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Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen quits
Mohun Bagan's last season I-League- winning coach Sanjoy Sen today stepped down, taking full responsibility of his side's shocking loss to a 10-man Chennai City FC at their home ground. Already under pressure after a hat-trick of draws, Sen's worst fears came true today when Mohun Bagan suffered I-League season's first loss at the hands of the unfancied southern outfit who were reduced to 10 men in the 34th minute. Chennai City took a sixth minute lead through Frenchman Jean-Michel Joachim before Ansumana Kromah levelled it 1-1 from a penalty after Pradeep Mohanraj handed the ball inside the box. Veniamin Shumeyko then headed home the winner in the 71st minute to script the first big upset of I-League this season. "I can't say about the team, but it is the end of the road for me. It is the right time to take responsibility on my shoulders and move away from the club," Sen said at the post- match press conference. "This is the first home match I lost. I tried a lot, I do .
Mohun Bagan to name new coach by Wednesday
Mohun Bagan club director Debasish Dutta on Tuesday promised to name the new coach to replace previous incumbent Sanjoy Sen by Wednesday afternoon.
Prannoy sends Srikanth packing for 10th successive win in PBL
World No.10 H.S Prannoy began his new year in style as he registered a stunning victory over World No. 3 Kidambi Srikanth 15-8, 15-11 in the Vodafone Premier Badminton League here today. Prannoy's win kept Ahmedabad Smash Masters alive in the tie against Awadhe Warriors. Prannoy, who is unbeaten in the PBL since last season, has now recorded his 10th successive win in the league, while Srikanth crashed to his second consecutive loss of the season. Smash Masters are currently trailing 1-3 on the points in this five match duel with two matches remaining. Prannoy, who had beaten his country-mate to clinch his first national championship last year, looked to be in stellar form and blitzed his way to an 8-2 lead at the break. Srikanth did try to stay in the match but could not muster enough and went down meekly in the opening game. In the second game, the Denmark Open winner tried to get going in the match but Prannoy was clearly the better player on the court and raced to the
I-League: Chennai City hand Mohun Bagan first home defeat
Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan tasted their first defeat of this season's I-League after going down to ten-man Chennai City FC 1-2 at their home ground on Tuesday.Jean Joachim scored in the fifth minute but Ansumana Kromah equalised from the spot after Pradeep Mohanraj was sent off. Veniamin Shumeiko made matters worse for the hosts in the 71st minute when he scored a blinding header to cap off an away victory.Kinshuk Debnath, Nikhil Kadam and Raynier Fernandes were all dropped from the Mohun Bagan lineup with the latter not even finding a spot on the bench. Rana Gharami and Azharuddin Mallick were brought in and Sourav Das was given his maiden start in the I-League.V. Soundararajan switched to a 4-4-2 lineup as Murilo Almeida was brought in to partner Jean-Michael Joachim in the attack. Sebastian Thangmuansang and Alexander Jesuraj were dropped as Tarif Akhand slotted in at right full-back.It took only five minutes for the visitors to break the deadlock. Murilo Almeida snatched the ball .
Kohli and co. can become one of the best Indian Test teams: Pujara
India, who are currently placed at the top of the ICC Test rankings, can go on to become one of the best teams in the country's cricket history, according to top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara.Speaking ahead of the opening Test of the three-match series against South Africa at Newlands on Friday, Pujara backed the Virat Kohli-led side to dominate overseas, including in England and Australia, to become one of the greatest Indian sides.India are slated to tour South Africa, England and Australia within the space of a year and have their Test mettle measured against the globe's very best."Yes, we have that opportunity. If we do well here and in England and Australia. We have a team which can dominate overseas and it will be one of the best teams India have ever had (if we do well in South Africa, England and Australia)," Pujara said.India have won nine successive Test series to equal the record of Australia and England. However, Kohli's side can break new records and become the first ...
