Mexico, Canada in U17 WC s/f
Montevideo: The Mexican U-17 women's team defeated Ghana 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw in regulation time, advancing to the World Cup semifinals, together with Canada, Spain and New Zealand. Thanks to a brace by Nicole Perez and the saves of goalkeeper Jaidy Gutierrez, who stopped two shots in the penalty shootout on Sunday, the Mexicans reached the classification and will play the next match against the Canadians, who on Sunday eliminated Germany 1-0. For the first time in their history, the Mexicans entered the group of the four best teams. In another match, Canada beat Germany 1-0 thanks to a goal from forward Jordyn Huitema in the 83rd minute. Mexico and Canada will face each other on Nov 28 at the Charrua stadium in Montevideo, where one will get a ticket to the grand final.
Netherlands win Women's CT
Changzhou: The Netherlands outclassed Australia 5-1 to win its seventh Women's Hockey Champions Trophy at the Wujin Hockey Stadium here. With the win on Sunday, the reigning world champion has kept its record intact during the tournament and extended its winning streak to 43 matches. "We are always challenging ourselves to be the best we can be. We focus on our performance, not that of our opposition," head coach Alyson Annan said. Apart from the team trophy, the Dutch players also reaped three individual awards of the tournament. Eva de Goede was crowned Best Player, Marijn Veen as Best Scorer and 22-year-old Marijn Veen as Rising Player. The tournament featured only six teams, including world's top four of the Netherlands, Britain, Australia, Argentina as well as Asian Games champion Japan and host China.
Empoli upset 10-man Atalanta
Empoli: A last-gasp goal by Empoli defender Matias Silvestre secured a 3-2 home win over 10-man Atalanta in Serie A. Switzerland midfielder Remo Freuler on Sunday opened the scoring for Atalanta in the 33rd minute, and in 41st minute Atalanta midfielder Hans Hateboer doubled the lead. However, just two minutes later, Antonino La Gumina pulled one back for Empoli, and Atalanta went to the half with a 2-1 lead. After the intermission, Atalanta defender Andrea Masiello made an own goal to gift Empoli the equalizer in the 77th minute. In the 84th minute, Atalanta forward Josip Ilicic was shown a direct red card and was sent off the pitch. Empoli made the most of its numerical advantage, as centre-back Matias Silvestre secured the win in the second minute of stoppage time.
Armaan included in Mumbai squad
Mumbai: Young batsman Armaan Jaffer, who recently slammed a triple hundred for Mumbai U23 against Saurashtra, was on Monday named in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy squad for their upcoming game against Gujarat. The game will be played at the Wankhede Stadium here from Wednesday (November 28). 20-year-old Armaan has earlier played three first-class matches for Mumbai in 2016. On November 16 this year, Armaan slammed an unbeaten triple hundred for Mumbai in their U-23 Col C K Nayudu Trophy match against Saurashtra played here. Armaan had struck 300 off 367-balls, striking 26 boundaries and 10 sixes. A senior MCA official said Shreyas Iyer wasn't available for selection as he is part of the India A ODI squad that will play three games against New Zealand A in New Zealand.