David Warner-World Player of the week in cricket

<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://img.cricketworld.com/images/d-049716/warner-hyderabad-(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="David Warner was in phenomenal form with the bat in the IPL 2016." border="0" height="240" src="http://img.cricketworld.com/images/d-049716/warner-hyderabad-(1).jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Australian bad habit skipper David Warner is the Cricket World Player of the Week subsequent to driving Sunrisers Hyderabad to their lady Indian Premier League triumph. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Warner completed the competition as the second most elevated run-scorer with 848 keeps running from 17 coordinates this season and was phenomenal in the most recent week where he ravaged 190 keeps running from three amusements - including the last - at a normal of 95. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In the wake of beating Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator, the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers welled to limit the Gujarat Lions batting line-up to 162 in 20 overs in spite of a fifty from Aaron Finch. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Accordingly, Hyderabad were losing wickets routinely and were decreased to 117 for six in the sixteenth over yet Warner was pursuing a solitary battle at the flip side. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">He achieved his fifty off 35 conveyances and with backing from Bipul Sharma, helped his group pursue down the objective in the last over. Warner wound up with a mind boggling 93 off 58 conveyances in a limit filled innings which included 11 fours and three sixes. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In the last against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warner went into forceful mode and gave the genuinely necessary stimulus at the top with a 38-ball 69 and cameos from Yuvraj Singh and Ben Cutting took the Hyderabad group to a monstrous aggregate of 208 in 20 overs. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In the pursuit, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli lit the phase ablaze with a 118-run opening stand that fell off 63 conveyances. Gayle scored a 38-ball 76 while Kohli contributed with 54 however a center request breakdown implied Bangalore lost their third last. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Kohli likewise broke the record for most keeps running in an IPL competition with 973 keeps running from 16 amusements at a normal of 81. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The second Test amongst England and Sri Lanka saw Moeen Ali recording his profession best score of 155 not out as the home group ruled the diversion again. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In the wake of winning the hurl and choosing to bat to start with, Joe Root and Alex Hales established the frameworks for England with a 96-run stand for the third wicket. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">With the establishments laid, Ali removed the diversion from Sri Lanka with a strong unbeaten thump of 155 while imparting a 70-run stand to Jonny Bairstow and another 72 keeps running with Steven Finn to take the main innings aggregate to 498 preceding they proclaimed. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The score of 155 by Ali was additionally the third most astounding score at the venue and his normal at number seven in Tests is 276 in the wake of playing three innings at that position. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Accordingly, Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Chris Woakes shared the 10 wickets to release Sri Lanka for 101 and another take after on was upheld by Alastair Cook. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Be that as it may, in their second innings, Sri Lanka showed a vastly improved batting exertion with fifties from Kaushal Silva and Angleo Mathews on day three. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

David Warner-World Player of the week in cricket

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Australian bad habit skipper David Warner is the Cricket World Player of the Week subsequent to driving Sunrisers Hyderabad to their lady Indian Premier League triumph.  Warner completed the competition as the second most elevated run-scorer with 84… Read more »

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Brock Lesnar never give up to return the UFC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMpQM92R8Bl662RMh8zlwbq2kui43lAp06-q2P8dmEunjB__h19rwXqqDvQthrrQ0Wf6kAtrTMXTQte32OIIhykoQIhtApnUkdNeRSNcrI6Ny9J5VnuxAPkk_y0iQtyBJ2gq37L6GN5HT/s1600/brock_lesnar_ufc_116_open_workou-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMpQM92R8Bl662RMh8zlwbq2kui43lAp06-q2P8dmEunjB__h19rwXqqDvQthrrQ0Wf6kAtrTMXTQte32OIIhykoQIhtApnUkdNeRSNcrI6Ny9J5VnuxAPkk_y0iQtyBJ2gq37L6GN5HT/s1600/brock_lesnar_ufc_116_open_workou-3.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In spite of the fact that an arrival to the UFC doesn't have all the earmarks of being in Brock Lesnar's quick future, the previous heavyweight champion isn't precluding it. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Lesnar made his UFC debut in 2008 after a fruitful spell in the realm of expert wrestling. He went ahead to assert the UFC heavyweight title when he thumped out Randy Couture at UFC 91. After he guarded his title over Frank Mir at UFC 100, Lesnar was sidelined with an instance of diverticulitis. He returned and guarded his belt once again against Shane Carwin before losing it to Cain Velasquez. After another misfortune to Alistair Overeem, Lesnar resigned from MMA, to a limited extent because of the toll diverticulitis had gone up against him. At that point, following a five year break from MMA, Lesnar came back to the UFC for an "irregular" battle at UFC 200, winning a consistent choice over eighth positioned Mark Hunt. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After the session, hypothesis was uncontrolled that Lesnar would come back to MMA full time. In spite of the gossipy tidbits, Lesnar came back to the WWE and featured WWE SummerSlam on August 21. In front of his WWE match this previous weekend, Lesnar talked quickly with TMZ sports, tending to whether he could ever come back to MMA. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I have a couple difficulties to overcome before I can arrive. I don't have a clue. For right now, I'm going to concentrate on my WWE profession. I needed to venture once more into the octagon and retaliate for my misfortune against diverticulitis. Sunday I'm confronting Randy Orton at Summerslam and that is truly all that is at the forefront of my thoughts." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The "difficulties" Lesnar discusses are his fizzled drug tests coming about because of his UFC 200 appearance. Lesnar fizzled an out-of-rivalry medication test performed by USADA on June 28 and in addition an in-rivalry test taken at UFC 200; both disappointments were for hydroxy-clomiphene, a hostile to estrogen operator. Lesnar was tried 8 times ahead of the pack up to UFC 200 and breezed through different tests before his disappointment on June 28. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Lesnar's first hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission is set for Tuesday, Aug. 23. It is normal that he will get an impermanent suspension until a full hearing can be held. Lesnar faces a two years suspension and fines from the NSAC, which would conceivably end the vocation of the 39 year old Lesnar. Be that as it may, Lesnar advised his fans not to surrender trust. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "To my fans that watch me in the octagon, I say thanks to them for their backing. This has been an uneven street. I'm going to overcome this okay. Also, there will be a day, perhaps, that they'll see me back in the octagon."</div>

Brock Lesnar never give up to return the UFC

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In spite of the fact that an arrival to the UFC doesn't have all the earmarks of being in Brock Lesnar's quick future, the previous heavyweight champion isn't precluding it.  Lesnar made his UFC debut in 2008 after a fruitful spell in the realm of e… Read more »

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Journey to long night for Conor McGregor's Dublin fans

