Goa Pro League: Delayed kick-off on September 6

The Goa Football Association has been forced to postpone the opening round of the Goa Professional League with the league set to kick-off now on September 6 with the second round of matches. The first round had to be postponed due to heavy rains over the last few days.



This season the Goa Professional League will be played by 10 teams, an expansion by two teams, under a new format to reduce the number of matches for top teams. I-League sides Salgaocar SC, Dempo SC, Churchill Brothers SC and Sporting Clube de Goa will be seen in action along with Vasco SC, Sesa Football Academy, Goa Velha SC plus promoted teams Margao SC, Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim and Calangute Association.





GPL - Round 2



06-Sep-11: Vasco SC - Margao SC (Tilak Maidan)

07-Sep-11: Churchill Brothers SC - Salgaocar SC (Tilak Maidan)

07-Sep-11: Cavelossim - Calangute Association (Poriat Ground)

08-Sep-11: Dempo SC - Goa Velha SC (Tilak Maidan)

08-Sep-11: Sporting Clube de Goa - Sesa Football Academy (Duler Ground)

Alstervergnügen 2011 Hamburg: Gute Wetteraussichten für das Wochenende

Traumhafte Kulisse. © F. Rasch

Rund um die Hamburger Binnenalster findet von Donnerstag bis Sonntag das Alstervergnügen 2011 statt. Für gute Unterhaltung und schönes Feuerwerk ist gesorgt.  Außerdem soll das Wetter am Wochenende besonders gut werden.

Das Alstervergnügen gehört zu den beliebtesten Großveranstaltungen der Hansestadt. Auch in diesem Jahr sind entlang des Jungfernstiegs bis hin zur Lombardsbrücke zahlreiche Buden und Bühnen aufgebaut, die für gute Unterhaltung rund um die Binnenalster sorgen werden. Das Highlight: Das tägliche Feuerwerk ab 22.00 Uhr.

Die Hamburger-Wetterprognosen für das Wochenende sind gut. Die sonst sehr zuverlässige Wetterseite wetter.de kündigt folgendes Wetter an: Donnerstag ist es bewölkt, mit Temperaturen um die 15 Grad, Regen-Wahrscheinlichkeit: 13 %. Freitag: leicht bewölkt, Temperaturen um die 17 Grad. Regen-Wahrscheinlichkeit: 9 %. Und das ist erst der Anfang, danach wird es richtig sommerlich.

Richtig schön wird es am Wochenende. Am Samstag sollen kaum noch Wolken am Himmel zu sehen sein. Die Temperaturen liegen dann bei 22 Grad. Am Sonntag ist es wieder leicht bewölkt, bei Temperaturen um die 23 Grad. Erst am Abend soll es regnen, dann ist das Alstervergnügen 2011 aber auch fast beendet. Somit steht einer schönen Veranstaltung nichts im Wege. (fr)

2012 F1 Calendar - Turkish Grand Prix left off

The Turkish Grand Prix has been left off the 2012 calendar © Getty Images

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The Turkish Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2012 Formula One calendar, which was confirmed by the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) on Wednesday.

The definitive calendar also confirmed that the US Grand Prix has been shifted to the penultimate race of the season in November, while Bahrain, which had been scheduled as the season opener, will now be the fourth round after the initial flyaways in Australia, Malaysia and China.

But the biggest news is undoubtedly the loss of the Turkish Grand Prix, which has struggled to draw crowds since its inaugural race in 2005 and has been in doubt for several months. The race organisers had been in discussions with Bernie Ecclestone to extend the contract, but the WMSC's approval of the latest calendar has ruled it out.

A draft calendar had been leaked earlier this year with the Indian Grand Prix ahead of the European season, but that has now been moved to the end of October (similar to its position on this year's calendar).

There will be six sets of back-to-back races with the season finishing with a double-header in the USA and Brazil.

2012 FIA Formula One calendar

March 18 - Australia
March 25 - Malaysia
April 15 - China
April 22 - Bahrain
May 13 - Spain
May 27 - Monaco
June 10 - Canada
June 24 - Valencia, Europe
July 8 - Great Britain
July 22 - Germany
July 29 - Hungary
September 2 - Belgium
September 9 - Italy
September 23 - Singapore
October 7 - Japan
October 14 - Korea
October 28 - India
November 4 - Abu Dhabi
November 18 - United States
November 25 - Brazil

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Miami Heat: 7 Players to Replace Mario Chalmers at Point Guard

With Hinrich's $8 million contract set to expire at the conclusion of the 2011-12 season, the Hawks would be wise to pursue a trade for the veteran.

Jeff Teague finally stepped into his potential and blossomed last year, looking like he was ready to fill the role of full-time starting point guard for Atlanta.

From Miami's perspective, Hinrich brings the exact combination of cerebral play, shooting skills and experience that are all necessary on a club that has its sights set on securing a championship.


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LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant Send Message with Exhibition

Back when time was young, summer ball—no, not random Ron Artest sightings in the Vegas Summer League—was an integral part of NBA player culture. Pro-am leagues offered them a chance to cut loose and show off their creative sides.

At the same time, in the 1960s and early 1970s, All-Stars often found themselves matched up against players who could, or should, have been in their position. Scouting was primitive, opportunities far more scarce and the league itself had far fewer spots. Street cred, as it were, was a double-edged sword.



It’s been a while since summer run meant much of anything. Some pros still make celebrity cameos at the Rucker, and in D.C., Gilbert Arenas and Kevin Durant made the Goodman League part of their offseason itinerary. Los Angeles’ Drew League and Houston’s Fonde Rec Center were also favorite haunts for NBA players. Mostly, though, it was a diluted version of the olden days. Kobe Bryant or Vince Carter wowed fans in an intimate environment, helping burnish their brand; guys looking for a relatively competitive game knew where to find one.

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Former NBA player arrested in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Aug 29, 2011 (AFP) - Former Lakers player Javaris Crittenton was arrested on Monday in Los Angeles and could face a murder charge in connection with the shooting of an Atlanta woman.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said Crittenton was arrested at John Wayne Airport while trying to board a Delta Air Lines flight bound for Atlanta.

Prior to his arrest, Crittenton was best known an for being suspended by the NBA for an argument involving guns in the Washington Wizards locker room.

Police arrested Crittenton for the alleged shooting of Jullian Jones, 22, earlier this month. Jones was walking with two men when she was shot. Police believe one of the males was the intended target.

Crittenton pleaded guilty in January 2010 to a misdemeanor gun charge and received a year of unsupervised probation, following the 2009 locker room incident.

Crittenton and teammate Gilbert Arenas had argued over a card game on a airplane flight and a couple of days later Arenas showed up in the dressing room with four guns that he placed in front of Crittenton’s locker. Crittenton then grabbed his own gun. No one was hurt but NBA commissioner David Stern suspended Crittenton for 38 games.

Crittenton was a star player at Georgia Tech University where he played one season before deciding to leave college early and turn professional.

The Lakers drafted him with their first pick in the 2007 NBA entry draft. But the Lakers traded him less than a year later to the Memphis Grizzlies in the deal that brought Pau Gasol to Los Angeles.

Crittenton headed to China in December 2010 to play for the Zhejian Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association but lasted just five games before being cut by the team.

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Wilson Chandler heading to China

Sophomore's Wilson Chandler (top) from the New York Knicks goes over top of Rookie's Russell Westbrook from Oklahoma City Thunder during the Rookie Challenge at the NBA All-Star basketball weekend in Phoenix, Arizona, February 13, 2009. Photograph by: Lucy Nicholson, Reuters

Denver Nuggets free agent Wilson Chandler is planning on playing in China during the 2011-12 season, a report said Monday, where he will be reunited with his former NBA coach Jim Cleamons.

ESPN sports said that the 24-year-old Chandler will suit up for Zhejiang Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association, as the NBA lockout drags on.

Earlier this month, Chinese basketball officials said free-agent NBA players would be welcome if the league's stoppage continues, but they would be forced to play an entire season in China.

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Spain looking stronger than ever

Spain's Pau Gasol (R) makes a play during the friendly basketball match between Spain and Australia, in preparation for EuroBasket Lithuania 2011, on August 26, 2011, at the Fuente de San Luis Stadium in Valencia. Photograph by: German Garcia, AFP/Getty Images

BELGRADE, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Packed with talent and experience, holders Spain look stronger than ever as they head into the European championship in Lithuania as favourites to retain their title and qualify for next year’s Olympic Games.

Six of the 12 players in Spain’s roster ply their trade in the NBA, including Los Angeles Lakers power forward Pau Gasol and new acquisition Serge Ibaka, an Oklahoma Thunder forward who was granted Spanish citizenship last month.

The Congolese-born Ibaka, who played in the Spanish league for three years before moving to the United States in 2009, was brimming with confidence after Spain, described as pundits as Europe’s “dream team,” won seven of their eight warm-up matches.

“I can already see myself playing the final because we are looking good,” Ibaka told reporters after Spain completed their build-up with a pair of emphatic wins over Australia.

“Everyone is motivated and for me it’s a living dream to play with one of the best forwards in NBA history,” said Ibaka, referring to Gasol who won the 2010 NBA title with the Lakers.

Ibaka’s inclusion has added more depth to the already menacing presence Spain have in the paint, where Gasol’s younger brother Marc and veteran Felipe Reyes should constitute a wall for most of their rivals.

Their back-court looks just as impressive with point guards Ricky Rubio and Jose Calderon set to carve out clean-cut positions for Juan Carlos Navarro and athletic forward Rudy Fernandez, two of Europe’s most lethal perimeter shooters.

HUGELY POPULAR

Still, having lost to Serbia in the quarter-finals of last year’s world championship in Turkey, Spain will be wary of underestimating any of the other medal contenders in Lithuania.

