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The attacking midfielder clocked well over 1500 minutes in the ISL season 4 where he scored 13 goals and provided six assists . The 34-year-old chose not to extend his contract with FC Goa after a fallout with coach Sergio Lobera. “In Febraury, I tell (told) the club (that) I will not continue and declined the contract I had signed for one more year. “The reason was a personal problem with the coach and I didn’t want to work with him,” Lanzarote revealed on his Instagram page....

Chennaiyin FC head coach John Gregory opted to make just the single change to the side that defeated FC Pune City with Raphael Augusto, who picked up a slight niggle, making way for former ATK man Jaime Gavilan. Teddy Sheringham, on the other hand, rang in three changes as he searched for his first Indian Super League (ISL) victory. Rupert Nongrum, Njazi Kuqi and Debjit Majumder came in for Eugeneson Lyngdoh, Robin Singh and Jussi Jaaskelainen....

Despite their latest loss to defending champions ATK, assistant coach Shakti Chauhan believes there is enough time for the Dynamos to recover. Standing in for a suspended Portugal in the game at Kolkata, the assistant coach remarked that the side needs at least two back-to-back wins to leap back into contention. “It is disappointing but it’s a longer league this time. If we win two games back to back, we might be back in contention....

During a media interaction in Chennai, Lobera categorically denied the fact that his team would be happy with a point, given that it was an away game for them. “Never in a game where there are three points available, would I say we want a draw! To say so would be a lack of faith in myself and my team. When there is an opportunity to get the maximum points, one must go for it,” he stated....

The four-match suspension is effective immediately and a fine of ₹5,00,000 has also been handed out to Popovic. “Mr. Ranko Popovic, Head Coach of FC Pune City is fined Rs 5,00,000 (Five Lakh INR) and is suspended for 4 (four) matches of FC Pune City, from the date of this decision. The amount should be deposited to All India Football Federation (AIFF) within 10 days from the date of communication of this decision and until such payment, the match suspension to continue, over and above 4 match suspension,” said the AIFF Disciplinary Committee’s communication to FC Pune City....

However, their Indian internationals Sandesh Jhingan, Lalruatthara and Jackichand Singh will join the camp only over the coming weekend after they requested for additional leave of 4-5 days after national duty which saw them play the Tri-Series tournament in Mumbai followed by the AFC Asian Cup qualifier away against Macau. The camp is being overseen by Assistant Coach Thangboi Singto with head coach Rene Meulensteen set to take over later....

“The reaction of the players was very good in terms of getting up after the loss against ATK at home. The win that we got has put us back in the league. We have to play with a lot of seriousness and focus and I hope we learn that as the games go by. For us, it is really important to make it two wins in a row,’’ he commented....

“The first time I spoke to John (Abraham), he said this is a team which has never reached play-offs. Our objective is to reach the play-offs. I hope the best happens this season and want to help the team reach play-offs,” said coach Joao de Deus. The 41-year-old coach mentioned that he wouldn’t want to dwell on the mistakes made in the last three seasons at NorthEast United. “I went to Shillong first....

“It is disappointing. We were positive right from the start. There was urgency. We lost our way a little bit due to a lot of misplaced passes that we gave to Mumbai. It is two points lost for us and a point gained from Mumbai’s point of view,” he said at the post-match press conference. When asked what went wrong for the home side in the second period, the Dutchman pointed that it was their failure to capitalize on the chances and kill the game much earlier that led to the two points being squandered....

Kerala Blasters head coach Rene Meulensteen revealed that he has no injury concerns ahead of Friday’s Indian Super League (ISL) opener against ATK in Kochi. However, he admitted that the players are still a few weeks away from achieving excellent physical condition. “We are maybe three-to-four weeks away from hitting top fitness. Everybody is fit, everybody is available to play. I can basically pick anybody to play.” Meulensteen repeated the age-old ‘defence-first’ philosophy and rightfully so, considering the attacking arsenal available to rivals ATK....