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <img height="425" src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wU0wadhlfZw4tZt3YvxHRwtLts0=/0x0:1920x1280/1310x873/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/50468567/102_Nate_Diaz_vs_Conor_McGregor.0.0.jpg" width="640" />DUBLIN - The hour was well after most normal people had since a long time ago nodded off. Be that as it may, at the end of the second round of the UFC 202 rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, those assembled at The Living Room more likely than not felt like they were having nightmares.It was around 5 a.m. neighborhood time at the games bar close to Dublin's City Center, and the three-level complex was stuck to limit as the city's own particular McGregor endeavored to retaliate for his misfortune to Diaz around 5,000 miles away in Las Vegas. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In spite of the pre-day break timing, the Guiness still streamed and the fans went ahead with a vitality which opposed the hour, as though they were attempting to experience their celebrating notorieties for an American guest who had booked a get-away here back around the time McGregor was preparing to battle Rafael dos Anjos. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Serenades of "Ole, ole, ole" began on bar's the principal level, grabbed on the second floor, and achieved a stunning crescendo up top as McGregor, the UFC featherweight champion, got off to a quick begin against his adversary, much like the first occasion when they met. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In any case, in the second, McGregor perceptibly moderated, and a quality of apprehensive fear filled the joint in a matter of seconds. Much like in their first matchup, back in March, a bloodied Diaz had by one means or another weathered everything their object of worship could hand out, and wrested control of the battle as McGregor appeared to blur. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Is it accurate to say that we were going to see a rehash of UFC 196, in which McGregor gassed and afterward was presented by Diaz late in the second round? Fans who had minutes before been singing as loud as possible were presently squirming in their seats. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tension filled the room, yet the scene was not yet sad. In case you're a blended hand to hand fighting supporter in Europe, you definitely know a level of commitment a North American fan can't completely acknowledge unless you've turned out around here and experienced it for yourself. Aside from those uncommon European-construct UFC cards which keep running in light of nearby time, on the off chance that you essentially should see a battle, and you would prefer not to hold up until the morning and watch a replay, you need to stay up every minute of the night to tune in. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Just the in-your-face fans will do that for each battle card, yet a McGregor matchup is must-see TV over the Emerald Isle. McGregor-Diaz publicized live on BT Sport 2, which has constrained appropriation. In a late strategy change, pay-per-view fundamental cards are not accessible on UFC Fight Pass in Ireland until 48 hours after the occasion because of BT's selectiveness window. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So those without BT Sports 2 who needed to see the battle were channeled into a moderately little number of venues. Dublin appears to have the same number of bars as road lights, however given the bars typically shut down at 3 a.m. (indeed, even my motherland has its points of confinement), foundations intrigued by demonstrating the battle expected to get an extraordinary license to stay open late. A surge of individuals from other neighborhood bars touched base around the begin of the compensation per-view, turning what had as of now been a sufficiently bustling scene into a flood. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "They don't make it simple to watch the battles, yet in the event that you have this in your blood, you must discover a may to get it going," one fan, who distinguished himself just as Aidan, lets me know. "It doesn't make a difference what hour of the day it is, if Conor is battling, will be there." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When you're this put resources into a warrior, you're not going to rationally stop when circumstances become difficult, and there's a discernable good feeling when the horn sounds to end the second round without Diaz at the end of the day completing the occupation. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> About Diaz: While his ring presentation was welcomed with boos by the Dublin dedicated, they appeared to be more required than conceived of disdain. Possibly this is on account of these folks (the group was around 90 percent male) were genuine battle fans and perceived a first class contender when they saw one, somebody whose style they'd appreciate in the event that he wasn't battling their own nearby symbol. All things considered, preceding the headliner, the most prominent contender on the card, by a huge margin, was the all-activity Donald Cerrone, whose win over Rick Story cut the house down. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Furthermore, Diaz, that contender who may be more similar to McGregor than they want to concede, was excessively effective for their preferring in the third, as he put a hurt on McGregor throughout a round which incited one judge to give Diaz a 10-8 score. This time, however, when McGregor broke all the way to the finish, there was a detectable lift in the spirits of the Dublin amassed. Perhaps Diaz had discharged his tank. Possibly this reprise has an alternate conclusion than the first. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The fourth round began. McGregor, who had paced himself preferred in this battle about the initially, began to arrive. The ball was in Diaz's court to back off, as his cuts debilitated his vision. Each McGregor strike which found a home all over evoked an unruly thunder from The Living Room swarm. Each time McGregor sprawled a takedown, another serenade of "How about we go Conor" tore through the bar. The result was still well in uncertainty, however the fans appeared to be mindful they were currently watching a fight for the ages.</div>

Journey to long night for Conor McGregor's Dublin fans

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DUBLIN - The hour was well after most normal people had since a long time ago nodded off. Be that as it may, at the end of the second round of the UFC 202 rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, those assembled at The Living Room more likely t… Read more »

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In home series India will take back No.1 ranking from Pakistan by Virat Kohli

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <img alt="Virat Kohli India" height="430" src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0cQ4kMRWcQEW822uZuD5dA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztxPTg1O3c9NjMw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-IN/homerun/international_business_times_248/de0dfdee8d7883ed5d31710fe3882825" width="640" />Home Tests mean more commonplace wickets and with that comes the probability of India backtracking to the four-bowler hypothesis and acquiring an additional batsman. At the point when Virat Kohli declared at the hurl of the fourth Test match against the West Indies in Trinidad that Cheteshwar Pujara had come in forRavindra Jadeja, there were many eyebrows raised: What happened to the five-bowler hypothesis then, which Kohli has been upholding to such an extent? </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> The India chief clarified the explanation for the choice to play Pujara, while addressing columnists after the fourth Test match against the West Indies was drawn, with no play conceivable on the last four days. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> "We thought when we lost a Test in Galle [against Sri Lanka last year], we were a batsman short there," Kohli help. "In the arrangement against South Africa at home too we were in a bad position many times since we were a batsman short. We needed to experiment with this mix. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> "In the event that we play four master bowlers back home, when we feel we don't have the requirement for the fifth bowler... on the off chance that you play three spinners on twist amicable wickets that ought to take care of business. Regardless of the possibility that you play two spinners and two quicks, Rohit [Sharma] and [Murali] Vijay can come in and dish ten overs for me. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> "Far from home you require all your best bowlers since you don't comprehend what the conditions will do or how the wicket will carry on. That is a perspective that we felt, against the solid groups that we are going to play against at home, world-class sides, they are going to gain by those windows of chance that we give them. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> "This was something we needed to attempt, in the event that we need to play with this mix proceeding the group ought to be OK with it. What's more, they ought to know how to play in this circumstance too. In the event that you play with stand out mix groups are going to begin arranging better against you. You should be adaptable. Shockingly we couldn't get diversion time." </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> Kohli has been a major supporter of playing five bowlers, so that may sound somewhat conflicting, however on the wickets that India are relied upon to play in back home – they are planned to play 13 Test matches - there is a decent risk that two spinners and two quick bowlers will carry out the occupation. On the off chance that the wicket is required to take turn, one quick bowler and three spinners ought to be sufficient, so experimenting with the blend with an additional batsman in the lineup is not such a terrible thing. While extraordinary groups are made by taking risks, logic, when required is a similarly imperative quality. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> Quality is the thing that India appeared in this arrangement against the West Indies, specific with the batting in the lower center request. R Ashwin, who was named the man of the arrangement, appeared to make the most of his part at No.6 – with the additional batsman now, however, he is prone to drop down to No.7 or No.8 – while Wriddhiman Saha, while still yet to altogether persuade, hinted at making the wicketkeeper position his own. He won't not be a MS Dhoni – but rather then no one was anticipating that him should be that – yet he has some battling qualities that convey a considerable measure of positives to this India side.A result in the last Test match would have kept India as the No.1 positioned group on the planet, however a washout has implied Kohli's side have now dropped down to No.2, with Pakistan taking that top spot interestingly since the initiation of these rankings in 2003. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> Kohli, however, did not appear to be excessively troubled. "We generally knew when we went up to No.1 this was brief," Kohli said at the presentation function. "Alternate groups have played 10-15 coordinates more than us, and the opposition is close to the point, that the rankings will undoubtedly continue evolving. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="first" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1471931733872_643" style="background-color: white; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> "We simply need to put a strong exertion back home and we will see where we wind up toward the end of the season."</div>

