football teams

MANCHESTER: City Football Group (CFG), owner of English Premier League side Manchester City, has confirmed the purchase of third-tier Chinese football team Sichuan Jiuniu, in partnership with UBTECH and China Sports Capital. 

The acquisition makes the Chengdu, Sichuan Province-based outfit the seventh club in the global CFG portfolio. 

For the record, CFG is a holding company that administers association football clubs under the ownership of Abu Dhabi United Group. It is part-owned by Chinese firms China Media Capital and CITIC Capital. 

Jun 21, 2018 14:06
NEW DELHI: The Indian men's football team's participation in the Asian Games was thrown into confusion Wednesday after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) asserted it would stick to its criteria for team events, which the sport does not meet at the moment.