Social media firms raise 'serious concerns' over Australian U-16 banA double red and a goal drought have stalled Adama Sidibeh’s progress as a St Johnstone player. But the Gambian international is confident that a period of frustration will help make him a better striker in the long-run. And he also believes that he’ll soon be finding the net regularly again for the Perth side. Sidibeh’s struggles began with his sending off against Dundee United at the end of August and the long suspension that followed. Before that he’d scored a double against Saturday’s opponents Kilmarnock. Hopefully, the same opposition will get the 26-year-old up and running again. “The red cards frustrated me a lot,” said Sidibeh. “When I picked them up, sitting out for four games was very tough for me. “It was a long wait. “It was just one of those days when your blood is hot. But it is not my intention to be like that. “I learned a lot from that day. It’s a lesson for me. It will not happen again. “Now I am trying to get my fitness back 100%. I am building every week, trying to get my form back from the end of last season.” Sidibeh added: “I’ve been working so hard. Even after training, I’m in the gym to keep doing extra. “The goals are missing at the moment but that’s just part of football because sometimes you go through some tough stuff. “It doesn’t mean you can’t do it. “Sometimes I do find it frustrating. As a striker, you always want to score goals. “After the game I try to watch myself and work hard on my little mistakes. “Sometimes I feel I should’ve done better with decision-making. It’s helping to hold the ball better and support my team-mates. “Sometimes it just doesn’t fall your way. “The goals might come in this game. I’m certainly hoping for that.” Sidibeh’s spectacular end to the 2023/24 campaign helped keep St Johnstone in the Premiership, earn him his first caps for his country and see him linked with clubs south of the border. “My aim for the season is to help the team as much as I can and to try to be the Adama from before,” he said. “I am working hard to get that form back. “The fans being behind me has helped me a lot. They give me the motivation to do extra for them. Their support is so good for me and the team. “I felt so great about scoring those goals at the end of last season. I want to do more of that because I want to help the team as much as I can.”777pub agent login 。

Farmers blocked roads at many places across the state on Monday as part of their Punjab bandh call, hamstringing the commuter traffic. A call for a shutdown was given last week by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha over the Centre not accepting the demands of protesting farmers. The bandh will be observed from 7 am to 4 pm. Farmers observed a sit-in at Dhareri Jattan Toll Plaza which affected vehicular movement on the Patiala-Chandigarh National Highway. At Amritsar's Golden Gate, farmers started to assemble near the city's entry point while in Bathinda's Rampura Phul, they blocked roads. On Sunday, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that though there will be a complete bandh, emergency services will be allowed to operate. "The bandh will be observed from 7 am to 4 pm. However, emergency services will remain operational. Anyone travelling to the airport to catch a flight or anyone going to attend a job interview, or anyone needs to attend a wedding... All these things have been kept out of our bandh call," he said. On Monday, the Railways canceled 150 trains due to a statewide bandh in Punjab organized by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), scheduled for December 30. This bandh is expected to cause significant disruptions to rail services, impacting a total of 221 trains, including premium services like Vande Bharat and Shatabdi Express, as reported by The Indian Express. Meanwhile, 70-year-old farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's hunger strike entered its 35th day on Monday. Dallewal has so far refused medical treatment. Hundreds of farmers have been protesting at the Punjab-Haryana border demanding a legal guarantee of a minimum support price (MSP) for crops. Dallewal had earlier said he would not break his fast until the government agreed to the farmers' demands. The apex court has given the Punjab government time till December 31 to persuade Dallewal to shift to a hospital, granting the state the liberty to seek logistical support from the Centre, if necessary. Farmers, under the banner of SKM (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces. A "jatha" (group) of 101 farmers attempted to march to Delhi on foot three times between December 6 and 14 but were stopped by security personnel from Haryana. Besides the MSP, farmers are also demanding a debt waiver, pension, no hike in electricity tariffs, withdrawal of police cases, and "justice" for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence. With PTI inputs

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