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Bayern Munich president hopes Hansi Flick will fulfil contract
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Flick is a top candidate to replace Germany coach Joachim Loew, who will leave his job after the Euro 2020 in the summer. Flick was Loew's assistant when Germany won the World Cup in 2014. "We are the victims. There's a discussion about our coach because there's a vacancy at the DFB (German football federation). And we're supposed to talk about it permanently," Hainer said.
Lovely to watch Prithvi bat so effortlessly: Dhawan
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Shaw smashed 72 runs off 38 balls to help DC defeat the Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets. The 21-year-old had suffered a lean patch in the last season which led to him getting dropped from the team and even losing his place in the Indian Test setup.
Atletico's lead cut to one point after 1-1 draw with Betis
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Atletico were held to a 1-1 draw away to Betis in a game where Yannick Carrasco put them ahead after just five minutes only for Cristian Tello to equalise in the 20th minute of the game on Sunday, Xinhua news reported. Atletico lost Joao Felix and Kieran Trippier through injury in the game, while Thomas Lemar also picked up an injury before kick-off.
We failed to execute plans while bowling: Warner
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SRH lost to KKR by 10 runs in their first Indian Premier League (IPL) match of the season. KKR scored 187/6 batting first and Warner said that the was surprised by the amount of runs they managed to get considering the conditions at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
The way top order guys batted was magnificient: Morgan
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"Today was quite magnificent the way the guys at the top of the order batted. Nitish (Rana) and (Rahul) Tripathi were absolutely outstanding and set up the game for our middle order to play in the manner we want to play," said Morgan in the post-match presentation ceremony.
IPL 2021: Rana, Tripathi, Krishna lead KKR to 10-run win over SRH
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Chasing a target of 188, SRH were restricted to a total of 177/5 with Manish Pandey finishing unbeaten on 61.
EPL: Reds earn year's first home win; Leeds stun Manchester City
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Kai Havertz scored his first Premier League goal since October as Chelsea got their top-four push back on track with a comfortable 4-1 win at Crystal Palace, reports DPA.Earlier, leaders Manchester City suffered a shock defeat as their seemingly inevitable march to the Premier League title hit a bump with a last-gasp 2-1 loss to 10-man Leeds United.
Real Madrid pull off thrilling Clasico win; Barca coach fumes
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Madrid doubled the lead before the half-hour mark when Toni Kroos' freekick deflected against Sergino Dest's back and flew past Jordi Alba on the line, reports DPA. Barcelona fought back in the second half in torrential rain, with Oscar Mingueza pulling one back from close range. Substitute Ilaix Moriba almost equalised in stoppage time but hit the crossbar.
CSK skipper Dhoni fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over-rate
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A media advisory issued by the IPL on Sunday said, "Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 match against Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 10.
He is my go-to man: Pant's tribute after besting Dhoni
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"It was very special walking out for the toss with MS [Dhoni]. He has been my go-to man. I have learnt a lot from him," said Pant during the presentation ceremony after the match.Pant, who replaced the injured Shreyas Iyer as captain ahead of this season, said that he was under pressure at one point in time.
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