Zaïre-Emery set to miss PSG’s last 2 group games in Champions League
Paris, Nov 19:Teenage midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery looks set to miss Paris Saint-Germain’s last two group games in the Champions League with a right ankle injury. The 17-year-old Zaïre-Emery sustained the injury when he became France’s youngest goal scorer on his international debut, in a record 14-0 rout of Gibraltar in European Championship qualifying on Saturday. A defender trod on his ankle as he was shooting into the top corner. Coach Didier Deschamps said that tests showed no fracture but that Zaïre-Emery will need time to recover. “It’s still a significant injury that will certainly take several weeks (to heal),” Deschamps told French television show Téléfoot on Sunday. “You never want to lose players in matches like this. It could have been more serious.” PSG has lost two of its four Champions League games in Group F and is in second place, one point behind leader Borussia Dortmund and one ahead of AC Milan in third. PSG hosts Newcastle at Parc des Princes on Nov. 28 and then travels to play Dortmund on December 13. Zaïre-Emery is the latest prodigy to break into the national team and became France’s youngest scorer at 17 years and 255 days. He impressed when PSG beat Milan 3-0 late last month, making several driving runs from midfield and providing two assists. He has two goals and two assists in the French league this season. (AP)
Yashaswini scores upset win at ITF Women’s World Tour event
Bengaluru, Nov 19: India’s Yashaswini Panwar produced an upset win over Demi Tran of the Netherlands to enter the final round of qualifying in the ITF Women’s World Tour event here on Sunday. The 22-year-old Karnataka player beat third seeded Demi Tran 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of qualifying. In another upset victory, Vanshita Pathania prevailed over seventh seed Priyanshi Bhandari 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 in a match that lasted a little over two hours. The rest of the fancied players in the top eight bracket advanced without much problem. Top seed Sandeepti Singh Rao brushed past Sai Janvi 6-0, 6-1 while second seed Sravya Shivani Chilakalapud overcame a fighting Priyanka Rodricks 6-1, 7-5. As many as three matches out of 16 remained unfinished owing to bad light. (PTI)
Karnataka, Haryana, TN, Odisha, Delhi cruise in natl hockey c’ship
Chennai, Nov 19: Karnataka, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Odisha won their respective matches on the third day of the Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship here on Sunday. The first match of the day saw Karnataka beat Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu by 5-0. The goalscorers for Karnataka were Captain Sheshe Gowda (33rd), Yathish kumar. B (43rd), Nachappa (47th), Abharan Sudev B (56th), and Mohammed Raheel Mouseen (60th). Haryana defeated Gujarat 22-1 in the second game. The goal fest was commenced by Haryana’s Deepak (4th), followed by goals from captain Sumit (6th), Antil Vishal (9th, 38th), Sanjay (10th, 27th, 29th, 34th, 45+, 57th), Kohinoorpreet Singh (11th), Abhishek (13th, 17th, 21st, 51st), Mandeep Mor (15th), Rajant (18th, 42nd), Manpreet (23rd), Yashdeep Siwach (33rd, 60th), Joginder Singh (38th). The only goal for Gujarat was scored by Yash Mahendrabhai Rathod (44th). Tamil Nadu mauled Hockey Himachal by 13-1 in the next match. For Tamil Nadu, BP Somanna (4th), Mareeswaran Sakthivel (5th, 48th, 51st), Pruthvi G.M (8th), Kanagaraj Selvaraj (9th, 28th, 50th), C Dinesh Kumar (11th, 57th), Karthi S (27th, 34th) and Sundarapandi (44th) netted the goals. Shubham (55th) scored the lone goal for Himachal. Delhi beat Telangana 6-1. Abhishek Rana (7th), Rahul Gharai (22th), Aman Khan (40th), captain Gursimran Singh (57th), and Vashudev (58th, 60th) scored to build a comfortable lead for Hockey. Bhavani Ranjit Chand (49th) managed to score a consolation goal for Telangana. The last game of the day, Hockey Association of Odisha trounced Hockey Arunachal 27-0. Xess Nilam Sanjeep (2nd, 3rd, 15th, 32nd), Matiyas Dang (4th, 34th, 47th, 54th, 60th), Ashis Kumar Topno (11th, 25th, 49th), Kujur Prasad (13th, 14th, 39th), Lakra Shilanand (18th, 22nd, 35th, 44th), Captain Amit Rohidas (20th, 37th, 53rd), Rosan Minz (25th), Kerobin Lakra (28th), Rajin Kandulna (37th, 51st), and Nag Prajukt (56th) scored for Odisha. (PTI)