the black boxes of the doomed Germanwings plane to find out why the aircraft crashed into a mountain in the French Alps, killing the 150 people on board.

According to reports, a Germanwings Airbus A320 has crashed in French Alps near the Digne region in France.

Harry Kane's magical season continued on Saturday as he celebrated his first senior England call-up with his first Premier League hat-trick.

Samuel Eto'o returned to London to collect an award for his stance against intolerance.

Facebook has launched an 'internet.Org' initiative

The device features a five-inch all-touch screen with BlackBerry 10.3.1 OS.

Cristiano Ronaldo's bullet header helped Real Madrid to a 2-0 victory .

"When he has the ball at his feet, he can make things happen for himself and he can make things happen for other players. He is a very special player."

Force India finished sixth in 2014 but spent much of last season calling for cost cuts.

These are some of the most eagerly-anticipated gadgets likely to grace the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona between March 2 and 5. We expect plenty of fireworks!

Meet the men who shall face off against FIFA president Sepp Blatter

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu believes FIFA regulations concerning under-age player transfers needs to be revised and that current rules would have prevented Lionel Messi from joining the club.

English clubs are spending more money in the international transfer according to FIFA

Elana Meyer looks back on the disappointment of missing out on competing internationally because of the sporting boycott of South Africa in conversation with Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has decided to rest Lionel Messi, Neymar and most of his regulars for the King's Cup last 16, second leg match at Elche later on Thursday.

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