The match had a dire start as the two teams failed to convert their chances. The initial moments of the tie witnessed the Indian side being dominated by the Serbian kids as they operated well inside the box. Later, The Colts failed to capitalize from a set-piece situation which was followed by a missed attempt by their Serbian opposition whose effort on the goal went too wide. The same tale continued until the end of the first half as the two sides cancelled out each other with no clear chances....

After going down by a solitary goal to the USA in their previous match, India started positively against their Norwegian counterparts. Ridge Melvin hit the post as early as the 13th minute but his effort was flagged offside anyway. Norway slowly started dominating proceedings and took a deserved lead in the 20th minute. The Indian colts upped the ante after falling behind with both Shabas and Givson forcing the Norwegian custodian into making excellent saves....

The Chandigarh-based team recorded a 1-0 win over the Tiger Cubs in Goa, under the close watch of new U17 team coach Luis Matos. 17-year-old Baoringdao Bodo recorded the only goal of the match. However, it isn’t the nature of the defeat, or the result itself, that seemed to have ticked off a nerve. It is the necessity to set right the number and nature of first team candidates who actually participated in the tie, that seems to be the bone of contention....

Mandar Tamhane, the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Bengaluru FC, was in attendance at the AFC Workshop for clubs who have made it into the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League (ACL) and AFC Cup respectively. Dato Windsor - Indian clubs need to evolve with time Every team who have successfully made it past the group stages were handed an award by Windsor. From the ACL clubs, representatives from Al Ahli, Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Al Ain (UAE), Persepolis (Iran), Kawasaki Frontale, Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG (China), were handed the memento....

But, the Kolkata-based club are not pleased with the initial terms in the offer but have indicated they ar willing to re-negotiate with IMG-Reliance. “Since the going away of Mcdowell’s in the mid-season 3 years back, we (Mohun Bagan) were frantically looking for partners. We had also approached IMG-Reliance and various rounds of discussions had taken place. The prospect of playing in ISL was also discussed. IMG-Reliance had also come up with lot of options and ideas....

The official, Harsh Vardhan, tweeted a video with text that read, “Today we are in a much stronger position against Corona than in 2020. In 2020, we started our fight from zero, because no one knew anything about this virus at that time.” According to a health ministry statement, Vardhan also said that India is “better prepared mentally and physically with more experience to beat the pandemic as compared to 2020....

Singh was 91. His death comes just a few days after his wife, Nirmal Kaur, also died from the virus. She was a former volleyball captain in the country. She was 85. Singh’s family released a statement saying that he “fought hard.” “He fought hard but God has his ways,” the family stated, according to the Associated Press. Singh was diagnosed with the virus on May 20. Singh was one of the most-decorated athletes in his country’s history, making the Olympic team in 1956, 1960 and 1964....

Bengaluru FC retain Sunil Chhetri and Udanta Singh A product of the Pune FC academy, Singh made his first foray into the ISL with Atletico de Kolkata in 2015 where six clean sheets then earned him a bigger I-League contract with Bengaluru FC, initially on loan in 2016. However, he made that move permanent at the end of a successful 2016 I-League season with Singh being adjudged the best goalkeeper, keeping nine clean sheets....

House Bill 1041 passed through the House Education Committee Monday after about three hours of testimony from supporters and LGBTQ activists that opposed the bill, The Associated Press reported. In addition to the bill, which Newsweek previously reported would prevent those who were born male and now identify as female from participating on female school sports teams, the state legislature is considering several other bills that would limit the rights of transgender people, according to the AP....

Tiffany Alberts, 44, of Wolcott, Indiana, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday and will have to serve five years of probation, the Indy Star reported. Alberts was convicted on six counts of aggravated battery in September, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said, after an investigation revealed she had been injecting her then 15-year-old son’s IV with feces. Alberts, a former teacher, was also found guilty on one count of neglect of a dependant, the newspaper reported....

Lucroy has to waive his no-trade clause to head to Cleveland, one of the eight teams that are blacklisted from trade talks in his contract, but this is imminent, according to Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan. The report says he will be the sole Brewer heading to Cleveland, while the Indians put together a package that includes the team’s top catching prospect, Francisco Mejia, No. 12-ranked prospect shortstop Yu-Cheng Chang and No....

Sure, the Cleveland ace is a legitimate contender to win the AL Cy Young Award, but the entire pitching staff has been nominated for an award that carries even greater national significance. The “Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year” award. Yup. Mustaches. The entire pitching staff will go up against the likes of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Bernie Brewer, along with several other worthy nominees....

The injury kept Kipnis out of the lineup Sunday after he had an MRI exam in the morning. The team was hopeful Kipnis could avoid a DL stint, but the pain was too severe when he attempted to throw. MORE: Why your team’s fan base is panicking | Should A-Rod win Comeback Player of the Year? Kipnis heads to the DL for the second time in as many years. The former All-Star is having a tremendous year, as he leads the AL with 132 hits and 31 doubles....

Currently, the Earth is in the grips of what scientists have dubbed the “Sixth Mass Extinction,” with the global rate of species extinction at least “tens to hundreds of times higher” than the average over the past 10 million years, a recent, major United Nations report suggested. Furthermore, around one million species “already face extinction, many within decades, unless action is taken to reduce the intensity of drivers of biodiversity loss”—which include factors such as land conversion, habitat loss and climate change....

According to a report from The BBC, five employees were placed under arrest in Indonesia for their COVID testing scam in which they gave patients used nasal swabs to test for the virus before boarding flights. Their horrifying scheme may have endangered 9,000 travelers and earned them $125,000 over the last five months. Kimia Farma, a state-owned pharmaceutical firm based in Jakarta, reportedly targeted the Kualanamu airport in Medan, North Sumatra....

But after the electorate on Tuesday surprisingly rejected numerous Republican candidates who ran on the health of the economy (bucking decades of historical trends showing the economy directly tied to candidate performance), things are only looking up for the Biden White House entering the second half of the president’s first term. On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released October numbers showing the consumer price index (CPI)—the national measure for the general cost of living—had begun to stabilize after several months of steady growth over the previous spring and summer, offering an early hint that predictions by White House economists and Biden himself that the current period of inflation was “transitory” could potentially be true....

The 25-year-old forward has not figured for Jurgen Klopp’s side since an EFL Cup clash with Tottenham on October 25, 2016. He suffered further knee damage that day, with the one-cap England international once again forced under the knife in an effort to bring an end to his struggles. Ings has been nurtured through another lengthy rehabilitation process, with Liverpool easing him back into action within their U23 ranks....

Liga leaders Barca are six points clear of nearest challengers Atletico Madrid, with Madrid a further five points back, although the champions have a game in hand. The Catalans’ imperious first half of the season under new coach Ernesto Valverde has come as something of a surprise, particularly after Neymar was sold to Paris Saint-Germain and his replacement, Ousmane Dembele, has featured in only two league games due to injury....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved up the coast from Los Angeles after buying their own place for the first time. The Los Angeles Times claimed to have linked Meghan to a house on a private, gated road in Montecito, in Santa Barbara County, through tax records. The seven-acre property has its own spa with wet and dry sauna, a gym, a games room, an arcade and theater and tennis court....