With only the winners and runners-up qualifying automatically for the Olympics, Spain know that any slip-up will once again be fatal in the Aug 31-Sept 18 tournament.

Hosts Lithuania were the only team to beat Spain in the build-up to the European championship and the frenetic home support will add more wind to their sails.

Basketball is hugely popular in Lithuania, a Baltic nation of 3.2 million who won two successive European titles in the late 1930s before, having re-emerged as an independent nation following the break-up of the Soviet Union, a talented generation clinched the third in 2003.

Lithuania will play the Spaniards in the opening stage, featuring four groups of six teams, but both nations are likely to be among the top three in each group who advance.

The second stage is something of a phoney war as it features two groups of six with the top four in each group progressing to the quarter-finals, where the real business begins.

The whole knockout stage will be played in the impressive Zhaligiris Arena in Kaunas with a capacity of 15,442.

Lithaunia’s coach Kestutis Kemzura, who guided the team to a third-place finish in the 2010 world championship, acknowledged his weakened team would have to play stronger defence to challenge for a podium finish on home soil.

“Last year, we had (forward) Linas Kleiza who was scoring 20 points per game and (guard) Jonas Macilulis but they are not with us and we are still struggling,” Kemzura said after a drubbing by Slovenia in last Friday’s friendly.

“We have to step up our defence and if we can stop our rivals from scoring more than 70 points, we’ve got a chance.

”We had a stronger team spirit in Turkey but I don’t want to complain because we have good players here who need to learn to fight together as a unit and, to do that, winning the opening game against Great Britain will be vital,“ said Kemzura.

DARK HORSES

Britain, already qualified for the Olympics as hosts, are unlikely to make an impact in Lithuania but facing Europe’s top sides should be a useful experience for the team whose outstanding player is Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng.

France, on the other hand, could figure as the tournament’s dark horses if they advance from the toughest group in the preliminary stage also including Italy, Germany, 2009 runners-up Serbia, Latvia and Israel.

The French have an outstanding starting five led by triple NBA champion Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs, but lack of depth on the bench could be a setback during a gruelling schedule of 11 games in 19 days for teams which reach the knockout stage.

Germany, champions in 1993 and bronze medalists in 2005, will rest their hopes on talismanic power forward Dirk Nowitzki, who led the Dallas Mavericks to a memorable 4-2 win over the Miami Heat in last season’s NBA finals.

Nowiztki, a versatile and unselfish team player who overshadowed Lebron James in the final series, is also capable of acting like a one-man army when the going gets tough for his team mates against stronger and more talented rivals.

Those traits will be vital if Germany are to finish ahead of a strong pack chasing either a medal or a top-six finish, which secures an Olympic qualifying berth in next year’s playoffs.

It includes Italy and Greece, who both have two European titles to their name, 2007 winners Russia and 2001 champions Turkey, as well as all six nations from the former Yugoslavia.

Serbia appear to be the strongest in that contingent, but Croatia and Slovenia also have respectable squads capable of reaching the latter stages of the tournament.

Montenegro, playing in their first major tournament as an independent nation, are an unknown quantity while Bosnia and Macedonia will start as underdogs along with Poland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal, Finland and Ukraine.

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Heat’s Joel Anthony auditions on world stage

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — This is Joel Anthony’s alternate reality, where he is his team’s star, is allowed to shoot the ball, feels the weight of the moment.

For the Miami Heat centre, it also is somewhat of an audition, to prove he is up to such moments, to show that the Heat may already have their starting center for 2011-12, that Pat Riley may not need to pursue the likes of a Samuel Dalembert on the free-agent market.

As he spoke from Foz de Igaucu, Brazil, where his Canadian national team was wrapping up a warm-up tournament in advance of Wednesday’s start of Olympic qualifying in Argentina, the shot-blocking defensive specialist mentioned how he feels a world away from his day job, as a supporting player to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

The 29-year-old native of Montreal is coming off an appearance as a starting center in the NBA Finals, which far trumps the pedigree of Canada’s only other NBA players, seldom-used New York Knicks guard Andy Rautins and San Antonio Spurs first-round pick Cory Joseph, the guard out of Texas.

To put in perspective how different this current universe stands, consider that in exhibitions this past week against Brazil and Puerto Rico, Anthony attempted seven and six shots. Then consider that in his 75 appearances this past season, he did not attempt more than five in any game.

"It’s definitely helped me," he said of receiving freedom to further his game, "because, realistically, it’s not something I’ll be able to do with Miami in the NBA, just because of the talent we have. To be able to get that and develop more as a player, I think it’s really important.

"Pretty much the biggest thing is to try to bring some of those aspects to Miami from my international play. That’s one of the biggest things that I’m trying to focus on, so I can help my team a lot more when I get back to Miami."

There is, however, a more immediate focus, namely securing one of the two 2012 Olympic berths available at this week’s FIBA Americas Championships in Mar del Playa, Argentina. His team, ranked No. 23 in the world and without an Olympic appearance since 2000, enters a decided longshot, considering the struggles during the just-concluded warm-up tournament in Brazil, where the overmatched Canadians went up against Carlos Arroyo and J.J. Barea in a loss to Puerto Rico and Al Horford, Francisco Garcia and Charlie Villanueva in a game against the Dominican Republic. A more likely goal is finishing within the top five, which would place Canada in a last-chance qualifier next July in advance of the London Games. (The United States, which won last summer’s World Championships, has an automatic Olympic berth and is not participating in the Americas tournament.)

While the sting of falling to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals resonates, so does going winless with the Canadian team in last year’s World Championships.

"It was really tough having the performance that we had last year," said Anthony, who finished fourth in blocked shots at the 2010 World Championships in Turkey. "It was really tough. I know we’re definitely a better team than what we showed last year. I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to perform on a big stage in this qualifying, looking to place well enough to give ourselves a chance."

And then he’s looking forward to the end of the lockout and the opportunity to compete for the starting job he seized during the middle of last season’s playoff run.

"Obviously, after the Finals I looked toward this summer to improve a lot more because I feel there’s a lot I have to do to be able to help this team," he said of the Heat. "I have to improve as a player. That’s really my biggest focus right now; that’s what I’m trying to lock in on."

IN THE LANE

MATTERS OF SEMANTICS: For those who forget, when LeBron James offered his somewhat lamentable prediction upon signing last summer of eventually winning, "not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven..." championships with the Heat, the criticism was nearly as loud as the AmericanAirlines Arena cheers that greeted his prediction. Then came the Finals loss to the Mavericks and Dallas center Tyson Chandler chiming in, "I hear they do things big in Dallas. There can’t just be one — two, three, four, five..." Then, this past week, Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, the player who replaced James as reigning MVP, said in an interview with HoopsHype.com, "There’s not a doubt in my mind that I’m not going to win a championship. I’m going to win multiple championships. It’s not a doubt in my mind." Out of mockery apparently grows mimicry.

LEBRON, TOO: It was a big week for all things LeBron, including Detroit Lions wide receiver Nate Burleson offering a mock LeBron powder toss after a touchdown in a road exhibition against the Cleveland Browns. "It was a LeBron thing. I wasn’t going to do it. See, I had a plan. I had two celebrations planned. I was going to catch the ball, get up, do the shot by (Michael) Jordan and the three pumps," Burleson explained to the Detroit Free Press, alluding to Jordan’s heartbreaking playoff clincher against the Cavaliers in 1989. "I’ve got it all down. I’ve seen it like a million times. But then when I got in the end zone, I was waiting for the ref, and then when I looked at the crowd, the Dawg Pound went crazy. They were cussing me out, talking about my mama, so I was like, ’Forget that. Where’s the powder at?’ Voom!" Burleson acknowledged the Twitter response was not pretty.

MISSED OPPORTUNITY: A staple in the wake of championship series has been overvaluing in free agency those coming off significant contributions. In that respect, Mario Chalmers may have missed his opportunity to cash in due to the lockout. Chalmers not only was the only Heat player beyond Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and James to average double-figure scoring in the NBA Finals, but shot 14-of-35 on 3-pointers over the six games against the Mavericks and regained his starting job by series’ end. But now, the long view may instead be of a player who shot 43.5 percent over the playoffs, with 44 assists to 48 fouls and 28 turnovers. Chalmers spent the past week working out at the University of Miami with a group that included Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Joe Johnson, Jarrett Jack, Morris Peterson, James Posey, Jannero Pargo and Joey Dorsey.

GREATER EXPOSURE: Chalmers also is scheduled to return to his alma mater Sept. 24 for an exhibition game at Allen Fieldhouse featuring Kansas University alumni, including Paul Pierce, Nick Collison, Drew Gooden, Kirk Hinrich, Cole Aldrich and Brandon Rush, among others.

OH, THAT TATTOO: If you haven’t seen it, the recently expanded tattoo on Chris Bosh’s back has drawn worldwide review. Yes, even during the Heat forward’s recently completed tour of China. Asked about the somewhat bizarre artwork, Bosh replied to a questioner in China, "I mean it’s, umm...I like art. You know, so it was pretty much just a collage of everything that I like and a lot of it, all of it has meaning. A lot of history. My history, it’s my history. Everything has, you know...it’s not done yet. It’s a work in progress, so people are, ’Oh, what’s that? It’s ugly.’" A follow-up questioner asked if the collage might eventually include artwork of a championship trophy. "Yeah, I mean, it worked for Jason Terry," Bosh said of the Mavericks guard. "I might as well do it, too."

NUMBER

11. Number worn by Heat center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, which apparently will be retired by the Cavaliers, who declined to make it available to No. 1 overall pick Kyrie Irving per his post-draft request. Irving instead will wear No. 2. Irving wore No. 11 in high school and No. 1 at Duke (with Daniel Gibson currently wearing No. 1 for the Cavaliers).

