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A little over 12 hours since making history as the first Indian to have started a football match in a European continental club competition, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is fretting about the results of a scan on his right hand later tonight after he returns to Norway.On Thursday, Sandhu helped his club, Stabaek, hold Connahs Quay of Wales to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Europa League qualifier. But his own participation was restricted to 30 minutes since an injury meant he had to make way in goal for Mande Sayouba.I punched the striker in the head rather than the ball, Sandhu told ESPN. I think it looks like I might be out for a couple of weeks. The return leg is on July 7. I will definitely miss the league game this weekend (against Sogndal), but lets hope I can make it for that [the July 7 match].Growing up in Chandigarh, an eight-year-old Sandhu harboured dreams of playing cricket like most Indian children. An enrolment at the Punjab Cricket Association Academy in Mohali followed, with his cricket-crazy father living his dream through his son.I didnt think I was very good at it, Sandhu said. I didnt want to keep going for it if I wasnt very good.Football, Sandhu said, chose him rather than the other way around. He never watched much football - either as a child or even later when he got picked for the India Under-16 team in 2007. But a chance encounter with Blackpool legend John Burridge in 2011 altered the course of his career.I was playing for East Bengal at the time and Budgie (Burridge), Carlton Palmer and Joe Morrison had come to Kolkata to cover the (East Bengal-Mohun Bagan) derby, said Sandhu. Budgie came to me when I was training and he said, Son, youre wasting your time here; why dont you try your luck in Europe? I thought to myself, Sunilbhai (Indian captain Sunil Chhetri) has also played abroad. So why not.The move to foreign climes eventually took place in 2014, with the aid of Morrison who also doubles as his agent, but Sandhu would realise how difficult that transition could be fairly early on.The first obvious challenge is the atmosphere -- the pace of the game and the quality of the game was much bigger than what I had ever experienced or ever personally played at, he said. I realised it would take a lot of hard work to match the players or go beyond their quality. I took a couple of years to adjust. Before I made my start, I felt like I was wasting my time. But then I thought if I give up now, then what was the whole point of having come here? Besides, being a keeper, you need to be patient, because you only have that one slot in a team.Norway wasnt easy either, especially for a young man who says he had to take cooking lessons from his mother and sister over Skype. It is a beautiful country, but it is very expensive as a place, Sandhu said. I dont think I have been able to teach the guys too much Punjabi, apart from some gaalis (swear words). I am still coming to terms with Norway after two years.These two years of waiting have helped Sandhu polish his game. More than anything, he feels the knowledge that it is not okay to make mistakes has simply made him mentally tougher than he was when he left for Norway. He feels he can see that improvement every time he plays for India now.That patience came in handy when Stabaeks Scottish manager Billy McKinlay announced the starting eleven after practice on Monday. He told us that he was going with the same combination that he had used in the 5-0 win against IK Start, Sandhu said. It gave me some relief, I thought the hard work Ive been doing was paying off. William Perry Jersey . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Cheap Bears Jerseys Authentic . Louis. To which I would say two things: 1. 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The Swiss racers are the sports fourth-oldest team, and there is a lot of affection for the team that keeps rising from the ashes, no matter how hot the fires.Once the relief that Sauber had secured their future had subsided, the question on everyones lips was who or what is Longbow? In the Budapest paddock on Thursday, rumours were circulating that Marcus Ericssons backers were behind the deal, although the Swedish driver denied any knowledge when asked in the official FIA press conference.I think its great news for the team, Ericsson said on Thursday. Its no secret its been a difficult year for us in Sauber, financially mainly. We havent been able to update the car the way we wanted and been fighting in the back. I think for the team its been very, very important that this happened and its great news. What it means for the future, I dont know, we have to wait and see. But for sure its very, very good news for everyone in Sauber.Asked about the stories linking his backers with the Sauber takeover, Ericsson replied: Ive seen that [story] as well. Its not something I know about. Im not involved in these kind of things anyway, so yeah I really dont know to be honest. And my future, like anyone else without a contract for next year so looking at Sauber because I really like the way its working in Sauber. Hopefully now with a new owner we can improve as a team but also looking at other alternatives, so lets see.The Swedish driver then had to deflect a further question on the link, saying Of course I care about [the future of my team] and I think its important that the team has got a new owner, but who they are and what they are is not something that Im involved with. Im contracted as a racing driver and my job is to drive the car as fast as possible on the race track, to work with my engineers, to work with the guys on the aero, stuff like that. Who owns the teams and who is putting money in the team and all these kinds of stuff - I think that is not my job so its as simple as that.A little digging through company records available online does show some links between the mysterious Longbow Finance (first incorporated as Tepar Investmeent Management in 1963) and single-seater motorsport, irrespective of any possible links with Ericsson or his backers: Raymond J.dddddddddddd. Baer, president of the Longbow Finance board of directors, has a CV dominated by years spent with Swiss private bank Julius B?r, one of Formula Es key sponsors.Longbow is but one of many boards that Baer sits on - the Swiss financier is also president of the board of directors at Swiss investment firm Alpine Select, a position he has held since 2013; honorary chairman of both the Julius Baer Group Ltd. and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. (since 2012); president of the board of trustees for the Pension Fund of the Julius Baer Group (since 2004), and many more besides.Baer is incredibly well connected in the Swiss business and finance worlds. Away from Julius B?r the 57-year-old is a member of the advisory board of the Lorange Institute of Business Zurich and since 2001 has served as president of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce -- Financial Services Chapter Board. But Baer also has an interest in the automotive sector, and in 2014 he was made a member of the board of AMAG Automobil- und Motoren AG, a major Swiss car dealer and importer founded in 1945 to bring luxury marques to Swiss clients.Bloombergs profile of Longbow is limited in scope, but their background on Baer paints a very clear picture of a man who is socially and professionally connected to everyone -- and every business -- worth knowing in Switzerland. This person is connected to 14 board members in three different organizations across four different industries, Bloomberg noted in a thumbnail sketch.Where things get really interesting is with the list of previous names Longbow has been known by, one of which is Tetral Investment Management SA -- a company that is currently listed as being based at 70 Avenue du General-Guisan, in Pully, Switzerland. That is also the current contact address for Tetra Laval International SA, the parent company of Tetra Pak and owned by a certain Hans Rausing, backer of the only Swedish driver on the grid.Given those circumstances, it is hard to believe that Longbows decision to invest in Sauber is entirely coincidental. ' ' '