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Kohli only hit one six, Gill hit eight of them: Tom Moody on the ‘significant difference’ between the two centuries

November 5, 2024 | News | No Comments

Former Australia cricketer and Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody was as much in awe of Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill after Sunday’s iconic game at the Chinnaswamy Stadium as about anyone else.

The game would see Gill outpower Virat Kohli’s hundred with one of his own to help Gujarat win by six wickets and land a knockout punch to the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who needed to win in the final league stage game in order to progress through to the 2023 Indian Premier League playoffs.

Both Kohli and Gill would register back to back centuries, having previously scored a hundred in their side’s respective games against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Moody however believes that while looked ‘composed’, it was Gill, who had the better of the two outings.

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“He is such a delight to watch. He is so composed at the crease. You look at his facial expression and his body language, he looks so much in control. He has got the game. Eight sixes! That was the difference in the two hundreds. Both were brilliant hundreds. But Kohli only hit one six. Gill hit eight of them and was batting at a strike rate of 200. That’s a significant difference. And that coming in a chase, hats off to him,” Moody told ESPN Cricinfo.

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While the game would see the end of the IPL 2023 campaign for Kohli and Co, Gill and Gujarat will face Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday.

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KL Rahul’s absence, changing batting combinations and more: How LSG wrote their own death sentence

November 5, 2024 | News | No Comments

Chasing 182 in a must-win game against the Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2023 Eliminator, only one batter for the Lucknow Super Giants crossed the 20-run mark. They allowed a five-for. They lost three wickets to comically embarrassing run-outs. Their last eight wickets fell for 32 runs.

LSG lost three wickets to run outs against MI. (IPL/BCCI)

Such has been the chaos in thinking at LSG, that the franchise used four different opening combinations in their last four games. Deepak Hooda, the player who opened the batting for LSG, when they defeated MI just eight days ago, batted at number seven on Thursday. For Lucknow’s abysmal performance in the IPL 2023 Eliminator on Wednesday, these and a few more factors are to blame.

As the IPL 2023 season comes to an end for Lucknow, here are the reasons for the team flattering to deceive:

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KL Rahul’s lean patch and withdrawal

Regular skipper KL Rahul amassed 274 runs in the nine games he played before suffering a hamstring injury that forced him to withdraw from the tournament in the middle of it. Former Australia great Tom Moody also pointed out how his absence affected the side and said, “I think KL Rahul was a massive miss for LSG. This is the second time they have reached the playoffs so that in itself is a great achievement for a new team.”

LSG abysmal performance in the IPL 2023 Eliminator on Wednesday, these and a few more factors are to blame. (BCCI/IPL)

“I think even though at the point that KL Rahul injured himself, you can just about guarantee that he would have scored three, if not more, half-centuries in the rest of the games and that was missing,” he said on ESPNCricinfo.

Lack of proper Indian batting line-up

The batting of LSG was mainly reliant on its international talents, including Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, and Marcus Stoinis. While the trio stepped up, the Indian hitters were unable to make a strong impression. Only Prerak Mankad and Ayush Badoni, in addition to Rahul, were Indian batsmen this season to reach the fifty-run mark. They each scored one. They suffered significantly from the failures of stand-in skipper Krunal Pandya (188 runs) and Deepak Hooda (84 runs).

The De Kock dilemma

Proteas star Quinton De Kock served as Lucknow’s bench warmer for the most part. Prior to entering the IPL, the wicketkeeper batsman had a respectable track record for his national team. However, despite his brilliant form he was only brought in the XI after an injury ruled KL Rahul out of the tournament, after which the wicketkeeper opened the innings with Mayers.

Lucknow Super Giants’ Quinton de Kock plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match. (AP Photo)

The team was forced to depend on Indian quicks, which didn’t work out for them because Pooran and Stoinis were showing to be valuable middle-order players. Other than this, LSG could’ve also used his captaincy services in KL’s absence.

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At home, LSG consistently switched between the red-soiled and black-soiled wickets whilst utilising all of their bowlers. Their first game wicket at the Ekana favoured bounce resulting in Mark Wood taking a fifer. Their spinners were spot on when spin-friendly surfaces were subsequently set up. But when they weren’t at home, the bowlers lacked direction. And when it got to Chepauk, their spinners were unable to take advantage of the conditions as CSK and MI slower bowlers did on the same field.

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Bayern win Bundesliga with last-gasp goal in season finale as Dortmund’s title dreams go up in smoke with draw against Mainz

November 5, 2024 | News | No Comments

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Bayern Munich snatched their 11th consecutive Bundesliga title in dramatic fashion with a final day 2-1 win at Cologne on Saturday courtesy of Jamal Musiala’s 89th minute goal, grabbing the trophy from the hands of rivals Borussia Dortmund.