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FC Arsenal sign Mertesacker from Werder Bremen

English Premier League side FC Arsenal have been trying to sign German international Per Mertesacker for quite a while, now on the last day of this summers transfer window they have been able to get Mertesacker from SV Werder Bremen. The fee is expected to be around 10 Million Euros (appro. 8 Million Pounds) with Mertesacker set to get a salary of 4,7 Million Euros.



Mertesacker had yesterday left the Germany camp ahead of an Euro2012 qualifier to undergo a medical in London and after passing the test the details of the deal were worked out by the two clubs.



An official Arsenal statement read, "Arsenal has confirmed they have agreed terms with Werder Bremen to sign German international defender Per Mertesacker. The deal is subject to the completion of formal registration processes."



In Per Mertesacker the Gunners get a rock solid centre-back with years of experience in the Bundesliga and the German national team. The 26 year old is really tall at 198 cm (6ft 6in) with 75 international caps to his name.



Mertesacker has not travelled much in his professional career which started with home town team Hannover 96, whom he left in 2006 for SV Werder Bremen. Now he makes his 'dream' move to London to join FC Arsenal.



Talking about the move Mertesacker said, "'I had a great time at Werder, and I owe a lot to the club. The move to London is a wish come true, to take another step in my career. The English Premier League has for me always represented an interesting challenge."

VIDEO: Messi arrives in Kolkata

Here a news item by news channel Times Now on the arrival of Lionel Messi in Kolkata. Interesting here too, no footage of Messi's arrival but only still pictures.

Inter Sign Diego Forlan From Atletico Madrid And Set To Sign Lazio's Mauro Zarate.

Inter have completed the transfer of Diego Forlan from Atletico Madrid for an undisclosed fee and the experienced attacker has signed a contract until in the summer of 2013 for the Serie A powerhouse and the Giuseppe Meazza side were in a market for attacking reinforcements because in the departure of Samuel Eto'o to Anzhi Makhachkala and they have now found their man in a 32-year-old Forlan.

Forlan travelled to Milan earlier in the week and voiced his ambition to help the club achieve their goals and i am happy to be inter are a very important club in the great players Forlan told Sky Sport 24 and i am very thankful to [Inter] president [Massimo] Moratti. I have already spoken with [Esteban] Cambiasso, [Diego] Milito and [Javier] Zanetti and they have told me they are happy with me coming.

i want to play well and win and i promise all the Inter fans I will do my best to help the club reach their goals of a forlan previously wore and the jerseys of Independiente Manchester United and Villarreal before joining Atletico in 2007 and the Coppa Italia holders aren't done in a transfer market just yet though as they are also close to signing for the Lazio attacker Mauro Zarate on a one year loan deal, Sky Sport 24 reports.

Lazio have allegedly accepted Inter's €2 million offer for the services of Zarate on the one-year deal and the option to make the move permanent at the end of his spell for a set fee and the zarate has a contract until in the summer of 2014 with Lazio of the Argentine was keen to move on because in the stiff competition for a spot in the starting XI following the arrivals of Miroslav Klose and Djibril Cisse.

Liverpool Striker David Ngog Set For North West Switch To Bolton After Three Years At Liverpool.

The Trotters have long been linked with a move for the 22-year-old Frenchman and are looking to a push through a deal before the passing of Wednesday's transfer deadline and the Ngog moved to  the Anfield in 2008 when former Reds manager Rafa Benitez brought him to the club from Paris St Germain.

He made 38 appearances for the Liverpool last season but Kenny Dalglish sees him as surplus to a requirements following a busy summer of recruitment and the Owen Coyle has a contingency plan in hand should much-coveted central defender Gary Cahill depart the Reebok Stadium for a cahill does make a dramatic exit then Coyle has lined up Manchester City's Nedum Onuoha as a replacement.

Club career for a David Ngog was born in Gennevilliers and started his career with Paris Saint-Germain and he signed his 1st professional contract in June 2006.

International career for a David Ngog has been prolific for the French national side at the many youth levels and he scored for a one goal in a 2–0 victory over England U19s in 2007.

Arsenal Agree Deal To Sign Monaco's Chu Young Park Striker Has Made 53 Appearances For South Korea Scoring 17 Goals.

Park Chu Young Factfile: Name is a Park Chu-young, Date of birth in 10 July 1985, Place of birth Daegu, South Korea, Current club Monaco - apps 91, goals 25, Former club for a FC Seoul - apps 69, goals 23 and the National team South Korea - apps 53, goals 17.

Arsenal have reached an agreement to sign South Korea striker Chu Young Park from Monaco and Park, 26 who was a former target for Premier League rivals Fulham, will cost the Gunners between £3m and £5m and the arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said, he will add true quality to our attacking forces and will be a valuable addition to the squad.

The South Korea captain had been close to signing for French side Lille until Arsenal's late bid and the deal a the former Asian Young Footballer of the Year is subject to the completion of formal registration processes and the Park who is set to wear the number 9 shirt said, i am very honoured and i feel very happy to be at Arsenal.

Now I just want to show how good I am and prove myself and in my opinion this is a great club, now I have to show what I can do on the pitch and i will do my best, I will never give up, I will show heart, I will give everything and I hope [the fans] will support me.

The 2010 World Cup, Park scored an own goal in a 4-1 defeat by Argentina in a South Korea's next match and he scored a crucial free-kick in a 2-2 draw with Nigeria for the helped South Korea through in a the last 16 of the tournament.

VIDEO: Messi arrives in Kolkata, but no show to fans & media

Here a report filed by NDTV from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport in Kolkata on the arrival of Lionel Messi in the City of Joy or rather the anticipation from fans of his arrival.

Messi-Mania in Kolkata as the superstar arrives

The little Argentinian maestro Lionel Messi landed in Kolkata in the early hours of the day to end speculations if he would be coming for an international friendly to be played against Venezuela on Friday evening at the Saltlake Stadium.



And as one would expect there were a few thousand fans with the entire local and national media present to get a glimpse of Messi, but as one would expect he got his immigration and customs work done and was whisked away through a separate entrance.



"I can only say that Messi is in town," said Bhaswar Goswami, executive director of Celebrity Management Group.



The hype around Messi's visit to the City of Joy has been building for weeks and it was geared up towards the arrival of one of the world's best current footballers. Sometimes one feels that Lionel Messi could have come on his own, shown some of his tricks and that might have been enough rather then a full international friendly between Argentina and Venezuela.



However Messi and his Argentina team mates are now in Kolkata with a likely visit to Mothers Teresa's on the cards besides some pre-match training, but the media shy Messi might not give Kolkata what they would expect from such a superstar. So hopefully for the fans they will get to see on the field, live in their own backyard what Lionel Messi is all about - class football...

Jordan Henderson Liverpool midfielder profile as he compledted transfer move from Sunderland

Jordan Henderson Liverpool midfielder profile

The profile of Jordan Henderson former Sunderland midfielder have recently made a 22 million Euro transfer from Sunderland to Liverpool and assigned Xabi Alonso number 14 jersey.

Jordan Brian Henderson profile
Proffessional Career Clubs: Liverpool, Coventry, Sunderland, Sunderland
Country teams: England senior team, England U21, England U20 and England U19 teams Nationality: English
Date of Birth: Jun 17, 1990
Height: 182cm
Weight: 67.0kg
Position: Midfielder
Squad No: 14
Current manager: Kenny Daglish

Jordan Henderson moved to Coventry City in 2009 from Sunderland and started his football career at championship club. He suffered a 5th metatarsal bone fracture and forced to return to Sunderland and start him premier league football 2008-2010 making his debut at Stamford Bridge. He has won Young Player of the Year award for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. At Sunderland he scored four goals from 71 appearances.

International career
Henderson has played for England national team at three levels, Under 19, and Stuart Peace’s under 21 squad in European Championships competitions. Henderson was selected in England national team by Fabio Capello in 2010.

Jenson Button in Manchester [Photos and Videos]

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1. Jenson Button run in Manchester with McLaren Mercedes [1]


2. Jenson Button run in Manchester with McLaren Mercedes [2] [HQ]


3. Jenson Button run in Manchester with McLaren Mercedes [3] [HD]


4. Jenson Button run in Manchester with McLaren Mercedes [4] [HQ]


5. Jenson Button Interview about Manchester Show [HQ]

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August 31: Most important Day in Football Calendar?

Today is August 31, the final day of the summer transfer window in European club football. Some call it the most important day of the European football calendar with a number of clubs frantically trying to get transfers done before the midnight deadline when the transfer window closes until the winter transfer window in January.



While some clubs hope to lure their targets from other clubs at the last moment, there are other clubs who are looking to strengthen their squads after weak starts to their campaigns in their domestic leagues, while others are trying to offload excess players from their roaster and wage bills.



Friends who are Director of Sports, managers and agents say these are the busiest days of the year; then even clubs who have settled teams sometimes can suddenly be forced to look for options due to injuries or other reasons.



And if one follows those running tickers of major football websites and newspapers it is often really interesting and sometimes even surprising what kind of deals go through at the last moment.



So enjoy the day and follow the transfers...

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney wishes Hargreaves luck

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney would have no qualms with Owen Hargreaves joining Manchester City for a stating he wishes the midfielder 'luck' and the former Red Devils man, who was released by the club over the summer could be on the verge of a move to Etihad Stadium as he is believed to be undergoing a medical.

Hargreaves was signed from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich for a lofty fee in May 2007 and the despite early good form his tenure was ultimately heavily disrupted by a succession of injuries for a 30-year-old has been proving his fitness for this summer and now it seems that United's city rivals are willing to take a punt on a Canadian born star, if fit, was regarded as world class and rooney knows Hargreaves well following their time at Old Trafford and the England ace would not begrudge him a move to a City having seen how hard he has worked to regain full fitness.

