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Rampant Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 to lock down the Christmas number one spot ahead of Saturdays Manchester derby as Jose Mourinhos Tottenham blitzed Burnley 5-0 to climb stanley cup to fifth in table. Interim boss Duncan Ferguson lifted Evertons spirits, condemning Chelsea to their third Premier League defeat in four matches while bottom club stanley cup Watford battled to a goalless draw against Crystal Palace. Liverpool took advantage of playing before their closest rivals to widen the gulf at the top of the table to 11 points, meaning they cannot be caught by December 25. Liverpool s Mohamed Salah 11 celebrates with teammates. AP Jurgen Klopp, mindful kubki stanley of a fixture pile-up for his side, made seven changes from the 5-2 midweek victory against Everton, with Sadio Mane dropping to the bench and Alisson Becker back in goal following suspension. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring for the European champions in the 35th minute after poking home Jordan Hendersons long ball, moments after Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake left the pitch injured. Liverpool made it 2-0 just before the break when Naby Keita played a fine one-two with Mohamed Salah and finished from close range, with Keita turning provider for Salah in the 54th minute. - Son stunner - Spurs lost their first match under new boss Mourinho at Old Trafford in midweek but flew out of the blocks at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday. Harry Kane put them ahead with his 14th goal of the season in the fourth minute and Hgkp Shehzad, Umar Akmal ignored for skills camp
NEW DELHI: There are certain things that refuse to change in Indian sports; like passing the buck. The Sports Authority of India SAI director general has suggested remedies in his stocktaking report following Indias dismal performance at the Rio Olympic Games, though its all too obvious that they are too cosmetic to have an impact. HT Image While stanley termoska the lacklustre performance 鈥?India won two medals in Rio compared to six in London 鈥?should have spurred the Indian sports official dom to look at drastic changes and exhaustive brainstorming sessions, the SAI top boss, Injeti Srinivas, has skirted the main issues and said in his report that no radical changes are required for improving the standard of India sports. Coming from a sports administrator, who has been at the helm of decision making in the sports ministry and SAI for nearly a decade, it smacks of short-sightedness. Given that he continues to see some progression in our performance across certain disciplines stanley website even in this dismal scenario, Srinivas needs to wake up and smell the coffee. SKIRTING THE ISSUE While we do need to make some changes, but they do not necessarily require to be very radical changes sic , says Srinivas in his report, even as he goes on to highlight the good things the ministry has don stanley cup e for athletes in the run-up to the Games. Many good steps have been taken in the past few years such as liberal funding norms, introduction of TOPS Target Olympic Podium Scheme and setting up of
Rampant Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 to lock down the Christmas number one spot ahead of Saturdays Manchester derby as Jose Mourinhos Tottenham blitzed Burnley 5-0 to climb stanley cup to fifth in table. Interim boss Duncan Ferguson lifted Evertons spirits, condemning Chelsea to their third Premier League defeat in four matches while bottom club stanley cup Watford battled to a goalless draw against Crystal Palace. Liverpool took advantage of playing before their closest rivals to widen the gulf at the top of the table to 11 points, meaning they cannot be caught by December 25. Liverpool s Mohamed Salah 11 celebrates with teammates. AP Jurgen Klopp, mindful kubki stanley of a fixture pile-up for his side, made seven changes from the 5-2 midweek victory against Everton, with Sadio Mane dropping to the bench and Alisson Becker back in goal following suspension. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring for the European champions in the 35th minute after poking home Jordan Hendersons long ball, moments after Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake left the pitch injured. Liverpool made it 2-0 just before the break when Naby Keita played a fine one-two with Mohamed Salah and finished from close range, with Keita turning provider for Salah in the 54th minute. - Son stunner - Spurs lost their first match under new boss Mourinho at Old Trafford in midweek but flew out of the blocks at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday. Harry Kane put them ahead with his 14th goal of the season in the fourth minute and Hgkp Shehzad, Umar Akmal ignored for skills camp
NEW DELHI: There are certain things that refuse to change in Indian sports; like passing the buck. The Sports Authority of India SAI director general has suggested remedies in his stocktaking report following Indias dismal performance at the Rio Olympic Games, though its all too obvious that they are too cosmetic to have an impact. HT Image While stanley termoska the lacklustre performance 鈥?India won two medals in Rio compared to six in London 鈥?should have spurred the Indian sports official dom to look at drastic changes and exhaustive brainstorming sessions, the SAI top boss, Injeti Srinivas, has skirted the main issues and said in his report that no radical changes are required for improving the standard of India sports. Coming from a sports administrator, who has been at the helm of decision making in the sports ministry and SAI for nearly a decade, it smacks of short-sightedness. Given that he continues to see some progression in our performance across certain disciplines stanley website even in this dismal scenario, Srinivas needs to wake up and smell the coffee. SKIRTING THE ISSUE While we do need to make some changes, but they do not necessarily require to be very radical changes sic , says Srinivas in his report, even as he goes on to highlight the good things the ministry has don stanley cup e for athletes in the run-up to the Games. Many good steps have been taken in the past few years such as liberal funding norms, introduction of TOPS Target Olympic Podium Scheme and setting up of
