Dabang Delhi lose thriller to Patna Pirates

New Delhi
Dabang Delhi’s hopes of making the semifinals suffered a big setback as they lost a thrilling encounter (32-31) to Patna Pirates in Pro Kabaddi League here today. Meraj Sheykh’s heroic performance wasn’t enough for Delhi even as Pardeep Narwal’s fantastic performance counted for Patna Pirates. Pardeep scored nine raid points to lead his team win. Sheykh suffered an injury early in the game but battled on to score 11 points. Pirates remain top of the league with 52 points from 13 games, whereas Delhi are seventh in the table with 27 points from 12 games. 

Zurich
FIFA panel bans ex-head of German FA for one year

FIFA’s Ethics Committee has banned Wolfgang Niersbach, the former president of the German Football Association, for one year for failing to report potential misconduct surrounding the award of the 2006 soccer World Cup in Germany. The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee barred Niersbach from all football-related activity, it said on Monday. FIFA investigators had sought a two-year ban. “The present case did not look into possible breaches of the FIFA code of ethics in relation to possible acts of bribery and/or corruption with regards to the award of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but only evaluated Mr Niersbach’s awareness of the said incidents and his failure to report them to the Ethics Committee in a timely manner,” the panel said in a statement.  

London
Liverpool, Sevilla fined by UEFA over crowd trouble 

Liverpool have been fined ^16,000 for an illicit banner and setting off fireworks during the Europa League finals in May, UEFA announced on Monday. Juergen Klopp’s side lost the final 3-1 to Spanish club Sevilla in Basel, and both clubs faced charges by European soccer’s governing body following crowd disturbances. Police intervention was required to stop scuffles between both sets of fans, who shared one end of the stadium with a small steward presence at St Jakob-Park. — Agencies