Dortmund had gone into the last game of the season in top spot but stumbled to a 2-2 against visitors Mainz 05, allowing Bayern to squeeze past them in the tightest league race in years.

In a climactic season finale, Bayern were celebrating what ended up being an unexpected title win while Dortmund’s dreams of their first league trophy since 2012 were left in tatters when they were trailing 2-0 to Mainz early on before battling to a 2-2 draw – but they needed victory to become champions.

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Bayern finished on 71 points, ahead on goal difference from Dortmund. RB Leipzig and sensational Union Berlin are third and fourth respectively and will also compete in the Champions League next season.

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Hertha Berlin and Schalke 04 were relegated, while VfB Stuttgart will go into the relegation playoff.

Kingsley Coman settled Bayern’s nerves early on, putting them into the lead with a superbly curled shot into the top corner.

With Dortmund behind from the first half, the Bavarians knew they were now in front and controlled the first half without risking too much.

Leroy Sane did slot in just before the break but his effort did not count following a VAR review for handball.

With Bayern club bosses nervously checking their mobile phones for the score in Dortmund, Cologne earned an 80th minute penalty and Dejan Ljubicic sent keeper the wrong way to level.

Sane thought he had missed the chance to hand his team the title when he failed to beat the Cologne keeper in the 88th but Musiala did it perfectly a minute later, curling a low drive into the far post in the rollercoaster season ending.

Dortmund’s title dreams in tatters after shock home draw to Mainz

Borussia Dortmund’s dream of their first Bundesliga title in 11 years turned into a nightmare on Saturday after a shock 2-2 home draw to Mainz 05 dropped them to second place on goal difference in the season finale, handed the title to rivals Bayern Munich.

With a sea of tens of thousands of yellow and black-clad fans outside the stadium and a sold-out 81,000 crowd inside ready to pop the champagne for their first league crown since 2012, Dortmund went into the game in top spot.

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The club had ordered more than 120,000 litres of beer according to club bosses but fans had nothing to celebrate at the start with Mainz snatching the lead through Andreas Hanche-Olsen’s header at the near post in the 15th minute.

Dortmund’s Sebastien Haller had a golden chance to level and lift some of the mounting the pressure on his team just four minutes later but he saw his weak penalty saved.

It got even worse in the 24th when Karim Onisiwo was left with far too much space in the box to drill in his header, shocking the hosts and silencing the stadium.

A second half attempted comeback did not yield immediate results, even as coach Edin Terzic brought in captain Marco Reus and striker Karim Adeyemi.

Mainz, playing without any pressure, made it hard for Dortmund who needed to up the tempo further and cut the deficit with Raphael Guerreiro’s shot in the 69th.

With the fans growing louder again the hosts poured forward with substitute teenager Julien Duranville injecting new life into Dortmund’s game.

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They levelled deep in stoppage time with Niklas Suele but ran out of time for a winner, with the players left lying on the grass, their heads in their hands and tears in their eyes for the missed title shot.

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Three Chinese men play at French Open; country’s 1st male entrants in Paris since 1937

November 5, 2024 | News | No Comments

For the first time since 1937, a Chinese man competed in the main draw of the French Open — and, actually, a total of three did, all playing opening-round matches on Monday.

The first of the groundbreaking group in action on the red clay of the Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros was Shang Juncheng, who made it into the field via qualifying and faced Juan Pablo Varillas of Peru on Court 5.

With some Chinese flags waving in the stands and chants of support from spectators, Shang grabbed a two-set lead at the outset. But it was Varillas who emerged with a 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 comeback victory after nearly 3 1/2 hours.

The next turn went to Wu Yibing, who took on No. 19 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain over on Court 12. Bautista Agut picked up the win by the relatively straightforward score of 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1.

Later in the day, back on Court 5, Zhang Zhizhen gave China its first man in the second round at the French Open since Kho Sin-Kie got to the third round 77 years ago. Zhang advanced when his opponent, Dusan Lajovic of Serbia, stopped playing because of a stomach virus while trailing 6-1, 4-1.

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“That’s quite special,” said Zhang, a 26-year-old from Shanghai who is ranked 71st.

“I mean, we have so many (people) waiting for us to get the first win,” Zhang said. “Just step (by) step, and then we can get a lot of wins.”

He was the first of the trio who played Monday to make a Grand Slam breakthrough, appearing at Wimbledon two years ago. In 2022, he and Wu both participated in the U.S. Open, with Wu getting to the third round there. In January, Zhang, Wu and Shang all were in the field at the Australian Open; Shang reached the second round.

Another big moment came in February, when Wu became the first Chinese player to win an ATP Tour title, beating John Isner in the final of the Dallas Open.

Zhang said he hopes he and his countrymen can someday achieve the sort of success Chinese women have accumulated in tennis.

