Arsenal fined and warned by FA
london: The English Football Association has fined Arsenal 60,000 pounds ($92,000) for breaching agent regulations when signing defender Calum Chambers from Southampton last year.Arsenal has also been warned about its future conduct by the FA. Agent Alan Middleton was fined 30,000 pounds ($46,000). The written reasons for the sanctions describe the transfer as a classic case of “fronting”, where an unauthorized and unlicensed agent was involved. Arsenal says it “acted in good faith throughout in this transfer and had no reason to believe that the player’s representative was not authorized to be involved in the transfer negotiations.” Meanwhile, English FA has charged Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho with misconduct over his behavior toward match officials during Saturday's loss at West Ham. The FA says Mourinho has been charged over his "language and/or behavior" in or around the dressing room area at halftime.
Njogu arrested for cheating
NAIROBI (Kenya): A man was arrested and will face fraud charges for cheating his way into second place at Kenya’s Nairobi International Marathon. Police and race officials said the man, identified as 28-year-old Julius Njogu, hid among a group of spectators before joining Sunday’s race near the finish. Njogu claimed second place in a sprint finish after breezing past another competitor in the final stretch at Nyayo National Stadium. He was in line to claim around $7,000 in prize money before being caught out and disqualified. Officials said they became suspicious because Njogu showed no signs of fatigue and was not sweating when he had supposedly just run 42 kilometers (26 miles). They discovered that he’d run barely one kilometer after emerging from a bunch of onlookers and joining the leading group of runners just outside the stadium.
Yuki drops out of top-100
New Delhi: After spending a week inside top-100, Yuki Bhambri dropped out of the bracket as he lost six places to be at 105 in the latest ATP singles rankings issued on Monday. Yuki had skipped the Bangalore Challenger to recover from niggles but made a fluent start at the Pune Challenger on Monday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over local wild card Anvit Bendre. Saketh Myneni, who has become India’s second-highest ranked singles player, also dropped two places to 168 while Somdev Devvarman remained unchanged at 181. In the doubles, Rohan Bopanna rose a rung to 14 and remain country’s highest ranked player. He was followed by leander Paes at number 36 and Purav Raja, who dropped to 99.
Vijender’s 2nd bout rescheduled
New Delhi: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh’s second professional bout against Englishman Dean Gillen was on Monday rescheduled from October 30 in london to November 7 in Dublin due to technical reasons. “My bout has been rescheduled for November 7 due to some technical reasons,” Vijender told PTI from london without specifying the exact reasons. The development was also confirmed by his India-based promoters IOS Boxing Promotions. After a smashing debut in which he knocked out Brit Sonny Whiting in Manchester, Vijender will face Gillen in his second bout which was originally scheduled for October 30 in london.
Punjab National Bank triumphs
New Delhi: On the Third day of the Delhi Sr. men & women state championship 2015, Olympic Week, four matches in men’s section were played at MDC National Stadium. In the first match played between Punjab National Bank and Jamia Millia Islamia, PNB defeated Jamia Millia Islamia by 2-0. Hardeep and Ramandeep were the scorers in that game. In the next match, Delhi Audit easily defeated Delhi Deshi Dribblers 4-0. In the third match of the day between T A Sikh and Bharat Sanchar limited, T A Sikh beat Bharat Sanchar limited 2-0. In the final match Shyam lal College defeated Ghumanhera by 8-1. Agencies