Worked hard for a rooney is been out for a couple of years now and he worked hard to try and get back, explained Rooney to Sports News and a lot of the time he was over in Germany or the States trying to get fit and We didn't really see much of him for he came back he came close to playing and he played one game and unfortunately he got another injury to his hamstring.

He is nice lad and he is a worked extremely hard to try and get back playing and the manager felt that he didn't want to keep hold of him and i wish him luck for the hopefully he gets back playing and when he's fully fit he's a great player for he is a different type of midfield player to what we have had in England and we all hope as England players and fans that he gets back to his best.

Götze: Dortmund turn down 40M Euro offer from Arsenal

As I have written in my blog before German teenager Mario Goetze is one of the brightest young talent currently plying his trade in the Bundesliga. And as one would expect the young international Mario Goetze has attracted interest from some of the biggest clubs in Europe.



Now the first real bid has come in which club Borussia Dortmund have turned down outright. English Premier League side FC Arsenal had last week made a 40 Million Euros (appro. 35 Million Pound) bid for the BVB starlet which the club did not entertain as they say, Goetze is not for sale.



Borussia Dortmund won the German Bundesliga title last season with a young team which plays attractive, attacking football and they will want to build on that to be a force in German football in the years to come.



Especially an offer from Arsenal, who happen to be in the same group as Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League, is something which the Ruhr valley would not like to entertain.



And Goetze is at a stage of his young career where he needs to focus as his red card against Bayer 04 Leverkusen over the weekend showed even a young, cool headed player like him might not always be able to cope with pressure.

Wayne Rooney Is Looking To Help England Secure Maximum Points Six Points From Their Upcoming Euro 2012 Qualifiers against Bulgaria and Wales.

The Three Lions' bid to reach Poland and Ukraine next summer resumes this week with a tricky looking away game in Bulgaria on Friday and england are currently level on points with Montenegro at the top of Group G having garnered 11 points from their 1st five qualifiers.

Fabio Capello's side are eager to fend off Montenegro's challenge for top spot and Rooney wants 6 points from six in their next 2 fixtures in a really tough game and the bulgaria away good atmosphere, he told sports news and a difficult game to come away with the 3 point that's got to be our game to get the 3 points there.

Wales are a good team but we like to think we have got enough to beat them at the home for a hopefully we can come away from these games with 6 points rooney is joined in the England squad by a Manchester United team mates Chris Smalling, Phil Jones and Tom Cleverley and  have all impressed this season.

Rooney linked up with a England camp in red hot form after his weekend hat-trick against Arsenal and he is looking to impress after not featuring for his country since their 2-0 win over Wales in March for always great in a good form and scoring goals he added, for hopefully that form can continue in the next 2 games and i am looking forward to getting back playing for England and hopefully do well and the helping us get the points that we need.

Werder Bremen's German International Defender Per Mertesacker Is Set To Undergo A Medical At Arsenal And Mertesacker Is 6ft 6in And Has 75 Caps For Germany

Per Mertesacker Fact for a Born in 29 Sep 1984 Hannover, Height is a 6ft 6in, Previous clubs TSV Pattensen (1988-1995); Hannover 96 (1995-2006); Werder Bremen (2006- ) and the Germany caps no. 75 and the Mertesacker is in the last year of his contract at Bremen and the club will not take part in a Champions League or Europa League this season.

The 26-year-old centre-back is captain for the Bundesliga side and although he is on international duty has been allowed to travel to London and arsenal's pursuit of the Mertesacker is 6ft 6in and has 75 caps for Germany could end their interest in Bolton defender Gary Cahill and the Gunners are set to a sign Brazilian left-back Andre Santos.

The move by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to bolster his defence comes after they were hammered 8-2 by Manchester United in a Premier League on Sunday and have also recently sold left-back Gael Clichy to Manchester City and right back Emmanuel Eboue to Turkish club Galatasary on Tuesday Armand Traore joined Queens Park Rangers.

They have also recently sold left-back Gael Clichy to Manchester Cit, and right back Emmanuel Eboue to a Turkish club Galatasary on Tuesday Armand Traore joined Queens Park Rangers and the centre back Thomas Vermaelen was injured for the trip to the Old Trafford and missed most of last season with an Achilles tendon injury.

Transfer news: Italy Serie A completed transfer deals for summer 2011-2012

Serie A league transfer completed deals for summer transfer window in 2011-2012. All completed Serie A league transfer news for Serie A transfer in and out for Italy Serie A clubs are listed below. Updated transfer news will be provided as new transfers occur. The list does not involve Serie A transfer rumours or ongoing transfer talks.

Some players transfer between contries involed transfer of big or promising players. Serie A to Serie A club Ednison Cavani from Palermo to Napoli, Serie A to Laliga Alexis Sánchez from Udenise to Barcelona, Premier league to Serie A Alberto Aquilani from Liverpool to AC Milan, Serie A to League one Taye Taiwo from Marselle to AC Milan, Bundesliga to Serie A Miroslav Klose from to Bayern Munich to

Miroslav Klose transfer to Lazio, Alberto Aquilani to AC Milan, Alexis Sanchez to Barcelona and Edinson Cavani to Napoli.

Serie A completed transfer deals, updated on 30 Aug 2011

AC Milan
Transfer in Alberto Aquilani from Liverpool, Philippe Mexes from AS Roma,Stephan El Shaarawy from Genoa and Taye Taiwo from Marseille.

Transfer out Alexander Merkel to Genoa, Sokratis Papastathopoulos to Genoa, Andrea Pirlo to Juventus, Oguchi Onyewu to Sporting Lisbon, Marek Jankulovski to Retiro, Rodney Strasser to Lecce and Michelangelo Albertazzi to Getafe.

AS Roma
Transfer in Bojan Krkic from Barcelona, Cicinho from Villarreal, Jose Angel from Sporting Gijon, Erik Lamela from River Plate, Maarten Stekelenburg from AS Roma, Gabriel Heinze from Marseille and Loïc Nego from Nantes.

Transfer out Guillermo Burdisso to Arsenal de Sarandí,Doni to Liverpool, John Arne Riise to Fulham, Jérémy Menez to Paris Saint-Germain, Philippe Mexes to AC Milan and Julio Sergio to Lecce.

Atlanta
Transfer in Andrea Masiello from Bari, Ezequiel Schelotto from Catania, Maximiliano Moralez from Vélez Sarsfield and Stefano Lucchini from Sampdoria.

Transfer out Francesco Ruopolo to Padova and Marino Defendi to Bari

Bologna
Transfer in Jean Francois Gillet from Bari, Massimo Coda from Cremonese, Nico Pulzetti from Livorno, Dejan Stojanovic from FC Lustenau 1907, Kadir Caidi from Cesena and Mikael Antonsson from FC Copenhagen.

Transfer out Albin Ekdal to Juventus, Emiliano Viviano to Internazionale
Luca Siligardi to Internazionale, Miguel Britos to Napoli, Alessandro Bassoli to Chievo Verona, Alessandro Elia to Parma, Antonio Buscé to Empoli, Giacomo Bassoli to Cesena, Cristiano Lupatelli to Genoa and Andrea Esposito to Lecce.

Cagliari
Transfer in Moestafa El Kabir from Mjallby, David Suazo from Internazionale, Simone Gozzi from Modena, Vlada Avramov from Florentina, Joaquín Oscar Larrivey from Colón de Santa Fe and Víctor Ibarbo from Atlético Nacional.

Transfer out Alessandro Matri to Juventus, Federico Marchetti to Lazio, Alessandro Matri to Juventus, Andrea Lazzari to Florentina and Ivan Pelizzoli to Padova.

Catania
Transfer in Andrea Catellani from Sassuolo, Federico Moretti from Ascoli, Keko from Atlético Madrid and Regula from Vitoria Setubal.

Transfer out Ezequiel Schelotto to Atalanta, Takayuki Morimoto to Novara, Gonzalo Bergessio to St Etienne and Ezequiel Carboni to Banfield.

Cesena
Transfer in Eder from Bresia, Antonio Candreva from Udinese, Giacomo Bassoli from Bologna, Gianluca Comotto from Florentina, Marco Rossi from Parma, Roberto Guana from Palermo and Adrian Mutu from Florentina.

Transfer out Yuto Nagatomo to Internazionale, Davide Santon to Internazionale, Igor Budan to Pelermo, Giacomo Bassoli to Santarcangelo, Kadir Caidi to Bologna, Simone Tonelli to Vicenza and Maximiliano Pellegrino to Colón de Santa Fe.

Chievo Verona
Transfer in Francesco Acerbi from Genoa, Kevin Constant from Chateauroux
Perparim Hetemaj from Brescia, Alessandro Bassoli from Bologna and Alessandro Longhi from Tristina.

Transfer out Pablo Granoche to Novara, Kevin Constant to Genoa, Andrea antovani to Palermo, Domenico Girardi to Taranto, Domenico Zampaglione to Libre and Michele Marcolini to Padova.

Florentina
Transfer in Andrea Lazzari from Cagliari, Gianni Munari from Palermo, Matija Nastasic from Partizan, Nicolò Manfredini from Reggina, Piergiuseppe Maritato from Regina, Ramzi Aya from Reggina, Rômulo Souza Orestes Caldeira from Cruzeiro, Samuele Bettoni from Reggina and Edoardo Pazzagli from Prato.

Transfer out Gianluca Comotto to Cesena, Samuel Di Carmine to Cittadella, Sebastien Frey to Genoa, Adrian Mutu to Cesena, Marco Donadel to Napoli, Mario Santana to Napoli and Vlada Avramov to Cagliari.

