Liverpool striker Isak suffers broken leg
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has undergone surgery after breaking his leg, the Premier League club said on Monday, Reuters reported.
Isak suffered the injury in scoring Liverpool's opening goal in Saturday's 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur when his foot got caught between Micky van de Ven's legs as the defender dived to block his shot.
"Alexander Isak today successfully underwent surgery on the injury he sustained on Saturday," Liverpool said. "After diagnosis, an operation was completed today on an ankle injury that included a fibula fracture. No time frame (is) yet placed on his return."
Neres double as Napoli outclass Bologna to win Italian Super Cup
Napoli lifted the Italian Super Cup with a 2-0 win over Bologna in Riyadh on Monday, David Neres netting both goals to earn the league champions a deserved victory over the toothless Coppa Italia winners, Reuters reported.
Neres opened the scoring with a stunning strike from distance six minutes before the break and found the net again in the 57th minute when Bologna were caught trying to play out of defence.
"We came here as champions of Italy, we wanted this trophy and we showed it with a great performance," Napoli forward Matteo Politano told Mediaset. "We could have scored a few more goals but we are happy with the victory."
Salah scores late winner as Egypt come from behind to beat Zimbabwe
Mohamed Salah snatched a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Egypt came from behind to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in their first fixture at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco on Monday, Reuters reported.
Egypt’s captain, starting his first game after four successive matches on the bench at Liverpool, fired home a left-footed effort in the 91st minute to earn the seven-times champions a late victory after Zimbabwe had stunned them by going ahead in the first half.
Egypt laid an early siege to Zimbabwe’s goal, but it was the underdogs who netted first through Prince Dube in the 20th minute, according to Reuters.
Gaur schools closed to avoid biting cold
All schools in Gaur Municipality in Rautahat district have been closed until Friday citing biting cold in the district in the past few days.
Issuing a notice on Monday, the Gaur Municipality announced a holiday in all community and institutional schools until December 26.
Chief Administrative Officer of Gaur Municipality Subas Kumar Thakur said that a decision to give a holiday in the schools was made, as the regular classes were affected due to excessive cold and considering the fact that the cold could impact the school children's health. The holiday will be adjusted with the summer break, it is said.
Normal life in the district was affected due to a severe cold since the second week of December.



