Sport TUESDAY 20 APRIL 2021 I'mI' only human, says Formula One star HamiltonH after recovery from rare error We’reW only human, so just that bit of a mistake was one to learnle from. There was only one dry line and I guess I was in a bitb too much of a hurry to get by everyone. LewisLLe Hamilton Sport |08 IPL: CSK 188/9 in 20 overs (F du Plessis 33, C Sakariya 3/36) beat RR 143/9 in 20 overs (J Buttler 49, M Ali 3/7) by 45 runs UK Sports Minister says government will act Mourinho sacked as UEFA leads backlash against Tottenham manager breakaway Super League REUTERS — LONDON Jose Mourinho was sacked as REUTERS — MANCHESTER manager of Tottenham Hotspur yesterday six days before the European soccer’s governing League Cup final. body UEFA leads a backlash Tottenham confirmed in a against plans for a breakaway statement that the Portuguese had Super League yesterday, saying left along with his coaching staff. associated players and clubs “The Club can today announce could be banned from its that Jose Mourinho and his coaching competitions - including three staff Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, of this season’s Champions Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra League semi-finalists. have been relieved of their duties,” Addressing an emergency it said. meeting the day after 12 of The news comes the morning Europe’s top clubs announced after the London club said it was the new league, UEFA Pres- one of 12 clubs forming a breakaway ident Aleksander Ceferin European Super League. described the Super League Former Porto, Chelsea, Inter plan as a “spit in the face” of Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester all football lovers. United manager Mourinho had been “As soon as possible they in charge of 86 games at the club, (the clubs) and the players have having replaced Mauricio to be banned from all our com- Pochettino in November 2019. petitions,” he added. Having taken charge with the Three of the 12 clubs in the club in 14th place in the Premier new league - Real Madrid, League, they finished in sixth spot. Manchester City and Chelsea His first full season in charge - could be withdrawn from this began well with the club beating season’s Champions League Manchester United and Manchester semi-finals, UEFA executive A Tottenham Hotspur fan holds an City and topping the table in committee member Jesper anti Super League banner outside the December. But they have since Moller told Danish broadcaster Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre as slumped. DR. twelve of Europe’s top football clubs A 2-2 draw against Everton on “The clubs must go, I launch a breakaway Super League. Friday left Tottenham in seventh expect that to happen on placed and they have won only won Friday. Then we have to find of their last five league games, all out how to finish (this sea- Britain will do everything Super League went against the Super League comes at a time but ending their top-four hopes. son’s) Champions League possible to block the league core of the European football when the global pandemic has They also suffered an embar- tournament,” said Moller, and is examining options to pyramid in which all clubs can We stand united against the accelerated the instability in rassing Europa League last-16 exit who is the head of the Danish penalise the six English teams dream of playing in the Cham- disgraceful and self-serving the existing European football against Dinamo Zagreb, losing the FA. that have signed up, Sports pions League. proposal for a select few clubs economic model,” the clubs away leg 3-0 having won the first The renegade clubs - six Minister Oliver Dowden said “We stand united against said. leg 2-0. He did lead Tottenham to from the English Premier yesterday. the disgraceful and self- in Europe motivated by greed. In the past, breakaway the League Cup final, however, League plus three each from Prime Minister Boris serving proposal for a select We are all united against this threats have led to compro- which takes place in six days time Spain and Italy - will be guar- Johnson was quick to object few clubs in Europe motivated nonsense of a project. mises between UEFA and the against Manchester City. anteed places in the new com- to the plans on Sunday, and by greed. We are all united big clubs in the Champions Tottenham chairman Daniel petition in contrast to the Dowden said the government against this nonsense of a Aleksander Ceferin League, over the format and Levy, who picked Mourinho Champions League, which would seek to block the project,” he added. UEFA President revenue distribution. because of his career of winning sil- requires teams to qualify via project if football authorities “As previously announced FOUNDING MEMBERS verware, said on Monday things had their domestic leagues. could not. by (soccer’s world governing As well as Manchester not worked out as they had US investment bank JP “If they can’t act, we will,” body) FIFA and the six (conti- plans to expand the Champions United, owned by the envisaged. Morgan is financing the new he told parliament. nental) federations, the League from 32 to 36 teams American Glazer family, US- “Jose and his coaching staff league, providing a €3.5bn “We will put everything on players... in teams that might and create more group stage owned Premier League clubs have been with us through some of ($4.2bn) grant to the founding the table to prevent this from play in the closed league will games before the knockout Liverpool and Arsenal, Abu- our most challenging times as a clubs to spend on infra- happening.” be banned from playing in the rounds, a move designed to Dhabi backed Manchester City, club,” he said. structure and recovery from ‘DISGRACEFUL World Cup and Euros. appease the top clubs. Russian-owned Chelsea, and “Jose is a true professional who the impact of the COVID-19 PROPOSAL’ “We’re still assessing with Ceferin said the new Tottenham Hotspur have showed enormous resilience during pandemic. UEFA chief Ceferin said the our legal team but we will take format would start from the signed up to the plans. the pandemic. On a personal level all the sanctions that we can.” 2024/25 season but it has been Barcelona and Atletico I have enjoyed working with him FIFA had warned in overshadowed by the Super Madrid join Real Madrid from and regret that things have not UEFA chief Ceferin January that any breakaway League announcement. He also Spain, while AC Milan and Inter worked out as we both had condemns 'self-serving' league would not be recog- stressed that UEFA distributes Milan make up a trio from Italy envisaged.” proposal', threatens to nised by them and that players close to 90% of its revenues along with Juventus. Tottenham said former mid- taking part could be banned back to all levels of the game. Qatari-owned Paris St- fielder Ryan Mason will be in charge ban clubs and players from the World Cup. “Super League is only Germain and European cham- of the first team. from competitions. Bans or other sanctions about money, money of the pions Bayern Munich, which is could open the way for com- dozen, I don’t want to call them majority-owned by its fans, plicated legal battles. The dirty dozen, but UEFA is about have not signed up, meaning Super League letter urged FIFA developing football.” France and Germany are not and UEFA to agree to talks and While guaranteed spots in represented. said they wanted the the Super League go against The Super League said they breakaway league to exist long-standing tradition in aimed to have 15 founding alongside current European European football, the members and a 20-team club competitions. founding clubs argue it will league with five other clubs CHAMPIONS LEAGUE create a more sustainable qualifying each season and Jose The UEFA meeting was financial model. would start playing as “soon as Mourinho originally scheduled to confirm “The formation of the is practicable”. ACL: Lamouchi disappointed with late Al Ahli draw AFC.COM — JEDDAH campaign with a 2-0 win over what happened.d. 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