Genoa
Transfer in Alexander Merkel from AC Milan, Andreas Granqvist from FC Groningen, Cristóbal Jorquera from Colo Colo, Felipe Seymour from Universidad de Chile, Kevin Constant from Chievo Verona, Lucas Pratto from Colo Colo, Sokratis Papastathopoulos from AC Milan, Zé Eduardo from Santos FC, Francesco Bega from Brescia, Sebastien Frey from Florentina, Valter Birsa from AJ Auxerre, Cristiano Lupatelli from Bologna and Sebastian Ribas from Dijon FCO

Transfer out Antonio Floro Flores to Udinese, Mattia Destro to Siena
Riccardo Meggiorini to Novara, Abdoulay Konko to Lazio, Dejan Lazarevic to Padova, Domenico Criscito to Zenit St Petersburg, Enej Jelenic to Padova, Francesco Acerbi to Chievo Verona, Rafinha to Bayern Munich, Sokratis Papastathopoulos to Werder Bremen, Antonino Ragusa to Reggina, Fernando Forestieri to Udinese, Francesco Bolzoni to Siena, Stephan El Shaarawy to AC Milan, Nenad Tomovic to Lecce, Chico to Mallorca and Mauro Boselli to Estudiantes La Plata.

Internazionale/ Inter Milan
Transfer in Jonathan from Santos FC, Yuto Nagatomo from Cesena, Luc Castaignos from Feyenoord, Andrea Mei from Piacenza, Rodrigo Alborno from Libertad, Davide Santon from Cesena, Nelson Rivas from Dnipro, Emiliano Viviano from Bologna, Luca Siligardi from Bologna, Luca Tremolada from Piacenza and Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez from Vélez Sarsfield.

Transfer out Nwankwo Obiora to Parma, Kerlon to Nacional-MG, Marco Materazzi to Retirado, Victor Obinna to Lokomotiv Moscow, Federico Mannini to Siena and David Suazo to Cagliari.

Juventus
Transfer in Alessandro Matri from Cagliari, Arturo Vidal from Bayer Leverkusen, Fabio Quagliarella from Napoli, Stephan Lichtsteiner from Lazio, Simone Pepe from Udinese, Marco Motta from Udinese, Albin Ekdal from Bologna, Frederik Sorensen from Lyngby, Alessandro Matri from Cagliari, Andrea Pirlo from AC Milan, Matteo Trini from Lumezzane, Sergio Almiron from Bari, Michele Pazienza from Napoli
Carvalho De Oliveira Amauri from Parma, Tiago from Atlético Madrid and Reto Ziegler from Sampdoria.

Transfer out Yago Falque Silva to Tottenham Hotspurs, Mohamed Sissoko to Paris Saint-Germain, Sebastian Giovinco to Parma, Davide Lanzafame to Palermo, Hasan Salihamidzic to VfL Wolfsburg, Tiago to Atlético Madrid, Alberto Aquilani to Liverpool, Armand Traoré to Arsenal and Felipe Melo to Galatasaray.

Lazio
Transfer in Djibril Cissé from Panthrakikos, Federico Marchetti from Cagliari, Abdoulay Konko from Genoa, Lorik Cana from Galatasaray, Senad Lulic from Young Boys, Marius Stankevicius from Sampdoria, Miroslav Klose from Bayern Munich, Juan Pablo Carrizo from River Plate, Luciano Zauri from Sampdoria and Luis Pedro Cavanda from Torino.

Transfer out Stephan Lichtsteiner to Juventus, Fernando Muslera to Galatasaray, Mourad Meghni to Umm Salal and Tommaso Berni to Braga/Standard Liege

Lecce
Transfer in Daniele Cacia from Piacenza, Matteo Leggitimo from Salernitana
Morris Carrozzieri from Palermo, Andrea Esposito from Bologna, Julio Sergio from AS Roma, Nenad Tomovic from Genoa and Rodney Strasser from AC Milan.

Transfer out Manuel Coppola to Parma, Antonio Rosati to Napoli, Giuseppe Vives to Torino, Fabiano to Shaidong and Javier Chevanton to Colón de Santa Fe.

Napoli
Transfer in Gökhan Inler Udinese, Edinson Cavani from Palermo, Blerim Dzemaili from Parma, Antonio Rosati from Lecce, Daniele Mannini from Sampdoria, Miguel Britos from Bologna, Marco Donadel from Florentina, Mario Santana from Florentina, Roberto Colombo from Triestina, Cristiano Lucarelli from Parma and Federico Fernandez from Estudiantes La Plata.

Transfer out Fabio Quagliarella to Juventus, José Ernesto Sosa to Metalist
Manuele Blasi to Parma, Cribari to Cruziero, Michele Pazienza to Juventus, Nicolas Amodio to Peñarol, Erwin Hoffer to Eintracht Frankfurt and Fabiano Santacroce to Parma.

Novara
Transfer in Achille Coser from Ascoli, Lorenzo Galassi from Parma, Luigi Giorgi from Ascoli, Massimo Paci from Parma, Simone Pesce from Ascoli, Andrea Mazzarani from Udinese, Pablo Granoche from Chievo Verona, Riccardo Meggiorini from Genoa, Santiago Garcia from Palermo and Takayuki Morimoto from Catania.

Transfer out Cristian Bertani to Sampdoria, Manuel Scavone to Bari, Mattia Morandi to Treviso, Andrea Parola to Libre, Davide Drascek to Libre, Kevin Michael Strukelj to Libre, Emanuel Gigliotti to San Lorenzo and Pablo Andres Gonzalez to Palermo.

Palermo
Transfer in Ignacio Lores from Defensor Sporting, Eros Pisano from Varese, Eran Zehavi from Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ádám Simon from Szombathely, Carlos Labrín from Huachipato, Luca Di Matteo from Vicenza, Mauro Cetto from Toulouse, Milan Milanovic from Libre, Igor Budan from Cesena, Pablo Andres Gonzalez from Novara, Rubinho from Torino, Andrea Mantovani from Chievo Verona, Davide Lanzafame from Juventus and Nicolás Bertolo from Real Zaragoza.

Transfer out Salvatore Sirigu to Paris Saint-Germain, Dorin Goian to Rangers
Kamil Glik to Torino, Matteo Darmian to Torino, Santiago Garcia to Novara, Edinson Cavani to Napoli, Gianni Munari to Florentina, Roberto Guana to Cesena, Morris Carrozzieri to Lecce and Pajtim Kasami to Fulham.

Parma
Transfer in Graziano Pelle from AZ Alkmaar, Nwankwo Obiora from Internazionale, Raffaele Schiavi from Vicenza, Fabio Borini from Chelsea, Nicola Sansone from Bayern Munich, Jamie Valdes from Sporting Lisbon, Jardim Gonçalo Brandão from Siena, Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany from Sampdoria, Manuel Coppola from Lecce, Pablo Fontanello from Gimnasia LP, Sebastian Giovinco from Juventus, Manuele Blasi from Napoli, Alessandro Elia from Bologna and Fabiano Santacroce from Napoli.

Transfer out Valeri Bojinov to Sporting Gijon, Ângelo to Siena, Lorenzo Galassi to Novara, Massimo Paci to Novara, Raffaele Schiavi to Padova, Blerim Dzemaili to Napoli, Marco Rossi to Cesena, Carvalho De Oliveira Amauri to Juventus and Cristiano Lucarelli to Napoli.

Siena
Transfer in Joel Acosta from Boca Juniors, Gaetano D'Agostino from Udinese, Ângelo from Parma, Nicola Belmonte from Bari, Alexandros Tziolis from Racing Santander, Federico Mannini from Internazionale, Gabriele Angella from Udinese, Mattia Destro from Udinese and Zeljko Brkic from Udinese.

Transfer out
Mato Jajalo to Koln, Jardim Gonçalo Brandão to Parma and Souleymane Coulibaly to Tottenham Hotspur.

Udinese
Transfer in Sergio Piccoli Neuton from Gremio Barueri, Paulo Vito Barreto from Bari, Thierry Doubai from Young Boys, Danilo from Brasil, Abdoulwhaid Sissoko from Troyes, Zeljko Brkic from Vojvodina, Diego Fabbrini from Empoli, Antonio Floro Flores from Genoa, Christian Obodo from Torino, Leandro Caruso from River Plate, Rafael Romo from Estudiantes de Mérida and Fernando Forestieri from Genoa.

Transfer out Guillherme Siqueira to Granada, Alexis Sánchez to Barcelona, Jaime Romero Gómez to Granada, Christian Zapata to Villarreal, Gaetano D'Agostino to Siena, Mohammed Rabiu to Evian Thonon Gaillard, Niki Zimling to Club Brugge, Zdenek Zlamal to Bari, Guilherme Siqueira to Granada, Jonathan Mensah to Evian Thonon Gaillard, Rubén Párraga to Murcia, Andrea Mazzarani to Novara, Fabinho to Modena, Fernando Forestieri to Bari, Gabriele Angella to Siena, Jaime Romero to Granada, Leo Beleck to AEK Athens, Oliveira Jefferson to Modena, Zeljko Brkic to Siena, Gökhan Inler to Napoli, Simone Pepe to Juventus, Marco Motta to Juventus
Antonio Candreva to Cesena.

Alstervergnügen 2011 Hamburg: Tägliches Feuerwerk

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Am Donnerstag beginnt das Hamburger Alstervergnügen 2011. Dann werden rund um die Binnenalster  Buden  und Bühnen aufgebaut und sorgen für gute Unterhaltung der Alster-Besucher. Eines der Highlights in diesem Jahr ist das Feuerwerk, das vom 1. bis 3. September täglich gezeigt wird. Jeden Tag ein anderes Thema.

