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കരിയറില്* 900 ഗോള്*; ചരിത്രം കുറിച്ച് ക്രിസ്റ്റ്യാനോ റൊണാള്*ഡോ


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ലിസ്ബണ്*: ചരിത്രം, ഫുട്ബോള്* ഇതിഹാസം ക്രിസ്റ്റ്യാനോ റൊണാള്*ഡോ 900 ഗോളുകളെന്ന മാന്ത്രികസംഖ്യയിലെത്തി. യുവേഫ നേഷന്*സ് ലീഗില്* വ്യാഴാഴ്ച രാത്രി ക്രൊയേഷ്യക്കെതിരായ മത്സരത്തിലാണ് പോര്*ച്ചുഗല്* താരം നാഴികക്കല്ല് പിന്നിട്ടത്. കളിയുടെ 34-ാം മിനിറ്റിലായിരുന്നു ഗോള്*. ഇതോടെ 900 ഗോള്* നേടുന്ന ആദ്യതാരമായി ക്രിസ്റ്റ്യാനോ. ക്രൊയേഷ്യക്കെതിരായ മത്സരത്തിനിറങ്ങുമ്പോള്* ക്രിസ്റ്റ്യാനോയ്ക്ക് 1235 കളിയില്* 899 ഗോളുണ്ടായിരുന്നു.

ക്രൊയേഷ്യന്* വലയില്* പന്തെത്തിച്ചതോടെ ചരിത്രനേട്ടത്തിലെത്തി. ക്ലബ്ബ് കരിയറില്* 1025 കളിയില്* 769 ഗോള്* നേടിയ ക്രിസ്റ്റ്യാനോ രാജ്യത്തിനായി 211 കളിയില്* 131 ഗോളുമായാണ് 900 ത്തിലെത്തിയത്.

ക്ലബ്ബ് കരിയറില്* സ്പോര്*ട്ടിങ് ലിസ്ബണ്* (അഞ്ച് ഗോള്*), മാഞ്ചെസ്റ്റര്* യുണൈറ്റഡ് (172), റയല്* മഡ്രിഡ് (450), യുവന്റസ് (101),അല്* നസ്ര്* (68 ) എന്നിങ്ങനെയാണ് ഗോള്* കണക്ക്. 2002-ലാണ് ക്രിസ്റ്റ്യാനോ പ്രൊഫഷണല്* ഫുട്ബോളിലെത്തിയത്. അതിനുശേഷം ഗോളുകളുടെയും വിജയങ്ങളുടെയും പരമ്പര നേടി. 39-ാം വയസിലും ഗോള്*ദാഹത്തോടെ കളി തുടരുന്നു.

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അര്*ജന്റീന ടീം കൊച്ചിയിലെത്തും; നൂറ് കോടിയിലധികം രൂപ ചെലവ് വരുമെന്ന് മന്ത്രി അബ്ദുറഹിമാന്*




തിരുവനന്തപുരം: കേരളത്തില്* ഫുട്*ബോള്* അക്കാദമി ആരംഭിക്കുന്നതിനും സൗഹൃദ മത്സരത്തിനും അര്*ജന്റീനന്* ഫുട്*ബോള്* അക്കാദമി സന്നദ്ധത അറിയിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെന്ന് കായിക മന്ത്രി വി. അബ്ദുറഹിമാന്*. കേരളത്തിലെ കായിക സമ്പദ്*വ്യവസ്ഥ ശക്തിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതിന്റെ ഭാഗമായാണ് അര്*ജന്റീനന്* ഫുട്*ബോള്* ഫെഡറേഷനുമായി ചര്*ച്ച നടത്തിയതെന്നും അബ്ദുറഹിമാന്* പറഞ്ഞു.

നവംബര്* ആദ്യത്തില്* അര്*ജന്റീനന്* ഫുട്*ബോള്* അധികൃതര്* കൊച്ചിയിലെത്തി ഗ്രൗണ്ട് പരിശോധിക്കും. ഈ ഘട്ടത്തില്* കായിക അക്കാദമി തുടങ്ങുന്നതുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് കരാര്* ഒപ്പുവെക്കാനാകുമെന്നും മന്ത്രി പറഞ്ഞു.

