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They finished sixth, scored the least and conceded the second most goals in another dismal campaign. Indian captain Suni Chhetri scored 7 of their 16 goals last campaign with other forwards failing miserably. We take a look at five players who can help Mumbai City FC in reaching the knockout stages for the first time in the competition’s history: 1) Miroslav Klose (Germany) Having scored only 16 goals last season and with talisman Sunil Chhetri most likely not available due to commitments with Bengaluru FC, the Mumbai team are in desperate need of a striker....

With the win, Delhi are the only team to stay unbeaten at home this season. They have won thrice and drawn four times this season at home. The comprehensive win against Goa established their propinquity towards the playoffs. The boisterous display from the Delhi Dynamos has taken them to the second spot with 20 points from 12 matches. There are a number of factors for the unforeseen success of the Dynamos....

This year, Goa hope to start with a clean slate following a massive shake-up ranging from the coach to the players in the squad. We will get our first glimpse of the side under new coach Sergio Lobera on Sunday when they play Chennaiyin FC. Speaking ahead of the game, coach Lobera sounded happy with his side’s preparation and set up. “I think we had a very good pre-season. I’m very happy with the pre-season we’ve had this year in Spain....

Their supporters had more reasons to complain as they were not allowed to bring banners into the stadium by the authorities. Fans later stated that they had prepared in grand fashion for their team’s first home game but were not allowed to take them in, something which is usually allowed in other stadiums. In case you didn’t know With the south Indian rivalry starting this ISL 2017 season between the Kerala Blasters, Bengaluru FC and Chennaiyin FC, each fan group is coming out with different ways to support their team....

In case you didn’t know David James was the manager in the capacity of player-manager of Kerala in the first season of the Indian Super League and helped the team reach the final of the tournament where they lost to Atletico de Kolkata. David James was recently hired as a manager for the Sachin Tendulkar-owned side after the Kochi-based side decided to part ways with Rene Meulensteen due to the poor performances of the team in this season of the ISL....

Goal continues to profile each outfit’s strengths and weaknesses in the build-up to the four-month long footballing affair with verdict on the national capital-based Delhi Dynamos. After achieving top-four finishes in the past two editions, Delhi Dynamos will enter the new season with a completely revamped squad with veteran Spanish coach Miguel Angel Portugal taking charge of the outfit. Opting for a mixture of youth and experience, the Dynamos have brought the likes of Pritam Kotal, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Albino Gomes and Seityasen Singh in the Indian players’ draft....

Along with their goalscoring prowess, they also displayed a fine moment of sportsmanship at the beginning of the game, when Pune’s Jewel Raja had to go off injured without even kicking a ball. Raja, who was named in the starting lineup, was unable to continue due to injury and was substituted in the opening minute of the match. He joined the team huddle before kickoff but soon walked away towards the bench, while wincing in pain....

Having signed as many as eight players from the coastal state, the club’s fitness coach Manuel Saybera has drawn up a physical endurance regime with assistant coach Derrick Pereira overlooking the proceeding. FC Goa’s local contingent includes Laxmikant Kattimani and Mandar Rao Dessai, retained before the domestic draft, and the draft signings - namely Brandon Fernandes, Seriton Fernandes, Pratesh Shirodkar, Jovel Martins, Anthony D’Souza and Bruno Colaco. Other than the above named, Pronay Halder is the only outstation player who has been called up for a rehabilitation curriculum under club physiotherapist R Venkatesh....

Mehtab Hossain played a vital role in midfield for Kerala Blasters under Steve Coppell as they stormed into the final of the Indian Super League (ISL) last year. In an interview exclusively to Goal, the 32-year-old defensive midfield linchpin expressed his frustration at the draft system for Indian players. Mehtab Hossain wanted a Kerala Blasters return but the club’s decision to retain Sandesh Jhingan and CK VIneeth meant that the former East Bengal man was picked up by ISL new entrants Jamshedpur FC at the player draft held in July....

The TATA Steel owned outfit are preparing for their first ever season in the IMG-Reliance owned league and have signaled their intentions by recruiting a proven performer as Doutie. Bengaluru FC sign yet another Spaniard The 28-year-old plied his trade for ATK in the previous two editions of the league and played a significant part as the team won the coveted title last season under the guidance of Jose Molina....

The two sides lay in the lower half of the ISL standings with FC Goa in the sixth position with 20 points from their fourteen matches. Delhi Dynamos FC, on the other hand, were in the bottom spot with 11 points from the same number of matches as their opponents FC Goa still had a chance of a playoff spot having played less number of matches than their fellow contenders....

He even went on to invite the youngsters at the Indian Arrows side to contemplate their options. In case you didn’t know… The Indian Super League (ISL) franchise from Delhi signed a technical agreement with the renowned Aspire Academy from Qatar last year. The association between the two parties was formed in order to obtain the welfares of the knowledge, experience and management proficiency of the beautiful game that the prestigious academy carries along with its name....

ATK are now placed fifth in the standings with a total of 7 points from 5 games. A win against Sunil Chhetri and Co. will take them to the third position. Their English coach feels that the match against Bengaluru FC will be the real test for them. It will gauge how well the team is playing and is also a potential yardstick in the context of the league....

The Indian Super League fixture on Sunday night saw the Blues take the lead through Udanta Singh before the Islanders equalised through Modou Sougou. But a red card to Sehnaj Singh saw the visitors change their game plan and come away with just a point. Although it wasn’t the result either team wanted, Mumbai City were still able to move up to second place while Bengaluru FC remained unbeaten at the top of the ISL Standings....

It is a far cry from the ISL-4(2017) when Kerala blasters team was mocked as an “old age home” by critics for roping in footballers like Wes Brown, Dimitar Berbatov etc. The young crop of players which Kerala has roped in after David James has taken over seems to be delivering the goods for the team this season too, which indicates that Kerala has got the strategy right after a long time....

It took me a while to find Cubby, so I was wondering if there was anything quite like it out there on the broader Internet. I don’t want to pay for a subscription for this, and would prefer the tool be as hands-off as possible once it’s set up. Any ideas?

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan, also known as UFC Vegas 61, is the next upcoming event for the promotion and it is set to take place next week on October 1. The card will be headlined by a women’s strawweight clash between No.5-ranked contender Mackenzie Dern and No.6-ranked Xiaonan Yan. Dern was riding an impressive four-fight win streak that included three first-round submission finishes. She dropped a unanimous decision to Marina Rodriguez in her subsequent bout but bounced back from the loss by edging out a resurgent Tecia Torres last April....

Sparked by the death of a Kurdish 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, after she was arrested by the country’s so-called morality police for wearing an “improper hijab,” the protests have been bringing Iran’s young people to the streets, with women at the forefront. “These protests are different because, unlike 2009, which were protests defined by corruption grievances around the elections, and 2019, which were economic protests, they are bringing together a number of different groups around the country—you have labor, women, students, ethnic groups and young people coming together to protest,” Dr Sanam Vakil, deputy director and senior research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, told Newsweek....

Concerns have focused on allegations the tech could prove to be a national security threat, or that the Chinese state may be seeking to peddle influence or gather intelligence and data, even though it does not own the app itself or its parent company. So what exactly is the app, who owns it, and who is suspicious about its motives? What is TikTok? TikTok is a video-sharing app, that lets users upload footage on any topic they wish....