Das Feuerwerk beim Alstervergnügen ist neben den optischen Vorzügen auch ein Pyrotechnischer Wettbewerb der vom 1. bis 3. September täglich stattfinden wird. Die Besucher dürfen sich beim Alstervergnügen 2011 auf ein wirklich hochklassiges Feuerwerk freuen. Und das mit drei unterschiedlichen choreograpischen Themen.

Das Erste der drei Feuerwerke ist ein orientalischen Feuerwerk, dass begleitet wird von türkischer und arabischer Musik. Am Freitagabend wird das Feuerwerk von Rock-Classics begleitet und am Samstagabend von musikalischen Filmklassikern und Popmusik. Beginn der Lichtershow ist täglich um 22.00 Uhr.

Aber nicht nur das Feuerwerk wird die Besucher gut unterhalten. Rund um die Alster sind mehrere Bühnen aufgebaut auf denen ebenfalls gute musikalische Unterhaltung stattfinden wird. Das Programm der jeweiligen Bühnen finden Sie vor Ort. Autofahrer sollten die Binnenalster meiden, da dort die Straßen gesperrt sind. (fr)

Button takes to the streets of Manchester for demo run

Fresh from his podium finish in Belgium at the weekend, McLaren's Jenson Button journeyed to Manchester on Monday to give locals a thrilling taste of Formula One power. The demonstration run was part of a three-day event organised by the team’s title sponsor Vodafone.

Despite damp conditions, thousands of spectators turned out to line Deansgate, one of the UK city’s busiest thoroughfares, to watch the Briton in action. And after the bustle of Deansgate, the temporary track turned down John Dalton Street and into Albert Square, where a kart track, an F1 simulator and an exhibition of race suits and helmets were based for visitors to enjoy.

“(It’s been a) great day in Manchester,” said Button on his official Twitter site. “I still can't believe how many people came to watch! Amazing crowd!! Hope you all enjoyed the show.”

As well as putting an F1 car through its paces, Button also found time to sign autographs, answer questions from the crowd and meet up with England cricketer Michael Vaughan, boxer Amir Khan and gymnastics champion Beth Tweddle. He even gave one lucky enthusiast a ride in the British team’s new MP4-12C road car.

Button will be back in action in more typical surroundings next week at the Italian event, which takes places at Monza from September 9-11.

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FIA announces Monza double-DRS

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The FIA has announced that there will be two separate DRS zones at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix.

So far this season the majority of the circuits have seen only one DRS zone during the race, with the grands prix in Canada and Valencia seeing a double zone on consecutive straights. On those occasions there was only one detection point, meaning only the following car can use the DRS in either zone.

In Italy, however, there will be two separate zones with two separate detection points. The first will be on the start finish straight with the detection point on the exit of Parabolica, while the second will be in between the second Lesmo and the Ascari chicane and will have a detection point between the two Lesmos.

After the Belgian Grand Prix, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said that the DRS had worked well, and that it is a style of racing that the fans want to see and will enjoy again in Italy.

"I think that if you could [use] DRS you could get by," Whitmarsh said. "I think overall, people want that. FOTA did the most extensive fans survey - whether I believe it or want it - the fans want more overtakes. Jenson [Button] did some mighty overtaking round the outside and from a long way back, and I suspect for the fans it was fairly spectacular.

"Once you got past a car with DRS, unless you broke the DRS link he was likely to get you back the next lap. People talk wondrously of about 35 years ago slipstreaming at Monza - before my time - but people seem to like that, so I think DRS worked well."

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Indian Football: Transfer Season 2011 - Version 8

Here is the latest updated list of Transfers 2011 from across India of the I-League and top 2nd Division sides. Slowly the squads are getting more and more complete.



Here an updated list of known/confirmed Transfers 2011



SALGAOCAR SC - GOA

RETAINED: Karanjit Singh, Macklas Moraes, Jaspal Singh Parmar, Rino Anto, Luciano Sabrosa, Irungbam Khelemba Singh, W. Tomba Singh, Cajetan Fernandes, Rocus Lamare, Francis Fernandes, Anthony Barbosa, Gilbert Oliveira, Beevan D'Mello, Ryuji Sueoka, Milagres Gonsalves,

NEW: Presley Mascarenhas, Keenan Almeida, Roy Rodrigues, Aliston Fernandes, Godfrey Silva, Cliften Dias, Bobbychan Singh, Rosario Mendes (all Salgaocar Juniors), Nicolau Colaco, Augostinho Fernandes, Gagandeep Singh, Vivek Singh Kaira (all Sesa Football Academy), Chidi Edeh, Ishfaq Ahmed, Biswajit Saha (all Mohun Bagan AC), Rahul Kumar, Randeep Singh, Balwant Singh (all JCT), Vinay Singh, Thounaojam Dinesh Singh (both Churchill Brothers SC), Mehrajuddin Wadoo (East Bengal Club), Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (United SC), Mohammad Dada Nabeel (Air India), Karthik Kisku (Mohammedan Sporting Club)

LEFT: Arnab Das Sharma, Monotosh Ghosh, Syed Farid, Govin Moirangthem Singh, Khangembam Thoi Singh (all United Sikkim FC), Chinta Chandrashekar Rao, James Lukram Singh, Yakubu Yusif (all United SC), Baldeep Singh, Singam Subash Singh (both Pune FC), Jagdeep Singh (Viva Kerala), Eneke Ikenwa

COACH: Karim BENCHARIFA (MOROCCO)



EAST BENGAL CLUB - KOLKATA

RETAINED: Sandip Nandy, Abhra Mondal, Jayanta Pal, Saikat Saha Roy, Thokchom Naoba Singh, Nirmal Chetri, Uga Okpara, Gurwinder Singh, Sunil Kumar Thakur, Soumik Dey, Ravinder Singh, Sanju Pradhan, Reisangmi Vashum, Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Susanth Mathew, Mehtab Hussain, Penn Ikechukwu Orji, Alvito D'Cunha, Beingaichho Beokhokhai, Tolgay Ozbey, Baljit Singh Sahni, Robin Singh, Budhiram Tudu, Biswarup Deb

NEW: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Abhishek Das, Raju Eknath Gaekwad, Subodh Kumar, Ongnam Milan Singh (all Indian Arrows, returns from a one year loan), Robert Lalthlamuana, Charan Rai, Khanthang Paite (all Churchill Brothers SC), Sunil Kumar (Pune FC), Branco Vincent Cardozo (United SC), Seiminl Doungel (JCT), Debjit Majumdar (United Sikkim FC), Alan Gow (Notts County FC, ENGLAND)

LEFT: Mehrajuddin Wadoo (Salgaocar SC), Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC), Rajib Ghosh (Indian Arrows), Sushil Kumar Singh (United Sikkim FC), Naseem Akhtar (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Aseem Koraliyadan Kutty (Central Excise, Chennai), Sukumal Santra, Lalchhuan Awma, Bikash Narzary, Alexandro da Silva Santos

COACH: Trevor MORGAN (ENGLAND)



DEMPO SC - GOA

RETAINED: Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Laxmikant Kattimani, Luis Xavier Barreto, Tyson Caiado, Valeriano Rebello, Mahesh Gawli, John Charles Dias, Creson Antao, Covan Lawrence, Dominic Noronha, Samir Naik, Debabrata Roy, Shallum Pires, Anthony Pereira, Climax Lawrence, Godwin Diogo Franco, Micky Fernandes, Peter Carvalho, Marcus Peixito, Jessel Carneiro, Aaron Fernandes, Clifford Miranda, Nicolau Borges, Joe Rodrigues, Johnny D'Cruz, Bharat Thapa, Joaquim Abranches, Ranty Martins Soleye, Clifton Gonsalves, Myron Fernandes, Terence Fernandes, Mandar Rao Dessai

NEW: Sidroy Afonso, Brian Mascarenhas, Richard Fernandes, Romeo Fernandes, Aniston Fernandes, Reagan Juliao (all Dempo Juniors), Savio Fernandes, Koko Sakibo, Joy Ferrao (all Vasco SC), Rowilson Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers SC), Selwyn Fernandes (Pune FC), P.K. Anil Kumar (Viva Kerala), Romeo Fernandes (Margao SC)

LEFT: Roberto Mendes Silva (Churchill Brothers SC), Ogba Kalu Nnanna (Sporting Clube de Goa), Cavin Peter Lobo, Aikan Dias, Roy Colaco, Flann D'Souza, Rouhollah Samieinia

COACH: ARMANDO COLACO



CHURCHILL BROTHERS SC - GOA

RETAINED: Arindam Bhattacharya, Denzil Franco, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Rauf Sher Khan, Mundampara P. Sakeer, T. Bineesh Balan, Sabino Bryan Rodrigues

NEW: Jerry Zirsanga, Nascimento Silveira, Melwyn Rodrigues (all United SC), Y. Jaikumar, Xavier Vijayakumar (both HAL, Bangalore), Thangjam Saran Singh, Jagpreet Singh (both JCT), Roberto Mendes Silva (Dempo SC), Lalrindika Ralte (Indian Arrows, returns from a one year loan), N.D. Opara (ONGC), Basileo Rego (Vasco SC), S. Parthiban (Chennai Customs), Henry Antchouet (Moreirense FC, PORTUGAL), Antun Kovacic (Richmond SC, AUSTRALIA)

LEFT: Robert Lalthlamuana, Charan Rai, Khanthang Paite (all East Bengal Club), Vinay Singh, Thounaojam Dinesh Singh (both Salgaocar SC), Rowilson Rodrigues (Dempo SC), Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Mohun Bagan AC), Warundeep Singh (Sporting Clube de Goa), Kayne Vincent, Amaury Gentil Nunes, Boima Karpeh

COACH: Manuel GONSALVES GOMES (PORTUGAL/new)



