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Hans India
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Mizoram pip Punjab on penalties to enter Swami Vivekananda Men's U20 NFC semis
Narainpur (Chhattisgarh): Mizoram claimed victory in a roller-coaster of a Swami Vivekananda Men's U20 National Football Championship quarterfinal, defeating Punjab in a penalty shootout after the latter came back to level the score from being two goals down. The northeastern side eventually won the shootout 4-2 as the match ended 2-2 after extra time. It was a game of two different halves, followed by a goalless half-hour of extra time. Mizoram were masters of the first half, Michael Lalbiaksanga (10') and PC Pazawna (23' p) putting them in a comfortable position. Punjab, however, roared back after the change of ends, Akashdeep Singh (69') and Arshvir Singh (80' p) levelling things up to send the match into extra time. Contrary to the match, Punjab found themselves with the initial advantage, after Mizoram's first penalty by PC Pazawna was saved by goalkeeper Jaskaran Dub. However, the rest of the Mizoram players – Ngurthanmawia, F Malsawmtluanga, Lalremtluanga L and Freddy Lalruatkima – entrusted with taking the penalties and did their part in scoring. Punjab, who scored their first two penalties through Akashdeep Singh and Arshvir Singh, saw their challenge for a last-four spot fade away after Karan Kumar Sharma sent his spot-kick over the cross-bar while captain Harmandeep Singh's penalty was saved by Joel B Lalramchhana, Mizoram's goalkeeper and captain. Earlier in the first half, Mizoram got off to a cracking start after Lalbiaksanga gave them the lead in the 10th minute. Standing over a free-kick from the edge of the penalty box, near the right flank, Lalbiaksanga went for glory and found the top corner, to put his side in the lead. Things looked murkier for Punjab when Mohd Sahil was adjudged to have brought Ngurthanmawia down inside the box, and a penalty was awarded to Mizoram, on the Pazawna scored comfortably to double his side's lead. With the change of ends came the turn of the tables. Punjab began to crowd the Mizoram box with bodies in their attempts to connect with crosses from the wings. That also opened up spaces for Mizoram to exploit on the counter. It was, however, a counter-attack from Punjab that set their come-back in motion. Substitute Gurmeet Singh and captain Harmandeep Singh combined to intercept the ball in the Mizoram half, after it was hooved up field by keeper Jaskaran. They eventually worked the ball out wide, where an Arshvir cut-back set Akashdeep to halve the deficit. With a little over 10 minutes of regulation time left, a penalty was awarded to Punjab for a handball by Mizoram inside their own box. Arshvir, who had set up the first goal, stepped up to the spot and turned scorer to draw level. After a goalless extra time, Mizoram finally held their nerve to win 4-2 in the penalty shootout. They will face Meghalaya in the semi-final on Sunday at 3:30 pm IST. Meanwhile, defending champions Delhi take on Sports Authority of India in the first match of the day at 7:30 am IST. Both matches will be played at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Ground and will be streamed live on the Indian Football YouTube channel.
United News of India
23-05-2025
- Sport
- United News of India
Mizoram pip Punjab on penalties to enter Men's U20 NFC semi-finals
Narainpur (Chhattisgarh), May 23 (UNI) Mizoram on Friday claimed victory in a roller-coaster of a Swami Vivekananda Men's U20 National Football Championship quarterfinal, defeating Punjab in a penalty shootout after the latter came back to level the score from being two goals down. The northeastern side eventually won the shootout 4-2 as the match ended 2-2 after extra time. It was a game of two different halves, followed by a goalless half-hour of extra time. Mizoram were masters of the first half, Michael Lalbiaksanga (10') and PC Pazawna (23' p) putting them in a comfortable position. Punjab, however, roared back after the change of ends, (Akashdeep Singh (69') and Arshvir Singh (80' p) levelling things up to send the match into extra time. Contrary to the match, Punjab found themselves with the initial advantage, after Mizoram's first penalty by PC Pazawna was saved by goalkeeper Jaskaran Dub. However, the rest of the Mizoram players – Ngurthanmawia, F Malsawmtluanga, Lalremtluanga L, and Freddy Lalruatkima – entrusted with taking the penalties did their part in