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Both German and Gokulam announced the new deal via their twitter handles, sending the local fans in Kerala into ecstasy. In case you didn’t know… Antonio German had set the Indian Super League alight with his performances for Kerala Blasters in the 2015 and the 2016 seasons. While the Blasters had a disappointing season in 2015 when they finished bottom of the league, the 2016 season was completely different as German mesmerised the crowd, as he helped the Blasters make it to the ISL final, where they lost out to ATK....

Spanish coach Alejandro Menendez admitted that the championship race has become very difficult for them just now. Chennai City FC just needs a win to clinch its maiden I-League title, while a in each of the remaining matches will also be enough. East Bengal had a numerical superiority in the last twenty minutes after Aizawl FC was reduced to 10 men, following a heated exchange between the players. They went all out in attack, played good football, but gained only a single point....

The Nehru Stadium at Margao, along with Tilak Maidan are being renovated to host the 3rd Lusofonia Games later this year. Due to the excavation work at both these venues, the current I-League matches were shifted to Duler Ground in Mapusa. Dhar was in the state to review the progress at the stadiums and to explore the possibility of live telecast of I-League matches which are currently being played by the four Goan teams....

The champions suffered their first opening-day loss for 19 years after failing to recover from a first half that saw Gary Cahill sent off before Burnley raced into a three-goal lead, courtesy of Sam Vokes’ double and a superb Stephen Ward strike. West Ham 9/1 to beat Man Utd Alvaro Morata almost inspired a comeback as a second-half substitute, scoring before setting up a late strike for David Luiz, a goal that came after Cesc Fabregas’ removal for a second yellow had seen Chelsea reduced to nine men....

He’d been accusing Omar, as well as Congresswomen Tlaib, Pressley and Ocasio-Cortez (aka “the Squad”) of anti-Semitism all last week, in increasingly racist tweets. Indeed, the Trump administration—and now also his campaign—has been laying the groundwork to use Jews as a shield for racism and attacks on free speech for a long time. It’s disgusting and wrong and straight-up dangerous to Jewish people everywhere—and it has stop, now. The past few weeks in particular have witnessed a frenzy of false concern about anti-Semitism and Israel in our nation’s capitol, especially at two high-profile events: The national summit and lobby day by the powerful evangelical group Christians United for Israel (CUFI) and a Conference on Combatting Anti-Semitism hosted by the Department of Justice....

In American politics today, money is power and power is influence. And my class, the Productive Class, is the Invisible Caste because we don’t have any goddamn money. Which means that for us, the political landscape is barren. The Democrats long ago turned their back on the working class. They abandoned Labor. They cheered as honest work was sent overseas. Yet they still take our union money and hope we don’t notice when they side with the Sierra Club....

After several transfer windows in which Los Blancos were linked with a move for Hazard, the 28-year-old finally made the switch from Chelsea last week, signing a five-year deal with the 13-time European champions. Madrid have overhauled their squad following a disappointing 2018-19 and Hazard is the biggest name to arrive at the Santiago Bernabeu so far. The club have a history of acquiring the best players in the world having brought in Luis Figo, current boss Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham during the Galactico era of the early 2000s, yet Hazard refrained from putting himself in that company at his unveiling on Thursday....

But, it turns out, it never even happened. Let me explain. I definitely did see Michael Jordan play in person. It was Dec. 29, 1992: Bulls at Hornets. The Bulls were headed toward the second championship of their first three-peat. The Hornets were still relatively new, just 4 years old, but were headed toward their first playoff appearance in franchise history. On paper, the makings of a great game. I don’t remember how I got a ticket....

Following Wenger’s announcement that he will step down at the end of the season after 22 years in charge, Arsenal have been linked with several candidates. Luis Enrique, Massimiliano Allegri, Patrick Vieira and Mikel Arteta are among those touted, but Rodgers has emerged as one of the frontrunners having already coached extensively in the Premier League, including narrowly missing out on the title with Liverpool in the 2013-14 campaign, and on the back of a second successive league triumph at Celtic....