'കേരളത്തില്* കളിക്കാന്* കഴിയുന്ന ഒറ്റ സ്ഥലമേയുള്ളൂ. അത് കൊച്ചിയാണ്. മലപ്പുറത്ത് ആലോചിച്ചിരുന്നു. എന്നാല്*, അവിടെ സീറ്റ് കുറവാണ്. ഇത്തരമൊരു കളി നടക്കുമ്പോള്* കൂടുതല്* ആളുകളെ ഉള്*ക്കൊള്ളിക്കേണ്ടതുണ്ട്. കൊച്ചിയില്* മാത്രമാണ് ഇത്തരത്തില്* കളി നടത്താന്* കേരളത്തില്* സാധിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലം', മന്ത്രി പറഞ്ഞു.

അര്*ജന്റീനന്* ഫുട്*ബോള്* ഫെഡറേഷന്* ഫാന്*സില്* മൂന്നിലൊന്നും ഇന്ത്യയിലാണ്. പ്രത്യേകിച്ചും അത് കേരളത്തിലാണ്. അതുകൂടി കണക്കിലെടുത്തിട്ടാകാം അവര്* സന്നദ്ധത അറിയിച്ചതെന്നും അബ്ദുറഹിമാന്* പറഞ്ഞു.

നൂറ് കോടിയിലധികം ചെലവ് വരുമെന്നാണ് കണക്കാക്കുന്നത്. ഇതിന് മുമ്പ് ഡല്*ഹിയിലെ കളിയില്*നിന്ന് ഓള്* ഇന്ത്യ ഫുട്*ബോള്* ഫെഡറേഷന്* മാറാന്* കാരണം ഇത്രയധികം ചെലവ് വരുമെന്നുള്ളതുകൊണ്ടാണ്. കേരളം പോലൊരു സംസ്ഥാനത്ത് അതിന് നമുക്ക് ശ്രമിക്കാമെന്നും പ്രതീക്ഷയുണ്ടെന്നും മന്ത്രി കൂട്ടിച്ചേര്*ത്തു.

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Manchester City DEFEAT the Premier League in legal challenge over rules about 'inflated' sponsor deals from companies linked to their owners - with a top-flight emergency meeting set for next week to discuss what next



Manchester City today won a landmark legal victory against the Premier League after judges ruled that some of the competition's sponsorship rules are unlawful.

The Associated Party Transactions (APTs) regulations are intended to prevent companies associated with the owners of football clubs from deliberately paying over the odds for deals with the clubs themselves.
The rules were brought in following the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United in an attempt to stop wealthy owners from using these link-ups to boost their teams' revenues so they can spend more money without breaking financial fair play rules.
In City's case, the rules led the Premier League to reject a new sponsorship deal the club had lined up with Etihad late in 2023, as well as a second agreement with an Abu Dhabi-based bank.
A panel of three retired judges has now ruled the league was wrong to stop the deals because elements of the ATP regulation breaches the Competition Act.

The decision will send shockwaves through English football and is being seen as a major blow for Premier League chief executive Richard Masters because it will change the direction of the league's future financial governance.
It could even affect future results by making it easier for clubs with super-rich owners to arrange lucrative sponsorship deals, as well as making it easier to buy and sell players between clubs with the same owners.


Mail Sport understands that the Premier League will now summon its clubs to an emergency meeting next week to discuss what happens next.
City, which is owned by a firm linked to Abu Dhabi's ruling family, are currently facing 115 charges of breaking Premier League financial rules in a separate legal case.

