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Khedira will miss the first two months of the season with a thigh injury, the Serie A champions said on Monday.

In an exclusive chat with IBNLive, the former India captain believes Indian hockey is at the receiving end due to the absence of a structured coaching system

The right back position has been a problem for Barca and while Dani Alves has renewed his contract with them, they have little cover.

Platini has been UEFA president since 2007 and had been widely expected to throw his hat into the ring to succeed Sepp Blatter.

India hockey team climbed up to occupy the 8th spot in the men's section, while women team remained static at 13th position in the latest International Hockey Federation rankings.

Luis Suarez scored in the 45th minute, and Barcelona opened their US preseason tour with a 2-1 victory over the defending MLS champions on Tuesday night.

FC Pune City have inked deals with Nicky Shorey and stopper Steve Simonsen, who untill last year was plying his trade with Rangers FC.

Hockey India president Narinder Batra on Monday refuted reports that India's men hockey chief coach Paul Van Ass has been sacked from his position.

The election to select a new president of world soccer's governing body FIFA will be held on Feb 26 in Zurich, the organisation said on its Twitter feed.

'The news has been broken to me by the High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans via an e-mail; but I haven't had an official communication with Hockey India yet,' Van Ass confirmed IBNLive.

Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners as India outplayed New Zealand 3-0 to post their second consecutive victory in the Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament on Sunday.

"Espanyol and Real Madrid have reached an agreement in the last few hours for the transfer of Kiko Casilla," read a statement from Espanyol.

Manchester United's goalkeeper Victor Valdes will be sold, coach Louis van Gaal said after he refused to play with the reserves.

Casillas was forced out by club president Perez and is too good to play for a 'third-tier' side like Porto, his parents were quoted as saying.

Defender Fernandes was the costliest of the lot as ATK had to shell out Rs. 26 lakh followed by Lalchhawnkima for Rs. 9 lakh.