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Even though the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has not yet officially made a bid for the World Athletics Championships to be held in 2027 and is still in discussion mode, Lord Sebastian Coe, President, World Athletics, said he wants India to stage as many of top events as possible.

The proposal to include cricket (T20) along with baseball softball, squash, lacrosse (sixes) and flag football, a limited contact version of American Football, as additional sports for the Los Angeles Olympic Games cleared a major hurdle on Friday when the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent the proposal for voting by the IOC session starting here on Monday.

Noah Sadaoui gave FC Goa the lead in the match played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan but a penalty by Jason Cummings and a second-half goal by Armando Sadiku made sure that the Mariners advanced to the final. They will now face their arch-rivals Emami East Bengal in the summit clash on September 3.

David and Remsanga got the goals in the second half for the winners, while P.M. Britto scored a consolation from the spot for the INFT. Mohammedan had gone down in their opening Group B game to Mumbai City FC whereas the Navy men were playing their first game in the group.

Siva Sakthi and Brazilian Alan Costa scored for the Bengaluru FC (BFC) winners while Apuia got the lone goal for Mumbai City FC (MCFC) in what was a fine display of end-to-end football. The Islanders did get a free-kick in the very first minute of the game but it was The Blues who took an early lead in the 10th minute of the game through a fifth tournament goal by Siva Sakthi. The long-ball was delivered from deep in the BFC defense by Jovanovic, which put Mourtada Fall under pressure with Siva on his shoulder.

Bartholomew Ogbeche (6'), Akash Mishra (45') and Javi Siverio (68') found the back of the net for Manolo Marquez's team while Martin Chaves (29' pen) scored at the other end from a spot-kick in an entertaining 3-1 win for HFC. This win knocks Rajasthan United out of the competition while Hyderabad are set to face Bengaluru FC in the second Semifinal in a few days.

Croatian striker Petar Sliskovic, Jockson Dhas and Rahim Ali scored for Chennaiyin. The match was decided in extra time. The Islanders, therefore, move on to play the first semifinal at the same venue against Mohammedan Sporting on September 14. The first half was cagey at best with both teams trying to get a measure of the other. There were a few shots mostly from distance and some from inside the box but no golden opportunities to score as such. Among the incidents, CFC's Ghanaian striker Kwame Karikari got injured and had to be replaced by Rahim Ali in the 19th minute of the game.