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Table-toppers CSK take on bottom-placed SRH
CSK are yet to lose a match. They have won four out of five matches. After losing their first game of the season to Delhi Capitals, the Chennai franchise has not lost a single game. SRH, however, have won only one out of the five matches they have played.
Can you spend IPL earnings from us on chartered flight: Lynn to CA
"I texted back that as Cricket Australia make 10 per cent of every IPL contract, was there a chance we could spend that money this year on a charter flight once the tournament is over?" Lynn told News Corp media. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a ban on direct flights from India -- both commercial and the government's repatriation services -- until May 15 and the use of connecting flights from the country.
Terrible moment to concede last-minute goal: FC Goa's Ferrando
The Spanish tactician, though, promised a better display in their last outing against UAE club Al Wahda on Thursday after the 1-1 draw against Al Rayyan on Monday. The Indian Super League (ISL) club came agonisingly close to becoming the first Indian side to win an AFC Champions League encounter when they took the lead in the third minute, only to concede the equaliser in the 89th minute.
Indian women's 4x400m relay team pulls out of World Relays
The World Relays, scheduled to be held on May 1 and 2 in Chorzow, is a qualifying competition for Tokyo Olympics as well as 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA. As if to further compound the national team's misery, Jisna Mathew, another key runner of the women's 400m relay team, has also pulled out of the World Relays.
Aussies in IPL will have to get back on their own: PM Morrison
"They have travelled there privately," Morrison is quoted as saying by The Guardian. "This wasn't part of an Australian tour. They're under their own resources and they'll be using those resources too, I'm sure, to see them return to Australia in accordance with their own arrangements," he further said.
It's not nice watching from afar: Morgan on Covid situation
"We are constantly talking about the situation that is unfolding outside our bubble. It is not nice watching it from afar. (We are) certainly considering how lucky we are to be in a bubble and not be affected by it. We lend our support to everybody who is ill and going through tough times," said Morgan in a press conference after KKR's five-wicket win over Punjab Kings on Monday.
Late equaliser denies Goa historic Champions League win vs Al Rayyan
Jorge Ortiz gave Goa the lead in the third minute of the Group E fixture on Monday, but Ali Ferydoon equalised in the 89th minute of the match. Goa were already out of reckoning for a place in the knockouts after UAE's Al Wahda beat last year's runners-up Persepolis 1-0 earlier in the day.
Life gets tough as IPL franchises focus on mental health of players
The sudden departure of three Australian players - Andrew Tye (Rajasthan Royals), Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson (both Royal Challengers Bangalore) and R Ashwin (Delhi Capitals) led to speculations that players were feeling the heat of staying in the bio-bubble amid a massive daily rise in numbers of Covid-19 cases in India.
Shooter Abhinav Bindra targets BCCI, IPL in times of Covid
Bindra, who won the 10-metre air rifle gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, also wondered why the Indian cricket board, worth Rs 14,489.80 crore, the richest in the world, hasn't contributed so far to the Covid cause, like vaccination during the current wave. "Cricketers and officials can't just live in their own bubble, and be totally deaf or blind to whatever is going outside," he wrote in a hard-hitting piece in the Indian Express newspaper.
Bayern close in on Nagelsmann to replace coach Flick
Nagelsmann has asked to be released from his contract, reports DPA. That would leave only an agreement between the clubs to be signed with Leipzig demanding a fee of 30 million euros for their coach. Nagelsmann, like Flick, is currently contracted till 2023 without a buy-out clause in his deal.
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