The team coached by Stephen Constantine topped their group consisting of the Kyrgyz Republic, Myanmar and Macau in the third playoff qualification round to earn an entry into the draw from Pot 3. Being the hosts, UAE were automatically drawn into Group A. Thailand and Bahrain were drawn from Pot 2 and 4 respectively. UAE and Bahrain will meet in the opening game of the tournament on January 5, 2019....
The squad will assemble in Mumbai on September 28 with practice scheduled to kick-off the next day. India who have won all their three matches so far, sit pretty on the top of Group A with nine points from three matches and a win against Macau will seal a berth at the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019. The Men in Blue are unbeaten in their last 11 matches out of which they have won 10 (including the un-official match against Bhutan), creating an all-time Indian record of winning nine consecutive International matches in the process....
The Tajikistan side last lost a competitive game back in September last year in the Vysshaya League. Since then they have drawn four and won as many as 19 matches. On the other hand, Bengaluru FC will be buoyed by the 0-0 result they secured in Pyongyang, DPR Korea against April 4.25 SC. They won the first leg 3-0 in Bengaluru with goals from Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh and Lenny Rodrigues....
TEAM NAME: Maziya Sports & Recreation Club HOME GROUND (AFC Cup): National Football Stadium Male, Maldives. (Capacity: 11,850) COUNTRY: Maldives LEAGUE: Dhivehi Premier League NICKNAME: ‘The Green Boys’ Head Coach: Marjan Sekulovski (Republic of Macedonia)Last season achievements: Champions of 2016 Dhivehi Premier League, Maldivian FA Charity Shield WinnersLatest match result: Won- Abahani Limited Dhaka 0-2 Maziya S&RC (AFC Cup) 14th March, 2017 Maziya Sports & Recreation (S&RC) are one of Maldives’s most successful sides....
Leonce Dodoz (61’) and Andrei Ionescu (82’) scored the goals for the Indian club while substitute Ibrahim Atheeg scored the consolation goal for the away side. Aizawl FC coach Santosh Kashyap made three changes in the starting lineup which suffered an embarrassing 5-0 defeat against Bengaluru FC in their previous match. Hmingthanmawia, Shylo Malsawmtluanga and Avilash Paul replaced Lalkhawpuimawia, David Lalrinmuana and Lalawmpuia. Oscar Bruzon, on the other hand, made just one change in New Radiant’s starting lineup....
Daniel Segovia broke the deadlock early in the first-half before Nishu Kumar picked up a brace. Chettri scored the fourth in a largely one-sided contest. Albert Roca made just one change to the starting lineup that thrashed Aizawl 5-0 earlier this month. Haokip was replaced by Harmanjot Khabra and Rahul Bheke partnered Juanan in defence. Daniel Segovia continued up front and was flanked by Udanta Singh and Sunil Chhetri. Erik Paartalu screened the defence in the centre of midfield....
-Morocco are unbeaten against DR Congo at the African Cup of Nations (W1 D3). All three of their draws have ended 1-1, whilst the other was a 1-0 win for the Atlas Lions. -This is Morocco’s 16th AFCON participation. Their only title dates back to 1976, when they beat DR Congo (Zaire as they were then called) in the group stages (1-0). -Morocco have failed to make it out of the group stages in six of their last seven AFCON participations, the only exception coming in 2004 when they were beaten finalists against Tunisia....
While Afghanistan as a whole has seen continually increasing violence—particularly from Iraq-style suicide bombings and IEDs (2006 was the worst year in terms of attacks since 2001), Paktika, a province roughly the size of Vermont, has stayed relatively quiet. Because the 4-73rd’s main base in Sharona, home to around 1,200 troops, is about 50 miles west of the Pakistani border, the unit’s encounters with the Taliban have been few and far between....
Trump will either pressure Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to appoint the prosecutors or fire Rosen and find another person to appoint them, Trump aides anonymously told the Associated Press, for fear of retaliation. The aides say that Trump has also asked his personal attorneys whether he as president can personally appoint a special prosecutor. Democrats worry that a special counsel—which wouldn’t be able to be easily dismissed by Biden’s attorney general without possible backlash and political consequences—will serve primarily to burden and damage the new administration while also serving as payback for Democratic support of the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign....
