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Ecuador winger Cabezas joins Fluminense on loan

Ecuador international winger Bryan Cabezas has joined Fluminense on loan from Italy's Atalanta, the Brazilian club has said.

Alwyn George and Nikhil Poojari join FC Pune City

Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City today signed Alwyn George and Nikhil Poojari, bolstering their squad for the 2018-19 season. Alwyn plied his trade for Bengaluru FC in the last season and will now don the orange colors of FC Pune City, a club from his home state of Maharashtra. For Nikhil too, it will be a homecoming of sorts, as the Mumbai boy will return to Maharashtra, after spending two seasons in Kolkata playing for East Bengal. Speaking on signing the two, FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel said, "Alwyn is one of the more technical players we have in India and we feel he will suit our style of play. His flair for creating chances will bring more creativity in our play. "Nikhil, on the other hand, is one of the most exciting young players in the country. We have been tracking him for a couple of years now. At a young age, he has already gained a good amount of professional experience and we hope that he settles well in our squad." Alwyn started his career with the Tata ...

Women's Hockey WC: Indian eves eye first win against Ireland

The Indian women's hockey team will aim to clinch their first win in the ongoing World Cup 2018 when they lock horns with Ireland in their second Pool B match of the prestigious tournament here on Thursday.In the four-team Pool B, India are currently placed at the third spot after settling with a 1-1 draw against hosts England in their opening match on Saturday.A victory for India will help them surge to the top spot in the group table while also brightening their chances of booking a place in the playoffs, ahead of the final group clash against the United States on Sunday.Meanwhile, if Ireland manage to seal a win against India, then they will cement their spot in the knockout stages today itself.Ireland are currently standing at the top spot after registering a convincing 3-1 win over the United States in their previous game.As of now, England and the US have played two games each.England are currently ranked second after playing out two draws, while the US is languishing down at ...

Double-bishop attack: Two chess players to seek damages from AICF after CCI order

Armed with a favourable order from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), two chess players -- Karun Duggal and Gurpreet Pal Singh -- are gearing up to file a case against the All India Chess Federation (AICF) for compensation.

Arsenal's Ramsey says contract news in 'next few weeks'

Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey says he is excited about playing under new boss Unai Emery and expects movement on a fresh contract "in the next few weeks". Ramsey is considered key to Emery's rebuilding project at the London club after the 22-year Arsene Wenger era but, with his contract expiring next year, the Wales international raised hopes he could agree a new deal. Ramsey said he was encouraged by the ideas and philosophy of Emery, the former Paris Saint-Germain coach, as his agent pursues talks with the Arsenal hierarchy. "We've yet to come to an agreement. I still have a year left and I'm really happy playing here," the 27-year-old midfielder said during Arsenal's pre-season trip to Singapore. "There's a great opportunity this season under the new manager to go on and hopefully compete for things, so I'm looking forward to that and if something's to happen we'll see in the next few weeks or so." Ramsey said his discussions with Emery had been "purely football" as Arsenal attempt to ...

Tite to stay as Brazil coach until 2022 World Cup - federation

Tite will remain as Brazil coach until 2022 despite the team's shock World Cup quarter-final exit in Russia, the country's football federation (CBF) announced. "The CBF has renewed the contract with coach Tite until the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar," wrote the CBF on its website. Tite is the first coach of the Brazil national team to be re-appointed after a World Cup elimination since Claudio Coutinho in 1978.

Hetmyer hundred as Windies level Bangladesh series

Shimron Hetmyer scored a superb century as Bangladesh stumbled in the final over to hand the West Indies a series-levelling victory in their one-day game here. The hosts made it 1-1 in the best-of-three series after Bangladesh failed to score eight runs off their final over for what would have been a series win. Shimron Hetmyer blazed 125 off 93 balls to pace the home side to a competitive 271 all out batting first. Bangladesh were left stranded on 268 for six after their 50 overs as West Indies held on for a three-run win. West Indies captain Jason Holder, who started the innings by conceding 20 runs and whose final analysis of one for 66 was the most expensive ever by a Caribbean bowler in an ODI against Bangladesh, bowled the 50th over to give the hosts the victory. Holder's first delivery accounted for topscorer Mushfiqur Rahim for 68 via a catch on the midwicket boundary and he conceded just four runs off the remaining five deliveries to celebrate a result with his teammates ...

