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Anger brews among Bayern Munich fans over Hansi Flick departure
The anger is being directed at the designated chairman of the club, Oliver Kahn, and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic, who has been accused of jeopardising the club's motto "Mia san Mia" (We are what we are), reports Xinhua. Bayern has more than 358,000 enrolled members and 4,500 fan clubs.
Serena bows out of Emilia-Romagna Open
The 25-year-old had defeated Japan's Naomi Osaka at the French Open in 2019. Earlier, No. 2 seed Petra Martic of Croatia and No. 3 seed Coco Gauff of the US got their Parma campaigns off to winning starts with contrasting first-round wins. Petra continued her resurgence with a fine display against Varvara Gracheva
Being part of India squad worked wonders: FC Goa goalkeeper
After an stint in the UAE in March, where India played friendlies against Oman and the UAE, Dheeraj made some good saves, helping FC Goa draw three games against Qatar's Al Rayyan and the UAE's Al Wahda in the ACL matches in Goa in April. Dheeraj effected 26 saves in five games, helping FC Goa finish third in the prestigious continental tournament.
NZ's Taylor sure of being fit for Tests vs Eng, WTC final vs India
New Zealand begin their campaign with the first Test against England from June 2 at Lord's, London. They will play the Virat Kohli-led India in the WTC final from June 18 in Southampton. The 37-year-old Taylor is in the spotlight as the dependable batsman recently suffered a calf strain during New Zealand's training at their high-performance centre in Lincoln this month.
Tests in England: Lack of depth in India's opening may be a worry
The Virat Kohli-led team includes four batsmen who can be used to face the new ball, including Rahul. While Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma are likely to start in the playing XI as openers following their decent individual performances in Australia (and also the opening stands of 70, 71, 11 and 18), questions are being raised over the bench strength in case any one of the two batsmen fail.
No preferential treatment for Australia players, BCCI footing their bill: CA
There were rumours that the Aussie contingent had received preferential treatment on their arrival back from the Maldives, but CA interim chief executive Nick Hockley said on Tuesday that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has fulfilled its duties. IPL was postponed midway due to raging Covid pandemic in India and breach of bio-bubbles of four of the eight franchises.
India's white ball series needed to lift SL out of mess: BCCI
India's tour of Sri Lanka in June last year was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which sent the entire Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the top cricketing countries haywire. India's tour to Sri Lanka is coinciding with the national team's Test tour of England, comprising the World Test Championship final against New Zealand and a Test series against the host.
We didn't tamper with ball, end rumour-mongering: Australia bowlers
Cummins, Starc, Lyon and Hazlewood were the bowlers in that Test and the four released a joint statement on Tuesday amid rising speculation over their awareness of the tactic which eventually led to bans on Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith and David Warner. "We did not know a foreign substance was taken onto the field to alter the condition of the ball until we saw images on the big screen at Newlands," said the players in the statement.
Wrestler murder case: Sushil pleads innocence, police oppose anticipatory bail
Kumar is facing allegations of involvement in murder of a former international wrestler, who died earlier this month. Kumar in his plea filed by advocate Kumar Vaibhaw said: "unfounded, baseless, scurrilous and preposterous allegations have been made against the applicant maliciously with the only motive to humiliate and injure the reputation of the applicant."
Received death threats after 2011 WC quarter-final: Faf du Plessis
Playing only his 10th ODI, du Plessis came in when South Africa were 121/4. AB de Villiers was on 35 at the other end, keeping the Proteas' hopes alive. However, the pair went for a tight single after du Plessis fended off the second ball he faced and de Villiers was run out.
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