Chennai City, on the other hand, made just the sole change to the team that held Bengaluru during midweek with Marcos Vinicius replacing Raegan Albarnas in Soundararajan’s 4-4-1-1 system. Churchill Brothers 0-0 Shillong Lajong - Giant killers Churchill held by Lajong East Bengal started the game on the front foot and fashioned the first chance in the third minute when Lalrindika Ralte played Payne through the middle and the Australian went on to skip past a couple of challenges and got a shot away from the edge of the area which had to be kept out by an alert Karanjit....

While Seityasen last turned out for NorthEast United FC in the Indian Super League (ISL), Gouramangi plied his trade in Pune itself for FC Pune City. 24-year-old Seityasen Singh is a versatile player who can operate on both flanks and also function in the number 10 role. The winger made six appearances for the ISL franchise from the NorthEast in the 2016 edition and found the net twice. Seityasen is expected to give Rogers’ side a decisive edge in attack....

On the eve of their match, coach Khalid opened up about the pressure of managing a club like East Bengal that has millions of fans across the world. Addressing the media, the coach said, “It is a big challenge. We need a positive start. We are going to play with a good team. It won’t be an easy match. I got accustomed to East Bengal. It’s been a long time since I have left Aizawl....

Raja, who had taken the winning penalty-kick in the Indian Super League (ISL) final only a month ago, had failed to find any suitor during the first two weeks of India’s top-flight competition. The former Mohun Bagan player was plying his trade for Dempo, but the Goan club’s decision to not take part in the tournament left him in the cold. Minerva are expected to make a number of changes in the next match, especially in central midfield, with former India U-19 internationals Vinit Rai and Souvik Das not making the trip to Shillong, where the side will face Shillong Lajong this weekend....

In an exclusive conversation with Goal, the fans assess the ex-boss’ stint at the metropolis outfit and also discuss the club’s performance so far. Q: In the beginning of the season, were you glad with Kashyap’s appointment? YB: Yes. At the start of the season we were happy with his appointment as change was needed. We’ve always been a mediocre team under Khalid Jamil, fighting relegation season after season. This season we wanted to push for a top spot and hence we felt it was a sensible decision and a move in the right direction....

“I had already told that it will be a hard match for us and that is what happened. Things could have been easy if Sony (Norde) scored from the penalty. But, we showed a lot of character even after a goal down”, expressed head coach Sanjoy Sen after his side maintained their cent percent win record. Hosts Chennai City did well to put a challenge against the Kolkata giants and the former United SC coach was impressed, also citing European examples - as he normally does....

Firstly, the Churchill management is extremely unhappy with the string of refereeing decisions that have gone against the club and secondly, they are arguing that the club is the only representative from Goa in I-League. The argument is if Churchill gets relegated, then Goa will have no representative which will be detrimental to Goan football. “After the Indian Arrows match, I am very unhappy with the refereeing standards of the league....

Kerala football was losing its battle for representation at India’s top-tier football league. I-League saw Viva Kerala dissolve into pitiful nothingness in 2012 as ardent football lovers across the state were left without a team to support. Enter Kerala Blasters as an Indian Super League team in 2014. The fans flocked to the stadium in large numbers and the club quickly booked a place in the hearts of Keralites. But a team in the top division remained a distant dream, until VC Praveen, son-in-law of popular business mastermind Gokulam Gopalan, pitched in with an idea to realize one of his audacious dreams....

The Italian was dismissed last week following his side’s 3-0 Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in France, with assistant Willy Sagnol placed in charge on an interim basis. Bayern 7/2 to win Group B in CL President Uli Hoeness later claimed five senior players had turned against Ancelotti, making his position at the Allianz Arena untenable. Hummels was surprisingly left out of the starting line-up for that defeat in Paris, prompting rumours he was among those to have fallen out with the former AC Milan and Real Madrid boss....

Buffon is back with the Azzurri for friendlies against Argentina and England, having previously seemingly ended his international career following their shock failure to qualify for the World Cup in Russia. Capped a record 175 times by Italy, Buffon’s inclusion has attracted criticism but the Juventus captain was bullish over his return for Friday’s showdown with Argentina in Manchester. “I think everyone has figured out the situation and know the role I played,” Buffon told reporters....

Herrera & Wanyama have their sights on Kante’s crown Hazard won the Premier League Goal of the Month award on Friday for his stunning solo strike against Arsenal on February 4, running from inside his own half to beat Petr Cech. The Belgium international was crowned the Premier League’s Player of the Season for the 2014-15 campaign, in which he also took the Professional Footballers’ Association Players’ Player of the Year and Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year honours....

Four unpaid quarantines means four lost paychecks. Do you know what that means for a working family like mine? Our stimulus check kept us from getting evicted, but we have had to go to food banks to keep food on the table, and I’ve had to rely on assistance to keep the lights on. $15 an hour is the bare minimum my family needs to survive. It’s not going to solve all our problems....

Wenger shocked the football world on Friday morning as he announced that he will be leaving the Gunners at the end of the season. As Conte’s own future is in major doubt, having clashed with the club’s board over transfers this season, the Italian says that he always wanted to find himself at a club for the long term but admits that he needs to find the “right situation.”...

Midfielder Marouane Fellaini will face a late fitness test but could also be involved, while Nemanja Matic is also available despite struggling with a knock. However, Eric Bailly and captain Michael Carrick remain sidelined and will miss the game with Pep Guardiola’s side, along with the suspended Paul Pogba. “Zlatan is available, Jones is available, Fellaini I have to wait until tomorrow [Saturday],” Mourinho told a news conference. “Carrick is not available, Bailly is not available....

Immigration attorney Ira Akalay told Newsweek that immigration detainees held at the Bristol County House Of Correction and Jail complex had launched a labor “strike” on Monday in response to a lack of action in addressing their health and safety concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. About a week before starting the strike, Akalay said detainees had met with officials to air their concerns about the pandemic. “The concern was that they have had very poor sanitation to begin with, including having watered down soap....

Sharing the mugshots of 20 immigrants with criminal records who have been released from local enforcement bodies across California and New York, as well as in Seattle, Charlotte and Chicago, ICE detailed how each individual had been let go by local authorities. In one case, a man from Mexico was wanted after law enforcement authorities declined to detain him after he was arrested for rape in the third degree. In another, a man from El Salvador was being sought after authorities declined to detain him after he was arrested for driving while under the influence....

An ice resurfacer caught fire as it went over the ice at Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex on Monroe Community College’s campus in upstate New York. No players were on the ice when the flames burst, and no one was injured, including the vehicle’s driver. MORE: Keeping track of NHL free agency Video shows the ice resurfacer making its usual path down the ice between game play. Smoke begins to emerge from the engine area, and as the driver starts to take a look, the vehicle bursts into flames....

The slayings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, have stunned the small town of Moscow, Idaho, after they were found dead in an off-campus rental house on November 13. Three weeks later, the Moscow Police Department has not yet named a suspect or made any arrests, the department said in a news release on Saturday. Letters from Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, who were sleeping on the first floor when the murders occurred, were read aloud during a memorial service on Friday, Fox News reported....