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Nikkin, Harmanpreet, Sardar scored as India defeated Canada 3-1 in Azlan Shah Cup in their third match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.

Mourinho, was sacked by Chelsea in December after the Premier League champions started the season with nine defeats in their first 16 matches.

Twin strikes by Nic Woods in the space of three minutes put New Zealand on winning course after the teams were level 2-2 at half-time at the Azlan Shah hockey in Ipoh on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool grabbed a precious away goal on his emotional return to Borussia Dortmund as Thursday's Europa League quarter-final, first leg finished in a 1-1 draw.

Hosts Malaysia produced a spirited performance to hold defending champions New Zealand to a 3-3 draw in their opening match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Wednesday.

With Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in goal-scoring form and Gareth Bale delivering assists, Real are an awe-inspiring prospect for mercurial Wolfsburg, struggling domestically this season.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez have scored 107 goals between them this season but after Barcelona's celebrated trio failed to find the net in the defeat by Real Madrid, coach Luis Enrique defended them by declaring "they aren't machines".

Pochettino also said he was looking forward to a period of stability at White Hart Lane and would continue to refine his squad in the close season while keeping his core intact.

Arsenal, Chelsea and Premier League leaders Leicester City on Sunday rejected claims made by a British newspaper that a doctor who prescribed performance-enhancing drugs treated their players.

"The team were really up for the game, so were the fans, and there's nothing else we can do but lift ourselves up," Enrique said after Real beat Barcelona 2-1 in Classico on Saturday.

The Indian women's hockey team went down 0-1 to New Zealand in the opening match of the Hawke's Bay Cup, where forward Poonam Rani achieved the distinction of playing 150 games for the country.

"There won't be special marking on Messi," said Bolivia coach Julio Cesar Baldivieso, ahead of his team's 2018 World Cup qualifier match against Argentina on Tuesday.

Indian football team's dismal run continued as they suffered a humiliating 0-4 loss to Iran in a Group D match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at the Azadi Stadium on Thursday.

Indian football team will face its toughest test in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers when it takes on Asia's highest ranked side Iran, sans influential striker Sunil Chhetri.

Barcelona drew 2-2 at Villarreal after squandering a two-goal lead on Sunday, as the defending Spanish champion settled for increasing their lead in the Spanish league to nine points.

Inter took a second-half lead through Ivan Perisic's left-footed shot. Roma drew parity in 84th minute when midfielder Radja Nainggolan seized on a miscue by teammate Edin Dzeko to score with a sweeping shot.