In home series India will take back No.1 ranking from Pakistan by Virat Kohli

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Jorney To Gold Bumpy, With offense Struggling Team Jordan Steadies USA

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img height="286" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/dam/assets/160821201517-kevin-durant-carmelo-anthony-olympics-basketball-mens-team-final--srb-vs-usa.home-t1.jpeg" width="640" />Two recreations later, the change has profited the U.S. in two distinctive ways, and the Americans are one win far from a third straight Olympic gold award. </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In Wednesday's win over Argentina, it was the seat - with Cousins close by Kyle Lowry, Jimmy Butler, (starter) Kevin Durant and Paul George - that had the effect in the Americans' 27-point win. Cousins really resembled a fair protector while playing with whatever is left of the gathering. What's more, on Friday, Krzyzewski resembled a virtuoso once more, since it was Jordan who helped the U.S. get off to its best begin of the competition on its way to a 82-76 win over Spain. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The U.S. offense was never lovely on Friday. It just once scored on more than three straight belonging. Kevin Durant (14 focuses on 6-for-13 shooting) and Kyrie Irving (13 focuses on 5-for-9) were kept under control. Klay Thompson drove the U.S. with 22 focuses, yet had unpleasant minutes shooting. In the wake of scoring 129 focuses per 100 belonging through its initial six recreations, the U.S. scored only 82 focuses on 74 belonging (111 for each 100) on Friday. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The second half (37 focuses on 39 belonging) was especially appalling. This was not a rehash of the last two gold decoration diversions in which the U.S. beat Spain 118-107 and 107-100. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It was an alternate sort of amusement," Krzyzewski said a while later. "It was a hard amusement. It was difficult streaming and both groups needed to make huge plays." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jordan made a considerable measure of them. With the 6-11 focus being problematic on pick-and-rolls and at the edge, a powerful Spanish group was held to only three scores on its initial 10 belonging, permitting the U.S. to assemble a mid, 14-7 lead that it never surrendered. Jordan blocked Nikola Mirotic on Spain's third ownership, redirected a Sergio Llull go on the following one, and constrained Llull into shooting an intense, rainbow foul-line jumper two belonging after that. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The key of the amusement was their guard, their physicality, their size," Spain mentor Sergio Scariolo said. "They made our offense get troublesome amid generally belonging." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pau Gasol drove all scorers with 23 focuses, yet required 19 shots to get them. Jordan permitted him some open threes, however constrained him into intense shots in the paint and a couple of turnovers. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Consistently, another person has ventured up for the U.S. Carmelo Anthony, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and Paul George have all had their mark recreations. Despite the fact that he scored only nine focuses and made only one of his four free tosses, this amusement had a place with Jordan. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "He's secured," Lowry said. "He needs this award. He needs it truly terrible. I think we as a whole need it and today he just showed others how its done. We simply nourish off his energy."That vitality went ahead both closures of the floor. Jordan not just influenced Spain's shots and passes, he got his group additional belonging. Jordan was just credited with three hostile bounce back, yet got his hands on two or three others. The U.S. completed with 21 hostile sheets and 25 additional opportunity focuses. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "His action in some cases didn't interpret in the details," Krzyzewski said, "however it deciphered into troublesome play or detracting from the progression that Spain ordinarily has." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jordan's ability set isn't as a matter of course an awesome fit for the global diversion, which values dispersing and border shooting. Yet, his mix of size and physicality can overpower littler, more ground-bound rivals. What's more, each and every rival is littler or more ground-bound. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Halfway through the final quarter, Spanish veteran Juan Carlos Navarro thought he had an unmistakable path to the wicker bin on a quick break. In any case, Jordan tagged along and deleted Navarro's shot, his fourth piece of the evening. Also, before the end of the amusement, he had 16 bounce back. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Krzyzewski has rearranged his lineups (both the beginning lineup and seat units that get broadened run) substantially more than normal in this competition. In any case, he's appears to have found a recipe that works. Cousins better supplements the guarded border of Lowry, Butler and George, while Jordan fits better on the beginning lineup with a hostile backcourt of Irving and Thompson. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As he is with the LA Clippers, he's the pretending supplement to the stars. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I have one occupation on this group and that is to come join the fun with as much vitality as I can on both finishes of the floor," Jordan said. "I'm accustomed to doing that. That is the sort of player that I am, so it just falls into place without any issues. Anything I can accomplish for this group to help us progress and continue winning, I'm going. What's more, I take pride in it." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On some days, when the stars are getting theirs repulsively, Jordan will take a secondary lounge. Furthermore, on others, the U.S. needs precisely what he brings. Friday was one of those days. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We wouldn't play for the gold award," Krzyzewski said, "if DeAndre didn't play that well." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> John Schuhmann is a staff author for NBA.com. You can email him here and tail him on Twitter. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The perspectives on this page don't as a matter of course mirror the perspectives of the NBA, its clubs or Turner Broadcasting.There's a great deal of connection that can oblige that announcement, yet that is the primary concern. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The U.S. has the best ability on the planet, and a few a larger number of layers of ability than some other country. Kevin Durant, the person with the stature of an inside and the aptitudes of a gatekeeper, was the distinction creator in Sunday's Olympic gold decoration amusement against Serbia. He scored 30 focuses and verging on without any help put the diversion away in the second quarter. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Durant scored 30 and the U.S. won by 30. It was a victory belying how shut this group came to losing without precedent for very nearly 10 years. Half of the USA's eight diversions were won by 10 focuses or less. Each and every other group in the competition would love to go 8-0, however this group was battling the legacy of different groups that went before it as much as it was going up against Australia, Serbia and Spain. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So there will be lessons gained from an abnormally rough street. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This group had some terrible guards, and an excessive number of them were in the beginning lineup together until head mentor Mike Krzyzewski switched things up before the quarterfinals. On this group and in years past, we've figured out that it is so imperative to have an Andre Iguodala or a Paul George to supplement the folks who can put the ball in the can. Kawhi Leonard, you have a 2020 program spot on the off chance that you need it. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This group additionally succumbed to a presentation timetable that was too simple. That wasn't as a matter of course a mix-up, on the grounds that they were just ready to play groups that went through the U.S. on their approach to Rio. Yet, unmistakably the Americans weren't set up for a stage up in rivalry subsequent to cruising through the shows and their initial two pool play recreations. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Furthermore, as much ability as the U.S. has, it's difficult to benefit as much as possible from it through the span of five weeks. The national group is comprised of stars who aren't accustomed to playing with each other, and they were playing their first disposal diversion not exactly a month after they started preparing camp. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Different groups don't prepare for any longer than that, yet every one of them have more program progression than the U.S. does. The U.S. had only two players once more from its last Olympic Team, and in addition four from the group that won the World Cup of Basketball in 2014. Serbia, in the interim, returned nine players from the group that lost to the U.S. in '14. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> What's more, that is concern No. 1 for USA Basketball director Jerry Colangelo. He realizes that it's continually going to be troublesome for the U.S. to stream unreservedly disagreeably and play on a string protectively when they just have three weeks to set up a fresh out of the box new program. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Ball is a definitive group diversion," Colangelo said. "What's more, when you have 10 new individuals and you just have them for a couple of weeks, it's insufficient time. For me, I'm happy we're past this. It's legitimization for all that we've done. However, it additionally says to me we have to proceed with the coherence. We can't do a reversal again with 10 new players. It's not going to happen." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This year, the Americans were lucky to have the two Olympic vets that they did. Durant put the group on his back in the gold award amusement. Carmelo Anthony, who resigned from the national group after Sunday's amusement as the main player with three Olympic gold decorations in Men's Basketball, transformed into a pioneer for the more youthful players to rally around. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Those more youthful folks will be requested that continue returning. What's more, coherence will turn out to be significantly more essential down the line, in light of the fact that whatever is left of the world is consistently improving. While this competition saw the last recreations of Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker in their national-group outfits, there is more ability coming up behind them.The 46 NBA players in these Olympics was an unequaled high. Australia stepped forward, put itself on the second level of national groups, and has the No. 1 pick in the current year's draft in its pipeline. Serbia isn't going anyplace, France has great, under-30 players in the backcourt and on the cutting edge, Croatia and Lithuania have youthful NBA ability, and it's simply an issue of time (and support) before Canada breaks however. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The United States' triumphant streak in universal competitions, which now remains at 53 recreations, will arrive at an end sooner or later. In any case, this gathering of 12 didn't give it a chance to happen on its watch. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There were narrow escapes, however despite everything they went 8-0, played their best amusement with gold hanging in the balance, and remained on the top stride of the platform on Sunday evening. Lessons were found out, yet gold was earned. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The imperative thing is we came to play," Colangelo said, "we had a program that we had faith in, they took care of business, and it's an extraordinary demonstration of what we've assembled." </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Primary concern: they won. What's more, the setting doesn't make a difference all much. For Anthony, it positively wasn't the smoothest ride to gold that he's accomplished, however it beyond any doubt beats the agony he felt in 2004 as a major aspect of the last U.S. group to lose at the Olympics. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Nothing was never ensured, however I never second-speculated the work that we place it into get to this point," Anthony said. "Obviously, it wasn't as simple as we would have enjoyed it. However, this voyage we had here in Rio, beginning in Vegas, you can't request nothing more than</div>