Salah, Mane on target as Liverpool down City

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane made an instant impact as Liverpool came from behind to beat Premier League champions Manchester City 2-1 in their International Champions Cup friendly match. Mane stroked home Liverpool's winner from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time to give Jurgen Klopp's men a morale-boosting victory over an under-strength City team. Both Liverpool and City's pre-season preparations in the United States have been disrupted by the absence of several key players who starred in the World Cup. Salah and Mane, however, both reported for duty for Liverpool in time for Wednesday's clash at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Nonetheless, it was City who took the lead just after half-time when German international Leroy Sane caught Liverpool's defence napping and burst clear to slot past Caoimhin Kelleher on 57 minutes. Egypt star Salah however was quick to make his mark after coming on for Curtis Jones in the 62nd minute, scoring a header with virtually .

Tite to remain Brazil coach until 2022 World Cup

Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, commonly known as Tite, has renewed his contract to coach Brazil until after the 2022 World Cup, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said.

Middle-order help India recover on day 1 of practice match

Wicketkeeper batsmen Dinesh Karthik's unbeaten 82 run knock along with useful contributions from Virat Kohli and Lokesh RahulAhelped India post 322/6 on the opening day of the three-day warm-up game against Essex at County Ground here on Wednesday.

Feel responsible to create future champions: Pankaj Advani

Ace cueist Pankaj Advani feels he owes it to the sport to train future champions."I would love to create a platform for youngsters to hone their skills and reach the next level and create future champions of the sport. I feel it is my responsibility to do so. For years, we have been creating champions in a very ad-hoc manner. People come if they have a talent, they enter the association, get funding from the government and they make it," he said.The 33-year-old asserted that the sport should be taken to the grassroot level in order to see some positive changes.Reflecting on his future tournaments, Advani said that he would be appearing in few events post-September while stressing he is looking forward to train hard for the same."It's been a slight break for the last few months but from September onwards, my main events will start. There is Asian Championship, World championship is in November, and a few international tournaments in October. There is a lot coming up post-September, I ..

Scoreboard at stumps on the opening day of India's three-day tour match against Essex ...

Scoreboard at stumps on the opening day of India's three-day tour match against Essex here today. Murali Vijay b P Walter 53 Shikhar Dhawan c Foster b Matt Coles 0 Cheteshwar Pujara c Foster b Matt Coles 1 Ajinkya Rahane c Foster b Matthew Quinn 17 Virat Kohli c Chopra b P Walter 68 Lokesh Rahul c Dixon b Aron Nijjar 58 Dinesh Karthik batting 82 Hardik Pandya batting 33 Extras: (B-5 LB-3 W-1 NB-1) 10 Total: (For 6 wkts in 84 overs) 322 Fall of Wickets: 1/1 5/2 44/3 134/4 147/5 261/6 Bowling: Matt Coles 17-2-31-2, Matthew Quinn 15-4-27-1, Aaron Beard 16-2-80-0, Matt Dixon 12-1-50-0, Paul Walter 15-0-90-2, Aron Nijjar 9-0-36-1.

Karthik hits 82 not out, Kohli among runs in India's 322/6 on Day 1

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik scored an aggressive 82 not out while captain Virat Kohli warmed up nicely for the first Test against England with a half century as India recovered from early jitters to post 322 for 6 on the opening day of their three-day tour-match against county side Essex here today. Opener Murali Vijay (53 ff 113 balls) and Lokesh Rahul (58 off 92 balls) also scored a half century each after the visitors opted to bat after winning the toss. Coming at number seven at the fall of Kohli (68) in the second session, Karthik smashed as many as 14 fours from 94 deliveries to remain not out on 82 along with Hardik Pandya (33 not out off 58 balls). Karthik stitched 114 runs with Rahul for the sixth wicket to take India's score past the 300 mark. Kohli, who had struggled all through the previous Test tour of England in 2014, was instrumental in reviving the Indian innings after the visiting side were reduced to 5/2 in the third over and 44/3 in the 19th over. He came ..

AIFF appoints Floyd Pinto as Indian Arrow head coach

All India Football Federation on Wednesday appointed Floyd Pinto as the head coach of the Delhi-based Indian Arrow football club.The decision was taken unanimously at AIFF's technical committee meeting, headed by the chairman of the committee, Shyam Thapa.Team director Abhishek Yadav apprised the committee about the performances of all the national teams including the U-16 squad, which is slated to play in the AFC U-16 Championship in September in Malaysia.Besides AIFF general secretary Kushal Das and national team director Abhishek Yadav, Henry Menezes, Sundar Raman and Pradip Datta also attended the meeting.Meanwhile, the committee confirmed that the deputy coach of the Indian Arrow will be appointed later after shortlisting applications for the post.

