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Arab News
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Arab News
Gold Cup: Saudi Arabia tie Trinidad, advance out of Group D
Firas Al-Buraikan found the all-important equalizer for Saudi Arabia to notch a 1-1 draw with Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday in Las Vegas, ensuring the CONCACAF's guests would advance to the knockout stage of the Gold Cup. While the United States won Group D with a perfect 3-0-0 record, Saudi Arabia finished 1-1-1 (4 points) to place second. Trinidad and Tobago (0-1-2, 2 points) would have leapfrogged Saudi Arabia for second with a victory. Justin Garcia nearly put Trinidad ahead in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time, but his point-blank shot from the center of the box caromed off the crossbar. Al-Buraikan's tying goal also involved the woodwork. Saleh Al-Shehri received a pass down the center lane, dribbled around one defender and watched his ensuing shot hit the crossbar and stay out of the net. Al-Buraikan ran in to collect the ball and tap it behind goalkeeper Marvin Phillip (two saves). Dante Sealy staked Trinidad to a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute on a left-footed rocket from outside the box. Nawaf Al-Aqidi made two saves for Saudi Arabia.
Arab News
2 days ago
- Sport
- Arab News
ES Tunis claim 1-0 win, eliminating LAFC from Club World Cup
The victory takes ES Tunis (1-1-0, 3 points) level with Chelsea in Group D For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
'Angry' Nicolas Jackson issues grovelling apology after second red card in five games as Chelsea team-mate says 'he needs to improve'
Nicolas Jackson has apologised to Chelsea supporters and admitted he is 'so angry' at himself after picking up a second red card in just over a month. The 24-year-old striker, already suspended domestically following his Premier League dismissal at Newcastle on May 11, lasted only four minutes on the pitch in Philadelphia during Friday's 3-1 defeat by Flamengo at the FIFA Club World Cup. He was shown a straight red card for raking his studs down the shin of Ayrton Lucas — just moments after coming off the bench. It capped a night to forget for Chelsea, who had led early on through Pedro Neto's second goal of the tournament but conceded twice in quick succession to Bruno Henrique and Danilo shortly before Jackson's dismissal. Wallace Yan later wrapped up the victory for Flamengo, leaving Chelsea with work to do going into their final group game against ES Tunis. However, results elsewhere in Group D mean that a draw against the Tunisian side would be enough to see the Blues progress to the round of 16. Jackson took to Instagram after the match to issue a grovelling apology. 'I want to say sorry. To the club, the staff, my teammates, and all the fans watching, I let you down,' he wrote. 'Another red card and honestly, I'm so angry at myself. I work hard every day to help the team not to put us in this kind of situation. 'I still don't fully understand how it happened. But one thing is clear: it wasn't intentional. Just a football moment that went the wrong way. No excuses. I take full responsibility. 'I'll reflect, I'll grow, and I'll come back stronger for the badge and for everyone who believes in me. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.' Chelsea team-mate Marc Cucurella, speaking after the game, described the foul as 'a bit of bad luck' — but admitted Jackson needs to show more maturity. 'He tried to put his foot in to kick the ball but he kicked the player's leg. That's it. We now miss him for the next game,' said the Spaniard. 'He is a young player with a lot of quality and maybe he needs to improve this.' Cucurella also revealed Jackson stood up in the dressing room to apologise to the group, and insisted the forward remains a 'very important player' for Chelsea. Former Blues midfielder John Obi Mikel was less forgiving. Speaking on DAZN, he labelled Jackson's challenge a 'stupid, stupid, stupid mistake'. 'I don't know what's going through his head. You come into the game, you're 2-1 down, your team needs you, and you do that,' said Mikel. 'He did it in the important Premier League game against Newcastle, when we needed to win to qualify for the Champions League places, and he's done it again. 'You can't keep making mistakes.' Chelsea boss Maresca refused to be drawn on the incident, saying simply: 'It was a red card, so nothing to say.' Jackson will now be suspended for next week's decisive clash with Tunis. His absence opens the door for Liam Delap — a £32million summer signing from Ipswich Town — to lead the line again.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
HC stays state relief for Group-C & D jobless school staff
