Rossi to leave club after 18 years
Rome: Roma captain Daniele De Rossi is surprisingly leaving his hometown club after 18 years. Roma made the announcement on its website, adding De Rossi will hold a news conference later Tuesday. The 35-year-old midfielder is expected to play abroad following his final two upcoming matches with Roma at Sassuolo and at home against Parma. “We will all shed tears when he pulls on the Giallorossi shirt for the last time against Parma but we respect his desire to prolong his playing career — even if, at almost 36, it will be away from Rome,” club president James Pallotta said. “On behalf of everyone at Roma, I would like to thank Daniele for his incredible dedication to this club and assure him that our doors will remain open for him to return to the club in a new role whenever he wants.” The move adds another disappointing chapter to a difficult season for Roma, which is still battling to get into the top four Serie A spots and stay in the Champions League. (AP)
Hockey India names U-21 squad
Delhi: Hockey India on Tuesday named the 18-member Indian Junior Men’s Team for the 8 Nation under-21 tournament in Spain which begins on 10 June 2019. The teams in fray for top honours include the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, hosts Spain and India. The Indian Junior Men’s Team will be Captained by Mandeep Mor and Vice Captained by Suman Beck. The goalkeepers named for this Tournament are Prashant Kumar Chauhan and Pawan while defenders named are Mandeep Mor, Pratap Lakra, Sanjay, Akashdeep Singh Junior, Suman Beck and Parampreet Singh.Midfielders Yashdeep Siwach, Vishnu Kant Singh, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Maninder Singh, Vishal Antil have been named in the squad while the forwardline will feature Amandeep Singh, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Shivam Anand, Sudeep Chirmako.
4 Indians get Laliga scholarship
Mumbai: The LaLiga Football Schools Scholarship has been granted to four Indian students, who will travel to Spain and train with a first division club. The four students – Rian Katoch and Asik Shaikh, both from Mumbai, andIshan Murali and Vidwath Shetty, from Bengaluru, will visit Spain from May 26 to June 5 to train with CD Leganes, said a media release issued here on Tuesday. During their visit, the students would be trained in various technical and non-technical aspects of football through sessions with club officials and Spain’s best youth players, the release said. Launched in association with the Embassy of Spain in India and private firm India On Track, the LaLiga Football Schools Scholarship aims to reward the best Indian talent and fast-track their sport goals annually, it added. (PTI)
Lakshmi, 1st lady match referee
Dubai: India’s GS Lakshmi on Tuesday became the first female to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees.Following close on the heels of Claire Polosak, who earlier this month became the first ever woman umpire to stand in a men’s ODI, Lakshmi will be eligible to referee international games with immediate effect.Lakshmi, 51, who first officiated as a match referee in domestic women’s cricket in 2008-09, has overseen three women’s ODI matches and three women’s T20I matches.”To be selected in the international panel by the ICC is a huge honour for me as it opens up new avenues. I have had a long career as a cricketer in India and also as a match referee. I hope to put my experience both as a player and as a match official to good use on the international circuit,” said Lakshmi.”I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ICC, officials at the BCCI, my seniors in the cricketing circuit, my family and colleagues who have supported me over the years.” she added. (IANS)