OID‰†‰KOID‰†‰OID‰†‰MOID‰†‰C 20 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, December 21, 2003 SPORT Wenger, Ferguson, FOOTBALL East Bengal beat Tollygunge Ferdinand banned for 8 months Brazil triumph in By S.S. Shreekumar realise that a goal had al- London: Manchester time that he ‘‘forgot’’ to flay Blatter TIMES NEWS NETWORK NFL ready been scored. United soccer star Rio RIO SAGA take the test while he was London: Arsenal manager Even as this first minute Ferdinand was suspended Arsene Wenger found him- Youth World Cup Kolkata: The Place Kick and lost one. from January 12 next year moving house. Although effort demoralised Tolly- for eight months and self on the same wavelength (kick-off), a back pass, a for- The sparse crowd had not which means he won’t be he tested negative two Abu Dhabi: Brazil won the gunge, it made East Bengal ruled out of Euro 2004 on as Manchester United boss ward push culminating in a yet settled down. Tollygunge available to play for Eng- days later, the fact that he World Youth Championship for complacent. For their at- Friday after he was found Alex Ferguson for once over stunning 25-yarder. And the hadn’t even braced up for land at the June 12-July 4 failed to give a sample is the fourth time on Friday, beat- tacking pattern for the best guilty of failing to take a what he believed was Sepp ball nestled in the rival’s net the start. Goalkeeper Chin- European Champi- regarded as serious as ing 10-man Spain 1-0 on a head- drug test. Blatter’s interference in the even before any of their moy Banerjee had barely part of the game suggested onships in Portugal. testing positive. er by substitute Fernandinho. A three-man Football Rio Ferdinand affair. team members had touched marked his ‘lines’ as the just that. And not until the Unless he wins the ap- In the third-place game, Association disciplinary United’s England defender it. That moment of exuber- game got going. East Bengal early part of the second half peal, he will also miss Rio still comes Colombia defeated defending committee found the Ferdinand was banned for ance from Brazilian Cristian kicked-off the match. did they play with the kind Manchester United’s cam- champion Argentina 2-1. world’s most expensive eight months and fined Junior turned out to be East Baichung Bhutia pushed of organisation the talent in paigns in both the Premier out for training Minutes after Fernandinho’s defender guilty of a mis- £50,000 pounds by the Eng- Bengal’s match-winner even forward for Junior who in their ranks is capable of. League and European 87th-minute clincher, he was conduct charge. He was London: The day after re- as Tollygunge Agragami turn patted it back and ran Of course, there were at- Champions League. Ferdi- lish Football Association for sent off for receiving his second also fined £50,000 pounds. ceiving an eight-month went down in stupefied si- forward and wide to the tempts from far and near but nand, a £30 million center- missing a drugs test. yellow card in two games. Manchester United, de- suspension for failing to lence and lost 1-0 in a 8th Na- right. Mahesh Gawli got to it the moves lacked method back who is due to face Wenger said however the But Brazil played down the scribing the sentence as take a drug test, Manches- tional Football League en- and put him in possession and urgency.Their leisurely Tottenham in a league president of FIFA should not clock to defeat the brave Span- “savage and unprecedent- ter United defender Rio counter on Saturday. again. Junior controlled it, tries did cause concern to game on Sunday, has 14 have made pre-emptive com- ish team, which played with 10 ed,” said an appeal was Ferdinand arrived for East Bengal thus swelled surveyed the field ahead, Tolly but Chinmoy brought days to lodge the appeal. ments on the Rio affair. Blat- men from the 4th minute after “inevitable” and the play- training on Saturday pre- their points tally to eight picked up that huge gap be- off some fine saves to deny In a case closely ter had said previously he Italian referee Roberto Rosetti ers union leader de- pared to play in Sunday’s from five games having won tween the Tolly stoppers and them success. Debjit Ghosh watched by FIFA and was expecting a severe pun- issued a red card against Span- scribed the sentence as game at Tottenham. two, drawn an equal number let fly an amazing waist high twice and Baichung Bhutia WADA, Ferdinand was ac- ishment from the FA. ish defender Melli. “draconian.” By contrast, The ban doesn’t start and lost