Aizawl vs East Bengal in Super Cup Q/f
bhubaneswar: Landing the knockout punch on reigning ISL champions Chennaiyin FC notwithstanding, Aizawl FC preferred to be the "underdogs" as they geared up to face another stiff challenge in East Bengal, in the first quarterfinal of the Hero Super Cup here on Sunday. Two days before the big win over Chennaiyin FC though, the 2016-17 I-League winners lost to Bengaluru FC in the AFC Cup two days back. "I believe top teams are under pressure now. They have to win the championship and they have their own plans to implement," Aizawl FC coach Santosh Kashyap said.
Everton, Liverpool play goalless draw
liverpool: Everton wasted late chances in the 231st Merseyside derby on Saturday to draw 0-0 against Liverpool at Goodison Park in the Premier League. Liverpool striker Danny Ings was handed his first start as Juergen Klopp named a stronger lineup than anticipated. Ings was part of a front three including Sadio Mane and Dominic Solanke, with Mohamed Salah (groin) not risked ahead of Tuesday's Champions League quarterfinal second leg at Manchester City, with Liverpool leading 3-0. Despite a late rally in which Seamus Coleman and substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin could have snatched victory, the Toffees' 7 1/2-year wait for a derby win was extended to 17 matches.
14 killed in hockey team bus crash
ottawa: A bus carrying a group of Canadian junior hockey players has collided with a semi-trailer on a rural highway in Saskatchewan, killing 14 people, Canadian media reported citing police. Fourteen more were injured — including three critically — in the accident involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus, which was heading north for a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoff game against the Nipawin Hawks, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported. Royal Canadian Mounted Police inspector Ted Monroe had said at a news conference late Friday that there were "fatalities among the passengers on the bus" and "a number of serious injuries".
Goerges beats Kasatkina to reach semis
los angeles: Germany's Julia Goerges dethroned defending champ Daria Kasatkina to punch her ticket to the WTA Charleston semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 win on Friday. The German number two and fifth seed blasted 33 winners and kept her unforced errors to a minimum to shutdown the Russians superb baseline game which propelled her to the title in 2017. Goerges advances to her first semi-final at this claycourt event where she will play Latvian eighth seed Anastasija Sevastova who cruised past Czech Kristyna Pliskova 6-4, 6-0. Goerges blasted nine aces and won 84 percent of her first serve points in the 77 minute contest. After losing her serve early in the third game of the first set, Goerges broke back immediately to level at 2-2. She then served for a love hold and never trailed again in the match.