scoring. Punjab, who scored their first two penalties through Akashdeep Singh and Arshvir Singh, saw their challenge for a last-four spot fade away after Karan Kumar Sharma sent his spot-kick over the cross-bar, while captain Harmandeep Singh's penalty was saved by Joel B Lalramchhana, Mizoram's goalkeeper and captain. Earlier in the first half, Mizoram got off to a cracking start after Lalbiaksanga gave them the lead in the 10th minute. Standing over a free-kick from the edge of the penalty box, near the right flank, Lalbiaksanga went for glory and found the top corner, to put his side in the lead. Things looked murkier for Punjab when Mohd Sahil was adjudged to have brought Ngurthanmawia down inside the box, and a penalty was awarded to Mizoram, on the Pazawna scored comfortably to double his side's lead. With the change of ends came the turn of the tables. Punjab began to crowd the Mizoram box with bodies in their attempts to connect with crosses from the wings. That also opened up spaces for Mizoram to exploit on the counter. It was, however, a counter-attack from Punjab that set their come-back in motion. Substitute Gurmeet Singh and captain Harmandeep Singh combined to intercept the ball in the Mizoram half, after it was hooved up field by keeper Jaskaran. They eventually worked the ball out wide, where an Arshvir cut-back set Akashdeep to halve the deficit. With a little over 10 minutes of regulation time left, a penalty was awarded to Punjab for a hand-ball by Mizoram inside their own box. Arshvir, who had set up the first goal, stepped up to the spot and turned scorer to draw level. After a goalless extra time, Mizoram finally held their nerve to win 4-2 in the penalty shootout. They will face Meghalaya in the semi-final on Sunday, May 25, at 3.30 pm IST. Meanwhile, defending champions Delhi take on Sports Authority of India in the first match of the day at 7.30 am IST. Both matches will be played at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Ground and will be streamed live on the Indian Football YouTube channel. UNI BM
BBC News
22-05-2025
- BBC News
Pair jailed for life for arson attack on Wolverhampton home
Two men have been jailed for life for murdering a man and severely injuring his mother in an arson attack on their Wolverhampton family of victim Akashdeep Singh described the incident last June as "pure evil", adding the attack was meant for someone else and had left the family with "unimaginable" pain and Tatters and Dale Francis were given respective minimum terms of 34 and 36 years for murder and three counts of attempted murder at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Singh, who was trapped upstairs in the fire but managed to call emergency services, later died in hospital Tatters, 26, of no fixed address, was captured on CCTV smashing a bay window at the home in Plascom Road, East Park, before using petrol and a lighter to engulf the living room in 37, from Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, acted as a driver and look out, jurors of Mr Singh's brothers managed to escape by jumping out of a first floor window. Four other family members, including a 16-year-old boy, were injured in the blaze. The family said they could find no reason why they had been targeted. Mr Justice Wall told the court he could not say whether or not the men had "identified the wrong house" and had intended to kill other the pair's "appalling criminality" had ended the life of Mr Singh and had a "catastrophic" effect on his family, he the pair, the judge told them: "I am sure you intended to kill anyone who found themselves in the house at the time of the fire."The trauma Mr Singh's mother endured included being given CPR for 35 minutes before she could be taken to spent almost three months in intensive care and had part of her leg men put other lives at risk, including those of neighbours and firefighters, the judge said, telling the pair he had considered imposing whole life sentences. In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Singh's family said the fire was an act of "pure evil".The statement, read by prosecutor Mark Heywood KC, said: "On the 25 of June 2024 our whole life changed as a family."Within minutes everything had turned to ashes."Mr Singh "had a lot of dreams and goals for the future, including marriage and children, but this has been snatched away from him and us because of the fire."They added: "This fire was meant for someone else. But we will have to live with the consequences of this fire forever."