The return of Jose Mourinho to Chelsea is highlighted by the number of declarations made by the Portugese football manager. Following the admission of his vested belief in the greatness of the Premier League, the newly-appointed Chelsea boss has now promised to lead Chelsea back into the top tier of the league. Chelsea has been on a slow spiral to declination in the recent years, and now the Blues’ boss has insisted that economic spending and hard work is the key to the club’s success....

The 19-year-old spent last season on loan with Hoffenheim and impressed on his return to Arsenal during their pre-season campaign. Head coach Unai Emery rewarded Nelson by starting him against Newcastle United on Sunday, with the Gunners claiming a 1-0 win in their opening Premier League game of the season. However, the English teenager is refusing to get carried away after making only his fourth top-flight appearance for the club....

Boateng has played alongside some of the greatest footballers, and Ibrahimovic stands out for the former Ghana international Ibrahimovic and Boateng were team-mates at AC Milan, with the pair helping the Serie A giants win the 2010-11 Scudetto. Asked to name the best player he has played with, Boateng told Barcelona TV in a Q&A: “Zlatan Ibrahimovic.” Boateng’s answer came as a surprise, given he plays with five-time Ballon d’Or winner and Barca’s all-time leading goalscorer Messi....

The Milan boss added the Rossoneri squad have already been helped on and off the pitch by the forward’s arrival. Ibrahimovic signed for Milan as a free agent after leaving Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy, returning to the club where he spent two seasons between 2010 and 2012 before leaving for Paris Saint-Germain. It did not take long for the 38-year-old to make an impact, with Ibrahimovic scoring on his first start in a 2-0 win over Cagliari last time out in Serie A....

Ibrahimovic this week confirmed his departure from LA Galaxy after two seasons in MLS. The 38-year-old intends to see out his career in Italy, Galaxy head coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto claimed, and will not be short on options given his free agent status. AC Milan, Fiorentina and Napoli are among those to have been linked but Bologna could have the inside running thanks to Ibrahimovic’s rapport with Rossoblu boss Sinisa Mihajlovic, who crossed paths with the Swede at Inter....

Zinedine Zidane’s men conquered the Champions League and La Liga last season, but Lionel Messi and Co. got revenge with the first of at least five Clasicos in 2017-18 (two Supercopas and two league games to come). With a footprint in both Asia and the United States, the annual pre-season ICC tournament involving Europe’s top clubs taps into the huge fanbases that exist for those teams outside of their local markets....

De Villiers now has 869 ranking points, 21 points ahead of fellow countryman Hashim Amla. Indian ODI No. 3 Virat Kohli also held on to his No. 3 spot despite below-par performances in the England series. Joining Kohli in the list are his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (6th) and Shikhar Dhawan (7th) with 771 and 740 points respectively. Dhawan scored an unbeaten 97 in his side’s convincing 9-wicket win in the 4th ODI at Edgbaston....

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has paid 45 percent of delayed salaries of Sri Lankan cricketers, a senior official said here Tuesday. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed that the ICC paid $2 million, a part of the due 25 percent of the country’s participation fee for the last world cup, Xinhua reported. U. R. Senaviratna, the secretary of the Sports Ministry said that the ICC paid part of cricketers salary directly to their accounts without going through the SLC....

Melbourne, July 30 (IANS) The latest fiasco with the Decision Review System (DRS) in the Ashes has led the International Cricket Council (ICC) to re-think the increase the number of unsuccessful reviews awarded to a team per innings. “DRS has always been a work in progress and it’s improving all the time. If we can improve the protocols with the way we use it, then I think we’ll be looking at it,” Dave Richardson, ICC chief executive, was quoted saying in the Sydney Morning Herald....

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam leads the list after being among the runs in the ongoing home season. The ace batter reached the three-figure mark twice in December - during the first Test against England and the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand. He scored 523 runs at an average of 65.37 across eight innings. Despite being in a relatively good run of form, he slid to No.3 in the ICC rankings for Test batters....