Texas offers Hamilton his first shot at fifth title

Mercedes driver on the brink of joining late Fangio as quintuple champion KIFF defending champions AKFC to kick-start season

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 17, (RTRS): It will be high fives for Lewis Hamilton in Austin on Sunday if a fifth win in a row brings the Briton a fifth Formula One world title. The Mercedes driver is on the brink of joining the late Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio as a quintuple champion, with only seven times titleholder Michael Schumacher ahead of them in the all-time lists.

Hamilton is 67 points clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with three races – and a maximum 75 points – remaining after Texas.

That means the title will be Hamilton’s if he scores eight points more than

Hamilton

Toto Wolff said this week.

“Both on and off the track he is more complete than ever before, showing commanding performance in the car and challenging the entire team to perform to higher levels at the same time.

“The battle is far from over, so we approach Austin the same way as every other race: take it one step at a time, focus on our job and make sure we bring performance and reliability to the track,” added the Austrian.

The only other driver to have won in Austin to date is Vettel – with Red Bull in 2013 – and he arrives with plenty of criticism of his performance in Japan after he started eighth, dropped to 19th

AKFC – Defending Champions of JP D’Mello Memorial League – Season 2017-18

and finished sixth.

Like Hamilton a four times champion, Vettel has failed to finish in the top two for four races and has slumped from title front-runner to also-ran.

“We know its difficult from where we are but what do we have to lose?,” the German said after the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

“We are trying our utmost to fight and resist and let’s see what the next races bring.”

Mercedes also lead the constructors’ championship by 78 points but cannot yet wrap up their fifth successive team title, with that battle going on at least until Mexico the following weekend.

Bora-Hansgrohe’s German cyclist Pascal Ackermann celebrates after winning the second stage of the Tour of

Guangxi race in Qinzhou in China’s southern Guangxi region on Oct 17. (AFP)

By Gasper Crasto

New season of Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF) Season 2018-19 will kickoff at Bayan Grounds Oct 19, 2018.

Defending KIFF League Champions AKFC (All Kerala FC) will take on Skynet Miracles in the inaugural match.

A number of dignitaries are expected to attend the inauguration including ex-KIFF presidents, current club presidents, KIFF Founder Members, IFRA Members, KEFAK Members, etc.

Derick Gomindes, who was earlier elected at the KIFF AGM to continue as president for a second term running, will declare the season open. KIFF SEASON 2018-19 The new KIFF season is made up of 12 strong teams.

Players, coaches and teams give their best throughout the season to ensure they are top of their game; they spend many hours fueling their brain, going over tactics and set pieces, working on their confidence and motivating themselves and teammates.

Apart from the 11-aside League, other 11-aside and 7-aside tournaments are also packed into the KIFF

Newly elected KIFF President –

Derick Gomindes

program for the season.

KIFF managing committee for the season consists of:

Derick Gomindes (Goa Maroons) – President

Robert Bernard (Indian Strikers) – Vice-President

Michael Pereira (Goa FC) – Sports Secretary

Ziddik Sharaf (Pen Friends United) – Treasurer

Majeed P.A. (Soccer Kerala) – Asst Sports Secretary Fouad (All Kerala FC) – Reliever Clarence Pires (Don Bosco Oratory) – P.R.O A. Sameer (FC Sparx) – Registrar KIFF league KIFF League for JP D’Mello Rolling Trophy is the major competition for participating teams.

The League is divided into 2 groups playing in a round-robin league. Top 4 teams from each group qualify for a knockout phase.

The season will culminate with a grand finale later in the summer of 2019. Participating teams Participating clubs for the league include: All Kerala Football Club (AKFC), AVC Sports & Cultural Association, Don Bosco Oratory, FC Sparx, GOA Maroons, GOA FC, Indian Strikers, Pen Friends United, Santos United, Skynet Miracles SC, Soccer Kerala and United Goans Centre.

KIFF League fixtures for Oct 19, 2018 6.45am: AKFC vs Skynet Miracles 8.00am: Don Bosco Oratory vs Indian Strikers

9.00am: AVC Kuwait vs Goa FC