The club took the league to court earlier this year, claiming APTs were unfair.
In a statement today, City said: 'Manchester City Football Club thanks the distinguished members of the Arbitral Tribunal for their work and considerations and welcomes their findings.'
In a statement of no fewer than 1,248 words, the Premier League said it 'welcomed' the panel's findings 'which endorsed the overall objectives, framework and decision-making of the APT system'.
It added: 'The tribunal did, however, identify a small number of discrete elements of the rules which do not, in their current form, comply with competition and public law requirements. These elements can quickly and effectively be remedied by the league and clubs.'
The statement added that the APT system would continue to operate 'taking into account the findings made by the tribunal'.
City had argued that such payments were unfair and not at market value as they were often at zero or no interest or did not have to be repaid at all. If commercial rates are now applied – and those loans included in club's profit and sustainability accounts - many could find themselves in breach of financial regulation in what could be a nightmare scenario that would heap pressure on Premier League bosses.

The verdict could also open the door for City and others to pen significantly higher deals with related parties.
The bombshell findings, seen by Mail Sport, were delivered in a 175-page report to clubs this afternoon. It remains to be seen what happens next.
City are expected to seek costs and damages while the Premier League are expected to have to amend or dump the system entirely. Other clubs could also seek damages should they believe they have been impacted.
The panel ruled the league was wrong to reject, under ATP rules, a wide-ranging new sponsorship deal City had lined up with Etihad late last year. City's previous 10-year deal with the Abu Dhabi-based airline features heavily in the separate case on the 115 charges.
The stopping of another deal with an Abu Dhabi-based bank was also branded procedurally unfair.
City's expensively-assembled legal team led by Lord Pannick, the KC spearheading City's defence against the 115, launched a series of claims against APT rules, many of which centred on the element that deals had to represent what the league deemed Fair Market Value (FMV). They claimed rules were designed to end their reign of success and were the result of a 'tyranny of the majority'.
While many of their claims were rejected, they scored victories in no fewer than seven key arguments. City had only needed to show the rules were unlawful for one reason.

The panel found the rules in breach of competition law 'by object', a serious and damning infringement.
While the APT rules were brought in after the time period involved in the 115 charges, the panel's findings may well trigger panic among City's rivals across the league, with concerns already raised over costs.

Within the ruling it also emerged that Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, and West Ham gave evidence in favour of the Premier League, along with Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham, and Wolves.
The panel consisting of Sir Nigel Teare, a retired High Court judge; Christopher Vajda KC, a former judge of the European Court of Justice and Lord Dyson, former Justice of the Supreme Court, also found the rules unlawful because clubs could not comment on data from other deals relied on by the Premier League before it determined whether a deal was at fair market value.
The Etihad verdict was 'procedurally unfair' and 'must be set aside' because City did not have the opportunity to respond to the Premier League's analysis before it reached its decision. The deal with First Abu Dhabi was also unfair because City were not given details of transactions with other clubs the Premier League referred to in its final decision and that there was an 'unreasonable delay' of around three months.

Among their arguments City said the changes were down to 'fearmongering' after the Saudi takeover at Newcastle. They had also claimed that the rules were specifically aimed at Gulf-owned clubs, citing an email from one club on behalf of 11 in total, but the panel found that not to be the case.
The panel members also made a number of findings in support of the amendments with the ex-judges pointing out that there 'was a sufficient evidential basis for the Premier League to conclude…that the (old) rules were ineffective in controlling APTs'.

They dismissed many of City's five claims, stating that Fair Market Value (FMV) while 'not an exact science' was an 'inherent' part of profit and sustainability rules and that there was no element of price fixing nor an unclear criteria. But that will be of little consolation to the league or City's rivals.

Last week, Mail Sport reported how the last-minute withdrawal of a proposed amendment to APT rules was dropped from a Premier League meeting agenda in what had been interpreted as a clear indication of which way the case had gone.
The Premier League's case against City over 115 alleged breaches of financial rules is now in its third week of an expected 10. Should the club be found guilty it could lead to vast fines, or even relegation for Pep Guardiola's side.
However, while there may be no direct impact, City officials have delivered a bloody nose to the competition and will no doubt hope the ruling sets a clear precedent.

Multiple clubs including perennial rivals Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool gave evidence in favour of the Premier League