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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff called on Wednesday for a comprehensive investigation of wrongdoing in soccer.

Maradona's scathing personal attack comes days before Blatter seeks an unprecedented fifth term at the helm of football's governing body.

EPL champions Chelsea ended title-winning season with a 3-1 win over Sunderland while Arsenal romped home to a 4-1 victory over West Brom.

He is reported to have said during a meeting on women's football: "That's enough, we can't keep on talking about giving money to these four lesbians."

Sterling's agent has fuelled the fire surrounding the player's contract standoff by saying the England winger would not sign a new deal at Anfield - even for 900,000 pounds a week.

The German-Swede pairing of Emmrich and Siljestrom defeated Martin and Raja in two hours and 10 minutes on the outdoor clay courts of the Nice Lawn Tennis Club.

United are believed to have put forth a massive deal for the Spaniard but reports say de Gea wants to go back to Spain and therefore has not signed the deal yet.

Chennaiyin FC have retained six domestic players and signed defender Mehrajuddin Wadoo and midfielder Godwin Franco for second season of ISL.

Rooney suffered a dead leg in last weekend's 2-1 win at Crystal Palace and Shaw sustained a facial injury.

Arsenal striker Welbeck will miss the chance to haunt former club Manchester United after being ruled out of EPL with a knee injury.

A Copa Libertadores match between local football rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate has been suspended after River players were attacked by fans with pepper spray.

Simeone credited Suarez and Neymar for bringing star striker Messi back to his marauding best for Barcelona this season.

Mourinho said his newly-crowned champions competed for the dignity of the Premier League in their 1-1 draw against Liverpool on Sunday.

Liverpool is six points from the top four with two games remaining and fourth-place Manchester United has a far superior goal difference.

Kroos pulled up lame against Valencia in the 25th minute and trotted to the bench, where he touched the back of his left thigh.

With four matches remaining, Roma are second with a one-point advantage over city rival Lazio. Napoli are five points behind Roma in fourth.