Mohun Bagan win 5-goal thriller vs neroca
imphal: Birthday boy Dipanda Dicka notched a brace and Akram Moghrabi netted the winner as Mohun Bagan came out 3-2 victors over Neroca FC to dash the home side's title hopes in the I-league here on Sunday. Felix Chidi and Singam Subhash Singh scored the goals for the home side but allowed the visitors to get back into the game at the Khuman lampak Stadium. Chidi was brought back into the line-up in place of Nedo Turkovic as Neroca FC looked to win and stay on top of the table. Mohun Bagan coach Sankarlal Chakraborty made three changes to his side - Kinshuk Debnath, Yuto Kinowaki and Mallick replaced Rana Gharami, Faiaz and Raynier Fernandes.
Delhi boy signs for Spanish club
New delhi: A Delhi-based U-19 defensive midfielder, luv Kapoor, has been signed up by Palamos FC, the oldest football club in Catalonia and third oldest in Spain. Palamos CF is a 4th tier Spanish Club (Tercera Nacional division). This is the highest level at which any Indian player has ever been signed on in the Spanish football system. luv has trained in England and France for over three years. His transfer has been processed by the All India Football Federation, and he is expected to make a debut for the club soon. Signed in the winter transfer window, at the moment he would be playing under an amateur contract. The signing has garnered a lot of attention and has been covered widely by the Spanish media. At a press conference in Spain luv said, "I am very happy with this experience. I want to help the team achieve their goals".
lahiri moves to Tied-13th as Bubba takes lead
Pacific Palisades (US): Anirban lahiri turned in a superb four-under 67 in the third round to rise to tied 13th ahead of the fourth and final round at the Genesis Open here. After holing two 30-footers for birdies in his remaining three holes from the second round, lahiri fired five birdies against a bogey in the third round to total 208. He is five-under and five shots behind the leader — two-time Masters champion, Bubba Watson (65). "I felt like it was the first time in a while where I kept my intensity and concentration at a high level throughout the 21 holes I played today (Saturday)," lahiri said.
Unified Korean team lose despite goalie heroics
Gangneung: Goalkeeper Shin So-jung pulled off an astonishing 51 saves but was powerless to stop the joint Korean women's ice hockey team losing their fourth Olympic match on the bounce on Sunday. The historic team which includes South Koreans and 12 North Koreans cannot win a medal at the Pyeongchang Games and are now fighting for pride, having shipped 22 goals and scored just once. Their latest defeat was 2-0 to Switzerland but the scoreline would have been much worse were it not for goalkeeper Shin, who performed her heroics. "We are now 10 days in (to the Olympics) and I hope we can have 10 more days," said Shin, the star performer who single-handedly kept the scoreline respectable. "I was nervous in the first game when the puck came towards me but since the (third) match against Japan, I've been wanting the puck to continue coming to me," said the South Korean.