UEFA fines top football clubs over financial breaches
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has fined Chelsea €31m for breaching financial regulations, including €20m for violating football earnings rules and €11m for exceeding squad costs. The club faces a further €60m penalty if targets under a four-year settlement are not met, according to BBC.
Aston Villa, Barcelona, and Lyon also got fines, with Villa sentenced to pay €11m. All four teams would be restricted from registering new players in UEFA tournaments.
Lyon’s agreement allows Europa League participation, pending a successful appeal against relegation by French financial body DNCG. All clubs must meet full compliance by the end of their agreed settlement periods, BBC reported.
ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup: Nepal defeat Singapore by two wickets to lift title
Nepal clinched the title of ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup.
In the final match held at UKM Oval Cricket ground of Malaysia today, Nepal defeated Singapore by two wickets and won the title.
Chasing the 114-run victory target posted by Singapore, Nepal made it in 29 overs losing eight wickets.
For Nepal, Joy Thapa and Abhay Yadav contributed 24 runs, Shiwansh Bajgai 20 runs, Shubham Khanal 18 runs, Prasiddha Joshi 17 runs and Abhay 10 runs respectively.
Kapish Venkatraman of Singapore took four wickets while Yuvaan Pandey claimed two wickets, Vedansh Gupta and Akash Teja took one wicket each.
Earlier, winning the toss, Singapore chose to bat first. Singapore were limited to 113 runs in 40.5 overs losing all wickets.
Rohan Austin scored the highest 23 runs for Singapore while Riaan Naik made 15 runs, Vedansh Gupta 12 runs and Akash Teja 10 runs.
Other batters of Singapore except them failed to score in double digit.
Nepal's Abhay Yadab and Sushil Bahadur Rawal took three wickets each while Shubham Khanal claimed two wickets and Captain Bipin Prasad Sharma took one wicket.
ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup: Nepal to take on Singapore in final
Nepali will take on Singapore in the final match of ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup.
The final match will be held at 7:45 am Saturday.
Nepal secured their place for the final match of the championship defeating Malaysia by nine wickets in the semi-final held earlier today.
Nepal chased the 91-run victory target in just 11.4 overs.
Similarly, defeating Hong Kong by four wickets in another round of semi-final match today itself, Singapore made their place for the final.
Chasing the target of 169 runs posted by Hong Kong, Singapore completed it in 38.5 overs losing six wickets.
Earlier, Nepal had defeated Singapore by six wickets in a group-wise match.
Nepal are the defending champion of the series.
They had clinched the title of the championship by defeating Malaysia in 2023 BS.
Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, Bhutan, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Maldives, Thailand and Myanmar had participated in the ongoing championship organized by the Asian Cricket Council.
Liverpool's football star Diogo Jota, 28, dies in car crash in Spain
Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, 28, died in a fiery car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother, Spanish state-owned TV station said on Thursday, citing local firefighters, AFP reported.
The Spanish civil guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brother Andre Silva, 25, were found dead after their car went off a road. Police were investigating the causes. They said there were no other vehicles involved.
The regional fire department of Castille-Leon, where Zamora is located, said on its website a car crashed shortly after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames, with two men, aged 28 and 25, found dead.
Jota, who got married on June 28, helped Liverpool win the Premier League last season and also won the FA Cup and League Cup with the Merseyside outfit, according to AFP.