Just imagine if Goa had better personnel in their defence or a proper defensive midfielder in their system, their position in the league standings would have been better. Despite all of their attacking flair, it’s their defensive organisation which keeps letting them down. While FC Goa coach Sergio Lobera may point that their style involves taking risks, at some point you have got to sit down and analyse why the team is conceding goals against every team....

Fans and pundits alike are busy putting their heads together and trying to think who each team will pick in the draft and the think tanks of each ISL franchise will also be formulating their game plan and top targets. ISL Player Draft: Rules, Schedule and Venue The draft will be held on Sunday, July 23, in Mumbai from 10:00 AM IST onward. Each team has to pick a minimum of 15 Indian players (including retained players and two U21 players) and as such the strategies of the teams will be very interesting to see....

The official says two suicide bombers and gunmen were involved in Thursday’s attack, which targeted the crowds outside of the Kabul international airport. Evacuation flights from the airport have continued, the official says. Thousands have been fleeing the country after the Taliban’s swift takeover. At least 13 people were killed and 15 wounded, according to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, which gave the first official casualty count. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby also confirmed there were two blasts, one near an airport entrance and another a short distance away by a hotel....

Madison Square Garden Network’s Shannon Hogan may have just had a brain fart, but for a moment she looks genuinely stunned that she can’t think of Anders Lee’s name. She tries to save it by saying “just joking” but the Islanders center doesn’t buy it. MORE: The Eakins years | Oilers acquire center | Slava Voynov pleads not guilty Not a good time for on-air personalities.

Uses Atropine is FDA-approved for expanding the pupil and temporarily paralyzing the muscle of the eye that adapts the lens to sharp vision at different distances. It is commonly used to treat lazy eye, otherwise known as amblyopia. This can be put into the normal eye of someone with this condition to blur vision and make the “lazy eye” work harder to compensate. It can be used for dilated eye examinations, but other medications that wear off faster are more common for this purpose....

But what Amneh Muna, who was active in Fatah, the PLO faction of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, really wanted was revenge for the Palestinians killed in recent political violence. She introduced herself to Ofir Rahum as “Sali,” an immigrant who recently arrived from Morocco. Just a few months after their first online meeting, the bullet-riddled body of the Jewish teen was found in a shallow grave in the Palestinian-controlled area of Ramallah....

Israeli forces openly claimed attacks over the weekend in Syria and the Palestinian-administered Gaza Strip and were blamed for two more operations in Lebanon and Iraq. As reports of what occurred across the region emerged, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at his country’s ongoing efforts abroad, telling a Monday planning meeting that “we will deepen our roots and strike at our enemies.” Israel has often accused Iran of attempting to set up forward bases across the Middle East, where most Arab nations have not formally recognized Israel due to its decades-long territorial dispute with Palestinians and other clashing interests....

The Israeli military said it would send troop reinforcements to the Gaza border, about 5,000 reserve soldiers ordered by the defense minister. Officials said in a statement that Egypt was trying to negotiate a cease-fire. The airstrikes came after hours of clashes between Palestinian and Israeli security forces, including fighting at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a holy site for Jews and Muslims. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the militant group Hamas will “receive blows now that it didn’t expect....

But in spite of the tens of billions of dollars in aid given and pledged to Israel by the United States, and both nations routinely calling each other close friends and indispensable allies, the Israeli government didn’t even blink when it came time to tell the world what they thought of the FBI launching an investigation into the brutal murder of beloved journalist, and American citizen, Shireen Abu Akleh. In essence, Israel boldly and publicly flipped the United States an unmistakable middle finger and made it crystal clear that they would not participate in any such investigation....

But with Israel’s September 1 exchanges of fire across the Lebanese border with Iran-backed Hezbollah forces—only the second such encounter since the two sides fought a month-long war in 2006—analysts warn Israel and Hezbollah are risking an escalation in fighting that could erupt into an all-out war. The latest cross-border fighting broke out when Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles into northern Israel, making good on its threat to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike in Syria on August 24 that killed two Hezbollah commanders....