City's captain Kompany's red card overturned in an amazing U-turn

When City's captain was shown a red card during the encounter with the Gunners, the morale of the Citizens plummeted and everyone had a long face.

Vincent Kompany is sent off by Mike Dean

But in an amazing U-Turn of the decision, Vincent Kompany's red card against Arsenal has been rescinded by FA chiefs.

It may be added that Kompany was dismissed by referee Mike Dean in the 74th minute at the Emirates on Sunday following a two-footed challenge on Jack Wilshere.

And officials at Wembley were minded yesterday to ban the defender for three matches but in a move which Sportsmail understands has left referees' management fuming, the Belgium defender will be free to face Fulham on Saturday.

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However, it has not yet been confirmed whether Kompany's punishment has been downgraded to a yellow card, which is likely, or whether it has been rescinded altogether.

Read more about it at: Mail Online

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Kamran Akmal to lead Pakistan in Super Sixes

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday named wicket keeper batsman Kamran Akmal as a captain to lead the side in  Hong Kong Super Sixes .Pakistan face India, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands in Pool B of the eight-team tournament, with Australia, England, South Africa and Hong Kong in Pool A.

Pakistan beat England in last year’s final to secure their fifth title in the tournament, first staged in 1992.

The event will be held on October 27 and 28. The teams consist of six players with one player as substitute.

Squad: Kamran Akmal (captain), Umar Akmal, Owais Zia, Hammad Azam, Yasir Shah, Junaid Khan, Tanveer Ahmed.

via The News Tribe

Rooney to be England's football captain

Wayne Rooney will be given the opportunity to captain England for the first time in a competitive international in their World Cup qualifier against San Marino after Frank Lampard was ruled out of the match through injury.

England face the European minnows at Wembley on Friday, four days before a sterner test against Poland in Warsaw.

Rooney, who has 76 caps for England and missed the opening two Group H matches after suffering a nasty cut playing for Manchester United, captained his country in a friendly against Brazil three years ago.

Read more about it at Business Recorder

Pakistan Cricket: Hafeez appointed T20 captain, Misbah retained for Test and ODI

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Thursday that Misbahul Haq has been retained as captain for the one-day and Test teams, while Muhammad Hafeez has been appointed vice-captain for both formats and captain for the T20 team.

With the new appointments, the squads for T20, Test and ODIs will be as under:

Test squad: Muhammad Hafeez, Taufiq Umar, Azhar Ali, Misbahul Haq (Captain), Younus Khan, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Sami, Faisal Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Afaq Rahim, Muhammad Ayub Dogar and Ijaz Cheema.

T20 squad: Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shehzad, Muhammad Hafeez (Captain), Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shakeel Ansar, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, Umer Gul, Sohaib Tanveer, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hassan, Haris Sohail, Muhammad Sami, Hammad Azam and Nasir Jamshed.

ODI squad: Muhammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Younus Khan, Misbahul Haq (Captain), Umar Akmal, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Umer Gul, Rahat Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rahman, Muhammad Sami, Asad Shafiq, Ijaz Cheema, Azhar Ali and Imran Farhat.


[via Express Tribune]

UEFA: Suspended Chelsea Captain Terry may lift Trophy

Suspended Chelsea captain John Terry would be allowed to lift the Champions League trophy if his side defeat Bayern Munich in the final on 19 May, UEFA has confirmed to BBC Sport.

Terry is banned after being sent off for violent conduct in the semi-final second leg against Barcelona.

UEFA's rules only prevent suspended players from sitting on the bench. The governing body also said it will not change its rules to let six other suspended players feature.

It means Terry will have to watch the final from the stands, along with Raul Meireles, Ramires and Branislav Ivanovic, all of whom are banned after being booked against Barcelona.

Read details: BBC Sport

Scott Parker to captain England

Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker will captain England in their friendly against the Netherlands on Wednesday, the Football Association confirmed.

Caretaker boss Stuart Pearce chose Parker ahead of contenders like Steven Gerrard of Liverpool and Manchester City's James Milner and Joe Hart.

Parker, 31, has won 10 caps since his debut in November 2003 and featured in seven of England's nine games in 2011.

Read details: BBC Sport / Football