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Pair who murdered 26-year-old in 'appalling' arson attack are jailed for total of 70 years as victim's relatives condemn their 'pure evil'
Two men who murdered a 26-year-old 'beloved son' in an arson attack have been jailed for a total of 70 years. Daniel Tatters and Dale Francis were filmed by a security camera as they used petrol and a lighter to start a fire at the home of 26-year-old Akashdeep Singh. They began by smashing and removing a bay window before setting the living room alight. Tatters, 26 and Francis, 37, were handed respective minimum terms of 34 and 36 years for murder and three counts of attempted murder following a three-week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. The pair were told during sentencing by Mr Justice Wall that their 'appalling criminality' had ended the life of Mr Singh and had a 'catastrophic' effect on his family. It comes after jurors were played footage in court of CCTV that showed Tatters, of no fixed address, setting the fire while Francis, of Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, acted as a driver and look-out at the scene. Both were unanimously convicted of murder, arson with intent to endanger life and attempted murder on Tuesday after jurors deliberated for more than nine hours. Jailing the pair today for life, the judge told them: 'The family are now all traumatised by the death of Akashdeep Singh. 'I am sure you intended to kill anyone who found themselves in the house at the time of the fire.' Mr Singh died in hospital hours on from the fire after being trapped upstairs at his home in East Park, Wolverhampton. As well as killing Mr Singh, the judge said the two defendants had caused injuries to his mother which saw her spend almost three months in intensive care and forced the amputation of part of her leg. A lighter discovered by fire crews near the bay window was found to have Tatters's DNA on it while phone records, an in-car tracking device and other CCTV footage linked Francis, of Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, to the attack. Tatters told jurors he had never been to Wolverhampton and had cut his hand on a glass pane while falling over in his garden. The judge told Tatters and Francis: 'She had to be given CPR for 35 minutes at the scene before she could be taken away to hospital.' After telling both men they had put other lives at risk, including those of neighbours and firefighters who entered the property to rescue family members, the judge said he had considered but decided against imposing whole life sentences. The judge added he could not say whether or not the men had 'identified the wrong house' and had instead intended to kill other people. Seconds later a huge flash of white light can be seen as the property goes up in flames In a victim impact statement read to the court prior to sentence, Mr Singh's family said the fire was an act of 'pure evil' meant for someone else which had left a normal family with 'unimaginable' pain and suffering. The statement, read to the court by prosecutor Mark Heywood KC, said: 'On the 25th of June 2024 our whole life changed as a family. 'Within minutes everything had turned to ashes.' Before going to bed, the statement said, family members had been talking about a forthcoming family trip to India but had woken to 'horrors that are unimaginable and difficult to describe'. The family could think of no reason why anyone would wish to harm them and regarded what had happened as 'pure evil' which had taken the life of a 'happy, loving and innocent' soul. Mr Singh's family added: 'He had a lot of dreams and goals for the future including marriage and children. 'But this has been snatched away from him and us because of the fire. 'Losing Akashdeep has left a void that will never be filled. We still can't believe he's gone - not in a humane way but by being murdered. 'We are just a normal family. This fire was meant for someone else. But we will have to live with the consequences of this fire forever.'
The Independent
22-05-2025
- The Independent
Pair jailed for life for murdering 26-year-old man in ‘pure evil' arson attack
Two men have been jailed for life for launching a 'pure evil' arson attack on a family home, killing a 26-year-old man and leaving his mother with life-changing injuries. Daniel Tatters and Dale Francis were handed respective minimum terms of 34 and 36 years for the murder of Akashdeep Singh and three counts of attempted murder. A three-week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Tatters was filmed by a security camera as he smashed and removed a bay window at the home of Mr Singh, before using petrol and a lighter to engulf the living room in flames. Tatters, 26, and Francis, 37, were told by Mr Justice Wall that their 'appalling criminality' had ended the life of Mr Singh and had a 'catastrophic' effect on his family. Jailing the pair, both from Stoke-on-Trent, for life on Thursday, the judge told them: 'The family are now all traumatised by the death of Akashdeep Singh. 'I am sure you intended to kill anyone who found themselves in the house at the time of the fire.' Mr Singh died in hospital hours after the fire after being trapped upstairs at his home in Plascom Road, East Park, Wolverhampton. As well as killing Mr Singh, the judge said the two defendants had caused injuries to his mother which saw her spend almost three months in intensive care and forced the amputation of part of her leg. The judge told Tatters and Francis: 'She had to be given CPR for 35 minutes at the scene before she could be taken away to hospital.' After telling both men they had put other lives at risk, including those of neighbours and firefighters who entered the property to rescue family members, the judge said he had considered but decided against imposing whole life sentences. The judge also said he could not say whether or not the men had 'identified the wrong house' and had instead intended to kill other victims. Tatters, of no fixed address, was caught on CCTV setting the fire while Francis, of Clare Street, Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, acted as a driver and look-out at the scene. Both were unanimously convicted of murder, arson with intent to endanger life and attempted murder on Tuesday after jurors deliberated for more than nine hours. In a victim impact statement read to the court prior to sentence, Mr Singh's family said the fire was an act of 'pure evil' meant for someone else which had left a normal family with 'unimaginable' pain and suffering. The statement, read to the court by prosecutor Mark Heywood KC, said: 'On the 25th of June 2024 our whole life changed as a family. 'Within minutes everything had turned to ashes.' Before going to bed, the statement said, family members had been talking about a forthcoming family trip to India but had woken to 'horrors that are unimaginable and difficult to describe'. The family could think of no reason why anyone would wish to harm them and regarded what had happened as 'pure evil' which had taken the life of a 'happy, loving and innocent' soul. Mr Singh's family added: 'He had a lot of dreams and goals for the future including marriage and children. 'But this has been snatched away from him and us because of the fire. 'Losing Akashdeep has left a void that will never be filled. We still can't believe he's gone – not in a humane way but by being murdered. 'We are just a normal family. This fire was meant for someone else. But we will have to live with the consequences of this fire forever.'
