Gold rose for the third straight session by adding Rs 70 to Rs 30,570 per ten gram on increased buying by stockists to meet the ongoing marriage season demand amid a firming global trend. Silver also moved up by Rs 75 to Rs 45,075 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units. In Mumbai, gold of 99.9 and 99.5% purity traded at Rs 30,300 and Rs 30,150 per ten gram, respectively, while silver enquired at Rs 45,800 per kg. Traders said increased buying by stockists to meet the ongoing marriage season demand amid a firming global trend mainly helped gold prices to gain for the third day.
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15,735 crore in December after a sharp drop in shipments of gold bars and jewellery due to government curbs, the industry body said. The country had imported gems and jewellery worth Rs 17,692 crore in the same month in 2012, it said. “There has been a significant decline in import of gold bars and jewellery because of restrictions. However, import of diamonds is on the rise,” Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council chairman Vipul Shah said. Import of gold bars fell 45% to Rs 2,111.58 crore last month from Rs 3,816 crore a year earlier.
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France vs Denmark, FIFA World Cup 2018 LIVE Score
Highlights
Group C standings
Playing XI
20:48 (IST)26 Jun 2018
59 min: Denmark substitution: Viktor Fischer on for Pione Sisto, who’s had a very quiet game
20:46 (IST)26 Jun 2018
56 min: Mandanda was actually quite lucky there. Eriksen fired at goal from about 35 yards and the goalkeeper spilled the ball into the path of Andreas Cornelius. The striker wasn’t quite alert enough, which allowed Mandada to gather second time around.
20:38 (IST)26 Jun 2018
50 min: Another free-kick, this time for a Cornelius foul near the halfway line. Another 40 minutes of this will be just spellbinding.
20:31 (IST)26 Jun 2018
First Half stats
Key stats:
? #FRA have conceded before half-time in only one of their last eight World Cup matches (vs #GER in 2014)
41 min: Ousmane Dembele beats Henrik Dalsgaard for speed down the right flank and tries to stand the ball up for Olivier Giroud. It’s headed clear, with ne’er a Frenchman in the vicinity.
27 min: France win a penalty in the inside left channel and Lemar whips the ball across the face of goal. Simon Kjaer helps it out for a corner, managing to avoid lashing the ball into his own net in the process.
19:54 (IST)26 Jun 2018
21 min: Denmark win a corner, which Christian Eriksen takes. He raises his right arm and sends the ball into the six-yard box, where Raphael Varane heads clear. It breaks to Mathias Jorgensen (aka Zanka) on the edge of the penalty area, but France manage to clear.
19:51 (IST)26 Jun 2018
Peru vs Australia update
Meanwhile, in Sochi, Peru have taken a 1-0 lead against Australia in this group’s other encounter. It’s good news for Denmark.
19:49 (IST)26 Jun 2018
14 min: France enjoy a period of possession, moving about three yards up the pitch in a 50-pass period of possession lasting a couple of minutes. They eventually find an opening, sticking what commentator describes as a “penetrating ball” into the box. Lucas Hernandez goes to ground under a challenge from Henrik Dalsgaard, appealing for a penalty as the ball breaks to Giroud. His chip is put out for a corner by Schmeichel.
19:46 (IST)26 Jun 2018
14 min: Lemar takes the corner, a good delivery. Manages to find Varane but the ball hits the side of his head and the fall goes out.
19:43 (IST)26 Jun 2018
10 min: Under pressure from the busy Martin Braithwaite, Presnel Kimpembe shins the ball out for a corner while trying to shepherd it back to his goalkeeper. The linesman doesn’t spot this and a goal-kick is awarded, much to Braithwaite’s annoyance. France are struggling to keep up with Braithwaite at the moment – he’s had a very lively start and is making a nuisance of himself up front.
19:40 (IST)26 Jun 2018
8 min: France attempt to get the ball into the Danish penalty area with a Griezmann cross from the right. It’s overhit and Kasper Schmeichel claims comfortably.
19:37 (IST)26 Jun 2018
5 min: Replays suggest that Braithwaite didn’t have a case for a penalty and the VAR officials may well have said as much to the referee. The Dane goes on to drive into the penalty area and forces N’Golo Kante to concede the corner.
19:35 (IST)26 Jun 2018
All TV channels broacasting France vs Denmark and Australia vs Peru match
2 min: Djibril Sidibe, in at right-back for France, gets in behind his opposite number and drills a low, but fairly feeble cross into the Danish penalty area. It’s a miskick, surely. Olivier Giroud can’t head the ball when it’s that low.
19:31 (IST)26 Jun 2018
1 min: France kick off, wearing white shirts, navy shorts and white socks. Denmark’s players wear red shirts, white shorts and red socks.
19:30 (IST)26 Jun 2018
Kick off!
Peep! France kick off the match.
19:27 (IST)26 Jun 2018
National Anthem time
The anthems are over: Kick-off is just a coin-toss and several handshakes away.
19:10 (IST)26 Jun 2018
Group C standings
FYI – this is how we are looking going into the final matches in Group C…
Seven changes from France: Didier Deschamps has made six changes from the side that beat Peru so unconvincingly at Ekatarinburg. Raphael Varane, Lucas Hernandez, N[’Golo Kante, Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud keep their places, while Steve Mandanda, Raphael Sidibe, Presnely Kimpembe, Ousmane Dembele, Steven Nzonzi, and Thomas Lemar come in. As expected, Martin Braithwaite starts for Denmark instead of Yussuf Poulsen, while Andreas Cornelius replaces Lasse Schone.
