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India’s abysmal performance at the Asian Cup has left the All India Football Federation (AIFF) contemplating Igor Stimac’s future as the senior national coach. The upcoming March 2024 meetings with Afghanistan in the World Cup qualifiers could be a determining factor in the decision. Despite having a chance to advance to the third round of qualifiers, the coach’s clashes with the ISL and the recent controversies in Qatar have put his position in jeopardy.

Wall Street’s main stock indexes rallied on Friday as bond yields fell sharply after data showed signs of slowing U.S. jobs growth and an uptick in unemployment, boosting hopes that the Federal Reserve is done with its interest rate hiking campaign. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 150,000 jobs in October, much less than the expected 180,000 increase, partly due to strikes at Detroit’s Big Three automakers. Data for the last month was revised lower to show an increase of 297,000 instead of 336,000. The jobs data also helped push U.S. Treasury yields lower for the fourth consecutive session. The move in yields supported stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 222.24 points, or 0.66%, to 34,061.32, the S&P 500 gained 40.56 points, or 0.94%, to 4,358.34 and the Nasdaq Composite added 184.09 points, or 1.38%, to 13,478.28. For the week, the S&P 500 gained 5.9%, for its biggest gain since November 2022 and Nasdaq added 6.6%, also showing its biggest gain since Nov. 2022. The Dow showed a weekly gain of 5.1%, its biggest since late October 2022.