It’s late on this steamy August night, and these 13 players who have experienced it all, 13 seniors who will officially begin their final season at Arkansas the following morning, hear one final, fitting proclamation from Hogs coach Bret Bielema. HAYES: Bielema talks Alvarez relationship | MORE: Best/worst case for SN Top 25 teams He didn’t pull them from the abyss. He didn’t find a way out and change the culture of Arkansas football, resuscitating a program left for dead and quickly turning it into the most dangerous team in the best conference in college football....
Coulter slammed the congressman on Wednesday, one day after Nadler announced he would be leading a new batch of impeachment hearings set for next week. The veteran congressman lost more than 100 pounds after undergoing weight loss surgery in 2003. Coulter shared old photos of Nadler on Twitter, using the platform to mock his appearance. “After the Schiff hearing debacle, very shrewd move for Dems to bring in the chiseled, sensual Jerrold Nadler,” tweeted Coulter....
The biggest takeaway from TCU’s emasculation of Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl is this: the Horned Frogs might just be the team to beat in 2015. MORE: Gary Patterson is SN’s Coach of the Year | Boykin a 2015 Heisman frontrunner TCU will return 18 starters from the team that not only scored 42 points on the nation’s No.1 defense, but made it clear that after a two-year transition in the Big 12, the Horned Frogs are among the nation’s elite....
If McCain wins South Carolina tonight, he will probably win the Republican nomination. There, I said it. Before you flood my inbox with hate mail, let’s examine the evidence. After South Carolina, the Republican race moves to Florida on Jan. 29. Who’s out front there? McCain, who leapt to the lead immediately after winning New Hampshire. He hasn’t let go, even after losing Michigan to Mitt Romney. A month ago he polled at 10 percent; now he’s up to 23....
By midweek-as the real show went on-Kistler had dropped the assault charges’ And the couple issued a statement that they would seek professional help. But even in an industry known for temper, balletomanes were left to wonder whether they had seen the last of this red-hot pas de deux.
Pitcher, teammate and friend Tyler Skaggs, 27, was found dead Monday in his room at the team hotel. Now, on Tuesday, following Monday’s postponement of their game against the Rangers in Arlington, Texas, the Angels were back at the ballpark doing what ballplayers do, 162 times a season. Still, an eerie quiet hung over the stadium for much of Tuesday’s MLB game. There was a moment of silence before the first pitch....
And with the rest of the chaos that took place at the top of the rankings, the Sooners may be able to crash the College Football Playoff party as well. MORE: Three takeaways from Oklahoma’s beatdown of TCU OU quarterback Baker Mayfield — now widely expected to take home the 83rd Heisman Trophy — might not have been the best player on the field on Saturday, as the No. 5 Sooners routed No....
Verratti has been in the spotlight this season, especially after a reported bust-up with PSG coach Unai Emery last week. The 23-year-old Italy international appeared to react angrily to being substituted in the 59th minute of PSG’s scoreless draw with Marseille, exchanging words with Emery. While Verratti is determined to deliver more silverware to the French capital, a move could be in the cards amid interest from Serie A duo Juventus and AC Milan....
Sharing his story with Reddit’s TIFU (Today I F***** Up) forum, user u/USAFrcd explained that he had upset his pregnant wife by refusing to raise their future child Catholic. Identifying as agnostic, the man said he is “uncomfortable” with the idea of “forcing” his child into Catholicism, despite his religious wife’s wishes. “We almost never talk about religion because we respect each other’s beliefs,” he wrote. “However, she’s three months pregnant which is bringing up the religion conversations....
Aguero has scored seven goals in seven matches in all competitions this term, continuing his fine form to move within one of City’s all-time scoring record ahead of their Champions League meeting with Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday. City -2 11/10 with dabblebet But Guardiola feels Aguero is now about more than just the goals as he offers the team a different option in attack. “I think the qualities that [Aguero] had in the past are the same,” the City manager told a pre-match news conference....
Aguero had been out for a month prior to last week’s Manchester derby, in which he emerged from the bench and appeared to be fouled by Manchester United’s Ashley Young late on - only for referee Martin Atkinson to wave away penalty appeals. And manager Pep Guardiola says the Argentina forward could not train after that incident, but pushed himself in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue City’s European campaign in the final 24 minutes of the second leg against Liverpool....