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That includes International Tennis Hall of Fame member Li Na, who won titles at the French Open in 2011 and the Australian Open in 2014. Peng Shuai won two Grand Slam trophies in doubles and reached No. 1 in those WTA rankings; she also made it to the U.S. Open semifinals in singles. Peng dropped out of public view after making sexual assault accusations against a high-ranking Chinese government official in 2021. The WTA announced soon after that it would suspend all of its tournaments in China, a boycott that was lifted last month.

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Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar keen to gain rhythm in upcoming events

November 5, 2024 | News | No Comments

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A gold in an international event in Greece last week has boosted his confidence but top Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on Thursday admitted that he is yet to gain his full rhythm and wants to sort it out soon.

The 24-year-old Sreeshankar on May 24 won gold in International Jumping Meeting at Kallithea near Athens, a Wold Athletics Continental Tour bronze-level competition, with a season’s best jump of 8.18m.

Sreeshankar missed this year’s World Athletics Championships qualifying standard of 8.25m though he has a good chance of qualifying for the showpiece event in Budapest in August. He is currently at the 18th place in World Athletics’ Road to Budapest where 36 athletes will compete in the men’s long jump.

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“I have not been able to execute exactly as we planned (in Greece)…I was not quite able to get into my rhythm. I had to keep my approach more in front (as) I was lacking speed. I have to put in more effort getting into the rhythm.”

“Right now my main focus will be to get the rhythm right on the approach, that’s what I’m lacking a bit. We are trying to figure out how I can improve my last phase of the approach and overall rhythm so that I will be able to execute the take-off properly.”

Sreeshankar, who has a personal best of 8.36m, will compete in the Paris Diamond League on June 9, where he will go up against the best athletes from across the globe.

“I had competed in two meets prior (to Greece) as preparatory competitions to check where my body stood at that time. The competitive phase of the season has just started (so) I didn’t quite intend to push hard.

“So, in the next couple of competitions, I think I’ll be able to get into the rhythm better and go for big jumps as I ease my body and mind into a competitive mode,” the athlete from Kerala said.

Sreeshankar, who is supported by Inspire Institute of Sports, said 8.20m was his target in Greece but he failed to hit the mark.

“Usually during competitions, my approach used to move back by around 30 or 40 centimetres but this time around, it came in front like 20-30 centimetres.

“The wind played a major part on the day and this was the first time in Kallithea that we faced a headwind. Usually, we have a good tailwind and the day before when we had the warm-up, the conditions were quite ideal.”

Sreeshankar also spoke about the hectic competitive season ahead.

“This season is pretty challenging because the Asian Games will be happening in the first week of October and the Asian Games qualifiers will take place in the first week of June,” said Sreeshankar, who is coached by his father S Murali, a former South Asian Games medallist in triple jump.

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“We have to plan the season carefully so that we could maintain form and sustain the performances till the Asian Games. We have the World Championships in August, the Asian Championships in July, so we have to prioritise the events which we have to focus on and give our best towards the main competition, which will be the World Championships.”

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Verstappen ‘burning desire and ruthlessness’ unsurpassed in F1

April 17, 2023 | News | No Comments

Max Verstappen’s ruthless approach to racing coupled with his hunger for success set the Dutchman apart from his rivals in Formula 1, according to F1 Nation podcast host Tom Clarkson and guest Damon Hill.

After running away with his second world title in the second part of 2022, Verstappen upheld his momentum at the start of this season, winning two of the first three races so far and making the most of the remarkable qualities of Red Bull’s RB19 machine.

With his team in a league of its own, Verstappen looks set to be facing but a single rival this year – his teammate Sergio Perez.

Asked by a listener on the podcast what singular qualities stand out in Verstappen, Clarkson and Hill shared their views on the two-time world champion’s characteristics.

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“Well, obviously he’s bloody quick, right? That is a given,” noted Clarkson. “But I have never met a racing driver who is so hungry for success as Max Verstappen.”

Hill acknowledged that Verstappen’s insatiable voracity for success was an important part of the Red Bull driver’s endowment, and one similar to qualities shared by F1 legends Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher.

But the 1996 world champion added another prominent trait.

“I think that’s an important component isn’t it, the hunger for success,” said Hill. “In other words, what we call competitiveness or desire, a burning desire to win.

“That’s a mindset [that], I think, is probably key. Similar to Senna, similar to Schumacher, similar to many of the guys who’ve won in our sport or win in any sport.

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“But there’s kind of ruthlessness to it as well. “I think most people find it difficult to relate to that, because in normal life that is regarded as being selfish and it’s regarded as being unattractive.

“But then it’s a totally appropriate mindset for competing in a sport where the objective is to win. The objective is not to do well, it’s not to play nicely – it’s to win. That is what he has.

