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The home side opened the scoring through Leonce Dodoz (6’) but Daniel Segovia (45+1’) scored from the spot to level things up at half-time. In the second-half, Rahul Bheke (63’) and Daniel Lalhlimpuia (77’) registered their names on the score-sheet to complete the rout. Santosh Kashyap rang in the changes for Aizawl from their last match against Chennaiyin in the Super Cup. Avilash Paul was brought in to replace Arup Debnath in goal and Lalchhuanawma Varte got a rare start in defense replacing Lalchhawnkima....

The hosts opened their campaign with a win over Bangladeshi side Abahani Limited in Dhaka last week, courtesy a solitary striker by Ali Fasir’s 58th-minute strike after a barren first half, though New Radiant did have to look out a few tense minutes despite the opponents being a man down. Coaching the team is former Sporting Clube de Goa’s Oscar Bruzon who led the team to the Dhivehi Premier League (DPL), President’s Cup and the FA Cup titles in Malaysia in 2017....

Mubin Erhasghev also made a couple of changes to his starting eleven that played Saudi Arabia. Barotov Alisher and Zabirov Abdulmumin making way for Nurmatov Khuseyn and Saidov Karomatullo. Quarter-Final: South Korea defeat Tajikistan 1-0 (KOR: Jeon Se-Jin 44') South Korea employed a 5-4-1 formation for the entire duration of the game. Lee Gwang-Yeon ensured the scoreline stayed 1-0 with five incredible saves to his credit. The defence also held strong, winning 20 tackles and enforcing 24 clearances....

That’s a gimme. The tougher challenge for the President and his speech writers will be the paragraphs that come next: the passage where Bush not merely has to pledge to help Afghanistan rebuild (while ducking Karzai’s inconvenient pleas for U.S. troops to help keep its tenuous peace) but, tougher yet, has to answer the question: after Afghanistan, what follows in the “war on terror”? And where? The uncomfortable truth is that Operation Enduring Freedom, as some tin-eared Pentagon spinmeister dubbed the war against the Taliban, is winding to a thoroughly ambiguous close....

We also heard from Andrade El Idolo who sat down with Jim Ross. In the main event of this week’s AEW Dynamite, the ‘Elite Hunter’ Frankie Kazarian teamed up with Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero M to face Matt Jackson, Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson. Jake Hager vs Wardlow (MMA Cage Fight) kicked off AEW Dynamite Round 1 Wardlow and Jake Hager felt each other out as the round began....

Former World Champion Jon Moxley made a highly anticipated return to the show, while another major star came back for completely different reasons. Adam Cole and Britt Baker competed in AEW as a couple for the first time against a popular act. The House of Black made their tag team debut by successfully defeating Varsity Blondes while Sting and Darby Allin picked up yet another win against The Acclaimed. The Inner Circle saw further dissension within their ranks as well....

AEW Full Gear takes place inside New Jersey’s Prudential Center on November 19. MJF recently returned to AEW following an extended absence related to contract negotiations. He won the Casino Ladder match at All Out 2022 for a shot at the AEW World Title. Moxley lost the title against CM Punk at All Out, but won a tournament final against Bryan Danielson a few weeks later to become champion after a Punk injury and suspension following an altercation with Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks....

Matt Hardy has now offered his own response to the news by sharing a video of a heartfelt moment he had with Ali. The video was taken after a match between the two, with Ali thanking the crowd for their support before turning to “his hero” Matt Hardy. After Ali expressed his gratitude to Hardy for the match, the veteran accepted a handshake from his opponent, and the two competitors embraced....

In case you didn’t know… The Young Bucks defeated The Lucha Bros. in February at AAA Rey de Reyes event to capture the AAA World Tag Team Titles. The two teams held a rematch at AEW’s Double or Nothing less than a month ago, where The Young Bucks were able to retain the titles over The Lucha Bros. The two teams, now embroiled in a spectacular tag team rivalry, will face each one more time tonight at AAA’s Verano De Escandalo event....