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Real Madrid scored 0-3 against Real Sociedad in spanish la liga

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGcMXrh_jLQFJ5nD6C11uAGF4-42OhrRdu6rXsMmzi_3mvvG1ULRY79D5QAoL0sdEU1EgSXH8HArfU7qh62e_ea9tWENBIzHFfZBG0BB6MThYE1XuFIqyiYvoJC5f4an6lSofmsiM8EKL/s1600/gareth-bale-real-madrid_3769706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGcMXrh_jLQFJ5nD6C11uAGF4-42OhrRdu6rXsMmzi_3mvvG1ULRY79D5QAoL0sdEU1EgSXH8HArfU7qh62e_ea9tWENBIzHFfZBG0BB6MThYE1XuFIqyiYvoJC5f4an6lSofmsiM8EKL/s320/gareth-bale-real-madrid_3769706.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was a phenomenal first half from Los Blancos, with an early objective from Bale and a flawlessly taken second from Asensio giving Zinedine Zidane's men an agreeable lead at the Anoeta Stadium.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It took under two minutes for Bale to open the scoring, with a fabulous header from short proximity after Dani Carvajal sent in Madrid's first cross of the season from the wing.Asensio multiplied his side's leeway in the 40th moment when the youthful ability demonstrated unfathomable poise with a splendid first touch from a Raphael Varane long-ball, before smoothly chipping the ball over Geronimo Rulli.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sociedad made little in the method for chances and Madrid seemed to flee with the amusement as the break drew nearer.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Be that as it may, the hosts began the second half well with the main chance after the interim tumbling to La Real, as David Zurutuza squared a risky ball into the way of Markel Bergara, who went down in the crate after a touch from Carvajal yet the arbitrator disregarded Sociedad's requests for a punishment.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Toni Kroos verged on including a third for Madrid when his volley smashed against the crossbar, after Rulli had delivered an amazing recovery from an Alvaro Morata exertion before the bounce back tumbled to Kroos.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Madrid selected to sit back for a great part of the second half and looked a genuine risk on the break, making chances less demanding than Eusebio Sacristan would have enjoyed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Bunch kept on creating issues as he drove at the Sociedad barrier and approached soon after the hour mark when he went on a performance once-over the right flank into the container, yet Rulli welled to fall off his line and make himself enormous to divert the Welshman's shot away. What's more, just minutes layer Rulli was called enthusiastically once more, making a fine spare to deny Mateo Kovacic, who attempted his fortunes from 35 yards out in the wake of getting a bounce back off the divider from a Sergio Ramos free-kick.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sociedad had a late opportunity to snatch a placating objective when Mikel Oyarzabal sidestepped his marker to crash into the Madrid box and send a capable shot at Kiko Casilla, yet it was a cumbersome plot for the winger and Casilla managed the threat easily.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Parcel wrapped up triumph with the last kick of the diversion after a surging keep running from midfield into the case to space home from short proximity. Bundle savors his visits to San Sebastian and has now scored five objectives in four appearances at the Anoeta, scoring Madrid's first in the second moment with an intense header from a Dani Carvajal cross and including a second somewhere down in damage time.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Marco Asensio scored Madrid's second with a cool heave in the 40th moment as the exhausted guests by the by won easily enough.With Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema missing, Bale was the sole individual from the dreaded "BBC" strikeforce to highlight and Zidane felt he assumed liability in spite of a truncated pre-season after Wales' race to the semi-finals of Euro 2016.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYShUp8mR3o4DIvwodU4gXo1a1c1MlFrblt8Clc8v_-fl2ZNaXy8UzLyB9UfGy56ByDyOKryFOAngRQ3H0loRrF5Ltc9_U8RwtCYz_n4cm1qYrNLtpd8a68x7O0mmlb0AMt7uex0l99j7/s1600/bale-gareth-bale-bale-real-madrid_3769724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYShUp8mR3o4DIvwodU4gXo1a1c1MlFrblt8Clc8v_-fl2ZNaXy8UzLyB9UfGy56ByDyOKryFOAngRQ3H0loRrF5Ltc9_U8RwtCYz_n4cm1qYrNLtpd8a68x7O0mmlb0AMt7uex0l99j7/s400/bale-gareth-bale-bale-real-madrid_3769724.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I'm glad for him, since he is physically behind the others and that has not been seen," said the Real head coach."He began in the most ideal way, scoring early. This is a troublesome spot to come on the off chance that you don't take your risks. Gareth has as of now said this one is a vital year for him, and it is appearing."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Zidane could discover next to no to blame in Madrid's execution, including: "Everybody attempted. We assaulted and safeguarded together. You can accomplish things battling for each ball.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We knew it would be a troublesome spot to come however we put in a decent execution from the earliest starting point, in spite of the fact that we endured a bit. It was vital to begin the season well."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Asensio inspired Zidane, having been chosen in front of James Rodriguez and Isco in midfield.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I needed to choose who to forget and he (Asensio) welled. It makes my head hurt settling on the line-up. Asensio had an incredible amusement, however so did Mateo Kovacic and the others. The imperative thing is the group, and we made numerous odds."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> James Rodriguez went ahead as a late substituteZidane offered little remark on Rodriguez, who has been connected with a move to Chelsea before the end of the exchange window.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "He is well and glad and we have included three focuses," he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Genuine Sociedad were up against it from the minute Bale headed in the early objective, and their mentor Eusebio Sacristan said: "We attempted, however it was extremely troublesome with such an early objective. We put our heart into it and demonstrated our face to the end.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We attempted to demonstrate a focused soul. We kept on applying weight. We continued attempting to keep a high pace with the thought we could wear them out yet they were running until the last shriek, they're extremely solid and focused on their cautious work."Already driving 1-0 at the time because of Wales forward Gareth Bale's second-minute opener, the guests multiplied their preference five minutes before half-time by means of Asensio's exquisite strike.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Spain universal assaulting midfielder, 20, demonstrated unbelievable self-control with a splendid first touch from a Raphael Varane long ball, before smoothly chipping the ball over the propelling Geronimo Rulli on what was the player's first since forever La Liga begin for the club.And Zinedine Zidane's side went ahead to score one more objective through that man Bale, who found the back of the net late on as Los Blancos coordinated adversaries Barcelona's triumphant begin to the new battle on Saturday.</div>

