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Santosh Trophy 2022-23: Delhi, Kozhikode, Bhubaneswar to host 76th National Football Championship
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The Senior National Football Championships will be played in a new format that will see the 36 states fight it out across six groups for a chance to make it to the final round. The six group toppers, along with the three best second-placed teams will qualify for the final rounds. Railways and Services will get direct entry along with the hosts.
US hold England to goalless draw
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On Friday evening at the Ali Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar, the 90-minute dual ended without a goal being scored. A win for England would have meant qualification to the knockout stage and the first team to seal the last 16 spot. A lot was expected from England, especially after their 6-2 drubbing of Iran, in their first Group A match.
PKL 9: Manjeet's super 10 helps Haryana Steelers to big win against Patna Pirates
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Raider Manjeet emerged as the best player for Haryana Steelers with 10 points, while raider Meetu Sharma chipped in with 8 in the game. Sachin and Rohit Gulia picked up a few raid points as the Pirates surged into the lead at 5-2 in the 5th minute. Moments later, Sachin caught Jaideep Dahiya and reduced the Steelers to just two members on the mat.
FIFA World Cup: Valencia scores again as Ecuador hold Netherlands 1-1
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The draw meant that Qatar, who had earlier in the day lost to Senegal, crashed out in the first round, becoming the first host country failing to advance to the knockout rounds of the World Cup in recent times. The Netherlands made a blazing start in Doha when Cody Gakpo fizzed an unstoppable sixth-minute 18-yard shot beyond Hernan Galindez in Ecuador's goal to give the Oranje a 1-0 lead. This is the fastest goal of this championship.
PKL 9: Naveen Kumar, Ashu Malik lead Dabang Delhi to third consecutive victory
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Sonu effected a Super Raid in the opening minutes of the match and helped the Giants inch ahead. Moments later, the Gujarat side inflicted an All-Out and took a massive lead at 10-3 in the 5th minute. However, Naveen Kumar and Ashu Malik picked up touchpoints and kept Delhi in the game at 8-11.
FIFA World Cup: Senegal open account with thumping 3-1 win over hosts Qatar
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Qatar pulled one back through substitute Mohammed Muntari in the 77th minute. Senegal struck their third goal through substitute Cheikh Dieng with seven minutes to go for the final whistle to put the issue beyond doubt for the African champions. Senegal started well having the chunk of possession and playing long balls into the Qatar box.
FIFA World Cup 2022: Injured Neymar, Danilo ruled out of Brazil's match against Switzerland
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"The players Neymar and Danilo started the treatment yesterday (Thursday) immediately after our game. Today (Friday) in the morning. They were reassessed and as we had already advanced in yesterday's interview, through today's physical assessment we thought it was important to do an image exam, an MRI so that we had more data on the evolution of the two players," said Lasmar in a CBF statement.
'A new Barca fan is born', FC Barcelona welcomes Alia Bhat-Ranbir Kapoor's new-born daughter Raha
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Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor welcomed their baby girl on November 6 at HN Reliance Hospital here. The Spanish giants, one of the most prominent football clubs in the world, took to social media to communicate their feelings to the couple and the whole world. The couple had on Thursday announced that their
FIFA World Cup: Stoppage time goals help Iran defeat Wales 2-0
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Iran scored twice deep into stoppage time to stay in the World Cup and spoil Gareth Bale's record 110th cap for his country. A long-range effort by Cheshmi in the eight minutes into added time gave Iran the lead while Rezaeian coolly made it 2-0, three minutes from the second goal.
Neymar to play on at World Cup despite injury: Brazil coach Tite
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Neymar suffered the injury in the second-half of Brazil's 2-0 victory over Serbia in Group G on Friday and played on for several minutes before being substituted by Manchester United forward Antony. He was later seen in tears while sitting on the bench with noticeable swelling in his right ankle.
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