PUNE FC - PUNE

RETAINED: Subrata Pal, Othallo Tabia, Caitano Costa, Kamardeep Singh, Gurjinder Kumar Singh, Rollingson Hungyo, Shanmugam Venkatesh, J. Prasad, Asim Hassan, Lester Mark Fernandez, Paresh Shivalkar, Izumi Arata, Mandjou Keita

NEW: Baldeep Singh, Singam Subash Singh (both Salgaocar SC), Shahinlal Meloly, Karma Tsewang (both Viva Kerala), Amrinder Singh, Surjit Singh (both Harbhajan SC, Punjab), Thangjam Arung Meetie (Mohun Bagan AC), Anes Edathodika (Mumbai FC), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Indian Arrows, returns from a one year loan), R. Srikanth (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC), Maninder Singh (JCT), Sarif Molla (Milan Samity, Kolkata), Karthik Govind (Bangalore FC), Lalrimawma Lianhna Rintea (Tamthar FC, Mizoram), William Lalnunfela (Pui Pui FC, Mizoram), Lalrempuia F. (Bazar Veng FC, Mizoram), Preemjeet Singh (Barielly Hostel FC, Uttar Pradesh)

LEFT: Krishnan Nair Ajayan, Gunashekar Vignesh, Manoj T.M. (all Viva Kerala), Velington Rocha, Valito Cruz (both Margao SC), Sunil Kumar (East Bengal Club), Selwyn Fernandes (Dempo SC), Lamine Tamba (Air India), Thokchom Roshan Singh (Sesa Football Academy), Johny Khamrang (NISA, Manipur), S. Vinobagandhi (Indian Bank), A. Sherin (AGORC, Chennai), K. Vigneshwaran (Tamil Nadu), Edmar Figueira (CD Feirense, PORTUGAL), Narshiman Balaji, Soram Poirei Anganba, Sandesh Gadhkari

COACH: Derrick PEREIRA



MOHUN BAGAN AC - KOLKATA

RETAINED: Shilton Pal, Sangram Mukherjee, Sudipta Banerjee, Irungbam Surkumar Singh, Kingshuk Debnath, Anwar, Rakesh Masih, Nallappan Mohanraj, R. Dhanarajan, Gouranga Datta, Satish Kumar Jr, Manish Mathani, Souvik Chakraborty, Dipendu Dowary, Snehashis Chakroborty, Ashim Biswas, Jose Ramirez Barreto

NEW: Sheikh Jewel Raja, Jagtar Singh (both Indian Arrows, return from a one year loan), Souvik Mondal, Sourav Chakraborty (both Techno Aryan Club), Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal Club), Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers SC), Bungo Thokchom Singh (Mumbai FC), Sunil Chhetri (United SC), N.P. Pradeep (Viva Kerala), J. Muralidharan (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC), Sakatar Singh (JCT), Simon Storey (AUSTRALIA), Hudson Lima da Silva (BRAZIL)

LEFT: Chidi Edeh, Ishfaq Ahmed, Biswajit Saha (all Salgaocar SC), Deepak Kumar Mondal, Jayanta Sen (both United SC), Harpreet Singh, Karan Atwal (both United Sikkim FC), Suman Datta, Surabuddin Mollick (both Mohammedan Sporting Club), Thangjam Arung Meetie (Pune FC), Nagimuddin Mollick (Southern Samity), Sagram Mandi (Bhawanipore Club, Kolkata), David Lalbiakzara (Pune FC Reserves), Pralay Datta, Amar Deb, Rahul Kumar, Sheikh Azim, Parminder Singh, Santosh Oraon, Jacken Sebastian, Subair Muritala Ali, Owky Diamondstar

COACH: Steve DARBY (ENGLAND/new)



MUMBAI FC - MUMBAI

RETAINED: -

NEW: L. Dhanachandra Singh (Air India)

LEFT: Anes Edathodika (Pune FC), Bungo Thokchom Singh (Mohun Bagan AC), Hiralal Chetri (United Sikkim FC)

COACH: Khalid JAMIL



PRAYAG UNITED SC - KOLKATA

RETAINED: Abhijit Mondal, Sukhen Dey, Anupam Sarkar, Arnab Mondal, Shylo Malswam Tulunga, Denson Devadas, Lal Kamal Bhowmick, Soumik Chakraborty, Josimar da Silva Martins, Mohammed Rafique

NEW: Chinta Chandrashekar Rao, James Lukram Singh, Yakubu Yusif (all Salgaocar SC), Deepak Kumar Mondal, Jayanta Sen (both Mohun Bagan AC), Jagroop Singh (Indian Arrows), Bello Razaq (Viva Kerala)

LEFT: Jerry Zirsanga, Nascimento Silveira, Melwyn Rodrigues (all Churchill Brothers SC), Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (Salgaocar SC), Sunil Chhetri (Mohun Bagan AC), Branco Vincent Cardozo (East Bengal Club), Asif K. (Viva Kerala), Munna Mallick (Techno Aryan Club), S. Santha Kumar (Integral Coach Factory)

COACH: Sanjoy SEN (new)



PAILAN INDIAN ARROWS - KOLKATA

RETAINED: Ravi Kumar, Kamaljeet Singh, Deepak Devrani, Vishal Kumar, Lalrozama Fanai, Souvik Ghosh, Prathamesh Maulingkar, Bikramjit Singh, Tirthankar Sarkar, Shilton Sydney D'Silva, Jibon Singh, Malsawmfela

NEW: Naveen Kumar, Gurtej Singh Sr, Amarwant Singh, Gurtej Singh Jr, Ajay Singh (all JCT), Rajib Ghosh (East Bengal Club), C.S Sabeeth (Viva Kerala), Bijendra Singh (Royal Wahingdoh SC), Avinaba Bag (Kalighat Milan Sangha, Kolkata), Narayan Das, Shenaz Singh, Probit Das, Krishanu Banerjee, Lalnunka, Lalnunpuia, Holicharan Narzary

LEFT: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Abhishek Das, Raju Eknath Gaekwad, Subodh Kumar, Ongnam Milan Singh (all East Bengal Club), Sheikh Jewel Raja, Jagtar Singh (Mohun Bagan AC), Lalrindika Ralte (Churchill Brothers SC), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Jagroop Singh (United SC), Ravindra Kumar, Inderpreet Singh, Akshay Kumar Mall, Manandeep Singh

COACH: -



VIVA KERALA - KANNUR/COCHIN

RETAINED: Sharath K., Charles Dzisah, Sherin Sam, O.K. Javed

NEW: Krishnan Nair Ajayan, Gunashekar Vignesh, Manoj T.M. (all Pune FC), Jagdeep Singh (Salgaocar SC), Asif K. (United SC), Shahbas Shaleel (ONGC), Alex Carioke (Moto Club de Sao Luis, BRAZIL), Isaac Boakye (Young Africans SC, TANZANIA)

LEFT: Shahinlal Meloly, Karma Tsewang (both Pune FC), P.K. Anil Kumar (Dempo SC), N.P. Pradeep (Mohun Bagan AC), Bello Razaq (United SC), C.S Sabeeth (Indian Arrows), Muhammed Shafi M. (Air India), Bimanyu Bimal Birua (Peerless SC, Kolkata), Felix Chimaokwu

COACH: P.K. KUNHIKRISHNAN



AIR INDIA - MUMBAI

RETAINED: Collin Abranches, Allan Dias

NEW: Lamine Tamba (Pune FC), Muhammed Shafi M. (Viva Kerala), Pawan Kumar (JCT), Sandeep Sangha (ONGC), V. Prem Kumar (United Sikkim FC), Oken Singh (Kenkre FC), Harshad Meher (Bengal Mumbai FC), Abhishek Matthew (Union Bank of India, Mumbai), Nisthar Kali Alaudeen (Central Excise, Chennai), Satvinder Singh (Punjab State Electricity Board), Royston D'Souza (Mahindra United Under-19), Bhuvan Krishna Joshi, Satwinder Singh

LEFT: Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, Soraisam Dharamjit Singh, Babin Biswas (all Southern Samity), Mohammad Dada Nabeel (Salgaocar SC), L. Dhanachandra Singh (Mumbai FC), Amrit Pal Singh (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Praneel Mendon (Mumbai Customs), Amulya Mondal (Peerless SC, Kolkata), Okorogor Nnabuike Praise, Yusuf Ibrahim

COACH: Santosh KASHYAP



HAL SC - BANGALORE

RETAINED: -

NEW: Bijoy Das (United Sikkim FC)

LEFT: Y. Jaikumar, Xavier Vijayakumar (both Churchill Brothers SC), R. Srikanth (Pune FC), J. Muralidharan (Mohun Bagan AC), Deepak K. (Southern Samity), P. Karthik (Indian Bank)

COACH: M. MURALIDHARAN



JCT - PHAGWARA

LEFT: Naveen Kumar, Gurtej Singh Sr, Amarwant Singh, Gurtej Singh Jr, Ajay Singh (all Indian Arrows), Prasanta Dora, Barjinder Pal Singh, Parveen Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Jaswinder Singh (all Tollygunge Agragami), Rahul Kumar, Randeep Singh, Balwant Singh (all Salgaocar SC), Onkar Singh, Jatinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh (all Calangute Association, Goa), Thangjam Saran Singh, Jagpreet Singh (both Churchill Brothers SC), Baldeep Singh, Harish Sharma (both United Sikkim FC), Seiminl Doungel (East Bengal Club), Maninder Singh (Pune FC), Sakatar Singh (Mohun Bagan AC), Pawan Kumar (Air India), Lalchuanmawia (Shillong Lajong FC), Vijay Hooda (Hindustan FC, Delhi), Navtej Singh (Delhi United FC), Inderjit Singh (Shahdara FC, Delhi), Thangjam Manikanta Singh (USA, Manipur), Rajbir Singh (Mauri SC, Kolkata), Daljit Singh, Rakinderjit Singh, Sehij Pal Singh, R. Sriram, Abhishek Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Balraj Singh, Badru Keke Ibrahim, Omolaja Nurain Kareem