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It was a phenomenal first half from Los Blancos, with an early objective from Bale and a flawlessly taken second from Asensio giving Zinedine Zidane's men an agreeable lead at the Anoeta Stadium. It took under two minutes for Bale to open the scorin… Read more »

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Sri Lanka v Australia I ODI, Colombo - Preview

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px;">Mitchell Marsh sent home to recharge before South Africa series; Pradeep, Lakmal back in contention for Sri Lanka</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Australia will be keen to restore some pride when it takes on Sri Lanka in the first of the five-match One-Day International series on Sunday (August 21), hoping that some fresh blood can help reverse a string of defeats during the Test series.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Sri Lanka v Australia I ODI, Colombo - Preview - Cricket News" height="425" src="http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/images/630x420/76649.jpg" width="640" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Days after losing the top spot in the</span> ICC Test rankings<span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">, Australia will be determined to get back to winning ways against an upbeat Sri Lanka side. </span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Angelo Mathews's side completed a 3-0 series whitewash over Australia on Wednesday when it won the final Test in Colombo by 163 runs, a result which led to Australia being toppled by India at the top of the ICC Test rankings. </span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Steve Smith, the Australia captain, admitted his side had been outplayed after failing to come to terms with the turning wickets in Sri Lanka. While Smith remains at the helm of the ODI side, the squad will be bolstered by ODI specialists such as Aaron Finch and James Faulkner, along with Adam Zampa, the young legspinner. </span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Mitchell Marsh, who was earlier named in the ODI squad, was sent home after the Test series with an eye on the packed Australia summer schedule, and Moises Henriques is expected to replace the allrounder. Darren Lehmann, the Australia coach, said the decision to release Marsh was so he could recharge his batteries before next month's tour to South Africa. </span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Lehmann explained that his side was building towards the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 in England, but he also acknowledged the need to produce some immediate results to lift the morale.</span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Faulkner is expected to bolster the batting line-up which struggled in the Test series, particularly against Rangana Herath who has retired from ODIs. </span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Australia's spinners failed to carry the same threat in the Test series, with Mitchell Starc doing most of the damage. Although, Jon Holland, the left-arm spinner, has returned home, Nathan Lyon is staying on and could well be joined in the starting XI by Zampa. Sri Lanka, however, will be looking to take its new-found confidence into the limited-overs series, with Mathews insisting that there would be no room for complacency after the Test series whitewash. </span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Tillakaratne Dilshan, who missed the tour of England due to personal reasons, returns to the side, as do allrounders Milinda Siriwardana and Thisara Perera. </span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Sri Lanka has also selected the uncapped duo of Avishka Fernando and Amila Aponso. While Fernando, a top-order batsman, has been in good form for the Sri Lanka Under-19 team in England, hitting back to back hundreds to help the team to a 3-0 whitewash, Aponso, a left-arm spinner, impressed with the Sri Lanka Development Emerging Team in South Africa.</span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Furthermore, Sri Lanka, who lost its four top fast bowlers to injuries on a recent tour of England, now have Nuwan Pradeep and Suranga Lakmal, who played the final Test in Colombo, back in contention.</span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Sunday's match is the <span style="background-color: transparent;">first</span> of two games in Colombo before the contest continues with two matches in Dambulla and wraps up in Pallekele on September 4. </span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Source: <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/news/95798/sri-lanka-v-australia-i-odi-colombo-preview" target="_blank">icc-cricket.com</a></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #797979; font-family: "open sans" , "arial"; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Sri Lanka v Australia I ODI, Colombo - Preview

World Sports News 0 11:54:00 AM

Mitchell Marsh sent home to recharge before South Africa series; Pradeep, Lakmal back in contention for Sri LankaAustralia will be keen to restore some pride when it takes on Sri Lanka in the first of the five-match One-Day International series on S… Read more »

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Finch, Smith set up Australia win

