MAN CITY BREAK £500 MILLION INCOME BARRIER; AGUERO PAINFREE
LONDON: English champions Manchester City posted record revenues of £500.5 million ($652 million) in a record-breaking 2017/18 campaign on the pitch as Pep Guardiola’s men romped to the Premier League title amassing 100 points. City reported profits of £10.4million, a fourth consecutive year of profitability, with wages to revenue ratio falling to 52 percent.
“Our journey is not complete and we have more targets to fulfil,” said chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who recently celebrated a decade of the club’s Abu Dhabi-backed takeover.
‘PEAK’ FORM AGUERO
City striker Sergio Aguero has said there is no lingering pain in his knee for the first time in years and he feels in peak condition following surgery in April.
“During the past few years, I felt pains at times and when last season came to an end, we decided it would be best to start treatment. And the results were positive. I’m not sure if this is the best start of a season for me, but it’s the best I’ve felt in years,” Aguero told the club’s website.
SILVA EYES 2020 EXIT
City star David Silva expects to leave the Premier League champions at the end of his contract in 2020 and likes the idea of joining boyhood club Las Palmas.
Silva joined City from Valencia for a reported €29million in 2010 and has since won three league titles at the club.
“For City, two more seasons - what’s left on my contract,” he told BBC Sport when asked how much longer he is likely to continue playing.
“After that, I don’t know. It depends how I feel physically and mentally. I’ve always said that I’d like to play for Las Palmas - my local team. But we’ll see how things go in two years.”
Udhayveer Singh, all of 16, shone bright with an individual gold in the junior men’s 25m pistol event after spearheading India to the team gold in the World Shooting Championships i n Changwon, South Korea, on Thursday.
Singh shot a score of 587 (291 in precision and 296 in rapid) in the individual competition to grab the gold ahead of American shooter Henry Leverett (584) and Lee Jaekyoon (582) of South Korea.
Compatriot Vijayveer Sidhu finished fourth with a score of 581, while Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu took the 20th spot with a score of 568.
The trio’s combined score of 1736 fetched the team gold for India followed by China, who totalled 1730. The bronze medal went to Team Korea, which shot a score of 1721.
SENIORS DISAPPOINT
In the senior competition, Sheeraz Sheikh was the bestplaced Indian at eighth after day one of the men’s skeet qualification with a score of 49.
Angad Vir Singh was 69th after shooting 47, while Mairaj Ahmed (41) was further down at 79th.
The Indian team, comprising the trio, was 16th in the overall standings with a total score of