This list will try and speculate who the top 10 ranked AEW wrestlers will be in the game. The WWE 2K rating system will be used as the basis for this, so the highest possible rating is 92. Wrestlers are ranked based on their in-ring skills, their achievements, as well as their age. 10. Former AEW Champion, Chris Jericho - 86 Chris Jericho has appeared in a whopping 39 different wrestling games since 1998’s WCW Nitro video game on the original PlayStation....

Asian giants like Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Australia and South Korea will surely go into the tournament as the favourites but they could be pushed to their limits by emerging sides like Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Qatar and China. Group C will feature Philipines as one of the probable dark-horses alongside war-torn Yemen who would be looking to redeem themselves at the International Arena as they fight for a hopeful qualification from the group by battling the likes of South Korea and China....

GROUP D (Central Zone): FC Istiklol (TJK) v Altyn Asyr (TKM): FC Istiklol, at home to Altyn Asyr in the final Group D game of the AFC Cup, have their destiny in own hands. They lead the Turkmenistani team by two points and a draw or a win will ensure they progress to the Inter-Zonal semifinals. Altyn Asyr, meanwhile, need to defeat Istiklol to go through to the next stage....

To ascertain their spot in the Inter-Zone semifinals, they will also hope that New Radiant SC drop points against Abahani Dhaka or Aizawl FC in their last two games. In case you didn’t know… With New Radiant beating Bengaluru in the last fixture has left Group E wide open. If the Blues had won that match then they would have taken a 6-point lead and would have only needed one point from their remaining two matches in order to qualify for the Inter-Zone semifinals....

GROUP A: EREM (KGZ) 0-4 Al Dhafrah (UAE) Al Dhafrah inched closer to their first-ever quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship Vietnam 2017 after scoring a 4-0 win over Kyrgyz Republic’s FC Erem on Saturday. Much was expected of this encounter between two teams who are featuring in their first-ever AFC Futsal Club Championship. FC Erem, who defeated home favorites Thai Son Nam, were at their best once again....

Nicolai Adam had earlier targetted the semi-finals for his boys in the tournament and will be mightily disappointed with the outcome. Iran, meanwhile will look to build on their phenomenal group stage results and go all the way in the tournament. Here are 5 talking points from the game: #1 India must work on their fitness One of the Blues’ biggest weaknesses was their lack of fitness. In the three games played, the youngsters ran out of steam way too early and had no answer for the opposition’s aggressive mindset late on....

The hosts will target a positive response to the 1-0 defeat to Syria last Thursday. A win would have lifted the Central Asians into second place in Group A but Omar Khrbin’s injury-time penalty now leaves Uzbekistan, who will be without the suspended Islom Tukhtakhujaev, with a major fight to secure a top-three position as Syria lurk just a point behind in fourth. Qatar, meanwhile, are rock bottom in the group but would move to within two points of their opponents should they claim an unlikely win in Tashkent....

However, if Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) game between Cameroon and Burkina Faso was anything to go by, then such arguments are flawed. Playing for the right to finish in third place, both teams brought their A-game. Burkina Faso took a 3-0 lead but Cameroon came back strong to level the score. In the end, the match had to be settled through penalties after a dramatic 3-3 draw....

The appeal came from the U.N. Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), along with refugee agency UNCHR. They are hoping to donate $5 billion due to the acute hunger that half of the country, including up to a million children facing malnutrition, is experiencing. OCHA warned that the situation could worsen if aid is not delivered to them immediately. “We need to get food to the families where they live....

In response to a question posed by a fan on Twitter, as to whether AEW’s upcoming TV show Dynamite would have a PG rating; Cody insinuated that it won’t be a PG show. AEW is all set to launch its new TV show “AEW Dynamite” on October 2nd, 2019, on TNT All Elite Wrestling is a promotion funded by Pakistani-American billionaire Shahid Khan aka Shad Khan, with his son Tony Khan serving as AEW President....

At NXT Stand & Deliver, Rose defended the WWE NXT Women’s Championship against three other women. The former Golden Goddess defended her title in a Fatal Four-Way Match against Cora Jade, Kay Lee Ray, and Io Shirai, who was pinned by Rose. Check out Rose’s Instagram post at this link. The post caught the attention of Amanda Huber, who praised Rose for the work she has put into her physique....