DSK Shivajians sign Kim
Pune: DSK Shivajians Football Club on Monday announced the signing of North Korean striker Kim Song Yong for the forthcoming season. The former North Korean international, who has vast experience of playing in India, will join the club on a two-year deal. Kim is the third foreign signing of Pune-based DSK Shivajians for this season after Spaniard Juan Quero and Irishman Shane McFaul. The striker has been playing in India since 2013 when he joined Rangdajied United from Thailand Premier Club side Nakhon Ratchasima. Kim then moved to the newly-promoted Royal Wahingdoh for the 2014-15 season. In 2015, he signed for the current I-league champions Bengaluru FC.
Dynamos retain Malouda
new delhi: The Delhi Dynamos Football Club announced the return of the UEFA Champions league winner Florent Malouda as their Marquee player, for the upcoming season of the Hero Indian Super league. His arrival will without doubt bolster the lion’s lineup given his performances and form with the Egyptian Premier league club Wadi Degla FC where he was out on loan after a stellar debut season with the lions in the HISl season 2. Malouda, who had arrived at the club as one of the most high profile signings last season, recorded the most amounts of assist and was seen as a highly rated attacking midfielder. He featured in 16 games last year and provided eight assists. Talking about playing under new coach, Malouda sounded optimistic and was quite hopeful that the club is poised for success under the leadership of Gianluca Zambrotta.
Southampton sign Boufal
lONDON: Southampton broke its club record for a transfer fee to sign Morocco forward Sofiane Boufal from lille on Monday The 22-year-old signed a five-year deal with the English team, which did not disclose the fee. British media reported Boufal is costing Southampton 16 million pounds ($21 million). Boufal scored 12 goals in 34 games for lille last season.
Railways quashes allegation
New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Monday dismissed media reports that said that four national women’s hockey players were made to sit on the floor while travelling from Ranchi to Rourkela via Bokaro-Allepey Express train. “The news reports about women’s hockey team, after their return from Rio Olympics being forced to sit on the floor while they were travelling from Ranchi to Rourkela via Bokaro-Allepey Express train is completely false. Also the information that of the TTE asked them to sit on the floor of the bogey of the train is untrue,” the statement said. The Indian Railways also said that the players — Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Sunita lakra and lilima Minz — who represented India at the Rio Olympics — reached the station from the Ranchi airport and took the train without any information to the Indian Railways. “However, when the players boarded the train with unconfirmed tickets, the TTE took only 20 minutes to make seats available to them,” the statement added.