Bengaluru who sit at the top of the table wanted to keep their unbeaten run going in the tournament. Northeast United wanted to dethrone Bengaluru at the top of the table and end their unbeaten run in Guwahati. The game began with both the teams taking a cautious approach to the game and both the sides showed signs of not wanting to lose the game or concede an early goal....
Against FC Goa on Saturday in the first leg of the semifinal of the Indian Super League, the Romanian will be expected to be at his best – both on and off the pitch – if Mumbai is to have any chance of making it to the final of March 17. And Goian is clear about what’s expected from him. “There’ll be a lot of pressure. These games come with a lot of pressure and I expect the boys to be up for the task,” he says speaking exclusively to Sportskeeda....
A concerning number this term is the goal tally, which has Sunil Chhetri as the only Indian with more than two goals. Even when the teams as a whole are performing well, the coaches rarely rely on Indian players for vital duties. Thus, we have a set of names who have been warming the benches from the start of the season. While some are missing out due to their teammates’ excellence, others are not part of their gaffer’s plans....
The Spaniard sustained a high-grade ligament tear on both sides of his right ankle during the Blasters’ goalless draw with Chennaiyin FC in their Round 3 clash on November 29th. The 30-year-old has now left for his homeland to recuperate from his injury, with the ISL club confirming the player’s departure on Tuesday. The development comes days after Kerala Blasters sporting director Karolis Skinkys briefed about Sergio Cidoncha’s situation, saying in this regard:...
The Juggernauts were trailing by two goals at half time before second-half substitute Diego Mauricio scored twice to snatch a point from their last Indian Super League (ISL) tie. “In the first half, even though we were trailing by two goals, we still played a lot better than we did against Hyderabad (lost 1-0). So I’m relatively pleased with the way we approached the game. We were compact, breaking out and playing through the lines much better but we gave away two sloppy goals that put us on the back foot,” the Odisha coach explained....
The group ACT for America may be listed as “the largest anti-Muslim group in the United States,” one that “stokes irrational fear of Muslims via a number of false claims” and attracts “far-right extremists, including white supremacists and militia group members” according to the Anti-Defamation League. But that apparently doesn’t exclude it from hosting an event at properties owned by President Donald Trump and his family. On its website, the group announced it would hold its annual dinner gala at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club....
According to a PTI report, the ISSF has sent its proposal to national federations and is awaiting their approval. It is believed that Indian shooters had exposed themselves by participating in too many world cups, and the change would help them choose important competitions. Other changes ISSF plans to make in Olympic qualification system Another change ISSF plans to make is to replace MQS (minimum qualification score) with MOQS (minimum Olympic qualification score)....
He has been preparing for the tour by playing for Dindigul Dragons in the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League and has led his side to two wins in three matches. On a personal note, he has been having a good tournament as he has picked up six wickets in three matches and scored some runs when he got a chance to bat in the tournament. After his side registered an eight-wicket win over Lyca Kovai Kings at the NPR College Ground in Natham, Dindigul, Sportskeeda caught up with the veteran of 58 Test matches in an exclusive chat....
Coleman was on the receiving end of a wild lunge from Neil Taylor 21 minutes from the end of Friday’s otherwise unremarkable clash in Dublin, as Ireland lost top spot in Group D to Serbia. The Everton defender’s sickening injury was all too apparent and O’Neill’s first thoughts were for the 28-year-old, who was taken to hospital. “It’s a bad break. He’s a fantastic player and character. It’s a major blow for the lad, his club and us,” the Ireland boss told Sky Sports....
“Why would people want to kill children?” Emily asked. “Well, people like that have no respect for human life,” replied her mother. “I wonder what kind of a world I was born into,” Emily remarked. “You shouldn’t worry about things like that,” said Liz, “because your mommy will always be here to protect you.” “But how about when you’re not here with me?” “You can’t live your life worrying about those kinds of things,” Liz replied....
Certainly, Germans will be nudged to reconsider the meaning of the Reichstag–completed in 1894, torched (probably by the Nazis, who blamed it on the Communists) in 1933 and nearly destroyed during World War II. It’s Mated to be restored as the capitol of a reunited Germany by 1999. But the art part is a different matter. Christo started wrapping tin cans in 1958 and worked his way up to the Pont Neuf in Paris in 1985....
The four-time champions have been regular Afcon participants since 2006, reaching the semi-finals on six occasions and the final twice in 2010 and 2015. Their last won the title was in 1982. At the 2017 Afcon, Ghana will face Egypt, Uganda and Mali in Group D. “Best wishes to the players, technical and management team of the Black Stars,” Akufo-Addo posted on Twitter. “Time to end our 35 year wait for the Afcon trophy....
Jiang, however, can’t control what goes on outside the hall. Harvard students are planning hunger strikes, e-mailing anti-Jiang slogans to each other and converting minivans into mock prison wagons. Religious-freedom groups in Boston are preparing signs reading NO ONE IS SAFE: NUNS ARE RAPED. From the moment he touches down in Honolulu on Sunday to his departure from Los Angeles seven days later, protesters will dog the Chinese president’s every move....
Typically on May 26, participants would gather around the country to craft and fly their paper planes in competition. The winner is usually determined by how far their paper plane was thrown and how much time their toy glider actually spent flying in the air. Back in 2012, John Collins, aka “The Paper Airplane Guy,” set the Guinness world record for the farthest flight in North Highlands, California. Earlier today on Facebook, the National Paper Airplane Day group recommended that aircraft buffs stay inside and continue social distancing....
However, it’s not over until it starts, at least. MORE: Kansas, Duke top way-too-early college basketball rankings for 2018-19 UM fell behind 10-0 to 14th-seeded Montana, needed a miracle shot to defeat Houston, shot 39 percent against Florida State and trailed Loyola by double-digits in the second half of their Final Four semifinal — just before Villanova stepped up to the same stage and obliterated Midwest Region No. 1 seed Kansas....
The investigation of Clark Clifford and Robert Altman, the pair who fronted–unwittingly, they say–for BCCI’s takeover of First American Bankshares. Prosecutors say they now have documents showing that questionable BCCI stock deals with foreign insiders were similar to deals that yielded Clifford and Altman a $9.8 million profit (they deny any wrongdoing). The probe of three wealthy U.S. businessmen who allegedly profited from BCCI deals. The investigation of BCCI’s ties to a bank implicated in making fraudulent loans to Iraq....
Their deadline is always too early. Nobody seems to be doing anything about it. A few people are talking about it, but not enough people are listening. They’d better start, because as usual, it’s the “student-athletes” who are getting a raw deal. MORE: NFL Draft grades | Way-too-early 2017 NFL Mock Draft The window for them to decide is too short. Their chances of getting a legitimate, helpful evaluation of their draft chances are too small....
Spurs reached last season’s final in Madrid after a dramatic semi-final triumph over Ajax but were beaten 2-0 by Premier League rivals Liverpool. Their 2019-20 campaign kicks off in Athens against last season’s Greek Super League runners up, with Pochettino adamant that it is too early to be talking about a second consecutive final appearance. “It’s so early to start talking about the final,” he told a media conference. “The most important thing is to talk about our squad quality....
Fares is forever confident in Hazelight Studios and the games the studio makes, just as he was with A Way Out and It Takes Two, and it looks like he remains confident in the future games from the studio. Currently, the studio’s next title is unannounced, but Fares is already talking it up and suggesting that it will follow some themes found in both of the studio’s existing titles....