<span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px;">Top-order batsmen come through spin test with half-centuries to build on bowling heroics of Faulkner, Starc</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px;">Aaron Finch and Steven Smith hit fifties to help Australia navigate a tricky chase and defeat a determined Sri Lanka by three wickets in the first One-Day International in Colombo on Sunday (August 21). </span><br /> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Australia, which endured its first series whitewash against the home side in the preceding three-Test series, needed 46.5 overs to chase down Sri Lanka’s 227 for 8 at the R Premadasa Stadium to go 1-0 up in the five-match series. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/images/630x420/76685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Finch, Smith set up Australia win - Cricket News" border="0" height="213" src="http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/images/630x420/76685.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></a>That Sri Lanka was restricted to a total below 250 was thanks to James Faulkner and Mitchell Starc, who became the fastest to reach 100 wickets in his 52nd match. The two left-arm pacemen shared seven wickets between them after Australia opted to bowl. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Finch (56) gave Australia a brisk start despite the early wicket of David Warner (8). He took on Sri Lanka's bowlers, regularly clearing the infield with seven fours and two sixes during his 46-ball knock. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> But, after Finch brought up his 12th ODI half-century, he fell to Amila Aponso, the debutant left-arm spinner, edging the ball to Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka skipper, at first slip.</div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> However, Mathews wasn't able to hold on to a sharp chance at slip, giving Smith a reprieve at 15 off Dilruwan Perera, and the batsman made the most of it. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Sri Lanka then struck again when Lakshan Sandakan, another debutant spinner, got his maiden ODI wicket in Matthew Wade, who had worked hard for his 26 which came off 34 deliveries. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> But Smith was not so easily flustered. He top-scored with a dogged 58, putting on a 62-run partnership with George Bailey (39) to keep Sri Lanka's spinners at bay on a slow pitch which was taking turn.<br /><br /><img class="hh-large-img cwc-embeds-image" src="http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/images/1200x800/76680.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Dilruwan, the offspinner who ended with three wickets, got Smith in the 38th over with Australia needing another 38 to win the match. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> There was another twist as the visiting side lost three more wickets, but bowling heroes Starc, on five, and Faulkner, also on five, remained unbeaten as Australia registered its highest ODI run chase in Sri Lanka.</div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Earlier Starc, who took three wickets, struck with the fourth ball of the innings to have Kusal Perera trudging back to the pavilion for one. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Tillakaratne Dilshan, the veteran batsman, and Mendis, who scored 67, then came together for a 42-run second-wicket partnership to steady the innings. Dilshan fell for 22 but Mendis registered his fourth half-century in only his eighth ODI. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Mendis, 21, got good support from Dinesh Chandimal, who scored an unbeaten 80, as the pair put together a 79-run third-wicket stand to help Sri Lanka rebuild. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> But a double strike by Faulkner in the 30th over kept Sri Lanka in check after Mendis and Mathews were dismissed in the space of three deliveries. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Starc returned with another wicket-taking spell to send Dhananjaya de Silva back to the pavilion and claim his 100th wicket. The left-armer broke a 19-year-old record set by Saqlain Mushtaq, the Pakistan offspinner who claimed 100 wickets in his 53rd ODI. </div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Although Chandimal kept his focus to register his fifth consecutive ODI half-century after scoring four on the England tour, Faulkner took two more wickets to slow Sri Lanka down and finish with career-best ODI figures of 4 for 38.</div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> The second match is scheduled for August 24 at the same venue.</div> <div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"> Source: <a href="http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/match-reports/95839/finch-smith-set-up-australia-win" target="_blank">icc-cricket.com</a></div>

Finch, Smith set up Australia win

World Sports News 0 11:50:00 AM

Top-order batsmen come through spin test with half-centuries to build on bowling heroics of Faulkner, StarcAaron Finch and Steven Smith hit fifties to help Australia navigate a tricky chase and defeat a determined Sri Lanka by three wickets in the fi… Read more »

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ICC suspends Cricket Association of Nepal

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 125.969px; margin-right: 62.9844px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/196300/196347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/196300/196347.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a>The ICC has suspended the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) in view of government interference in the board. The ICC took the decision during its board meeting on Tuesday.<br />In December, Nepal's National Sports Council (NSC) had formed an ad-hoc committee to run the CAN. This happened soon after Chatur Bahadur Chand was elected the CAN's president in controversial annual general meeting - which was not attended by its then president Tanka Angbuhang - without the NSC's permission. The Chand-led CAN faction then filed a court case, which is still pending, challenging the NSC's decision.<br />"In light of the ongoing court case involving the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and the Ad hoc Committee established by the Nepalese National Sports Council (NSC), which has led to a vacuum of cricket leadership in Nepal, the Board suspended the Membership of CAN for breach of Article 2.9 of the ICC's Articles of Association, which prohibits government interference and requires free and fair elections," the ICC said in a statement.<br />The ICC board added that the suspension would stay in place "until such time as the CAN becomes free of government interference and is properly structured to begin exploiting the tremendous cricket talent and opportunities that exist in Nepal."<br />While the suspension will cut off ICC funding for the CAN, the ICC board decided that Nepal national teams could continue to feature in ICC events.<br />"ICC management will also now work with the Nepalese cricket community, and other stakeholders, in order to assist with the development of a sustainable governance and administration structure for cricket in Nepal."</div> <div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> Source: <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1003757.html" target="_blank">espncricinfo.com</a></div> </div>

ICC suspends Cricket Association of Nepal

World Sports News 0 11:45:00 AM

The ICC has suspended the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) in view of government interference in the board. The ICC took the decision during its board meeting on Tuesday.In December, Nepal's National Sports Council (NSC) had formed an ad-hoc commi… Read more »

