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4 Euro host cities yet to confirm allowing spectators
Earlier this week, the Football Association of Ireland said it was "not in a position at this point to provide assurances on minimum spectator levels" in Dublin, while Spanish city Bilbao is understood to be hoping to allow 13,000 fans inside the 53,000-capacity San Mames, but that is based on strict conditions laid out by the authorities which the Spanish Football Federation said will make it "impossible" to admit spectators.
Sumit Nagal to take on Travaglia in Monte Carlo qualifier
The tournament, headlined by the likes of Spain's Rafael Nadal -- who will open his 2021 clay-court campaign in Monte Carlo -- and Serbia's Novak Djokovic (winner in 2013 & 2015), will also see the likes of Italy's Fabio Fognini, Russian Daniil Medvedev, Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas and Germany's Alexander Zverev competing for the prized trophy in the ATP Masters 1000 tournament.
IPL 2021: Maxwell repays Kohli's faith as RCB clinch 2-wicket thriller against Mumbai in opener
Maxwell, who had failed to impress with the bat while turning out for the Punjab franchise in IPL 2020, hit a 28-ball 39 (4x3, 6x2) to help RCB clinch a 2-wicket thriller against Mumbai in the opening match of the season on Friday.
Covid-19 hurts MI, RCB as Padikkal, de Kock sit out
While South African wicketkeeping-batsman Quinton de Kock missed out for Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore were forced to pick a replacement for their opening batsman Devdutt Padikkal, who was a find for them last season."Quinny (Quinton de Kock) is in quarantine, so he isn't available. Lynn will make debut," said MI skipper Rohit Sharma ahead of the tournament opener.
Angry 'side' of Dravid catches Kohli by surprise
In an adverstisement of a credit card payment app, the former India batsman and captain is seen getting hassled as he is stuck in Bengaluru traffic."That doesn't mean you can overtake," he is seen shouting at a driver on the road.He is then seen challenging another driver, "come man...come", gearing up for a fight while stuck in traffic jam.
Covid-hit Bengaluru FC have task cut out against Tribhuvan Army FC
The Nepal outfit defeated Sri Lanka Police SC 5-1 late on Wednesday to set up a clash with the Sunil Chhetri-led team, which recently announced that three of its players had tested Covid positive.Nawayug Shrestha scored a brace, while Santosh Tamang, Tanka Basnet and Sudil Rai scored one goal each to complete the rout for the Nepalese club.
Dhoni's CSK takes on Pant's DC
Pant has said in the past that he wants to emulate Dhoni but seems to be carving his own niche. While his power-hitting has already been well-known, his batting went a notch higher since the last Indian Premier League (IPL) as he helped India win the Test series in Australia and against England at home.
Smith, Stoinis join DC training camp
The franchise, who finished runners up in the Indian Premier League (IPL) last season, said that the pair played a practice match with the rest of the DC squad. The team has been training at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.
RCB specifically targeted Glenn Maxwell in auction: Virat Kohli
"He's a good guy, we've caught up in the past as well when I was in Australia on a tour. He's just very happy to be in RCB and I see different energy about him this time," Kohli said in a video uploaded by the franchise on their Youtube page. "We wanted Maxi, specifically targeted him at the auction in February. You obviously feel great when things end up happening to where you thought they would," Kohli said.
CSK sign Jason Behrendorff as replacement for Josh Hazlewood
This is Behrendorff's second IPL team, having represented Mumbai Indians in 2019 where he played five matches and picked as many wickets. The 30-year-old left-arm quick has featured in 11 ODIs and seven T20Is so far for Australia. Hazlewood said that he wanted to take a break from cricket after being in bio-secure bubbles for a long period of time.
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