“And where did he get that from? I’m sure it’s [from] his mother who’s also competitive and a very successful karting lady. But Jos, who raced in Formula 1- his dad, has made sure that that Max, as he was growing up, was left in no uncertain terms [and] aware that this is not worth doing it just for a bit of fun.

“If you’re going to go to Formula 1, you have to want to win, or have to win.”

Clarkson added that Verstappen “doesn’t just want to win, he wants to destroy people around him, his closest competitors”.

“A classic case was Saudi,” he added. “He started the race 15th, he drove a brilliant grand prix to finish second and yet he was really disappointed after the race and came out with the line, ‘I’m not here to finish second’.

“So many other people would have thought that’s a great weekend.

“Look at Perez last weekend in Melbourne. He starts in the pit lane, he comes through to fifth and he was really happy.

“I can’t imagine Max Verstappen being happy with fifth, even from a pit lane start.

“His mentality is unique. Yes, Lewis Hamilton is hugely competitive, of course he is – ditto Charles Leclerc – but there’s a ruthlessness about Max that I don’t see in the other guys.

“Just a serial winner. For as long as that Red Bull is competitive, Max is just going to keep winning. He’s one of those guys.”

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One alleged perpetrator admits beating Kheira Hamraoui with an iron bar

February 27, 2023 | News | No Comments

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One of the alleged perpetrators in the Kheira Hamraoui case admitted that he was the one to beat the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder with an iron bar.

According to a report from Le Parisien, Manzi N., a 19-year-old boy from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, said that he was tired of the police interrogation, subsequently revealing the incident during the probing from the Versailles police on September 15. He went on to admit:

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“Well, I’d rather tell you the whole truth… I am tired, I want to be honest… I was the one carrying the iron bar, and I was the one who hit Kheira Hamraoui while my accomplice pretended to hold Aminata Diallo. I gave two blows to the leg.”

On September 14, 2021, four men, allegedly hired by Aminata Diallo for €500, carried out a planned attack on PSG midfielder Kheira Hamraoui. As per the investigators, the attack was the result of the sporting rivalry and jealousy that Diallo had shared with her former teammate. Suspected as the main culprit in the case, Diallo has been released from jail under judicial supervision.

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PSG open talks with Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

February 26, 2023 | News | No Comments

As reported by Foot Mercato, PSG are strongly considering an approach for Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang next summer.

Having moved from Arsenal to Barcelona to Chelsea in the last year, the 33-year-old Gabonese striker is a prime candidate to bolster the Paris attack ahead of next season. Having joined Chelsea for £20m and an improved wage in January, signing a two and a half year contract to 2024, the striker could be allowed to leave the club in the off-season, now they’re under the leadership of coach Graham Potter. As a result, PSG could be convinced to swoop and talks are already underway with the PSG leadership over a summer switch for the player, who has always been keen to join PSG.

PSG were unable to sign another central striker to support Kylian Mbappé this summer, other than Reims prospect Hugo Ekitike, and the switch would allow the Gabon forward to be reunited with his former Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier, the pair having worked together between 2011 and 2013 to some success, winning the Coupe de France in 2013.

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Kylian Mbappé to attend Ballon d’Or ceremony

February 25, 2023 | News | No Comments

Le Parisien report this afternoon that Kylian Mbappé has decided to attend tonight’s Ballon d’Or ceremony, following initial indications that the Frenchman was hesitant on going.

The Paris Saint-Germain forward is said to have made his final decision last week but had kept it under wraps with his entourage. Amid the fallout from reports Mbappé wants to leave PSG – which the 23-year-old denied himself after last night’s win over Marseille – his relationship with likely winner Karim Benzema is said to have tipped the balance in favour of his attendance.

Mbappé, who finished ninth in last year’s Ballon d’Or standings, appears to be a doubt for this year’s top five, despite previously indicating he was aiming for a podium finish. Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski and Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mané are expected to finish ahead of him. The attacker will be accompanied by his teammate Nuno Mendes at tonight’s Paris ceremony, with the Portuguese left-back nominated for the Kopa Trophy.

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Danilo Pereira returns to PSG training

February 24, 2023 | News | No Comments

According to Le Parisien Danilo Pereira has returned to training with Paris Saint-Germain, the day before the side face Troyes at the Parc des Princes. This means that Christophe Galtier’s squad has no injuries going into the final two weeks before the World Cup break.

Pereira came off the pitch during PSG’s Classico against Marseille earlier in October (1-0), and made his return to training on Friday morning. He was however kept separate from the rest of the group, and is unlikely to feature against Troyes this weekend but could be involved in PSG’s Champions League fixture against Juventus next week.

Christophe Galtier should in any case be able to count on an almost full squad this Saturday afternoon. A week after their stunning 7-2 victory over Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League, the Frenchman will be hoping to have a full-strength squad in place for the following Champions League fixture against Juventus.

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