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Sanchez out for "a long time" with hamstring injury: Mourinho
Manchester United's Chilean international forward Alexis Sanchez will be out of action "for a long time," after suffering a hamstring injury in training, coach Jose Mourinho said on Friday.
Sajan, Vijay announce arrival on senior level with national titles
Sajan Bhanwala celebrated his inclusion in the central contracts by emerging national champion in the 77kg with dominant victories as the Greco Roman competitions at the Tata Motors Senior Nationals concluded here Friday. The 19-year-old Sajan showed that his transition from the junior to senior level is on right track as he downed his senior colleagues to take his maiden national title at this level. Sajan, who got a job with the Railways just a few days back, took the gold by beating Bihar's Krihsn Kant Yadav by technical superiority. In the semifinals, he was trailing 1-6 against the formidable R Rafiq Holi, but managed to pin down the Services grappler. Rafiq and Praveen took bronze in this category. "I feel I have gained a lot of experience in this tournament. The competition was good. Now I will get to train at the senior national camp which will further help me improve," said Sajan. "The inclusion in the contracts is also very encouraging for people like me, who don't have much
Inner Mongolia's 'brave 18' help China draw 2-2 against England in WC debut
Eighteen brave men from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region produced a gritty performance to help debutants China register a fighting 2-2 draw against higher-ranked England in a Pool B match of the men's hockey World Cup here Friday. Unusual it may sound, but very few people know that China's entire 18-member men's hockey team making its debut in the World Cup belongs to just one province -- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China is made up of 34 provinces. These 18 brave hearts fought hard and stunningly held world no.7 England with a last-minute goal to eke out a point from the encounter. China's men's hockey team's best result in the sport till date is a silver medal finish at the 2006 Doha Asian Games but they sprung a surprise in its maiden World Cup match. England started the match as overwhelming favourites, but the Chinese stunned their opponents early in the game when Xiaoping Gao (5th minute) scored a brilliant field goal from a tight angle after dribbling past three ...
EU ministers to finalise watered-down euro zone reform plans
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers will seek final agreement on Monday on deeper euro zone integration which, after a year of negotiations, is likely to turn out much less ambitious than initially planned.
Gaurav Gill takes slender lead on Day 1 of Coffee Day India Rally
Reigning champion Gaurav Gill drove with controlled aggression to top the time sheets on the opening day of the Coffee Day India Rally, the fourth round of the MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship here on Friday. Driving the XUV 500 for Mahindra Adventure team, Gill did not look as spectacular as some of the drivers before him. But the clean lines through the corner saw him clock 02:34.7 seconds for the 2.12 kms run as he led a 1-2 for his team, ahead of Amittrajit Ghosh who did 02:35.1 in the super special stage. Local lad Karna Kadur of Arka Motorsports, piloting a Volkswagen Polo, was overall third quickest timing 02:36.1. Thousands of spectators who thronged the school grounds were treated to an action-packed afternoon as Kadur topped in the INRC-2 category while Dhruva Chandrasekar was the fastest in the INRC-3 class with a time of 02:36.6. The action will shift to the nearby coffee estates on Saturday when six special stages will be run. The rally will conclude on Sunday
Ireland, Afghanistan to play ODIs, Test in Dehradun
Ireland and Afghanistan are all set to play three Twenty20 Internationals, five One-Day Internationals and a one-off Test in February-March next year in Dehradun, India, the ICC announced on Friday.
Chile star Sanchez faces long time on sidelines: Mourinho
Alexis Sanchez's miserable spell at Manchester United took another turn for the worse on Friday with manager Jose Mourinho announcing he faces several weeks out with a hamstring injury. The 29-year-old Chilean forward, dropped from the squad for Tuesday's 1-0 Champions League win over Swiss outfit Young Boys, suffered the injury in training on Thursday. "It is an aggressive muscular injury," Mourinho said at Friday's press conference. "He has not had a scan yet but the player is experienced. He knows what injury is. "From my experience, the painful scream and way it happened, it will be a long time. "It is not a little muscular injury that he will be ready in a week or 10 days. "For me and Alexis Sanchez, the grade is different to the one that Lindelof (expected to miss three weeks due to a thigh strain suffered against Crystal Palace last weekend) has and that was not easy." Sanchez's first team starts have been rare in November, and he came on as a substitute in the league games ...
