WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016 SPORTS Refugee boom sees German FA launch advice guide

BERLIN: A major refugee influx has had a knock-on suggests ways German clubs can help any new paign to encourage clubs to recruit refugees in “I grew up without parents in Gambia and in effect on football pitches across Germany with four arrivals who may have endured trauma in their for- both sexes. The impact of refugees in German foot- 2015, my 6,000 kilometres journey to Germany times as many foreigners now playing in the home mer homeland. ball is felt from grassroots levels up to the top tier. began. of the world champions. The brochure, which was presented to German Players such as Bakery Jatta, 18, of Hamburg and “I felt the special atmosphere in Hamburg, (the The German Football Association (DFB) says Chancellor Angela Merkel at an Integration Summit Werder Bremen’s Ousman Manneh, 19, have signed club’s bosses at the start of the season) Dietmar 42,000 foreigners-many of whom are refugees seek- in Berlin on Monday, is fronted by Paris Saint- for Bundesliga clubs this season having originally Beiersdorfer and Bruno Labbadia were friendly, ing shelter here-applied for a licence to play here in Germain winger Lira Alushi. arrived as refugees from Gambia. ready to help and interested in me. the last 12 months, after Germany took in almost The 28-year-old is a Germany international who “For many refugees, football means a lot and “It was a great feeling to have been welcomed 900,000 asylum seekers. fled Kosovo as a four-year-old, but says football thousands of football clubs in Germany have under- with open arms. “I can’t, and don’t want to be, a role There are 6.5 million registered players in helped her integrate. stood that and invited people from Syria, model for other refugees, but I am proud of the Germany, organised by over 26,000 clubs. To help “We were foreigners (in Germany) and had to Afghanistan or Erirea to football matches,” said football in my new homeland, Germany.” new arrivals, the DFB has produced a brochure “At deal with rejection,” she said. “As children, we never- Jatta, who has signed a three-year contract with Jatta has so far only played for Hamburg’s home in football” designed to help German clubs theless made contacts quickly. “Football helped me Hamburg. reserves, but Manneh, 19, who arrived here in and refugees alike. make friends and gave me new self-confidence.” “Football made it possible for me to learn the 2014, has played in six Bundesliga matches this The brochure offers refugees advice on how to Nearly 3,000 football clubs across Germany are language, to come into contact with Germans and season and scored his first German league goal in learn the language and integrate in clubs, while it participating in a “1:0 for a welcome”, a DFB cam- escape the boredom of being stuck in a home. October. — AFP LA Galaxy confirm Gerrard departure

LOS ANGELES: Former England midfielder vision pundit for BT Sport in the United Steven Gerrard has left Major League Kingdom, his comments will be of interest Soccer side LA Galaxy, the club confirmed to numerous potential suitors, including yesterday, but he indicated that he is not Scottish champions Celtic. Managed by yet ready to retire from playing. Gerrard’s former boss at Anfield Brendan “The LA Galaxy announced today that Rodgers, they have been installed as the midfielder Steven Gerrard will not return to favourites with bookmakers at odds of 2/1 the club for the 2017 MLS season,” read a to be his next port of call. statement issued by the Galaxy. Speaking to Galaxy TV, he added: “Gerrard departs from LA following the “Although I’m going back to England to conclusion of his contract in Major League live, it’s certainly not the end of me in foot- Soccer at the end of the year.” ball terms. I’ve got a lot of things to consid- The 36-year-old had joined the Galaxy in er over the coming weeks and months, and July 2015 following his departure from I’m sure I’ll be back involved in the game. Liverpool, where he starred for 17 years. “I’ve got options on the pitch, off the Having previously been tipped to see pitch. “I’ve got a lot of thinking to do over out his playing days in the United States, he the next two or three weeks. I’m not ready suggested that he will now move on to to make a decision or finalise anything that