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Shakhtar Donetsk and Villarreal joined Liverpool in scoring four goals in their quarterfinal second-leg wins, but the English Premier League club needed every one of them to complete an exhilarating 4-3 comeback against Borussia Dortmund.

Hosts Brazil were pitted against South Africa, Iraq and Denmark when the draw for the Olympic soccer tournament was made on Thursday.

John Ruggie, who formulated business and human rights principles for the United Nations, was mandated by FIFA to produce a report largely in response to concerns about the mistreatment of workers in 2022 World Cup host Qatar.

"This is what happens when the PHF continues to appoint its favourites to key positions and ignores merit and the need of the hour," Olympian Samiullah said.

Striker Sergio Araujo scored a pair of second-half goals as Las Palmas defeated Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 to jump five places in the Spanish league.

India's 3-1 victory over Canada has placed them third in the round-robin league standings with six points from three outings, while Pakistan have three points from as many matches.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri was moved to tears after his team outfoxed relegation-threatened Sunderland to move within nine points of their first-ever English top flight title.

Tottenham scored three times in a swaggering six-minute spell to end a 15-year winless run at home to Manchester United on Sunday, grabbing an impressive 3-0 victory that maintains their pursuit of Premier League leader Leicester.

"A scan on the knee injury Jordan Henderson sustained during Liverpool's clash with Borussia Dortmund on Thursday night has shown isolated damage to his lateral collateral ligament," the club said on their website (www.liverpoolfc.com).

Manchester City claimed a vital edge in their Champions League quarter-final tie against Paris St Germain after grabbing two away goals in a scrappy 2-2 first leg draw.

Leicester City require just 12 points from their final six games to complete an extraordinary Premier League title triumph.

Milner, who linked up with Alli for England's recent friendlies, is convinced, given the time, the 19-year-old 'can be 10 times better' than he is now.

Mario Goetze scored on his international comeback to help Germany beat Italy for the first time in more than 20 years, a 4-1 drubbing in their friendly on Tuesday.

An injury-hit Indian football team will face a stern test when they take on Turkmenistan in the 2018 World Cup preliminary joint qualification Round 2 match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday.

Roy Hodgson tried to keep things in perspective after England fought back from 2-0 down to beat world champions Germany 3-2 in a friendly thanks to three goals in the last half hour on Saturday.

This is the eighth time when Cech has won the Czech Republic player of the year award. He first claimed it in 2005, the year he was instrumental in helping Chelsea win a first English league title for 50 years.