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Valencia will be missing for up to 12 weeks at the start of the new season with a leg injury, the club said on Monday.

"I would try to answer, not because of a mental block but because I want to find solutions to help my team do it," Mourinho said.

Oltmans said there is no charge of disharmony against the midfielder, which is in contrast to what Harbinder Singh-led Special Committee had mentioned in its report to HI.

Roy will be supporting head coach Antonio Lopez Habas as the team's Assistant Coach for the forthcoming season of Indian Super League.

Afellay has played 50 times for his country, left Barcelona at the end of last season after four years.

Spain and Italy were placed in the same qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as were the Netherlands and France, but holders Germany were handed a kinder campaign.

Jerome Valcke expects to leave his job as FIFA secretary general after Sepp Blatter's successor is elected.

India lost 1-2 to hosts the Netherlands in a league match of the men's Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on Wednesday.

Sterling made an instant impression on his Manchester City debut, scoring in the third minute of the Premier League club's penalty shootout win over AS Roma in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday.

"I never had an issue with him at any time. Batra is the only person who can do this job," the former India coach told IBNLive after the news of Van Ass getting fired.

Webb, one of seven high-ranking officials of soccer's world governing body FIFA who were arrested in Switzerland on corruption charges, pleaded not guilty in US federal court on Saturday.

Constantine said not focussing on grassroot development over the years has led to the players learning the basics only late in their career.

The 19-year-old Moroccan will join former Barcelona team-mates Bojan Krkic and Marc Muniesa with Stoke at the pre-season Asia Trophy.

Carlos Tevez was officially unveiled as a Boca Juniors player in a 6.5 million euros ($7.15 million) transfer from Juventus.

Monk, had two years left on his existing deal but the club rewarded his efforts with a new one through to 2018 after last year's eighth place finish.

Former England midfielder Frank Lampard considers himself lucky to play alongside Italian football legend Andrea Pirlo.