trezeguet retires: report
Buenos Aires: France’s 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winning striker David Trezeguet, who enjoyed a decade leading the Juventus attack, has retired, Argentine daily Clarin reported. The 37-year-old’s agent had confirmed the news of his retirement on Tuesday according to Clarin and he was now set to rejoin Italian champions Juventus’ management team where he scored 149 goals in 245 games between 2000-2010. The striker’s most memorable goal remains the extra-time golden-goal that saw France beat Italy in the Euro 2000 final. He played for Pune City in the recently concluded ISl.
tycoon buys stake in atletico
Beijing: A Chinese billionaire has bought 20 per cent stake in Spanish league champions Atletico Madrid for a whopping $52 million, in a deal that is set to ease the football club’s debt burdens. Wang Jianlin, a real estate tycoon, closed the deal with Atletico chairman Enrique Cerezo in Beijing, Wanda Group announced on Wednesday. The deal involved opening three Atletico Madrid football schools in China, sponsorship deals and a possible tour by the club to China later this year.
williams unveil 2015 F1 car
london: Williams and Force India became the first Formula One teams to take the covers off their cars for 2015, revealing Wednesday the most significant design change from last season: a new front. Technical regulations in F1 have been remained stable except for the requirement to change the nose of the cars, which will make them more pleasing on the eye this season. Force India’s new car, which will be driven by Perez and Nico Hulkenberg, has different livery — black and silver, with streaks of orange.
Arsenal make first signing
london: Arsenal has made its first signing of the January transfer window, bringing in Poland youth international Krystian Bielik from legia Warsaw. The English Premier league club did not disclose a fee for Bielik, but British media reported he cost 2.5 million pounds ($3.8 million). The 17-year-old Bielik can play as a holding midfielder or as a center back, and is set to work initially with Arsenal’s Under-21 side with a view to progression through to the senior squad.
2024 boston bid to be public
Boston: Boston residents will get their first chance on Wednesday to see how Olympic organizers would handle the 2024 Summer Games if they are awarded to the Massachusetts city. local bid organizers are planning a public encore on Wednesday for the presentation that won over the U.S. Olympic Committee last month. The privately run Boston bid committee is also planning to release many of the documents that detail how the games would be staged and financed. later Wednesday, the group will hold the first meeting of its Citizen’s Advisory Group.
Advani in last-32 of nationals
Kolkata: Indian ace Pankaj Advani kept himself in line for a double as he topped the group A table to storm into the last 32 of the senior National Snooker Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club on Wednesday. Advani, who won the senior National billiards Saturday, carried his sublime form into his pet snooker event as he thrashed Akshay Kumar, Sukumar Barman, Ankit Kariwala and Assem Arora by identical scoreline of 3-0 to top group A table. Meanwhile, Arantxa Sanchis of Maharashtra set up final clash against her state mate Meenal Thakur in the women’s billiards event.
Rashid aims European card
New Delhi: With two wins in his maiden Asian Tour season, Indian golfer Rashid Khan is now planning to secure a European Tour card and would go through the qualifiers later this year. “I am planning to go for European Tour qualifying in October this year,” Rashid told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of Hero Indian Open, which will make its debut on the prestigious European Tour from February 19-22. “I really want to get my ranking high to qualify for Olympics. We have Anirban (lahiri). He has been playing very well for last couple of years. I have to play more Asian Tour events and that is the reason I will play maybe just two or three events in India and spend more time on the Asian Tour,” he added.
brazil to challenge test
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian swimming officials say they will challenge a positive doping test provided by Joao Gomes Jr. last month at the World Short-Course Championships. Coarcy Nunes Filho, president of the Brazilian swimming confederation, confirmed the test in an interview and said the organization “deeply regretted” the finding and would take “all measures” to defend the swimmer. Gomes helped Brazil win three gold medals in relay events at the championships.
All rounder Kundu shines
New Delhi: An all-round show from Sachin Kundu helped BR Ambedkar College get the better of Shivaji College by 30 runs in the Daredevils College Cup cricket tournament here on Wednesday. The Daredevils College Cup is a first time initiative by Delhi Daredevils with an eye on finding the next Daredevils from among the youngsters who have been making their mark in the various city tournaments. Brief Scores: PGDAV: 129/6 (Akhil Pant 47, Abhishekh Gupta 48) beat ANDC: 82/9 (Neeraj Kr 51 not out; Manav Sharma 3/3, Shaksham Sharma 2/25).
Ambedkar: 137/5 (Sachin Kundu 41 not out, Rajnish Chauhan 23; N Prince 3/31) beat Shivaji: 107 (Shikhar Prem 49, Prabhat Chaudhary 3/17, Sachin Kundu 2/20). Agencies