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Aston Villa is all set to take on Manchester United at the Villa Park tonight. The Red Devils are currently placed on number five of the EPL 2019-20 season whereas, Aston Villa are on number 18 winning seven games out of 33. In this article, we bring to you the probable line-up of both sides. But before that, let’s have a look at the preview and the team news of the match.
Former Manchester United legend Robin van Persie has left out Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi from the Ballon d'Or 2020 race. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been dominating the Ballon d’Or awards for years now. Ronaldo has been bestowed with the award five times in his career, whereas Messi has been a recipient of the same on six occasions. Only Luka Modic received it once in 2018.
Finally, after 117 days, the cricketing action resumed the game between England and West Indies in Southampton. Now in this article, we bring to you the three-point highlights for the match. However, it was the rain that played the spoilsport as day 1 witnessed only 106 balls. After winning the toss, England opted to bat first and the hosts lost the first wicket, Dominic Sibley on the score of 0.
Just before the start of the first test, West Indies skipper Jason Holder forgot the norms of social distancing and inadvertently shook hands with the Ben Stokes after the toss Finally we had a cricketing action in the form of England vs West Indies who are taking on each other at Southampton. Due to the outspread of the coronavirus, the matches have been played behind closed doors without the fans in the stadium, no usage of saliva on the ball.
A while ago, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly during an interaction with a Bengali newspaper said that the Asia Cup 2020 has been cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic. The news spread like wildfire and however, Pakistan who holds the hosting rights for the tournament is clueless about the same. Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ehsan Mani said that he has not yet heard anything about the tournament
So with cricket making a comeback after a long gap of 117 days, we had England playing against West Indies in the first game. Ben Stokes’ team won the toss at Southampton and elected to bat first. Now the hosts lost their first wicket within the first three overs the Three Lions in the form of Dominic Sibley. The opener made way into the pavilion for the score of a duck.
After winning their last match against Villareal, Barcelona is back and will lock horns against Espanyol at the Camp Nou. Amid the rumours of Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona, the team has announced 23 member squad for the upcoming game. The Catalan Giants will miss out on the services of Frankie de Jong and Samuel Umtiti as they had picked up an injury a few days back during the practice session of Barcelona.
For a while now there has been a lot of buzz about Black Lives Matter and the people have raised their voices on how racism has been affecting the lives of the blacks. Now ahead of the first test match between England and West Indies in Southampton, Michael Holding has delivered a strong message for the same.
Zlatan Ibrahimović was in a red hot form yesterday during their match against Juventus at San Siro and scored a goal at the 62nd minute of the game. The Swedish striker converted a penalty into a goal and post successfully converting a penalty into a goal, the former LA Galaxy striker was seen mocking at the five-time Ballon d’Or winner.
MS Dhoni has been one of the best wicket-keepers and the batsman produced by Indian cricket. Over the years he has broken a plethora of records and has won hearts not only on the field but also off the pitch. Many of his gestures prove that MS Dhoni is a man with a golden heart. The gestures might have been quite little but had been big enough to gain larger fans following.
Cristiano Ronaldo was in the news for scoring his first free-kick for Juventus against Torino last night. With 25 goals in one season, Ronaldo broke a 60-year-old record. While the netizens were busy celebrating the record, the TV cameras on the ground captured an interaction with Maurizio Sarri as the two had a conversation with each other. The moment was shared by a fan on social media and the video of the same is going viral.
Shahid Afridi has always been in the news for his controversial statements about India. His words are not just related to cricket but also politics. This time however his statement was Team India as he said that the Men in Blue often sought forgiveness for losing against them. Now, this statement was expected to created ripples and as expected it did, as the Indian fans trolled him and reminded the former Pakistani cricketer about India’s unbeaten run at the World Cup.
With the title hunt of La Liga 2019-20 title, Real Madrid who is at the top of the table will be hosted by Athletic Real. The Los Blancos have announced the 23-member squad for the upcoming game. The squad witnessed an absence of Eden Hazard, Raphaël Varane and James Rodriguez and the netizens are quite anxious about the three players not being a part of the team.
As a part of MS Dhoni’s pre-birthday celebrations, the fans on social media have started trending #HappyBirthdayMSDhoni. The former Indian captain has a huge fan following across the globe. On many occasions, the fams have breached the security just to get a glimpse of the wicket-keeper batsman. Right from a five-year-old to someone as old as 80 years old, the Chennai Super Kings captain has a fan following from all the age groups.
Apart from the recent draws against Atletico Madrid and Celta Vigo, Barcelona has been in the news for Lionel Messi as the six-time Ballon d’Or winner has decided to quit the club. The Catalan Giants are shell shocked with the Argentine’s decision. While that happens at the backdrop, team Barcelona stays in hunt for the La Liga 2019-20 title and are all set to be hosted by Villareal at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic made way into the final XI of AC Milan for their match against Lazio. At the 35th minute of the match, Ibra converted a penalty into a goal. The goal was obstructed by the goal-keeper and however, the ball had touched the line of the goal-keeper and AC Milan went onto lead the game by 2-0. AC Milan defeated the hosts Lazio by 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.
It was a day of records for Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianluigi Buffon during the match against Torino. While Cristiano Ronaldo broke a 60-year-old record by being the first player in six decades to score 25 goals in one season for Juventus, Buffon made his 648th appearance for the team. After the match, Ronaldo hailed Gianluigi Buffon for the record and had an important message for the team.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu more famously known as PV Sindhu is surely one of the best badminton players produced by India and has brought laurels to the country with her stunning achievements. In 2016, she became the first Indian to reach the BWF finals. However, she was beaten by Spain's Carolina Marin and won the silver medal.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first free-kick for Juventus during the match against Torino at the Allianz Stadium and led the team to a 4-1 win. Needless to say that CR7 was on cloud nine as he netted a stunner and the Portugal star celebrated the same with a loud scream. The shutterbugs on the ground made sure to capture the moment and Ronaldo also must have seen his wild celebration
Cristiano Ronaldo was on fire last night as he broke a 60-year-old record with a stunning free-kick against Torino at the Allianz Stadium. The Old Lady kept up their winning streak and with this, the team upsurge their chances to win the Serie A 2019-20 title. Talking about the match, before the interval Paulo Dybala and Juan Cuadrado had already put Bianconeri on the lead of 2-0.
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