Kerala Blasters sack coach after woeful show of team in ISL
Kerala Blasters today sacked their head coach Rene Meulensteen following their woeful performance so far in the Indian Super League football season. The decision to sack the former Manchester United assistant coach came after the Blasters suffered a 1-3 defeat at home to Bengaluru FC on December 31. Assistant coach Thangboi Singto will be temporarily in- charge of the side before the Blasters announce a replacement for Dutchman Meulensteen. The Blasters, last season's runners-up side, are now at the eighth spot in the 10-team league table with just one win from seven matches. They have four draws and two losses to collect just seven points so far. The Sachin Tendulkar co-owned side failed to impress this season so far despite having signed high profile players such as Dimitar Berbatov, Wes Brown, Sandesh Jhingan and C K Vineeth. "Kerala Blasters and head coach Rene Meulensteen have decided to mutually part ways with immediate effect due to the latter's personal reasons,"
Nagal crashes out of Tata Open
Indias Sumit Nagal crashed out of the Tata Open Maharashtra tennis tournament following a straight sets loss to Ilya Ivashka of Belarus here on Tuesday.
Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen quits
Under-fire Mohun Bagan chief coach Sanjoy Sen on Tuesday quit his post after the city football giants went down to Chennai City FC in the I-League.
Coach Allegri tells Juventus not to take Torino lightly in quarters
Juventus chief coach Massimiliano Allegri urged his side not to underestimate Torino, who will be extra motivated playing a derby in the Coppa Italia quarter-final here on Wednesday.
China congratulates George Weah's win in Liberian presidential polls
China on Tuesday congratulated Liberian president-elect George Weah for his dominant win in the just-concluded presidential elections.According to Xinhua, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said: "China is ready to work with Liberia to promote the bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership, and will benefit the two sides."Weah on Thursday won the country's presidential elections, defeating vice-president Joseph Boakai in a run-off.Weah, also a former footballer, is the only African player to be FIFA's 'World Player Of The Year' and to win the coveted 'Ballon d'Or' for Europe's best player in 1995. In 1989, 1994 and 1995, he was named the 'African Footballer of the Year'. In 1996, he was named the 'African Player of the Century'.Weah played for Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan in the 1990s before moving to England late in his career for spells at Chelsea and Manchester City. He retired from Football and joined active politics in 2002.
Yuki tames Kadhe but Nagal bows out of Tata Open Maharashtra
Yuki Bhambri asserted his class over a promising Arjun Kadhe even as young Sumit Nagals ATP World Tour debut ended in a tame defeat at the Tata Open Maharashtra here today. Bhambri, countrys top-ranked singles players, outplayed wild card and local boy Kadhe 6-3 64 in the opening round of the event. He will now fight it out with eighth seed Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who battled past Marco Cecchinato 7-6 (4) 6-7(2) 6-2 in a gruelling season-opener. Nagals unbeaten streak of seven matches was halted by fellow qualifier Ilya Ivashka as the Indian bowed out with a 3-6 3-6 defeat in his first round. Nagal, ranked 223, came into the match after winning the Bengaluru Open and two qualifying matches here for his maiden ATP World Tour event. He struggled to contain unforced errors against the Belarusian, placed seven places below him. Kadhe had nothing to lose and went for his shots but uncontrolled aggression did not trouble the Delhi lad. Bhambri maintained a tight ...
Kambli credits Tendulkar for bringing him back on field
Former India batsman Vinod Kambli today said that he took up to coaching on the advice of his friend and one-time team-mate Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar and Kambli were students of famed coach Ramakant Achrekar and both went to play for India and their friendship was well known to all. And Kambli credited Tendulkar for bringing him back on a cricket field, not as a player but as a coach. "When I retired from cricket, it had occurred to me, now what, I thought will do commentary or I was a expert on TV, But my love has always been cricket, so I got on to the field," Kambli said. The former left handed batsman was speaking to reporters after a cricket coaching academy was launched at the Bandra Kurla Complex of the Mumbai Cricket Association, where Kambli will be conducting the sessions. "Sachin (Tendulkar) knows how much I love cricket, so he said to me why don't you start coaching, so I would say that I have embarked a path which he (Tendulkar) has shown and I have ...