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed till Sept 26 the state's interim relief for Group C and Group D employees of state-run schools who lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order on April 3. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The state had announced a monthly interim relief of Rs 25,000 for Group C employees and Rs 20,000 for Group D employees. Another section of candidates, who were wait-listed, moved the HC praying for a stay on the state scheme as it "frustrated" the SC order. Justice Amrita Sinha held that people whose jobs were terminated by the SC order could not be provided such a support after the apex court had decided the issue of illegal appointments conclusively and opined that the appointments were a result of "fraud". Getting refund of the money already disbursed to the beneficiaries would be a problem if the state scheme was found to be in violation of law after the final hearing, she reasoned. The court also took note of the fact that the state welfare scheme was announced for a particular group who would not be doing any work for the state. "Paying persons gratuitously, who are not serving the state but are either sitting at home or are engaged elsewhere, does not appeal to the court," Justice Sinha held, adding that the state had applied a "pick and choose" method for determining the beneficiaries of the welfare scheme. "There are two sets of candidates. One set comprises appointed candidates whose jobs were terminated and the other set comprises the wait-listed candidates. Both sets are jobless now," Justice Sinha said, holding that the state scheme for a particular group "intended to provide succour to the tainted terminated candidates". Justice Sinha acknowledged the state's legislative competence to formulate a welfare scheme but held that such a scheme should be applied equally. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "Whether it is proper for the state to create a class of favoured candidates out of a bigger class of unemployed candidates is a matter to be decided after hearing (all) parties," she said. The court did not buy the state's argument that the petitioners should not have approached the HC when a review petition by the state was pending before the SC. It recalled that the state had proceeded to publish the scheme when its own review petition was pending before the apex court. Justice Sinha directed the petitioners to file affidavits within four weeks and the state to file an affidavit in reply within a fortnight after that before the petition would come up for hearing next.
New York Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Enzo Maresca says Nicolas Jackson red cards will not impact his Chelsea future
Enzo Maresca insisted that Nicolas Jackson's indiscipline is not putting his Chelsea future at risk after the striker received his second straight red card in his last four appearances for the club in a 3-1 defeat against Flamengo in the FIFA Club World Cup. Jackson was dismissed by referee Ivan Arcides Barton Cisneros in the 68th minute at Lincoln Financial Field — only four minutes after coming off the substitutes bench to replace £30million signing Liam Delap — after raising his studs to the ankle of Flamengo defender Ayrton Lucas. Advertisement Chelsea were already 2-1 down, having conceded twice in three minutes to Bruno Henrique and Danilo after Pedro Neto had given them a first-half lead. Flamengo substitute Wallace Yan then added a third to seal Flamengo's victory and all but ensure that Maresca's team are playing for second place in Group D. Jackson — who issued an apology on social media shortly after full time — will now miss Chelsea's final group match against Esperance de Tunis on Tuesday, but FIFA have the power to review and increase his suspension if they deem a one-match ban insufficient. He will also sit out the first match of the new Premier League season against Crystal Palace on August 17 as he serves the final match of his ban for the red card he was shown against Newcastle United in May after he caught Sven Botman with his elbow. Asked if Jackson's red cards are putting his Chelsea career at risk with Delap now poised to get a sustained run as the team's first-choice striker, Maresca replied: 'No, the red card has nothing to do with Nico's future. He had the first one against Newcastle when Liam was not even here and another one (against Flamengo). 'I'm not sure that it's 100 per cent a red card but the referee decided for that, and Nico knows very well that in both situations (it) was not something good for the team.' Speaking to reporters in the mixed zone, Marc Cucurella revealed that Jackson apologised to his Chelsea teammates in the dressing room after the match. 'He's very sad,' he said of Jackson. 'He tried to win the ball, had the bad luck that he kicked his leg and that's it. He's a young player with a lot of quality but maybe needs to improve a little bit in these things. He has to learn. After the manager spoke, he said sorry, he didn't do it on purpose. He's a very important player for us, we miss him the next game but this is football.' Jackson also apologised publicly with a statement on Instagram. 'Another red card… and honestly, I'm so angry at myself,' he wrote. 'I work hard every day to help the team not to put us in this kind of situation.I still don't fully understand how it happened. But one thing is clear: it wasn't intentional. Just a football moment that went the wrong way. No excuses. I take full responsibility.' Advertisement Flamengo coach Filipe Luis was firm that Jackson's tackle merited a straight red card, but backed the Senegal international to recover and continue to grow in his career. 'He's so good, he's young, he has all the potential, all the quality that the club needs,' Filipe Luis said of Jackson. 'For sure he will surpass this little mistake. It was clear. I saw it in front of me, and for me it was a red. But it's just a small detail for a big player who can be one of the biggest strikers in the world.'
