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In the world of football, Chelsea are set to get scrutinised for potentially breaching the financial fair play rules in connection with their former owner Roman Abramovich. Legendary English footballer David Beckham said that he was looking forward to visiting India. Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna scripted history by becoming the oldest player to win a match at the Nitto ATP Finals.
Read below to learn details about these top stories and other happenings in the sporting world in the last 24 hours.
Football
Chelsea set to get scrutinised over alleged payments connected to former owner Roman Abramovic h
Chelsea are set to get scrutinised by football authorities after a report in The Guardian stated that Roman Abramovich, the former owner of the club, used offshore companies to make millions of pounds worth of payments to agents and associates. While the leaked files show that these transactions appeared to be for the benefit of Chelsea, it could have breached financial fair play rules if no official declaration was made for the same.
Anwar El Ghazi takes legal action against former club Mainz for contract termination
Anwar El Ghazi, the Dutch winger, is taking legal action against his former club Mainz for terminating his contract after he made a few posts on social media about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Allgemeine Zeitung, the lawyer for the 28-year-old was quoted as saying about the matter, “I don't see any statement in the latest post that is not covered by freedom of expression,” while not commenting about the matter any further because “it is an ongoing legal proceeding.”
Newcastle United interested in signing Ferran Torres from Barcelona: Reports
Newcastle United are reportedly interested in bringing the Spanish forward Ferran Torres to their club next summer from Barcelona for around €40 million as per the report from Fichajes. Notably, the Catalan giants believe that the performances of the 23-year-old have been clearly below expectations, while they are in need to offload some players to keep their finances in order in the near future too.
Manchester United to not let Jadon Sancho leave at cut-price in January transfer window: Reports
Manchester United are reportedly not going to let the English winger Jadon Sancho leave the club at cut-price in the January transfer window after his fallout with the manager Erik ten Hag. As per the Mirror report, the Manchester United boss has made the call that offloading Jadon Sancho is the only option, but they want up to £50 million for him after he joined them last summer for £73 million.
Some major results in football are as under:
UEFA European 2024 Qualifying
Israel 1-1 Switzerland
International Friendlies
Belgium 1-0 Serbia
CAF World Cup 2026 Qualifying
Ethiopia 0-0 Sierra Leone
DR Congo 2-0 Mauritania
Rwanda 0-0 Zimbabwe
Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Namibia
FIFA Under-17 Men’s World Cup 2023
USA 2-1 Burkina Faso
France 1-0 South Korea
Mexico 2-2 Venezuela
New Zealand 1-3 Germany
Former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech joins Belfast Giants on loan
Former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech joined Elite League ice hockey team Belfast Giants in a temporary loan move. Cech made more than 500 Premier League appearances as one of the best goalkeepers of the modern times. He called it quits on his football career at the end of 2018-19 season before switching career to ice hockey. He then went on to join the fourth-tier outfit Guildford Phoenix.
I was looking forward to it: David Beckham on visiting India
Legendary English footballer David Beckham said that he was looking forward to visiting India. The former footballer was in Mumbai on November 15, where he attended India’s CWC’23 semi-final clash against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium. Not only this, but he also spoke about his experience of being in the country.
Beckham said, "I have been waiting for a long time to come to India. This is my first time here and I was looking forward to it. My work with UNICEF began a long time ago when I was probably 17 years old with Manchester United in Thailand, and I then became a global ambassador in 2015...With UNICEF, we focus on boys and girls, but our main focus is on girls at the moment."
Formula 1
Max Verstappen slams Las Vegas GP 2023 as ‘99% show’
Red Bull F1 racer Max Verstappen slammed the Las Vegas Grand Prix as ‘99% show’ saying that he isn’t looking forward to the show. Verstappen said, "It's 99% show and 1% sporting event. Not a lot of emotions to be honest. I mean I don't like. I just want to always focus on the performance side of things, I don't like all the things around it anyway. Verstappen added, “I know of course there are some places that you know (it is) part of it, but let's say it's not my interest.”
Tennis
Andrey Rublev injures himself with racket after ATF finals defeat to Carlos Alcaraz
Andrey Rublev injured himself after his 7-5, 6-2 loss to Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP Finals on Wednesday. Rublev repeatedly hit himself with his racket and ended up with a bloodied left knee. Rublev had already slammed his racket to the ground during the opening of the second set. After missing a shot to hand Alcaraz a break, the Russian started beating himself as he walked to his chair and then used a towel to wipe the blood off. Blood continued to trickle down Rublev’s leg while he continued to play. Eventually, he called a trainer for treatment.
Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest player to win match at Nitto ATP Finals
Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna scripted history by becoming the oldest player to win a match at the Nitto ATP Finals. Bopanna teamed with Matthew Ebden to defeat Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler 6-4, 6-4. Bopanna and Ebden will now lock horns with Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in their final round-robin match on Friday. This is Bopanna’s fourth appearance at the year-end event, while his Australian partner Matthew Ebden is making his debut.
