When Raheem Sterling gazes out the window of Manchester City's coach on the road to Wembley on Sunday, it will be no surprise if the winger's dreams of League Cup glory are interrupted by a flashback to his childhood.

Sterling's presence amid the pomp and circumstance of City's League Cup final showdown with Liverpool represents a remarkable triumph in the face of adversity for the 21-year-old.

As the 22 players walk out onto the pristine Wembley turf for Sunday's League Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City, Daniel Sturridge will have more to prove than most.

The injury-plagued Liverpool striker, who will be facing his former club, is fighting to emerge from a mid-career slump that threatens to cost him a place in England's squad for Euro 2016.

Europe's Gianni Infantino on Friday won the presidency of FIFA with a convincing win over Asian rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and vowed to lead the scandal tainted body into a new era.

The 45-year-old Swiss-Italian general secretary of UEFA got 115 votes in the second round of the election held at the FIFA Congress while the Asian Football Confederation president got 88.

Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso has become the latest high-profile footballer to face accusations of tax fraud by the Spanish authorities.

Prosecutors presented charges on Friday for three counts of fraud amounting to three million euros ($3.3 million) between 2009 and 2011 when Alonso played for Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane has hailed the remarkable job done by Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone ahead of his first taste of the Madrid derby as Real Madrid boss on Saturday.

"We are going to play a team who have a great coach. He is very important for his team and someone I have appreciated as a player and a coach," said Zidane.

Eternal rivals Manchester United and Liverpool were drawn together in the Europa League last 16 in Nyon on Friday.

It is the first time the two most successful teams in English history have been drawn together in European competition.

A FIFA congress to choose a new president for world football's crisis-hit governing body opened in Zurich on Friday, where major reforms were also to be adopted.

The meeting to replace the disgraced Sepp Blatter began with a video montage that noted FIFA's need to restore its "credibility" and move past the period of unprecedented scandal that has plagued the organization in recent months.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry set an NBA record with his first three-pointer of the night against the Magic in Orlando on Thursday -- and he was just getting warmed up.

Curry's three-pointer with 5:42 remaining in the first quarter marked his 128th straight regular-season game with at least one basket from beyond the arc, breaking the record he shared with Kyle Korver.

FIFA elects a new president on Friday, a vote seen as crucial to restoring the image of world football's scandal-tainted governing body.

Here are the five men vying for the job

Stan Wawrinka reached his second final of the season as Nick Kyrgios retired injured from their semi-final at the ATP Dubai Championships on Friday.

The Australian quit due to back pain while trailing 6-4, 3-0, having had on-court treatment after the seventh game of the opening set.