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Paredes' courage to change

<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">“Paredes, we’re short of right-backs. Do you fancy playing there?” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">It is September 2010, and memories of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ are growing a little hazy. Only one month into his job as Ecuador coach, Reinaldo Rueda calls up Juan Carlos Paredes for the first time, with the idea of asking him to play in an altogether new position. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Aged 23 at the time, Paredes, who goes by the nickname <i>Hormiga</i> (The Ant), was a wide man by trade. Given the opportunity to represent his country, however, he had no hesitation in answering the Colombian’s call. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ecuador's Juan Carlos Paredes(C) vies with Uruguay's Martin Caceres" border="0" class="i-lnd-8" height="366" src="http://img.fifa.com/mm/photo/tournament/competition/02/73/23/85/2732385_full-lnd.jpg" title="Ecuador's Juan Carlos Paredes(C) vies with Uruguay's Martin Caceres" width="634" /></a></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">After all, it was not the first occasion on which he had been asked to switch positions. A year earlier, during his spell with Deportivo Cuenca, the club’s Argentinian coach Guillermo Duro suggested he move from his position wide in a front three and slot in on the right side of midfield. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Taking up the story, in conversation with <b>FIFA.com</b>, the affable Paredes said: “He (Duro) said to me: ‘You’re quick, you’ll have more space and you’ll play better’. And he was right,” added the Ecuadorian, who has spent the last two seasons playing in both positions for Watford in the English Premier League. “I’ve made the most of those things in doing my job as a full-back, and here I am.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Just a few days after their first chat, Rueda handed the player his international debut, in a friendly against Mexico. Athletic, a tireless worker and blessed with the ability to know when to stay back and when to push forward, he has shown that he belongs in the position and has made himself a regular in the Ecuador set-up. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Growing into the role</b><br /> It was for that very reason that he was puzzled by Rueda’s decision to leave him out of the squad for the 2011 Copa America. An admirer of Brazil’s Maicon and Germany’s Philipp Lahm, Paredes recalled that surprise omission: “<i>El Profe</i> (Rueda) felt that my performance levels had dropped a little, and I respected his decision and kept on working. After the tournament was over, he called me up and I haven’t been out of the squad since.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Paredes is not wrong. Between June 2012 and November 2015, he started 42 consecutive games for his country, among them 14 of Ecuador’s 16 qualifiers for Brazil 2014 and their three matches at the finals. Though <i>La</i> <i>Tri</i> failed to progress beyond the group phase in Brazil, the player’s showings there meant he has kept his place under current national team boss Gustavo Quinteros. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">His long run in the starting line-up came to an end in March this year, when a muscle injury sidelined him for the home game with Paraguay on matchday five of Russia 2018 qualifying tournament, which ended in a 2-2 draw, putting an end to Ecuador’s perfect start in the competition. “I don’t feel like an automatic starter and I’m not worried about statistics,” he said. “I just want to do my job and make a contribution. I was just sorry I wasn’t there to help the team.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Though the press celebrated his return for the next qualifier, against Colombia, Paredes was powerless to prevent a 3-1 defeat to Colombia. Despite that setback, Ecuador lie second in the qualification group, level on points with Uruguay, and have high hopes of making the world finals. “We’re pleased with the way things have gone up to now,” he said. “If you compare what we’re doing now with the previous campaign, we’ve picked up better results away from home. We’re maturing.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hopes for the future</b><br /> A positive outlook is one of Paredes’ many attributes, one he inherited from his mother Carlina. “I lost my father at the age of three, and she’s performed both roles since then. She’s always supported me, even when I used to ruin my shoes playing football at school,” he recalled. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">It was with his family in his hometown of Esmeraldas that he forged the character that has helped him overcome the challenges football has posed him, such as the time when Aucas turned him down in 2005 or when, three years later and having turned professional, he was declared surplus to requirements at Deportivo Cuenca, the club he supports and for whom he would later return. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">It was there, in his local neighbourhood, where he used to play matches for ten or 20 dollars, that he earned his distinctive nickname. “My friends started calling me that because they said I was as light as an ant. They’re hard workers, they’re selfless and they work together as a team. I like the name,” he explained. </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">A firm believer in God and a lover of salsa and rice, Paredes made his move to Watford before Brazil 2014, having won an Ecuadorian league title with Deportivo Quito, spent two seasons with the mighty Barcelona of Guayaquil and impressed on international duty: “It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. I’d always dreamed of playing in England, and I don’t regret it.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Even after helping the club earn promotion to the English top flight and then losing his first-team place, the determined Paredes is still happy where he is: “It’s not an easy situation, though I want to fight for my place and stay here.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">That same spirit shines through when talk turns to Ecuador’s upcoming rivals in the World Cup qualifiers: “Brazil are really tough opponents, but we need to forget about names and focus on what we can do on the pitch. They’ve struggled in Quito for quite a long time now. As for Peru, they’ve come on, just like us, and they’ve got some talented players. They know they can’t afford to drop any more points in Lima.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Qualifying for the world finals has become something of an obligation for Ecuador, as their fans like to make clear. “Their mentality has changed, and that’s good,” said Paredes. “Ours has too, though, the attitude of the players in the national team. It’s all good, and there’s no need for us to feel intimidated.” </span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Paredes knows what he is talking about. He did not shirk the challenge of moving to right-back, and look how far he has come since then. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Source: <a href="http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=8/news=paredes-courage-to-change-2822913.html" target="_blank">fifa.com</a></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>

Paredes' courage to change

World Sports News 0 3:15:00 PM

“Paredes, we’re short of right-backs. Do you fancy playing there?” It is September 2010, and memories of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ are growing a little hazy. Only one month into his job as Ecuador coach, Reinaldo Rueda calls up Juan Car… Read more »

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PR N°79 - FIBA strikes up first new partnership deal for 2016-2019 with Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited

<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">MIES, Switzerland/BEIJING, China - FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, on Wednesday announced that Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited has signed up to be a FIBA Partner for the four-year period from 2016 to 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This is the first international partnership deal put in place under FIBA's new competition system, which comes into effect in 2017 and culminates in the<a href="http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; outline: none;"><span style="color: #ea2e49;">2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup</span></a> to be held in China with a record 32 national teams.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <a href="http://www.fiba.com/images.fiba.com/Graphic/A/41/JFx5GslfXkqPDlBLeaxPXA.jpg?v=20151216100216148" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://www.fiba.com/images.fiba.com/Graphic/A/41/JFx5GslfXkqPDlBLeaxPXA.jpg?v=20151216100216148" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The agreement will see Beijing Enterprises Group granted exclusivity in the categories of beer and wine. Its beer brand, Yanjing Beer - the State beer of China and an official sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympics - will be promoted heavily across all senior men's and women's FIBA events.</span></div> <o:p></o:p><br /> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This partnership includes the following leading properties of basketball's world governing body:</span></div> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">- 2016 FIBA Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">- 2017 FIBA Continental Cups</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">- 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">- 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup</span></div> <o:p></o:p></span><br /> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The agreement grants them key commercial rights such as association with FIBA marks, brand visibility on the court and product placement at the venues. The brand will have great prominence as of 2016, starting with the four FIBA Qualifying Tournaments for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">FIBA Secretary General and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member Patrick Baumann said: "It is a great sign of confidence to already sign our first partnership for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. This shows that the strong support for the next edition of FIBA's flagship event goes beyond the political and sports landscape, extending into the large and growing business community. We look forward to expanding this group of marketing partners in the near future."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">General Manager of Beijing Enterprises Group Hou Zibo said: "We are a long-time and strong supporter of sports in our country and basketball is China’s number one sport in terms of participation. The FIBA Basketball World Cup will set new standards and we are very excited and proud to sign up as the first partner of this exciting venture."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Source:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_555429847"> </a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #101010; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fiba.com/news/pr-n%C2%B079-fiba-strikes-up-first-new-partnership-deal-for-2016-2019-with-beijing-enterprises-group-company-limited" target="_blank">fiba.com</a></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

PR N°79 - FIBA strikes up first new partnership deal for 2016-2019 with Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited

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MIES, Switzerland/BEIJING, China - FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, on Wednesday announced that Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited has signed up to be a FIBA Partner for the four-year period from 2016 to 2019. This is the first … Read more »

