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    IPL 2024: Rs 8.4 Crore worth Sameer Rizvi to fill Ambati Rayudu’s spot for CSK | Chennai Super Kings

    Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have signed Sameer Rizvi for IPL 2024, replacing Ambati Rayudu. Rizvi, who scored 455 runs in UPT20 league matches, has natural talent and potential to develop into a significant player for CSK.
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    FIFA increases investment in football development to 2.25 billion USD

    Geneva: The FIFA Council unanimously approved the Annual Report 2023 and the increase of investment in football development to 2.25 billion U.S. dollars, the world football governing body announced on Thursday. FIFA confirmed that the budget for the 2023-2026 cycle is almost seven times as much as the investment in the development programs prior to 2016. The Annual Report will be submitted to the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 17, 2024 for final approval. The Congress will hold a vote on the host(s) of the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Bangkok after FIFA received a bid from Brazil, a joint bid from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as a joint bid from Mexico and the United States. The FIFA Council also supported the FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s call to fight racism in football, FIFA said.
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    Nishant Dev misses out on Paris Olympics quota, loses by split decision in QF

    Nishant Dev missed out on a Paris Olympic quota by a whisker, suffering a heartbreaking loss in the 71kg quarterfinals as all Indian boxers returned empty-handed from the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifier here. Dev went down 1-4 to USA’s Omari Jones, the 2021 World Championship silver medallist, in a closely-contested light middleweight quarterfinal late on Monday. A win in the last eight stage would have fetched the 2023 World Championships bronze medallist an Olympic quota. None of the nine boxers competing here were able to add to India’s tally of four quotas in boxing. After two qualification events — the Asian Games and the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifier — not one Indian male pugilist has been able to book a place for the Olympics. All four quotas in boxing have come in the women’s section with two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg), and Tokyo Olympics bronze…
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    Rohit Sharma watches Ranji Trophy Final at Wankhede, days before IPL 2024

    India captain Rohit Sharma was a star attraction during the Ranji Trophy 2024 Final match between Mumbai and Vidarbha at the Wankhede Stadium on March 12, Tuesday. Before joining the Mumbai Indians training camp for the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League, Rohit was spotted inside the Mumbai team’s dressing room.  A man of his word, Rohit, who has been promoting the importance of domestic cricket along with the BCCI and the team management, marked his presence during the Ranji Trophy final. Instead of opting for a much-needed break between the IPL and the 5-match Test series against England, the Indian skipper came to support the players. Rohit, who represents Mumbai, would be happy with the team’s performance. His teammates, Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer, scored 73 and 95 each. 19-year-old Musheer Khan stood out with the bat with his 136-run knock as Mumbai were on course to set a massive…
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    India beat England by five wickets to bag Test series in Ranchi

    India batters Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel put together a 72-run partnership as India beat England by five wickets in the fourth Test match in Ranchi and took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. Chasing a target of 192 runs in the fourth innings on Monday, India were reduced to 120-5, but Gill (52) and Jurel (39) calmly guided their side home with their unbeaten partnership on the fifth day of the Test. Young England spinner Shoaib Bashir took three wickets as the visitors kept India’s batters in check until Gill and Jurel steadied the chase. India’s skipper Rohit Sharma said his team’s young players had filled the shoes of missing veterans to shine in cricket’s toughest format. Player of the match Jurel, 23, who made his debut in the previous win in Rajkot, turned the match on its head with his 90 after he lifted India from…
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    Claressa Shields: Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will be close | ‘A split decision going either way’

    Ngannou is a former UFC heavyweight champion who has only had one professional boxing contest. On March 8, live on Sky Sports Box Office, he will take on two-time unified titlist Anthony Joshua. Tyson Fury beat Ngannou on a contentious split decision in his last fight and Shields believes Joshua could have a difficult contest too with the mixed martial artist. “I think it’s going to be a good fight. At first I kind of felt that AJ was going to knock out Ngannou, that’s how I saw the fight. Now it’s kind of shifted on, I feel like it’ll be a split decision going either guy’s way,” Shields told Sky Sports. “I say that because it feels like AJ has a lot to prove and I feel like when he’s got a lot to prove sometimes he puts too much pressure on himself and he doesn’t fight his fight. And if…
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    India v England: Shoaib Bashir puts England on top in Ranchi

    Shoaib Bashir’s wonderful 4-84 gave England a golden opportunity to take control of the fourth Test against India in Ranchi. Off-spinner Bashir, who is playing in only his second Test, bowled 31 consecutive overs in a spell that stretched across all three sessions of the second day. At one stage he picked up three wickets for five runs in 41 deliveries, then crucially got Yashasvi Jaiswal to chop on to his stumps for 73. From 177-7, India rallied to 219-7 thanks to an unbroken stand of 42 between Dhruv Jurel and Kuldeep Yadav, leaving the hosts 134 behind the 353 England were dismissed for on Saturday morning.  Joe Root and Ollie Robinson added 102 for the eighth wicket, with Robinson making 58 for his first half-century in Test cricket. Robinson was the first of three wickets taken in 11 deliveries by Ravindra Jadeja, who mopped up the tail to leave…
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    Carlos Alcaraz was forced to retire from his Rio Open first round match after injuring himself just two points into the match.