Eh! Whats up Doc? It is time ‘Tuesday Thriller’. France and Denmark are almost their into the last 16. However, the talk of the town is Argentina and Messi’s match against Nigeria. If the two-time world champions lose today, it is game over for them.
Here are the squads
DENMARKGoalkeepers: Frederik Ronnow (Brondby), Jonas Lossl (Huddersfield/ENG), Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester/ENG)
Defenders: Andreas Christensen (Chelsea/ENG), Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford/ENG), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Monchengladbach/GER), Jens Stryger Larsen (Udinese/ITA), Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich/ENG), Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield/ENG), Simon Kjaer (Sevilla/ESP)
Midfielders: Christian Eriksen (Tottenham/ENG), Lasse Schone (Ajax/NED), Lukas Lerager (Bordeaux/FRA), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo La Coruna/ESP), Thomas Delaney (Werder Bremen/GER), Willian Kvist (FC Copenhagen)
Forwards: Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta/ITA), Kasper Dolberg (Ajax/NED), Martin Braithwaite (Bordeaux/FRA), Nicolai Jorgensen (Feyenoord/NED), Pione Sisto (Celta Vigo/ESP), Viktor Fischer (FC Copenhagen), Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (RB Leipzig/GER)
FRANCEGoalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders: Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain), Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City/ENG), Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart/GER), Adil Rami (Marseille), Djibril Sidibe (Monaco), Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona/ESP), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid/ESP)
Midfielders: N’Golo Kante (Chelsea/ENG), Blaise Matuidi (Juventus/ITA), Steven N’Zonzi (Sevilla/ESP), Paul Pogba (Manchester United/ENG), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich/GER)
Forwards: Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona/ESP), Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea/ENG), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Thomas Lemar (Monaco), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Florian Thauvin (Marseille)
59 min: Denmark substitution: Viktor Fischer on for Pione Sisto, who’s had a very quiet game
56 min: Mandanda was actually quite lucky there. Eriksen fired at goal from about 35 yards and the goalkeeper spilled the ball into the path of Andreas Cornelius. The striker wasn’t quite alert enough, which allowed Mandada to gather second time around.
50 min: Another free-kick, this time for a Cornelius foul near the halfway line. Another 40 minutes of this will be just spellbinding.
41 min: Ousmane Dembele beats Henrik Dalsgaard for speed down the right flank and tries to stand the ball up for Olivier Giroud. It’s headed clear, with ne’er a Frenchman in the vicinity.
27 min: France win a penalty in the inside left channel and Lemar whips the ball across the face of goal. Simon Kjaer helps it out for a corner, managing to avoid lashing the ball into his own net in the process.
21 min: Denmark win a corner, which Christian Eriksen takes. He raises his right arm and sends the ball into the six-yard box, where Raphael Varane heads clear. It breaks to Mathias Jorgensen (aka Zanka) on the edge of the penalty area, but France manage to clear.
Meanwhile, in Sochi, Peru have taken a 1-0 lead against Australia in this group’s other encounter. It’s good news for Denmark.
14 min: France enjoy a period of possession, moving about three yards up the pitch in a 50-pass period of possession lasting a couple of minutes. They eventually find an opening, sticking what commentator describes as a “penetrating ball” into the box. Lucas Hernandez goes to ground under a challenge from Henrik Dalsgaard, appealing for a penalty as the ball breaks to Giroud. His chip is put out for a corner by Schmeichel.
14 min: Lemar takes the corner, a good delivery. Manages to find Varane but the ball hits the side of his head and the fall goes out.
10 min: Under pressure from the busy Martin Braithwaite, Presnel Kimpembe shins the ball out for a corner while trying to shepherd it back to his goalkeeper. The linesman doesn’t spot this and a goal-kick is awarded, much to Braithwaite’s annoyance. France are struggling to keep up with Braithwaite at the moment – he’s had a very lively start and is making a nuisance of himself up front.
8 min: France attempt to get the ball into the Danish penalty area with a Griezmann cross from the right. It’s overhit and Kasper Schmeichel claims comfortably.
5 min: Replays suggest that Braithwaite didn’t have a case for a penalty and the VAR officials may well have said as much to the referee. The Dane goes on to drive into the penalty area and forces N’Golo Kante to concede the corner.
2 min: Djibril Sidibe, in at right-back for France, gets in behind his opposite number and drills a low, but fairly feeble cross into the Danish penalty area. It’s a miskick, surely. Olivier Giroud can’t head the ball when it’s that low.
1 min: France kick off, wearing white shirts, navy shorts and white socks. Denmark’s players wear red shirts, white shorts and red socks.
Peep! France kick off the match.
The anthems are over: Kick-off is just a coin-toss and several handshakes away.
Seven changes from France: Didier Deschamps has made six changes from the side that beat Peru so unconvincingly at Ekatarinburg. Raphael Varane, Lucas Hernandez, N[’Golo Kante, Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud keep their places, while Steve Mandanda, Raphael Sidibe, Presnely Kimpembe, Ousmane Dembele, Steven Nzonzi, and Thomas Lemar come in. As expected, Martin Braithwaite starts for Denmark instead of Yussuf Poulsen, while Andreas Cornelius replaces Lasse Schone.
Mbappe, Hugo Lloris and Pogba rested.
Eh! Whats up Doc? It is time ‘Tuesday Thriller’. France and Denmark are almost their into the last 16. However, the talk of the town is Argentina and Messi’s match against Nigeria. If the two-time world champions lose today, it is game over for them.