Amorim shrugs off Onana mistakes after Manchester Utd held to draw

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim defended under-fire goalkeeper Andre Onana following the Cameroonian's costly mistakes in his side's 2-2 draw at Olympique Lyonnais in their Europa League quarter-final first leg on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Onana allowed Thiago Almada's free kick to squirm past him in the Groupama Stadium and was also at fault for Rayan Cherki's last-gasp equaliser that denied United victory.

Since the start of last season, no Premier League club's goalkeeper has made more errors leading to goals being conceded in all competitions than Onana.

"It can happen, if you play football, you play a lot of games, you can make mistakes," Amorim said. "If you look at the season, I make more mistakes than them during these last games and these last months.

"The other thing is we have one more game to change everything and that should be our focus, according to Reuters.

Nepali cricket team all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee sets new record

Nepal cricket team’s all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee has set a new record in the T20I.

He has set a record as a player who has never been ducked out in any match in T20I. Airee has not been ducked out while playing 66 matches of 76.

In the match played against Kuwait on Thursday, he scored 31 runs off 12 balls with three boundaries and three sixes.

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His attacking game brought the match to Nepal’s favor.

He set this record after playing the second match of the Quadrangular T20I Series underway in Hong Kong.

Marlon Samuels of West Indies is on the second of the list who has not been duked out.

 

 

 

 

Lionel Messi scores twice as Inter Miami advances to Concacaf Champions Cup semis

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are off to the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals.

Miami scored three consecutive goals on Wednesday, two of which were scored by Messi, to overcome a 2-0 deficit and win its two-game, total-goal-wins series against rival MLS club Los Angeles Football club. LAFC entered Wednesday's game with a narrow, 1-0 aggregate lead owing to their triumph last week in Southern California, according to Fox Sports.

In contrast to the UEFA Champions League, which eliminated the away goals tiebreaker a few seasons ago, Concacaf, which encompasses North and Central America as well as the Caribbean, continues to employ this contentious method to determine the winner in the event that clubs are tied after 180 minutes. Long's goal from distance meant that the series would not go to extra time even if Miami scored two goals in a row.

But Messi scored a sensational goal just before halftime to give Miami some hope, Fox Sports reported.

Noah Allen, a 20-year-old native of Florida, opened the second half with a 2-2 aggregate score. Then, Messi was sent to the penalty spot after a LAFC handball with six minutes of regular time left. Miami is headed to the final four for the first time in the club's history after the greatest of all time made a perfect 12-yard field goal.

 

Quadrangular T20I series: Nepal register straight second win

Nepal defeated Kuwait by six wickets in their second match of the Quadrangular T20I series on Thursday. This is the second consecutive win for Nepal.

In the match played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, Nepal, riding on the opening partnership of 127 runs between Asif Sheikh and Kushal Bhurtel, achieved the target of 186 runs set by Kuwait in 18. 5 over losing four wickets.

Bhurtel scored highest 81 runs off 50 balls for Nepal hitting six boundaries and six sixes. Sheikh made 53 runs with two fours and four sixes.

Dipendra Singh Airee contributed 31 runs off 12 balls to turn the match in Nepal’s favor.

Captain Rohit Paudel remained unbeaten on four and Gulsan Jha on Nine.

Yasin Patel claimed two wickets for Kuwait. Similarly, Mohammad Aslam and Mohammad Shafiq took one wicket each.

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Earlier, Kuwait, who were invited to strike first after losing the toss, posted 185 runs.

Opener Clint Anto top-scored for Kuwait with 41 runs hitting four boundaries and two sixes. Another opener Ravija Sandaruwan made 26 runs.

Similarly, Meet Bhavsar contributed 35, Usman Patel 13 and Bilal Tahir scored 32.

Likewise, skipper Mohammad Aslam remained unbeaten on 17 and Yasin Patel on 3 runs.

Sompal Kami took three wickets for Nepal. Mandan Yadav claimed two wickets and Lalit Rajbansi and Kushal Bhurtel took one wicket each.

Earlier on Wednesday, Nepal defeated Qatar by eight wickets.