    Replays showed how the 20-year-old suffering a nasty looking injury when planting his foot on the clay. But just one game later, Alcaraz had his serve broken, shook Monteiro’s hand, and left the court shortly after, retiring from the match. The Wimbledon champion was then seen limping out of the stadium and head straight onto a golf cart to take him away. “Tomorrow I’ll have a test for my ankle and let’s see if it’s something serious or not,” said Alcaraz. “I felt bad. That was the first impression I had. I was feeling pain once I fell down, so I thought it was going to be difficult to continue if I was still having those feelings. “After a few points it didn’t feel better. I couldn’t move well and I knew that it was going to be impossible to continue. “I thought it was going to get worse if I…
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    Dana White has revealed that Vladimir Putin gifted Russian MMA icon Khabib Nurmagomedov $20million after his stunning win over Conor McGregor.

    Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor in the fourth round of their grudge match at UFC 229 to retain his UFC lightweight title in October 2018, McGregor was forced to tap out to Khabib during their lightweight title fight. En route to the neck crank finish the Dagestani grappler mauled McGregor on the ground and even dropped the Irishman with a clean overhand right in the second stanza. The victory propelled Nurmagomedov to the top of the sport and sent shockwaves around the MMA world. Everyone wanted to talk to the pound-for-pound king after his historic victory, including the Russian president. But Putin was left waiting after a brawl broke out in the immediate aftermath of the fight between McGregor and Nurmagomedov’s entourages. When he eventually got him on the phone, White claims Putin offered Nurmagomedov and his late father Abdulmanap $20m worth of property in their home country. “He (Nurmagomedov) didn’t even make it back to his dressing room…
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    Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez ready for Inter Miami MLS opener

    Miami: Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez are fit and ready to play for Inter Miami in the club’s opening match of the Major League Soccer season against Real Salt Lake City, manager Gerardo Martino said. The former Barcelona teammates will be the headline acts in Wednesday night’s clash at Inter Miami’s renamed Chase stadium in Fort Lauderdale, though they are not guaranteed starters. “Messi and Suarez are ready to play, if 90 minutes are required, we will see this depending on the team’s needs,” Martino told a news conference. Messi missed much of Inter Miami‘s pre-season because of an adductor strain while Suarez has overcome a knee problem. The other half of Inter Miami’s contingent of former Barcelona stars – defender Jordi Alba and midfielder Sergio Busquets – will also be available after recovering from recent injury concerns, reports Xinhua. The only doubt for the Florida outfit is Argentine defender Nicolas Freire, who…

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      8 December

      Lionel Messi facing ban from entering Mexico for ‘kicking’ shirt after World Cup win

      A Mexican politician has called on the country’s parliament to officially declare Lionel Messi ‘persona-non-grata’ as the World Cup row over the Argentine captain kicking their shirt continues to rage. Influential transgender campaigner Maria Clemente Garcia Moreno has tabled a motion for official condemnation of Messi after he appeared to boot away the shirt he had accepted from Mexico captain Andreas Guardado at the end of Mexico’s 2-0 defeat in the group stages. Boxing world champion Canelo Alvarez threatened to teach the Paris Saint-Germain star a lesson – until it was explained to him that it was an accident and that Messi meant no disrespect. But Moreno has now submitted a motion demanding that the Mexican government makes their anger official. The document states: “The Chamber of…

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    • 8 December

      Wake-up: Virender Sehwag posts sarcastic tweet after India lose ODI series against Bangladesh

      Indian national team is falling faster than cryptocurrency, former Indian player Virender Sehwag took a jibe at Rohit Sharma’s team after they lost their ODI series against Bangladesh away from home. Rohit Sharma was only the second Indian captain to drop an ODI series after MS Dhoni, who was at the end of this unwanted statistic back in 2015. “Cryptos se bhi tez gir rahi hai apni performance yaar. Need to shake up – wake up,” Sehwag wrote on Twitter.  The Indian side flanked after their batting order failed in both ODIs against Liton Das’ Bangladesh. In the first match, India were bundled out for just 186 runs, but a heroic performance from the Indian bowling attack kept them in…

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    • 7 December

      Five Telangana sailors selected into Indian team for Asian Championships

      Telangana sailors have been selected into the Indian team for the upcoming Asian and Oceania Championships Hyderabad: Telangana sailors Tanuja Kameshwar, Deekshita Komaravalley, Lahiri Komaravelly, Banny Bangur and Daniel Rajkumar have been selected into the Indian team for the upcoming Asian and Oceania Championships scheduled to be held at the Chowpatty, Mumbai from December 13 to 20. Tanuja, who is ranked at No. 2 and Deekshita, the No. 4 ranked sailor, are pursuing their education at the National Open School. “I will try to get a medal in the Open fleet but my focus is on winning a gold for India as this is my last championship in the Under-15,” said the 15-year-old Tanuja, who will compete in the senior fleet after…