Churchill continue unbeaten run with a 1-1 draw against Gokulam
Churchill Brothers continued their unbeaten run with a 1-1 draw against Gokulam Kerala in a Hero I-League fixture here on Friday. Willis Plaza scored in the 5th minute giving the Goan team an early lead but individual brilliance from Gokulam Kerala's Arjun Jayaraj saw the hosts equalise in the 36th minute as both the teams shared the spoils at the EMS Corporation Stadium. Arjun was rightfully declared the Hero of the Match. Churchill Brothers took the field riding high on a convincing win against Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan in their last encounter and true to their form they started the game on an attacking mode with Plaza leading at the forefront. Churchill drew the first blood as early as the 5th minute through a brilliant goal by striker Plaza from an equally outstanding pass from Lamgoulen Hangshing. Plaza is now the highest goal scorer in the Hero I-League with six goals to his credit. Soon Gokulam Kerala came close to scoring an equaliser but a good pass from Antonio German to ...
India's Lakshya Sen enters semi-finals of Tata Open
Indian shutter and second seed Lakshya Sen continued his impressive form at the Tata Open to reach the semi-finals after defeating Malaysia's Goh Giap Chin in straight sets 21-17, 21-10 here Friday. The 17-year-old will meet Kantawat Leelavechabutrof Thailand for a place in the final. The teenage Indian started slowly and was trailing at the first break, but caught up well and made it 15 all and never looked back, and then went on win the first game 21-17. However, Goh lost plot in the 2ndgame and handed easy points to Lakshya, who capitalised on it and finished the match 21-10. "It has always been a great experience competing at the Tata Open India International Challenge. I am very happy to have won the quarter-finals and hope to give my best shot tomorrow at the semi-finals," Lakshya was quoted as saying in a media release issued here. In the other quarter-final, Kiran George of India lost to Leelavechabutr 15-21, 13-21. The Thai shuttler will meet Lakshya in the ...
Angad Bajwa wins national skeet title
Fresh from his Asian Championship title with a world record, Punjab's Angad Vir Singh Bajwa Friday claimed the men's skeet crown at the 62nd National Shooting Championship here, reaffirming his status as the country's best in the event. Angad shot 55 in the final to be tied with Mairaj Ahmed Khan at the end of 60 shots and then pipped the senior pro 6-5 in the shoot-off to come up trumps. In Thiruvananthapuram, where the rifle and pistol events are being held, Asian Games and Youth Olympic Games champion Saurabh Chaudhary combined with Devanshi Dhama to bag the 10m air pistol mixed team title for their state Uttar Pradesh. They got the better of Amanpreet Singh and Shweta Singh of ONGC 481.3 to 480.8 in the final. The pair of Manu Bhakar and Abhishek Verma won bronze for Haryana. In the Pink City, Angad had scraped through to the final, bagging the sixth and final spot with a qualification round score of 119, after coming through another shoot-off. Mairaj had topped the qualifications
Spurs announce fan event as stadium move edges closer
Tottenham have moved a step closer to finally opening their delayed new stadium after the club announced a "familiarisation event" for supporters. The Premier League team have been playing their home matches at Wembley since their historic White Hart Lane stadium was demolished at the end of the 2016-17 season. Tottenham had hoped to move into the 62,062-capacity arena on September 15, but the opening has been delayed twice by safety issues at the stadium, which has been constructed on the site of the old White Hart Lane. Although the north London club will play all of their remaining home games this year at Wembley, they still hope to get permission to move to their new home in the next three months. In a sign that the stadium is nearing completion, Tottenham revealed 6,000 season ticket holders will be allowed to visit the south stand of their new arena on December 16. It will be the first event at the new stadium involving supporters. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said ...
Guardiola urges Diaz not to quit City
Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City have done everything in their power to keep Brahim Diaz, but he will not try to stop the young star from leaving in the new year. The 19-year-old Spanish midfielder, who is out of contract with the Premier League champions next summer, has been frustrated at his lack of first team opportunities under Guardiola. His only starts have been in the League Cup, in which he has made three, while his Premier League experience with City has been limited to five substitute outings. That has led to reports that Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain are both interested in signing him offering him guarantees of more first-team experience. Diaz could even start talking to foreign clubs as early as January and agree a pre-contract. City manager Guardiola insists he will not stand in the player's way if that is his wish. "We want him, we want to extend his contract and we'll do everything, but it's in his hands," Guardiola told reporters on Friday. "My advice if ..
