Terry to leave Chelsea at the end of season
: Long-serving Chelsea defender John Terry will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season, the English Premier League club said on Monday.
The 36-year-old former England international played more than 700 games for Chelsea and has been their most successful captain.
“John has given us more than two decades of dedicated and exceptional service,” Chelsea said in a statement.
“In that time he has displayed the utmost pride at wearing the Chelsea shirt.”
Terry made the third-highest number of appearances for Chelsea, captained them a record 578 times and scored 66 goals.
US-BASED NRI IN U-17 WORLD CUP SQUAD
MUMBAI : Around seven months after the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) conceptualised its overseas scouting programme, it has finally found success in the form of Namit Deshpande, a US-based NRI.
Deshpande, like many other NRI youngsters, had sent his video to the AIFF through its dedicated portal for the NRI audience but did not expect to get a call straightaway.
“I was excited when I came to know that a window for NRI players exists wherein they could present their talent and play for India, that too in a FIFA World Cup! I sent my playing video to the AIFF without wasting much time and I received a response soon,” he said. Deshpande, who has a valid Indian passport, had taken part in the trials under U-17 head coach Luis Norton De Matos in Goa.
MORGAN QUITS AS EAST BENGAL COACH
KOLKATA: After four successive defeats ended hopes of a maiden I-League, Trevor Morgan stepped down as East Bengal coach on Monday evening.
Morgan, appointed, late last season with a deal that extended into this term, said he wished to be relieved of his responsibilities with immediate effect.
He won the Kolkata league last year extending East Bengal’s hold on that competition for seven unprecendeted years.
East Bengal have said a new coach would be announced soon and it is possible that Armando Colaco will take charge.
Karim Bencherifa and Ashley Westwood too are in the running, sources at the club said.
AMANPREET WINS FOUR STAGES ON DAY 2
DIRANG VALLEY : Former Indian national rally champion Amanpreet Ahulawalia asserted his supremacy over the JK Tyre Arunachal Festival of Speed here on Sunday, winning four out of the five special stages on the second day to stay on course to take the overall championship.