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    • 7 December

      FIFA WC 2022: Morocco beats Spain on penalties, advance to quarterfinals

      Morocco became the first Arab nation to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals, beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout Al Rayyan: Morocco became the first Arab nation to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals, beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout on Tuesday. Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets missed their penalties for Spain, with Sarabia hitting the post and Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou stopping the other two. The teams drew 0-0 in regulation and extra time. Morocco has been the biggest surprise of the tournament and will next face either Portugal or Switzerland. Morocco is also the only team from outside Europe or South America to make it to the last eight. The team made the round of 16 once…

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    • 7 December

      FIFA WC 2022: Morocco beats Spain on penalties & Portugal beat 6-1 Switzerland

      Morocco became the first Arab nation to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals, beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout on Tuesday. Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets missed their penalties for Spain, with Sarabia hitting the post and Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou stopping the other two. The teams drew 0-0 in regulation and extra time. Morocco has been the biggest surprise of the tournament and will next face either Portugal or Switzerland. Morocco is also the only team from outside Europe or South America to make it to the last eight. The team made the round of 16 once before, at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Spain was eliminated by host Russia in a penalty shootout at the 2018…

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    • 6 December

      Ben Stokes after England beat Pakistan: If we find ourselves in same position in 2nd Test, we are going to do same

      On Monday, December 5, the Three Lions took a 1-0 lead after beating Babar Azam’s Pakistan by 74 runs in the opening Test in Rawalpindi. After racking up one of their highest scores in Test cricket, England took a bold call of declaring in the third session of Day four. On the last day, the visitors bowled Pakistan out on what was an excellent batting surface. Jack Leach dismissed Naseem Shah LBW and brought the curtains down on the match. “It’s something we have been trying to do since I have been in charge. I hope it might change the way cricket is played in the sub-continent. Test cricket has been viewed as one type of play. It was said…

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    • 6 December

      FIFA WC 2022: Croatia beats Japan in penalty shootout, secure spot in quaters

      Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks in his team’s 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout at the World Cup Al Wakrah: Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks in his team’s 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout at the World Cup on Monday, securing a return to the quarterfinals for the runner-up in the 2018 tournament. Mario Pasalic converted the clinching penalty for Croatia after the teams were tied at 1-1 after extra time Livakovic saved penalties from Takumi Minamino, Kaoru Mitomo and Maya Yoshida. Source.

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    • 6 December

      Raheem Sterling robbery details as Chelsea star ‘has £300,000 jewellery stolen’ during World Cup

      Chelsea star Raheem Sterling has left England’s World Cup camp as the Three Lions progressed into the quarter-finals. Gareth Southgate confirmed the 27-year-old’s exit ahead of England’s 3-0 win over Senegal in the round of 16 as the squad now prepares to face reigning world champions, France. The Chelsea star had played in the first two Group B games, scoring against Iran, before being replaced by Phil Foden in the last match against Wales. Sterling was left out of the squad that won against the African champions due to a ‘family issue’ which has later been revealed to be an armed robbery at his home in the UK. Southgate added that he wasn’t sure if the Chelsea winger would return to Qatar for the rest…

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    • 6 December

      James Anderson makes extraordinary England claim after epic Pakistan victory

      Veteran seamer James Anderson believes England’s extraordinary victory over Pakistan is the best win he’s ever been involved in. On a lifeless Rawalpindi pitch, England refused to settle for a draw and were duly rewarded for their efforts as they forced a remarkable win. And Anderson was delighted with the victory, calling it the greatest of his 19-year Test career. Only India legend Sachin Tendulkar has played more Tests than Anderson’s 176 and the 40-year-old told the BBC : “I feel like it’s the best win I’ve been involved in away from home and at all really. “That wicket was so flat and unresponsive. The way we batted allowed us to set something up. It gave us time to set something up the back end. Today was a…

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    • 6 December

      FIFA WC 2022: Croatia beats Japan in penalty shootout and Brazil thrash South Korea

      Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks in his team’s 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout at the World Cup Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks in his team’s 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout at the World Cup on Monday, securing a return to the quarterfinals for the runner-up in the 2018 tournament. Mario Pasalic converted the clinching penalty for Croatia after the teams were tied at 1-1 after extra time In another match Brazil thrash South Korea 4-1 to meet Croatia in the next game. 🎥 Brazil full highlight against South Korea in the #FIFAWorldCup 😅 pic.twitter.com/HLylD9Rfsm— Pulse Sports Nigeria (@PulseSportsNG) December 5, 2022 That Richarlison goal was 🤤 (The celebration was pretty good too…

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