Arsenal open to one more signing: coach Emery

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has confirmed that the club are looking to sign one more player before the closure of transfer window."I am with the players and those who have arrived this week, I am very happy with and I said at the last press conference that if there is an opportunity to try to sign one player, then we are looking," goal.com quoted Emery, as saying."I am very happy with how the club is working and we are working every day on how we can improve," he added.The club have already signed five players namely Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi-- ahead of the upcoming English Premier League (EPL).The Premier League is slated to begin on August 11, with Arsenal taking on defending champion Manchester United in their opening game.

This team never gives excuses of conditions or pitch: Shastri

Rubbishing media reports that suggested that the Indian team decided to cut their originally scheduled four-day practice game against Essex to a three-day affair due to the nature of the pitch, head coach Ravi Shastri said the current unit isn't concerned about these issues.

Sub-Jr Badminton Meet for Asian junior berth

The double leg Yonex Sunrise All India Sub-Junior Ranking Badminton Tournaments (u-15 and u-17) in Nagpur and Hyderabad will form the basis for selection of Indian squads for the Asian Junior Championship (U-15 and U-17) to be held in Myanmar in October. In last year's event at Yangoon, Samiya Imad Farooqui had won gold in under-15 and there are a lot of expectations from the current lot. In fact, it was PV Sindhu, who claimed under-19 gold in the championships held in South Korea six years ago to open India's medal account in Asian Juniors. All participants, who are going through the grind of qualification, are keen to perform to get the nod of the selection committee which will take a call on the selection after the Hyderabad leg gets over on August 6.

World Junior Squash: India to meet Pakistan in pre quarter-final

Pakistan set up a pre-quarterfinal clash with host India in the WSF-World junior men's squash team championship with a 3-0 win over Zimbabwe today. Group E topper India will take on Pakistan at the Express Avenue Mall here tomorrow. Pakistan, which had lost 1-2 to Czech Republic in its opening Group F match in the morning, made amends by crushing lowly Zimbabwe 3-0 in the evening session. Pakistan settled for second spot in Group F and thus will play India, which topped Group E for a spot in the last eight. In two earlier meetings, Pakistan had beaten India, once in 2006 in a Group league and in 2008 in the semi-final. In other matches, Malaysia struggled against lower- ranked France, eking out a 2-1 victory while second-seeded Canada was pushed by Argentina before registering a 2-1 win over Argentina. Results: Group A: Australia (16) bt Singapore (17) 3-0. Group B: Canada[2] bt Argentina [15] 2-1 (George Crowne bt Dylan Tymkiw 7-11 2-11 11-7 11-2 11-4; Julien Gosset bt Miguel Gonzalo

ISL 2018-19: Midfielder Ahmed Jahouh extends stay with FC Goa

FC Goa on Wednesday announced that Moroccan midfielder Ahmed Jahouh has extended his contract with the club ahead of the upcoming Indian Super League (ISL).The 29-year-old, who joined the club in the fourth season of the ISL, became an influential member of the team complimenting well in midfield with Spanish footballer Edu Bedia.Reflecting on his contract extension, Jahouh said that he is delighted to extend his stay while admitting that it's been amazing playing with the team."I am delighted to have signed a contract extension with FC Goa. We played some amazing football last season and the entire country took note of it. But more than this, it was the amazing love and support I've received from the fans that made my decision to sign for this great club easier," Jahouh said."I am very excited for the new season to begin and am really looking forward to being back in Goa," he added.The midfielder is known for his imposing physicality and was a key cog in head coach Sergio Lobera's ...

Middlesex mourn wicket-keeping great Murray

Former England wicket-keeper John 'JT' Murray has died aged 83, his club Middlesex announced today. Murray was taken ill at Lord's, Middlesex's home ground, following the completion of their dramatic County Championship win against Warwickshire on Tuesday and died later that evening. In a 24-year first career, with Middlesex his only county, from 1952-1975 the stylish Murray completed more than 1,500 in all first-class matches and scored nearly 19,000 runs. Many shrewd judges felt he was unlucky to play just the 21 Tests for England, which yielded 55 dismissals and 506 runs at 22, including an innings of 112 against the West Indies at The Oval in 1966. "Losing JT is a devastating blow to Middlesex cricket," said Middlesex president and former England off-spinner John Emburey in a club statement. "He is undoubtedly the finest wicket-keeper in the history of the club and would be one of the first names on any team sheet when picking an all-time Middlesex XI. What he achieved is unlikely