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MANCHESTER CITY KEEPER EDERSON PUTS HAND UP FOR PENALTY DUTY

02 Dec 2020 08:31 AM IST

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson says he is the best penalty taker at the club but that manager Pep Guardiola will not give him the responsibility. City have struggled to find a regular penalty scorer with Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Ilkay Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne all missing from

‘PLAYERS WILL SKIP AUSTRALIAN OPEN IF BLOCKED FROM TRAINING IN QUARANTINE’

02 Dec 2020 08:30 AM IST

Players will skip the Australian Open if they are not allowed to practise during their mandatory two-week quarantine due to the risk of injury, Daniel Vallverdu, who has coached some of the biggest names on the ATP Tour, told Reuters. Tennis Australia (TA) have been in talks with the Victoria

Hard for bowlers to adapt to ODI format: Iyer

02 Dec 2020 08:11 AM IST

Middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer has admitted that the Indian bowlers have struggled to adapt to the 50-over format from the 20-over format in the first two ODIs against Australia. He, however, added that the workload on bowlers has been immense in recent times. India lost the first two ODI matches

LANGER UNCERTAIN OF WARNER’S FITNESS FOR ADELAIDE TEST

02 Dec 2020 08:08 AM IST

SYDNEY: Australia head coach Justin Langer has stated that he’s not “holding his breath” that opener David Warner will be fit for the first Test of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India. Warner has been ruled out of the remaining white-ball matches against India after injuring his groin during the

IS MESSI AKIN TO MARADONA OFF THE FIELD?

01 Dec 2020 07:39 AM IST

Lionel Messi is the only Argentine to truly live up to being described as the next Diego Maradona so it was little surprise the Barcelona captain should dedicate his goal in Sunday’s 4-0 Liga win over Osasuna to his late compatriot. Argentina’s two iconic players may be contrasting characters but

OLYMPICS: COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES TO COST $960 MILLION

01 Dec 2020 07:29 AM IST

Tokyo Games organisers estimate the cost of COVID-19 countermeasures for next year’s rearranged Olympics will run to around 100 billion yen ($960 million), Kyodo News reported on Monday. Japanese media had reported a day earlier that the total costs of delaying the Games for a year would run to 200

KLOPP SAYS LIVERPOOL DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO ROTATE

01 Dec 2020 07:27 AM IST

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says his mounting injury list ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Ajax Amsterdam means he does not have enough fit players to rotate his squad. The latest player to be sidelined at Anfield is utility man James Milner who suffered a hamstring injury in Saturday’s

Fear of reinjury may be hurting Bumrah: Prabhakar

01 Dec 2020 07:25 AM IST

Jasprit Bumrah’s poor form in ODIs from early this year has continued to chase him in Australia despite his impressive showing for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League T20 over the last couple of months. The right-arm pace bowler has not just failed to pick enough wickets in

India’s woes linger, but all is not well for Aussies too

01 Dec 2020 07:21 AM IST

After Stonnis setback, Warner suffered a groin strain on Sunday. Australians are mired deep in the dearth of options as Cummins has been rested.

DON’T THINK WARNER WOULD PLAY FOR THIRD ODI: FINCH

30 Nov 2020 09:26 AM IST

SYDNEY: After registering a win by 51 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series against India, Australia skipper Aaron Finch on Sunday said he does not think David Warner would be available for selection for the third and final ODI. “Anytime you get in the high 300s is

PANDYA SHOWED HOW TO BOWL ON SYDNEY WICKET: KOHLI

30 Nov 2020 09:25 AM IST

Sydney: After coming up short by 51 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series against Australia, India skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday said that all-rounder Hardik Pandya showed the way to ever bowler on how to bowl on this Sydney wicket. “We were completely outplayed. I think with

Batting with more finesse now and it’s working: Smith

30 Nov 2020 09:22 AM IST

SYDNEY: Australia’s Steve Smith, after scoring back-to-back centuries against India, said that a changed batting approach has been yielding better results for him in the ongoing series. He said that he is now “batting with more finesse” rather than hitting the ball hard. Smith smashed a 104-run knock off 64