one. Tollygunge, right-footer. The ball curled found that out when their cused of either failing or The Arsenal manager said Melli dragged down Brazilian Dick Pound, chairman of until January 12 and Unit- with their unbeaten run a bit because of sheer power headers were palmed away refusing a provide a sam- on the BBC website: “You striker Nilmar,who was stream- the World Anti-Doping ed has said he will lodge ending so suddently in a and rocketed into the far by Chinmoy as he lunged to ple when a drug test team have to give the freedom to ing toward the Spanish goal and Agency says Ferdinand an appeal. Manager Alex manner of speaking, remain post in the twinkling of an his right and left to divert went to United’s training every country to judge the set to pounce on a long pass from was lucky not to get a Ferguson said on Friday on six from five games hav- eye. It took a while even for the ball away at the last pos- centre on September 23. cases. Only if the country teammate Daniel Carvalho. longer ban. he would field Ferdinand ing won one, drawn three the players on both sides to sible moment. cannot judge the cases With the 55,000-strong crowd The suspension begins Ferdinand said at the against Spurs. Agencies should FIFA sort it out. AFP expecting Brazil to exploit their advantage, the Spaniards Mahindra fancied to win Sunday stars upped their defensive workrate and constantly harried oppo- Mumbai: Local outfit Pires, Ragut Singh, Samson nents. When in possession, Mahindra United will hold Singh and Narendra Meetei. on Saturday Holy Hearts raise eyebrows, questions Spain’s midfield, led by FC home advantage when they The hosts will have either Barcelona’s Iniesta and Atletico Ludhiana: A brace by TIMES NEWS NETWORK prevented them from show- BKSP. There was frustra- take on Salgaocar Sports Kalyan Chaubey or the Madrid’s Gabi, was fast on the Liberian striker Sunday SUBROTO CUP ering flower petals from tion in the Mizo ranks too. Club, Goa in the a National young Naseem Akhtar un- break and created many scoring Seah helped Dempo Sports New Delhi: Let’s admit it. For the fated goal didn’t Football League match at the der the bar while their de- globe, there’s some Lalnun- atop, but nothing could stop opportunities. Club score a convincing 2-0 Among the handsome gath- come before the 52nd Cooperage here on Sunday. fence consists of Sanjay puia and a Lalramluaha, medio Lalhlimpuia’s preci- The UAE captain Ismail Mat- victory over JCT Phagwara ering, for many it was a minute. Lalnunpuia, who However, the Goan outfit Parte, Arun Malhotra and the admission was unani- sion passing. tar was adjudged best player of in a fifth round match of the maiden visit to a football was awarded a moped for are no pushovers and can Covan Lawerence. mous. And after the admis- If the swift Mizo inter- the tournament ahead of National Football League at stadium. As departure time being the best player in the put up a good show especial- In the mid-field they have sion, the query seemed in- changing disbalanced the Brazil’s Dudu and Daniel, who the Guru Nanak Stadium arrived, two thoughts — an tournament, snaked be- ly with their forwards Felix Ordartey Lawson, Rauf evitable. BKSP medios, their Mizo came second and third respec- here on Saturday. admission and a query tween the doubtful Sirfin Ibrebru and Fredy Mas- Khan, L James Singh and An ex-player, presently dummy-runs forced BKSP tively. AP The hosts, who had surfaced. Rahman and Nazmul De- carenhas back in the side skipper Khalid Jamil while an artist by profession defenders into hasty clear- stunned Salgaocar 1-0 last The thoughts hovered wan to present Lalramlua- along with winger and skip- the forward line consists of week, were never comfort- around Mizoram’s Holy couldn’t answer her pretty ances. Nothing could stop school-going daughter — the drum-beats and the ha on the top box who per Climax Lawrence. Jules Dias Alberto, Raphael able against the Goan outfit Heart School who beat banged in. All knew that the They will have either Ra- Patron Akakpo and Felix and surrendered meekly. Bangladesh’s Krira Shiksha “Why can’t India play in the chants in the stands. World Cup?” As the snazzy Strategy? Practically, ball won’t stay on the jat Ghosh Dastidar or Rajat Aboagye. The local outfit were Parishad (BKSP) by a soli- ground thereafter. mobile intervened in be- BKSP didn’t have any.In the Guha under the bar for Sun- International Abhishek themselves to blame for con- tary Lalramluaha goal (52nd Geographically, Dhaka is tween, the dad was spared.