Rethink away goals rule: blatter
ZURICH: FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called for a rethink of the away goals rule. The system in some two-leg games since the 1960s sees the team which has scored the most goals on the road triumph if the aggregate score is level. “It’s time to rethink the system,” Blatter writes in the latest edition of the “FIFA Weekly” publication. “Football has progressed since the 1960s, so the away goals rule may now be questioned. Does the away goals rule still make senseIJ “The idea dates back to a time when away games were often an adventure, involving journeys that could be long and arduous and the playing
conditions would vary considerably.” Blatter believes the rule favors the team that plays the second leg on the road. “Where the scores are tied, that team has 30 minutes more than their opponent to score a valuable away goal,” Blatter said. “After all, in the first leg there is no extra time. Such an imbalance has already been disposed of in various competitions. The away goals rule is no longer used in the semifinals of the promotion playoffs in English football.”
HISAR GIRlS WIN U-17 SUBROTO CUP
NEW DElHI: Government Girls Senior Secondary School from Hisar won the Under-17 title of the 55th Subroto Cup football tournament, beating Assam's Kiyang Kasiya Memorial Tribal School 3-0 at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Friday. The winners rightfully claimed the purse of Rs 3.5 lakh while the runners-up had to be satisfied with Rs 2 lakh. It was mission accomplished for the Haryana girls who made their debut in the tournament. They played hard and remained the only team not to have conceded a goal in the competition.
Grand opening for NCC Nationals
NEW DElHI: The opening ceremony of the NCC National Games was held at the DG NCC Camp in Delhi Cantt here on Friday. The annual NCC Games will see competitions in eight sports discipline, including Football, Hockey, Athletics, Table Tennis, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Badminton and Shooting, over a period of 11 days from October 8 to 18. The aim of these Games is to provide the talented sportspersons among the Cadets a feel of a major sporting event and prepare them with requisite match temperament and further their sporting careers. Around 2000 cadets from 17 State Directorates representing all states and Union Territories in the country will be participating.
2015 Asian Cup TT in India
New Delhi: Indian table tennis fans will be in for a treat in March 2015 when world's best paddlers arrive in the country for the Asian Cup. Dhanraj Choudhary of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), today revealed that 16 players each in the men's and women's singles will battle it out for top honours in the $100,000 event. Venue will be a toss-up between Delhi, Jaipur, Bangalore and Kolkata. He further informed that the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) awarded the hosting rights to India at its executive meeting during the Incheon Asian Games. While stalwart Sharath Kamal is expected to lead the Indian challenge, China's world number one Xu Xin and Ding Ning will be star attractions of the annual event. Agencies