another club before hanging up his boots. I’m going to be doing moving forward. “When I left Liverpool, I came to Los “What I will say is that I’m going home to Angeles with the goal of helping the spend some time with my family and basi- Galaxy lift another MLS Cup,” said Gerrard, cally go over my options and decide which who was eliminated in the Western is the best next challenge for me.” Conference semi-finals with Galaxy by Gerrard’s departure comes a day after Colorado Rapids earlier this month. New York City F.C. confirmed his ex- “I am of course disappointed to have not England team-mate Frank Lampard, 38, will achieved that objective, but I can look back leave the club when his contract expires at at my time at the club with pride at what the end of the year. we accomplished, including two straight Capped 114 times by England, Gerrard playoff appearances and countless memo- skippered home-town team Liverpool for rable moments on the pitch.” 12 years, famously lifting the Champions He added: “I am now looking forward to League trophy in 2005 after an unforget- spending time with my family as I consider table comeback against AC Milan. the next stage of my career.” He also won two FA Cups, three League Gerrard scored five goals in 34 appear- Cups and the UEFA Cup at Liverpool, but he ances for the Galaxy. never laid his hands on the Premier League While he will continue to work as a tele- trophy. — AFP

NEW JERSEY: George Iloka #43 of the intercepts a ball intended for Tavarres King #15 of the during the fourth quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium on Monday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. — AFP Manning guides Giants to victory over Bengals

EAST RUTHERFORD: Ben McAdoo has shown a willingness to gamble in Eifert set up Green’s touchdown, and an by led his first season as the Giants coach, and New York is riding his hot hand for to Nugent’s first field goal, which was disappointing since Cincinnati had a run at their first postseason berth since winning the Super Bowl in 2011. first-and-goal at the Giants 7 after the return. Eli Manning threw his third touchdown pass of the game on a fourth- down, fourth-quarter roll of the dice by McAdoo, and the Giants beat the INJURIES Cincinnati Bengals 21-20 on Monday night for their first four-game win- Giants second-year G Brett Jones made his first NFL start and lasted one ning streak since 2013. series before leaving with a strained calf. New York WR-KR Dwayne Harris “We like the position we’re in. We’ve just got to keep going. We can’t (toe) left in the second half, as did the Bengals DE Wallace Gilberry (calf). slow down,” said Manning, who was 28 of 44 for 240 yards and two inter- ceptions. “We can’t relax for a second. Every game we’ve been playing is RING OF HONOR tight. I’m proud of the way the team is fighting. The Giants inducted two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom Manning threw scoring passes of 10 yards apiece to rookie Jerrell Coughlin, defensive end Justin Tuck and former general manager Ernie Adams and Odell Beckham in the first half, and a game-winning 3-yarder Accorsi into their Ring of Honor. Coughlin, who stepped down after last to rookie Sterling Shepard on a daring call with New York (6-3) down 20-14 season, was the last to be introduced, and he started by saying he wasn’t early in the fourth quarter. going to be “cheated” in giving his acceptance speech. He wasn’t. He spoke The six wins match the Giants’ total in each of the last two seasons so long the teams had to wait for the second half to start. — AP under Tom Coughlin, and it bodes well with Chicago (2-7) and Cleveland (0-10) on tap the next two weeks. The key to this one was McAdoo’s decision to play for a TD early in the NFL RESULT/STANDINGS fourth. The third quarter ended with New York at the Cincinnati 9, facing a second and goal. NY Giants 21, Cincinnati 20. When Manning came to the sideline, McAdoo told him they were in Conference four-down territory. AFC East “I don’t know if I’ve heard it before,” Manning said of being told before W L T OTL PF PA PCT the second-down play. New England 7 2 0 0 241 163 .778 “Obviously on third down, they tell you. We had the quarter change, so I Miami 5 4 0 0 204 206 .556 think he had some time to think and wanted me to know and to tell the Buffalo 4 5 0 0 237 203 .444 offensive