Football

Mertens converted a penalty on 82 minutes and Llorente added a second in stoppage time as Napoli gained a measure of revenge for last season's 1-0 defeat at Anfield that denied the Italians a spot in the knockout rounds.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced the ban from three to two matches.

Watford held Arsenal to a 2-2 draw as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's brace as cancelled out by Tom Cleverley and Roberto Pereyra strikes.

Sevilla defeated Alaves by a solitary goal at home to go atop of the La Liga points table.

UEFA Champions League 2019-20 is set to begin on Wednesday with Liverpool as the defending champions.

Juventus played out a goalless draw with Fiorentina in the Serie A as Maurizio Sarri was present at the touchline for the first time.

Pep Guardiola said right now in world football, nobody can be compared with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Neymar's transfer saga ended with hm not being able to complete a move back to FC Barcelona from Paris Saint-Germain.

Real Madrid had attempted to sign Paul Pogba in the summer transfer window.

The game saw home fans spend a large section of the match taunting Ronaldo with 'Messi' chants whenever he received the ball.

The eighth edition of Mizoram Premier League kicks off with Electric Veng FC taking on FC Venghnuai on Thursday.

Sir Alex Ferguson had only praise for his greatest protegee, Cristiano Ronaldo, for winning the Portuguese Player of the Year award for a record 10th time.

Playing only his second match in Italy after his move from Manchester United, Lukaku appeared to be the target of monkey chants from the home crowd at the Sardegna Arena as he prepared to take the decisive penalty.

The closure of the transfer window has finally brought to an end the lengthy saga surrounding the future of the world's most expensive player, who will stay at PSG having failed to get the move back to Barcelona he craved.

Romelu Lukaku was racially abused during Inter Milan's 2-1 win over Cagliari.

Lukaku - a 65 million euros ($73 million) summer signing from Manchester United - was preparing to take the spot-kick in the 71st minute in Sardinia when the racist chants came from the crowd that continued for several seconds.