Latest news with #Mukhtar
Fox Sports
3 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Sam Surridge scores MLS-leading 17th goal, adds assist as Nashville beats Crew 3-0
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Surridge had a goal and an assists, Hany Mukhtar also scored a goal and Nashville SC beat Columbus 3-0 on Wednesday night to snap the Crew's five-game unbeaten streak, which included four wins. Joe Willis had four saves and his eighth shutouts this season — tied for third most in MLS — for Nashville (13-5-5). Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the second minute on an own goal by Sean Zawadzki. Edvard Tagseth, on the counter-attack, tapped a first-touch pass from the top of the area to the left side, where Alex Muyl played a chest-high entry that was redirected into the net by Zawdzki. Mukhtar scored in the 30th make it 2-0. Surridge, on the counter-attack, played a low cross from the left side of the area to a charging Mukhtar for a sliding finish the deflected off the hands of goalkeeper Patrick Schulte into the net. Surridge made it 3-0 with MLS-leading 17th goal of the season in the 82nd. Andy Najar played a low ball-ahead that led Ahmed Qasem toward the right end line and, as Schulte darted to the near post, Qasem tapped a back-pass to Surridge for a first-touch finish into a wide-open net. Schulte finished with two saves. Columbus (11-4-8) had 58% possession and outshot Nashville 23-10, though each team had just four on target. Nashville lost 2-1 to Lionel Messi — who scored two goals for his MLS-record fifth consecutive game — Miami last time out to snap a four-game win streak and a club-record 12-match unbeaten streak. The teams played to a 2-2 tie on May 28. ___ AP soccer: recommended Item 1 of 1
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Sam Surridge scores MLS-leading 17th goal, adds assist as Nashville beats Crew 3-0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Surridge had a goal and an assists, Hany Mukhtar also scored a goal and Nashville SC beat Columbus 3-0 on Wednesday night to snap the Crew's five-game unbeaten streak, which included four wins. Joe Willis had four saves and his eighth shutouts this season — tied for third most in MLS — for Nashville (13-5-5). Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the second minute on an own goal by Sean Zawadzki. Edvard Tagseth, on the counter-attack, tapped a first-touch pass from the top of the area to the left side, where Alex Muyl played a chest-high entry that was redirected into the net by Zawdzki. Mukhtar scored in the 30th make it 2-0. Surridge, on the counter-attack, played a low cross from the left side of the area to a charging Mukhtar for a sliding finish the deflected off the hands of goalkeeper Patrick Schulte into the net. Surridge made it 3-0 with MLS-leading 17th goal of the season in the 82nd. Andy Nájar played a low ball-ahead that led Ahmed Qasem toward the right end line and, as Schulte darted to the near post, Qasem tapped a back-pass to Surridge for a first-touch finish into a wide-open net. Schulte finished with two saves. Columbus (11-4-8) had 58% possession and outshot Nashville 23-10, though each team had just four on target. Nashville lost 2-1 to Lionel Messi — who scored two goals for his MLS-record fifth consecutive game — Miami last time out to snap a four-game win streak and a club-record 12-match unbeaten streak. The teams played to a 2-2 tie on May 28. ___ AP soccer:
USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Major League Soccer adds six players to All-Star roster: Who made the list?
Major League Soccer Golden Boot co-leader Sam Surridge, and former league MVPs Hany Mukhtar and Carles Gil are among six players added to the 2025 MLS All-Star roster, the league announced Tuesday, July 15. Surridge has been a frontrunner in the MLS Golden Boot race this season with 16 goals – a mark recently tied by Inter Miami All-Star Lionel Messi in the last month – but was a notable snub when the All-Star roster was first announced on June 25. Surridge will make his first All-Star appearance. The 2025 MLS All-Star Game will be played on Wednesday, July 23 at 9 p.m. ET (MLS Season Pass on Apple TV), with the MLS All-Stars facing off against standouts from Mexico's LIGA MX at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. The additions were made by MLS All-Star head coach Nico Estévez of Austin FC. Surridge and Mukhtar, the 2022 MLS MVP making his fourth consecutive All-Star appearance, have been instrumental in helping Nashville SC to second place in the Eastern Conference behind the Philadelphia Union. Mukhtar is one of four players in MLS with 10 goals and eight assists this season. He joins the other three already named 2025 All-Stars in Cincinnati's Evander (13 goals, eight assists) and San Diego's Anders Dreyer (11 goals, 15 assists) and Orlando City's Martín Ojeda (10 goals, nine assists). Mukhtar leads all players with 76 goals and 132 goal contributions since joining MLS in 2020. Gil, a midfielder for the New England Revolution and the MLS MVP in 2021, earns his third All-Star nod leading the club with 15 goal contributions (eight goals, seven assists) in 21 matches this season. San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Cristian Espinoza earns his second MLS All-Star Game appearance. He has 11 assists and four goals in 20 matches, and has recorded at least 11 assists in each of the last four seasons. Orlando City SC forwardMarco Pašalić, an All-Star for the first time, has 10 goals and four assists in 22 matches during his first season with the club. Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Obed Vargas, who became the third-youngest player in MLS history to appear in a match at 16 in 2022, is also a first-time All-Star. The 19-year-old midfielder has a goal and three assists in 18 starts during the regular season, and is considered one of the league's most promising young players. Messi, 38, is the oldest player on the 2025 MLS All-Star roster followed by his Inter Miami teammate Jordi Alba, 36. It's unclear whether the Argentine World Cup champion and 2024 MLS MVP will participate in the showcase. He did not last year. Seven players from the U.S. men's national team were among MLS All-Stars initially announced: Patrick Agyemang (Charlotte), Max Arfsten (Columbus), Alex Freeman (Orlando), Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake), Miles Robinson (Cincinnati), Sebastian Berhalter and Brian White (Vancouver). Austin FC forward Brandon Vazquez won't participate after he suffered a season-ending ACL tear in his right knee during the US Open Cup quarterfinal match against San Jose Earthquakes on July 8. 2025 MLS All-Star roster by position and selection mechanism
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
SBSP steps up activity in Mau to stake claim for bypoll ticket
Lucknow: BJP ally Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party has begun spadework to stake claim for contesting the Mau assembly bypoll — necessitated after the disqualification of SBSP MLA and late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's son Abbas Ansari, after his conviction in a hate speech case. SBSP chief and UP panchayati Raj minister Om Prakash Rajbhar told TOI that the party has deployed its functionaries at the booth and sector levels to bolster the organisational structure. He said party functionaries of various castes have been stationed in villages to organise 'chaupals' (village meetings). Rajbhar said the party will hold more than two dozen chaupals every day in Mau, which has a sizable population of Rajbhars, who form the party's core vote base. Rajbhar's focus on chaupals and booth-level mobilisation, especially in a constituency with a strong Rajbhar presence, is being seen as an effort to cement SBSP's status as the voice of non-dominant OBCs while projecting the party as not just a BJP ally, but a grassroots force in its own right. The party, experts said, might also be testing its bargaining power with the BJP, besides increasing its legislative presence and visibility ahead of the 2027 UP elections. I nterestingly, the constituency is dominated by Muslims, who comprise around 35% of the total electorate. This voting bloc has traditionally been aligned with the Ansari family for nearly two decades. Mukhtar won the seat twice on a BSP ticket (in 1996 and 2017), twice as an independent (2002 and 2007), and once as a Quami Ekta Dal (QED) candidate in 2012. Mukhtar died in Banda jail following a cardiac arrest in 2024. His son Abbas won the seat in 2022 on an SBSP ticket, which was then an ally of the Samajwadi Party. He defeated BJP's Ashok Singh by a margin of 48,000 votes. Rajbhar, however, snapped ties and joined the BJP-led NDA in 2023. Rajbhar reiterated that his party was a runner-up in the seat in 2017 and won it in 2022. "Mau has been our constituency. We groomed it for long," Rajbhar asserted. Sources said that Rajbhar's elder son, Arvind, camped in the constituency to oversee the political spadework. A senior SBSP leader mentioned that Rajbhar seeks to play up the issue of social justice and sub-division of OBC and SC quota. BJP sources, however, said that a formal decision on who would contest the Mau bypoll would be taken after the Election Commission issues the notification for the same. Speculations have been rife that the bypoll may be held along with the Bihar assembly elections later this year. "The byelection in Mau would be contested by NDA. A broader consensus would be drawn soon," a BJP functionary said, asserting that all poll parameters would be factored in before any decision is taken. Nevertheless, analysts said, the BJP sought to formulate its strategy on the lines of by-polls in the Muslim-dominated Kundarki and Rampur assembly seats, which it won in 2024 and 2022, respectively.
Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
VIDEO: MLS star Hany Mukhtar leads entire Nashville SC team in Diogo Jota celebration after netting game-winning penalty in 100th minute
Nashville players paid tribute to Jota Mukhtar led entire team to perform Jota celebration Scored late winner against Philadelphia Union WHAT HAPPENED? Ten-man Nashville edged out Philadelphia 1-0 in an MLS clash on Saturday courtesy of Mukhtar's 101st-minute penalty goal. After scoring the winner, the German midfielder gathered the entire team on the sidelines and recreated Jota's iconic celebration as a tribute. Advertisement WATCH THE CLIP THE BIGGER PICTURE THE BIGGER PICTURE In the Club World Cup, Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele and Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe also paid tribute to the Reds star with their celebrations after scoring winning goals against Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in their respective quarter-final matches. WHAT NEXT? WHAT NEXT? Nashville will be back in action next Thursday as they take on DC United in the quarter-final of the US Open Cup.
