India eves in final with all-win show
DONGHAE CITY (KOREA) : Defending champions India breezed into the summit clash of the women’s Asian Champions Trophy after edging past Malaysia 3-2, their third consecutive victory here.
India, who beat Japan 4-1 and China 3-1, qualified for the final with a match in hand in their pool. They are top of the table with nine points and will take on Korea in their final pool match on Saturday before Sunday’s final. Gurjit Kaur (17’), Vandana Katariya (33’) and Lalremsiami (40’) sounded the board for India while Nuraini Rashid (36’) and Hanis Onn (48’) scored for Malaysia.
ROCA TO LEAVE BFC
NEW DELHI : Bengaluru FC head coach Albert Roca decided not to renew his contract which ends this month, leaving the side after two highly successful seasons.
The 55-year-old Spaniard, who took up the head coach’s job in July 2016 for a two-year tenure, cited personal reasons for not renewing the contract.
His decision came a day after guiding BFC to the knock-out stages of the AFC Cup, courtesy a 4-0 drubbing of Abahani Limited Dhaka at the Bangladesh capital on Wednesday.
Roca’s impressive two-year spell saw BFC become the first Indian club to make the final of AFC Cup in 2016.
His success was also highlighted by the Federation Cup (2017) and Super Cup (2018) titles that the club won to maintain the record of winning a trophy every season since inception in 2013.
Under him, BFC also finished runners-up in the Indian Super League in 2017-18 in the club’s debut season.