ONGC - MUMBAI

RETAINED: -

NEW: Sachin Gawas (Vasco SC)

LEFT: Kamal Thapa, Robin Gurung, Bikash Jairu (all Ar-Hima FC), N.D. Opara (Churchill Brothers SC), Shahbas Shaleel (Viva Kerala), Sandeep Sangha (Air India), Tapan Maity (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Gour Naskar (Southern Samity), K.V. Lalu (Josco FC), Sudipta Kar (Bhawanipore Club, Kolkata), Ricky Joy (Postal FC, Bangalore)

COACH: -



SHILLONG LAJONG FC - SHILLONG

RETAINED: Lalthuammawia Ralte, Gumpe Rime, Aibor Khongjee, Wailadmi Passah, Zomingliana Ralte, Rodingson Sangma, M. Subhas Singh, Marlanki Suting, C. Lallawmzuala, Mashangva Genius Zenith, Samson Ramengmawia, Boithang Haokip, Lalramluaha, James Giblee, P.C. Lahlimthara Mahlima, Samuel Shadap, Racy Khiangte Lalrengmawia, Saikhohau Tuboi, Lalnunmawia

NEW: Henry Gangte, L. Romenjit Singh (both Bengal Mumbai FC), Lalchuanmawia (JCT), John D. Menyongar (United Sikkim FC), Eugeneson Lyngdoh (Ar-Hima FC), Tuishim Mashangva (Southern Samity), Christopher Chizoba (Kalighat Milan Sangha/Mohammedan Sporting Club), H. Lalmuamkima (Sport & Youth Service, Mizoram)

LEFT: Marcus Basumatary, Keleche Okoye (both Ar-Hima FC), Marlanki Suting (Royal Wahingdoh SC), Ochei Emeka Michael (George Telegraph SC), Thanggoulal (AIM, Manipur), Jonathan Mgochukwu Kingsley (Nagpur FC), Anil Gurung (Manang Marshyangdi Club, NEPAL), Million Mwenge Butshire

COACH: Pradhyum REDDY



SPORTING CLUBE DE GOA - GOA

RETAINED: Felix D'Souza, Gerald D'Mello, Siddesh Morje, Fulganco Cardozo, Elvino Fernandes, Boubacar Keita, Mathew Gonsalves, N. Samananda Singh, Singam Rojen Singh, Rovan Pereira, Konthoujam Boboi Singh, Michael Faleiro, Joyner Lourenco, Adil Ahmed Khan, Mauricio Freeman Peixoto, Jovel Martins, P. Niroshan Mani, Lairenjam Bisheshwor Singh, Mackroy Peixote, Angelo D'Souza, Joseph Pereira, Rowlinn Borges, Avelino Fernandes, Ningthounjam Pritam Singh, Valzinho Fernandes, Agnelo Colaco

NEW: Milagrio Medeira, Prajot Naik (both Vasco SC), Warundeep Singh (Churchill Brothers SC), Ogba Kalu Nnanna (Dempo SC), Charanjit Singh (Kenkre FC), Gabriel Fernandes (Sesa Football Academy), Mohammed Ali (Calangute Association), Victorino Fernandes (Cavelosim), James Moga (Mukti Joddha Sangsad, Bangladesh), Ashok Singh

LEFT: Ayeni Bidemi Daniel (United Sikkim FC), Ashokan Guru (Integral Coach Factory, Chennai), Thangjam Itomba Singh (Tiddim Road Athletic Union, Manipur), Bibiano Fernandes, Emmanuel Akwuegbu, Joshua Maguire

COACH: Alex ALVARES



VASCO SC - GOA

RETAINED: -

NEW: -

LEFT: Savio Fernandes, Koko Sakibo, Joy Ferrao (all Dempo SC), Milagrio Medeira, Prajot Naik (both Sporting Clube de Goa), Basileo Rego (Churchill Brothers SC), Sachin Gawas (ONGC)

COACH: -



UNITED SIKKIM FC - GANGTOK

RETAINED: Pranesh Dewan, Sagar Rai, Potsangbam Renedy Singh, Martin Louis Joseph Daniel, Jiten Rai, Nim Tshering Lepcha, Quinton Norman Jacobs, Mayal Dok Lepcha, Baichung Bhutia, Tenzing Tsephel Bhutia

NEW: Arnab Das Sharma, Monotosh Ghosh, Syed Farid, Govin Moirangthem Singh, Khangembam Thoi Singh (all Salgaocar SC), Harpreet Singh, Karan Atwal (both Mohun Bagan AC), Baldeep Singh, Harish Sharma (both JCT), Sushil Kumar Singh (East Bengal Club), Hiralal Chetri (Mumbai FC), Ayeni Bidemi Daniel (Sporting Clube de Goa/Shillong Lajong FC), Mumtaz Akhtar (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Babatunde John Oladele (Techno Aryan Club), Ong Teshering Lepcha (Bengal Mumbai FC), Nganingmi Shimran (Denzong Boyz), Prantosh Roy (Calcutta Port Trust), Vikram Singh Gill (Youngmen SC, Delhi), Sanasam Basant Singh (Manipur), Afzal Ansari, K. Romen Singh, Mayosing Khongreiwo

LEFT: Debjit Majumdar (East Bengal Club), V. Prem Kumar (Air India), Bijoy Das (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC), John D. Menyongar (Shillong Lajong FC), Lalrinfela (Southern Samity), Mutum Bijen Singh (NISA, Manipur), Sukhdeb Ghosh, Tashi Tseten Bhutia, Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, Mituski Ichihara, Muttath Suresh, Tanmoy Ghosh, Sumit Thapa, APD Carvalho, Kalia Kulothungan, Pradip Hembrom, Joseph Lapira

COACH: Stanley ROZARIO



MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING CLUB - KOLKATA

RETAINED: Gautam Kujur

NEW: Suman Datta, Surabuddin Mollick (both Mohun Bagan AC), Naseem Akhtar (East Bengal Club), P. Ummer Farooque (Viva Kerala), Amrit Pal Singh (Air India), Tapan Maity (ONGC), Sovan Das (Peerless SC, Kolkata), Gobinth Adhikari (Faria Strikers, Goa)

LEFT: Habibur Rehman Mondal, Nilendra Dewan (both Southern Samity), Dipendu Biswas, Satyajit Bose (both Bhawanipore Club, Kolkata), Karthik Kisku (Salgaocar SC), Mumtaz Akhtar (United Sikkim FC), Tenzing Dhondup (Royal Wahingdoh SC), Tharangachan Tungshang (Langsning SC), Satvir Singh (Ahbab FC, Delhi)

COACH: Aloke MUKHERJEE (new)



SOUTHERN SAMITY - KOLKATA

RETAINED: Pronoy Roy, Rajib Ahmed, Gurpreet Singh, Mriganka Sharma, Chandan Das, Debayan Saha, Jamir Ali Mandal, Francis Xavier

NEW: Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, Soraisam Dharamjit Singh, Babin Biswas (all Air India), Habibur Rehman Mondal, Nilendra Dewan (both Mohammedan Sporting Club), Nagimuddin Mollick (Mohun Bagan AC), Gour Naskar (ONGC), Deepak K. (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC), Lalrinfela (United Sikkim FC), Zico Zorengsanga (Ar-Hima FC), Prasanta Chakraborty (Peerless SC, Kolkata), Thang Somi Ruivah (BEML (EM), Bangalore), R.K. Jimmy Kazip (New Delhi Heroes), Prateek Joshi (RCF, Mumbai), Moirangthem Basanta Singh (RCU, Manipur), Matthew Mayora (Sydney Olympic, AUSTRALIA), Gopal Das, Abhijit Das, Sheikh Moidul, Sanku Debbarma, Eehe Zara, Kaushik Biswas, Basant Singh, Suman Ghosal, Sheikh Sanjib, Thuksuma Boy

LEFT: Tuishim Mashangva (Shillong Lajong FC), P.T. Somy (Josco FC), Marcos Alexandro de Carvalho Pereira (Bhawanipore Club, Kolkata), Amit Singha Roy, Binod Mallick, Rahul Bhattacharya, Madhab Kumar Das, Anit Kumar Ghosh, Karthik Chatterjee, Mahesh Sarkar, Uken Debbarma, Sasthi Duley, Pradip Nag, Deepak Sharma, S. Heman Singh, Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi, Edmilson Marques Pardal

COACH: Carlos Roberto PEREIRA da SILVA (BRAZIL)



SESA FOOTBALL ACADEMY - GOA

RETAINED: -

NEW: Thokchom Roshan Singh (Pune FC)

LEFT: Nicolau Colaco, Augostinho Fernandes, Gagandeep Singh, Vivek Singh Kaira (all Salgaocar SC), Gabriel Fernandes (Sporting Clube de Goa), Don Tshering Lepcha (Royal Wahingdoh SC), Pradeep Kumar (Indian National FC), Haolengou Kipgen (United Sports Association, Manipur)

COACH: Clifford CHUKWAMA



TATA FOOTBALL ACADEMY - JAMSHEDPUR

RETAINED: Udanta Singh, Suraj Kumar, Kamaldeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh, S.K. Rohit, Jarmanjeet Singh, Rocky Singh, Sanjiv Kumar, Manas Sarkar, Harpreet Singh, Biswajit Sardar, Muniruzzaman Ansari, Chingkhei Meetei, Baidyanath Das, Amit Kumar, Vineet Rai, Deepak Tirkey, Mohammed Irfan Khan, Bilal Khan, Randhan Meetei

NEW: -

LEFT: -

COACH: P. Vijay KUMAR