Court freezes $50m Neymar assets
RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian court has frozen assets of Barcelona star Neymar, his family and related businesses valued at 188.8 million Brazilian reals ($48 million). The Sao Paulo federal court said on Friday that the 23-year-old is alleged to have evaded 63 million reals in Brazil taxes (almost US$ 16 million) between 2011 and 2013. He moved in 2013 from Brazilian club Santos to Spain’s Barcelona. In a statement, Judge Carlos Muta says that Neymar only declared assets worth 19.6 million reals (a little less than US$ 5 million). The judge says Neymar “is solely responsible for the income declaration.”
Kvyat fastest in Japanese practice
SUZUKA: Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat had the quickest lap in a wet second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix, edging Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and lewis Hamilton. Kvyat clocked 1 minute, 49.277 seconds around the Suzuka circuit, two hundredths of a second ahead of Rosberg with championship leader lewis Hamilton half a second back in third. Kvyat’s teammate Daniel Ricciardo was fourth followed by the Ferrari pair of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. Rain also hit the morning session when Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz Jr. had the fastest time. Sainz was seventh in the afternoon session followed by teammate Max Verstappen. Sauber’s Felipe Nasr and lotus driver Pastor Maldonado completed the top 10. Because of the rain, only 12 of the 20 drivers posted a timed lap by the end of the 90 minute session.
Mansarover school in final
New Delhi: In the 1st semifinal of the junior men state hockey championship, two goals from Harpreet Singh helped the Sahid Bishan Singh Memorial school Mansarover Garden defeated Govt. Boys Sr. Sec School, Ghumanhera, by 3-0. The other scorer was Harman Singh. In the second semifinal Union Academy Sr. Sec. School beat Sarvodya Baal Vidalya Baknner 4-1. The Final match will be played between Sahid Biashan Singh Memorial school Mansarover Garden and Union Academy Raza Bazar.
India lose, still qualifies
BENGAlURU/CHANGSHA: India continues to show that they have the talent to compete with the top teams of Asia, fighting Japan hard to a 83-65 loss. Both teams came into the game with a 1-1 record, with a victory over Malaysia and a loss to defending champions Iran. These are some building blocks for team India as they continue to the second round, as they outshot a usually deathly 3-point shooting team in Japan, 40% to 29%, and kept the rebounding margin relatively the same (43 to 45 in favour of Japan).
Goa to host AFC U16 C’ship
Panaji: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Friday gave green signal to the Goa Government for hosting the AFC U-16 Championship, which will be held from September 15 to October 2 next year. A team of AFC officials, which is on a three-day visit to inspect the progress of the infrastructure and ground condition of the two main venues and eight practice grounds, met Goa Chief Minister laxmikant Parsekar this morning and gave their go-ahead to host the tournament, All India Football Federation (AIFF) official Savio Messias said. The AFC Under-16 Championship is the final stage of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in India in 2017, and will involve 16 nations and 31 matches.
Khanna loses ITF elections
Santiago (Chile): All India Tennis Association (AITA) President Anil Khanna’s bid to become ITF President ended in disappointment as he lost the election by mere eight votes to US candidate David Haggerty. Khanna managed 192 votes to 200 garnered by Haggerty in a close second round while two other candidiates — Juan Margets and Rene Stammbach were eliminated in the first round. The election was held on the third day of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the world governing body. Haggerty will replace Francesco Ricci Bitti, who has decided to step down after 16 years in office. In another decision, the Davis Cup will now play a tiebreak in the fifth set. Earlier this year, leonardo Mayer and Joao Souza were involved in the longest Davis Cup singles match on record. The match lasted 6 hours, 42 minutes, forcing the best-of-five series to be extended to a fourth day.