Hockey WC: HI takes action on 'inappropriate' sale of ticket
The Hockey India (HI) has referred the case of "inappropriate" sale of match tickets in the ongoing 14th edition of the ongoing Men's Hockey World Cup to a ticket agency for further investigation in the matter.The development comes in the light of reports stating that tickets for the opening day matches of the prestigious event were being sold in an "inappropriate" manner.HI also claimed to have received the personal details of the two individuals who might be involved in the case. "It has been brought to the attention of Hockey India, the host national association of the Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018, that there has been malicious reports alleging tickets for the Opening day matches of the prestigious event were being sold in an inappropriate manner," HI said in a statement."The matter has been referred to a ticket agency for further action and they have already submitted the details of the two individuals that appear in the inconclusive video for necessary action by
Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat get Grade 'A' contract with WFI
Asian Games Gold medallist Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat have bagged Grade 'A' annual central contracts, announced the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) in an event at Gonda, Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The contracts came into effect from November 15.Another wrestler Pooja Dhanda, who recently won a bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championship, also joined Punia and Phogat in the Grade 'A' contract list. The three marquee wrestlers will get an annual retainership of ? 30 lakh, besides other benefits.In an inaugural ceremony, which was attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, WFI Brij Bhushan Saran Singh officially announced the central contracts to the wrestlers. The WFI, thus, became the first national sports federation under the aegis of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to grant annual contracts to its athletes. Earlier, only, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was authorised to do this.Among those present on the occasion included World ...
Hockey WC: Australia register 2-1 victory over Ireland
Defending champions Australia registered a convincing 2-1 victory over Ireland in their first Pool B match of the ongoing 14th edition of the Men's Hockey World Cup here at the Kalinga Stadium on Friday.Australia, who are one of the favorites to win this prestigious tournament, were expected to play a dominant game with the lower ranked Ireland and so they did. In the very first minute of the match, Australian players were inside the Ireland D but the Irish defenders did a good job to deflate the attack.The world number side continued to attack the Irish goal post and all their attempts reaped fruit in the eleventh minute of the match when they got their first penalty corner. Their forward player Blake Govers made a stunning strike to score the first goal for his side.After a couple of minutes, Ireland struck back as they scored an equalizer in the 13th minute of the match. Irish forward player Shane O'Donoghue pounced on to a pass from Eugene Magee and made hit a beautiful stroke ...
BCCI invites applications for new women's team coach
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday invited application for the position of the head coach of the national women's cricket team as the term of the current coach, Ramesh Powar, expires today."The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would like to call upon interested candidates to apply for the position of 'Head Coach - Team India (Senior Women)," an official BCCI statement read.The development comes at a time when the tussle between senior player Mithali Raj and Ramesh is at its peak. Recently, Mithali Raj, in a fiery letter to BCCI, had alleged coach Powar of "discriminatory" treatment. She had accused him of "humiliating" her and treating her partially.Raj's omission from the Indian team for their semi-final clash against England in the recently-concluded Women's World T20 had also triggered a controversy prompting Powar to mention the reason behind dropping the ODI skipper from the crucial match in a detailed team performance report to BCCI.In his ...
Kipruto recovers from injury, targets Fukuoka marathon
Former world marathon silver medallist Vincent Kipruto says he has overcome his loss of fitness and his injury and will be ready to challenge for the title at this Sunday's Fukuoka Marathon.
Want to win a seventh title: Mary Kom
Having secured a record sixth World championship title, India's boxing legend M C Mary Kom has now set her eyes on a seventh world crown along with an elusive Olympic gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Mary etched her name in history books by winning an unprecedented sixth gold in 48kg category at the Women's World Championships here last week. The Manipuri trailblazer, who won her sixth title after a gap of eight years, said despite several additional responsibilities -- including being a mother of three -- she continued to work toward achieving her dream of winning the world championship again. "My dream was to become a world champion again. I worked very hard for it. I am a mother of three I had several responsibilities," Mary said at a felicitation ceremony organised by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. "The government also gave me an extra responsibility by naming me member of parliament but I never stopped training. "Now that I have won the sixth title I want a seventh one ..
Real Madrid coach brushes off questions on midfielder Isco
Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari on Friday declined to discuss the situation of Spanish midfielder Isco Alarcon ahead of Los Blancos' upcoming La Liga match against Valencia.
I-League: Churchill continue unbeaten run with draw vs Gokulam
The I-League encounter between Gokulam Kerala FC and Churchill Brothers FC Goa ended in a 1-1 draw with both the teams sharing the spoils at the EMS Corporation Stadium here on Friday.