Girona sign striker Bojan Miovski on four-year deal from Aberdeen

IANS | August 15, 2024 6:27 PM

Girona, Aug 15 (IANS) Aberdeen striker Bojan Miovski has signed a four-year deal with La Liga club Girona on Thursday. Miovski, who has already passed his medical, will start training with the team on Friday. As per English media reports, the deal for Miovski is reported to be worth up to £6.5m, comfortably eclipsing the £4.2m Aberdeen received from Liverpool for Calvin Ramsay.

La Liga: Long weekend as first round of games give first view of Mbappe and Flick's Barca

IANS | August 14, 2024 11:57 PM

Madrid, Aug 14 (IANS) The first 'weekend' of the new La Liga season is a very long weekend indeed as the first round of matches kicks off on Thursday night, with the last games played on Monday. The coming days should give us the first chance to see Kylian Mbappe wearing a Real Madrid shirt in a competitive game in Spain, while it will be fascinating to see how Hansi Flick starts his time as Barcelona coach and while new Atletico Madrid signing Alexander Sorloth and Julian Alvarez travel to play in Villarreal -- which is familiar ground for the former of those two.

India announces 23-member squad for SAFF U20 Men’s Championship 2024

IANS | August 14, 2024 11:45 PM

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India U20 Head Coach Ranjan Chaudhuri on Wednesday announced a 23-member squad for the SAFF U20 Men’s Championship 2024, to be played in Kathmandu, Nepal from August 16 to 28, 2024. India are placed in Group B along with Maldives and Bhutan. Three teams in Group A are Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Dutch defender Daley Blind announces retirement from international football

IANS | August 14, 2024 8:20 PM

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Netherlands defender Daley Blind has announced his retirement from international football after 108 games for the Oranje placing him fifth in the list of the most appearances for the country. The former Ajax player took to social media to announce his decision and thank everyone involved in his journey for ‘so many beautiful moments.’