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 Cincinnati Bengals intercepts a ball intended for Tavarres King #15 of the New York Giants 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 interception by Dre Kirkpatrick 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 American Football 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.