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Daghles thrilled 'meaningful home games' are coming to Jordan

<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">AMMAN (FIBA) - One can't think of Jordan basketball and the national team's magical moments the past several years without conjuring up the image of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38138_cp/1/rpp/50/tid/310/_/teams.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a5945c; text-decoration: none;">Osama Daghles</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <a href="http://www.fiba.com/images.fiba.com/Graphic/8/4F/MenCQASc8E2u2Oa8DqiHxw.jpg?v=20160417115216314" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="10 Osama DAGHLES (Jordan)" border="0" height="177" src="http://www.fiba.com/images.fiba.com/Graphic/8/4F/MenCQASc8E2u2Oa8DqiHxw.jpg?v=20160417115216314" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">Remember the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship and his 11-point, 5-rebound, 4-assist and 2-steal effort for Jordan in their 80-66 win over Lebanon that clinched a spot in the 2010 FIBA Basketball World Cup? Daghles and his teammates celebrated after the win like there was no tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">Then there was the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China. Jordan were out of sorts and looking like they would make an early exit, yet they progressed to the Quarter-Finals and pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Asia for many a year.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">They beat the two-time defending champions Iran. Jordan later came within a whisker of qualifying for the Olympics but lost a heartbreaking Final to China.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">"Those were two of my favorite moments with the national team," Daghles said to FIBA.com. "In 2009, beating our rival Lebanon to qualify. Then in 2011, we had a chance to win despite our struggles earlier in the tournament. No one gave us a chance but we fought hard. I'll always take that with me."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">Daghles, now 36, wants a new generation of Jordan players to have a positive time as he did. He wants to see them taste success and for the sport to grow in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">But he wants them to have an even sweeter experience than he did. He wants the players to run onto their own court and play important games in front of their countrymen. It's why he is a passionate supporter of <span style="color: #a5945c;">FIBA's new system of competition</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <a href="http://www.fiba.com/images.fiba.com/Graphic/5/DE/ReL234ySPUa0Zlecu2Craw.jpg?v=20160502133302391" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://www.fiba.com/images.fiba.com/Graphic/5/DE/ReL234ySPUa0Zlecu2Craw.jpg?v=20160502133302391" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";"><span style="color: #a5945c;">Over a four-year cycle from 2017 through 2021</span>, national teams will play regular home and away games to qualify for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #a5945c;">2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup</span> and the 2021 FIBA Continental Cups.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">"It's a no-brainer," Daghles said. "This is a huge thing. Countries like Jordan, Lebanon that don't host championships will get some home games."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <i><span style="color: #585e65; font-family: "lato-bold" , "serif"; font-size: 19.5pt;">Finally, the fans can come and see the national team play meaningful games that mean something to qualify for the next stages. Maybe Jordan will be playing at home with a spot in the World Cup at stake. Imagine that. - Daghles<o:p></o:p></span></i></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">The windows for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #a5945c;">2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup</span> qualifying will open in 2017 in November (Nov. 20-28) and continue in February (Feb. 19-27).<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">The third window will run from 25 June to 3 July, the fourth in September (10-18) and fifth from 26 November to 4 December with the last in 2019 February (20-28). Daghles says there are a lot of fans of Jordan basketball. He says national team needs their backing.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <i><span style="color: #585e65; font-family: "lato-bold" , "serif"; font-size: 19.5pt;">I would like to see the fan base escalate and show its support more in the arena than in the social media. That would be better from a sponsorship standpoint. We do have a lot of people that are always talking about it. But it hasn't transformed to the court, which is a little bit disappointing. - Daghles<o:p></o:p></span></i></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";">With meaningful home games, Jordan fans will have additional incentive to attend. And like Daghles says, they may just get a chance to cheer for their team when it attempts to clinch a spot at a major event like the World Cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif";"> Source: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #101010; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019/news/daghles-thrilled-meaningful-home-games-are-coming-to-jordan" target="_blank">fiba.com</a></span></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Daghles thrilled 'meaningful home games' are coming to Jordan

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AMMAN (FIBA) - One can't think of Jordan basketball and the national team's magical moments the past several years without conjuring up the image of Osama Daghles. Remember the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship and his 11-point, 5-rebound, 4-assist and 2-… Read more »

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Real Sociedad v Real Madrid preview: Gareth Bale set for opener

<div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SkyTextMed, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://e2.365dm.com/16/05/16-9/20/gareth-bale-real-madrid_3461314.jpg?20160505232127" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gareth Bale is available for the opening game" border="0" height="180" src="http://e2.365dm.com/16/05/16-9/20/gareth-bale-real-madrid_3461314.jpg?20160505232127" width="320" /></a><a href="http://e2.365dm.com/16/05/16-9/20/gareth-bale-real-madrid_3461314.jpg?20160505232127"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration: none;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Gareth Bale is available for the opening game" href="http://e2.365dm.com/16/05/16-9/20/gareth-bale-real-madrid_3461314.jpg?20160505232127" style='width:240pt;height:135pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square' o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\SabKura\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" o:title="Gareth Bale is available for the opening game"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Gareth Bale will be the only one of Real Madrid's star forward trio available for their La Liga opener against Real Sociedad on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema are both unfit for the trip to San Sebastian, which is live on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Sky Sports</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">However, Bale has an impressive record at Anoeta, scoring in each of his three matches there for Madrid, and Zinedine Zidane has no doubts he can take on the mantle of attacking figurehead.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"Yes (he can be leader), but like always" Zidane said. "He's an important player in this team. He showed that last season and I think he can continue in the same way this season.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"He wants to continue making history with this great club. It's an important year for him, and for the others."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Madrid go into the match on the back of an impressive run in pre-season, beating Sevilla to win the UEFA Super Cup as well as downing Bayern Munich and Chelsea in the International Champions Cup.Madrid are also without Luka Modric and Pepe for the trip north, but it is the fact Ronaldo will not be playing that Sociedad striker William Jose is most happy about.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Brazilian knows Ronaldo well, having spent time on loan at Madrid in 2014, and he said of the Portugal captain's absence: "It's a relief.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"He's one of the best players in the world and can make the difference in a match, although we have to be wary of the rest of the team as well.""I have good memories of my time there [at Real], it was a great experience and I met a lot of fantastic players, some of whom ended up winning the Champions League and Copa del Rey.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"I was enormously proud to be there and it was a great experience."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Sociedad are planning to pay tribute to the club's former striker Dalian Atkinson during the match. Atkinson, who spent the 1990-91 season with Sociedad, scoring 12 goals, died on Monday aged 48 after he was Tasered by police in Telford in England.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Sociedad players will wear black armbands, and supporters are set to applaud in the ninth minute, in recognition of the shirt number the Englishman most regularly wore during his time in San Sebastian.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Source: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.skysports.com/football/sociedad-vs-r-madrid/preview/362697" target="_blank">skysports.com</a></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <br /></div>

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid preview: Gareth Bale set for opener

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