Swati Ghate helped the Indian eves salvage a draw against third seed Georgia at the Women's chess Olympiad
Blames mid-week Champions League win against Juve for 'mental pressure'
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The Brazilian midfielder is likely to take up his usual position in the holding role in front of the back four.
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) are in talks with the Premier League over how best to deal with the current suspension of competition, but the moves by some clubs to use the government's furlough scheme has prompted sharp criticism.
Former Juventus player Gianluca Pessotto was in a serious condition in hospital after falling from a window at the club's headquarters.
Juventus were promoted back to Serie A with three games to spare after a thumping 5-1 win at Arezzo.
The 33-year-old defender won the vote by 52 journalists organised by France Football magazine.
Central government's plan to import pulses to rein in inflation is continuing with renewed vigour as state-run agencies have contracted imports of 437,000 tonnes of pulses till this week.
Russian athlete Olga Pyleva, who won the silver medal in the 15km individual biathlon, was suspended pending a disciplinary investigation into doping.
Hundreds of street protesters, denouncing the Winter Games in Turin, forced Olympic torch bearers to change route through the host city.
Cristiano Ronaldo has received an offer to leave Real Madrid and join Italian champions Juventus, a source close to the player said.
He also finished the season five goals clear of the next leading scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.
Milan are still looking for their first league win at the San Siro this season and after eight games they are 11th with 10 points.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly and P Harikrishna scored victories to help India post a resounding 3-1 victory over Germany.
Viswanathan Anand and National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly were held in a 2-2 draw in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad.
But if the five-times World Player of the Year is feeling frustrated by his mini-drought -- and his reactions on the pitch suggest he is -- his worries pale in comparison to Dybala's unhappy start to the season.
The IOC has threatened to ban athletes from competing at future Olympics if their governments don't sign the WADA anti-doping code within the next year.
Juventus began the season with a 3-0 win over third division Martina Franca in the Italian Cup first round.
Australia's Dale Begg-Smith collected his country's first medal of the Games and third gold in Winter Olympics history with victory in the moguls.
Europeans are feeling the effects of the "Beast from the East," which refers to frigid winds blowing east to west from Siberia toward the United Kingdom. Temperatures have plunged as much as 20 degrees Celsius below average for this time of year, thanks to these frigid winds. Take a look at how Europe is coping after being dumped with heavy snow.
The luge athlete quit in protest after he was informed that he would not be India's flag-bearer for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Juventus said in a statement that it booked a capital loss of 8.6 million euros on the sale.
Sex, alcohol and doping scandals coupled with a simmering controversy involving figure skating queen Michelle Kwan are sapping much-needed momentum from U.S. athletes in the run-up to the Winter Olympics.
Juventus shattered Real Madrid's dream of a record-extending 11th European crown when Alvaro Morata scored against his former club to secure a 1-1 Champions League draw with the holders on Wednesday and send Juve into the final 3-2 on aggregate.
However, the women's team stayed in contention after a 2-1 victory over Romania at the Chess Olympiad.
India posted an emphatic 4-0 victory over Mongolia in the third round of the 37th Chess Olympiad.
India wasted a winning start as they drew with Vietnam in the second round of the Women's Chess Olympiad
Indian men bounced back with a convincing 4-0 victory over Cyprus in the second round of the Chess Olympiad
Alessandria became the first third tier club to reach the Italian Cup quarter-finals in more than 30 years as their giant-killing run continued with a 2-1 extra-time victory at Serie A strugglers Genoa on Tuesday.
Coach Roberto Mancini has insisted that he never doubted his captain Mauro Icardi after the striker scored two goals in Inter Milan's 4-0 victory at Udinese in Serie A.
Juventus coach Marcello Lippi will field a largely second-string side for Tuesday's re-arranged Champions League Group D match against Turkey's Galatasaray in Dortmund.
Sarri was without Cristiano Ronaldo for the trip to the Gewiss Stadium as the Portuguese forward recovers from a knee problem ahead of Tuesday's Champions League meeting with Atletico Madrid in Turin.
Russian athlete Olga Pyleva was banned for two years after she tested positive for drugs at the Turin Winter Olympics.
Olympic freestyle skiers will have to do their tricks on fake snow during the Winter Olympics in Turin.
