Indian football skipper Chhetri wins 2017 AIFF Player of the Year award
July 22, 2018 21:12 ISTChhetri recently became the second Indian footballer to play 100 international games after Baichung Bhutia.
Chhetri recently became the second Indian footballer to play 100 international games after Baichung Bhutia.
The IOA, earlier this month, omitted the men and women's football teams from the Asian Games contingent, stating that they don't stand a chance to win medals in the continental event.
The game's only goal came in the 28th minute of the first half on Friday when the German team was handed a penalty.
India and China have faced each other 17 times -- all on Indian soil -- with the last being 21 years ago in the Nehru Cup in Kochi in 1997.
The 33-year-old has already paid 12.1 million pounds and will pay a total of 16.8 million pounds to evade the prison sentence.
Fans, players and former soccer stars criticized the Brazilian for his overacting on the pitch in Russia, including a tearful moment at the end of the 2-0 win against Costa Rica.
It is the latest big-money purchase by Liverpool, which hasn't won the English league since its 18th top-flight title in 1990.
Champions France ousted the Messi led Argentines in the Round of 16, blemishing chances for the five-time Ballon d'Or winner to continue the legacy which was left behind by legend Diego Maradona.
Sanchez wasn't among the United squad heading across the Atlantic because there was an issue with his visa after the forward accepted a 16-month suspended sentence in Spain over a tax issue.
Sarri says Hazard is "one of the top two or three European players," adding that he hopes "to improve Hazard but that will be difficult."
Kylian Mbappe, who became the first teenager to score in World Cup since Brazilian legend Pele, is giving his bonus to an association that puts sports in the lives of hospitalised children.
Bolt has a long-held ambition to play professional football and, since his retirement from the track, has trialled with Germany's Borussia Dortmund and Stromsgodset in Norway.
Juventus signed Ronaldo from Real Madrid last week for 112 million euros ($131.5 million) - an Italian league record sum - and the world player of the year penned a four-year contract.
The victory came at a time when many French were in need of good news, and the magic provided a sense that a grand coming together might at least paper over political, economic and social fissures for a while.
Thousands of fans, many coming from other parts of the country, began arriving in the centre in the early morning.
Logistically, it was a triumph, but it will take longer to discover whether the changes in Russia were just camouflage for the tournament.
Juventus signed Ronaldo from Real Madrid last week for 112 million euros ($131.5 million), where he penned a four-year contract with the Serie A champions.
Sampaoli was named head coach of Argentina in June 2017 and his last game in charge was the defeat in the last 16 to eventual champions France.
France is readying to welcome home their team for a parade down the Champs-Elysees, where tens of thousands thronged after the team's 4-2 victory over Croatia.
About two-thirds of Les Bleus' roster included players with immigrant backgrounds, a mini-United Nations of soccer talent.
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