guys the circumstances.” The fourth quarter started with an NY Jets 3 7 0 0 179 244 .300 incomplete pass intended for tight end Will Tye. A 6-yard pass to Tavarres AFC North King set up the fourth-down pass to Shepard, who cut across the field on a Baltimore 5 4 0 0 182 160 .556 shallow route and beat the linebacker. Pittsburgh 4 5 0 0 214 206 .444 “We knew it was going to take touchdowns to beat this team,” McAdoo Cincinnati 3 5 1 0 187 210 .389 said. “It’s a good football team and we felt like we needed to score touch- Cleveland 0 10 0 1 175 301 0 downs. “ AFC South CARSON: This file photo taken on July 11, 2015 shows Steven Gerrard of the LA The Giants defense took over from there, closing it out on Landon Houston 6 3 0 0 161 188 .667 Galaxy warms up with teammates before making his debut for the MLS side against Collins’ fourth interception in the past three games and two stops, the last Tennessee 5 5 0 0 264 251 .500 Club America in their 2015 International Champions Cup match in Carson, California. on consecutive sacks of Andy Dalton with less than five minutes to play. Indianapolis 4 5 0 1 239 256 .444 Former England midfielder Steven Gerrard has left Major League Soccer side LA Dalton threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green and Jeremy Hill Jacksonville 2 7 0 0 174 239 .222 Galaxy, the club confirmed yesterday. —AFP scored on a 9-yard run that was set up by an 84-yard kickoff return by Alex AFC West Erickson to start the second half. Kansas City 7 2 0 0 205 168 .778 Mike Nugent kicked two Oakland 7 2 0 0 245 223 .778 field goals for Cincinnati (3- Denver 7 3 0 0 239 189 .700 Injured Rooney out of Matches on TV 5-1), the second giving the San Diego 4 6 0 1 292 278 .400 Bengals a 20-14 lead early in National Football Conference (Local Timings) the third quarter. NFC East England’s Spain test Dalton said the Bengals Dallas 8 1 0 0 258 170 .889 WC2010 S American Qualification just couldn’t get anything NY Giants 6 3 0 0 182 184 .667 LONDON: Skipper Wayne Rooney has ing XI for Friday’s 3-0 win over Scotland going after taking the lead. Washington 5 3 1 0 212 209 .611 been ruled out of England’s year-ending in World Cup qualifying, having started Ecuador v Venezuela 0:00 They missed a short third Philadelphia 5 4 0 1 226 160 .556 friendly against Spain at Wembley yes- the previous game-a 0-0 draw away to beIN SPORTS 3 HD down play in the fourth NFC North terday because of a knee problem, the Slovenia-on the bench. quarter and then never Detroit 5 4 0 0 205 206 .556 English Football Association confirmed. Left-back Ryan Bertrand, who also Chile v Uruguay 2:30 threatened. Minnesota 5 4 0 1 175 152 .556 “The striker sat out this morning’s ses- missed training on Monday, remains in beIN SPORTS 4 HD “We just needed one play Green Bay 4 5 0 0 223 234 .444 sion at Tottenham Hotspur’s training contention to feature in the game at beIN SPORTS 3 HD FR to get us going and we nev- Chicago 2 7 0 0 141 215 .222 ground as a precaution due to a minor Wembley. beIN SPORTS 16 HD FR er got it,” said Dalton, who NFC South knee injury,” the FA said. Harry Kane had already been ruled was 16 of 29 for 204 yards. Atlanta 6 4 0 1 320 283 .600 “Rooney has been allowed to return out of Tuesday’s match, the Tottenham Argentina v Colombia 2:30 The Giants had a 14-10 Tampa Bay 4 5 0 1 216 242 .444 to his club for further assessment.” striker having returned to his club as he beIN SPORTS 15 HD FR halftime lead. Manning New Orleans 4 5 0 0 265 263 .444 England’s interim manager Gareth continues his recovery from an ankle lig- beIN SPORTS 2 HD FR capped an 80-yard opening Carolina 3 6 0 0 221 226 .333 Southgate had earlier said that Rooney ament problem. drive with his pass to Adams NFC West would be rested from the starting line- The game against Spain is the fourth Peru v Brazil 5:15 . He hit Beckham (10 catches Seattle 6 2 1 0 193 158 .722 up in any case, with Liverpool’s Jordan and final match of Southgate’s tenure as beIN SPORTS 1 HD for 97 yards) on New York’s Arizona 4 4 1 0 202 160 .500 Henderson filling in as captain. interim manager, but he is expected to beIN SPORTS 15 HD FR final drive of the half. Los Angeles 4 5 0 0 139 173 .444 Rooney returned to England’s start- be offered the role full-time. — AFP beIN SPORTS 2 HD FR A 71-yard pass from San Francisco 1 8 0 0 187 283 .111 Dalton to tight end Tyler