Steyn unlikely for first Test against India: Coach Gibson
South Africa head coach Ottis Gibson today hinted that Dale Steyn might have to wait longer to make his comeback as it would be a risk to field the rusty pacer in the first Test against India, beginning here on Friday. "Dale Steyn is fit again. But I don't know just yet whether we will see him this week," Gibson told reporters today. Steyn is coming back from an injury and played his last Test in November 2016. He is fit but faces stiff competition for a playing eleven spot. The other pacers in the squad are Kagiso Rabada, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris and Andile Phehlukwayo. "He has had a year's layoff. I don't think if we were to pick a three-man seam attack plus a spinner that you would want to put him in that three-man attack, in case something happens and that leaves the team vulnerable if he can't finish the game," Gibson said. "That's not to say that he won't finish the game, but you don't want to take that risk in the first game of the summer. He
Sen steps down after Mohun Bagan loss
Mohun Bagan's last season I-League winning coach Sanjoy Sen today stepped down after his side's 1-2 defeat at the hands of unfancied Chennai City FC at home ground here today. Chennai City took a sixth minute lead through Frenchman Jean-Michel Joachim but they were reduced to 10 men after Pradeep Mohanraj was sent off in the 34th minute for handling the ball inside the box. Ansumana Kromah brought up the equaliser for Mohun Bagan from the resultant penalty in the 36th minute but Chennai City's Veniamin Shumeyko headed home the winner in the 71st minute to script the first big upset of I-League this season. This was Mohun Bagan's first defeat after seven matches and it came after a string of three draws. "I did not have the mentality to continue after this loss and three home draws where we could not come back. We lost at home, I had decided that I would step down if that happened," Sen said at his last press conference at Mohun Bagan tent as unruly crowd hurled missiles .
Always important to leave the ball well: Pujara
On his third trip to South Africa, Indian middle order mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara on Tuesday advised his team's batsmen to "leave the ball well" when the Virat Kohli-led side takes the field in the first Test against South Africa here from Friday.
Ten-man Chennai City FC stun Mohun Bagan
Former champions Mohun Bagan suffered a disaster at their home ground with a 1-2 loss to 10-man Chennai City FC in an I-League football fixture here today. The southern outfit took a sixth minute lead through Frenchman Jean-Michel Joachim but only to be reduced to 10 players after Pradeep Mohanraj was sent off in the 34th minute for handling the ball inside the box. Ansumana Kromah brought up the equaliser from the resultant penalty in the 36th minute but it was Veniamin Shumeyko who headed home the winner in the 71st minute to hand Mohun Bagan their first loss of the season after six matches. The Kyrgyzstani brilliantly rose above three defenders to head home captain Michael Soosairaj's corner kick to silence the Maidan crowd. The loss also exposed the Sanjoy Sen-coached side's over reliance on their star Haitian forward Sony Norde who is out with a knee injury. The familiar chants of 'go back Sanjoy Sen' echoed the Maidan with thousands booing the coach as it seems the
I-League: Indian Arrows go down 0-2 to East Bengal
Indian Arrows slumped to a 0-2 defeat to table toppers Kingfisher East Bengal in their I-League clash at the Ambedkar Stadium in the national capital on Tuesday.The table toppers started their new year on a positive note, making easy work of Indian Arrows who provided little resistance to the Kingfisher East Bengal juggernaut as goals by Mahmoud Al-Amna and Katsumi Yusa in the 13th and 16th minute respectively led Khalid Jamil's men to an easy win.The glimpses of an attacking display by the visiting team were evident in the very first minute of the match when Syrian International Mahmoud Al-Amna almost capitalized on a through ball from the middle of the field.The visitors pressed for the early goal to down Indian Arrows' spirits and in the 13th minute hit gold when Al-Amna slotted the ball home from a free-kick from the edge of the box after Abhishek Halder's foul on Katsumi Yusa had prompted the referee to give the freekick.Three minutes later, Katsumi Yusa sublimely waiting ...
Wenger charged by FA for misconduct against officials
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has been charged by the Football Association (FA) for his misconduct against match officials during the English Premiere League (EPL) tie against West Brom.
Kerala Blasters coach Meulensteen steps down
Kerala Blasters coach Rene Meulensteen, who was under pressure following a series of poor results in the Indian Super League (ISL), has decided to hand in his resignation.
Ten-man Chennai City stun Mohun Bagan
Ten-man Chennai City FC stunned former champions Mohun Bagan 2-1 in an I-League encounter at the latter's Maidan club ground here on Tuesday.