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Chennai Super Kings has posted a heartbreaking tweet which spoke about how catastrophic 2020 has been. The Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal and Odisha, the calamity has added to the woes of the people. The death toll due to coronavirus is already on a massive escalation mode and cyclone Amphan just rubbed salt on the wounds of the people.
Social media was full of posts on where it was said that Pakistani cricketer Yasir Shaha has lost his life due to the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash which happened yesterday at Karachi’s Model Colony. Rumours were rife that Yasir Shah had boarded the ill-fated flight from Lahore. However post this, Yasir Shah posted a tweet of his well begin and said that he was fine.
It was on May 22, 2017, that an unfortunate incident had the entire world had been saddened by the news of the bombing at the Manchester Arena shook the world. 22 people lost their lives and now, Manchester United paid tribute to the ones who lost their lives into the attack.
The newly crowned ODI captain of Pakistani cricket team Babar Azam has been criticized by Shoaib Akhtar and Rashid Latif as they called him vision-less. The two were quite baffled with Babar Azam’s first press conference which was conducted by the Pakistani Cricket Board after the batsman was been made the skipper of the team. Akhtar and Latif called him vision-less and the Rawalpindi Express asked him to hone his communications skills.
The coronavirus pandemic situation has gravely affected the sporting situation all over the world. This obviously includes cricket as well. First, it was the IPL 2020 and then the Tokyo Olympics 2020 which had been postponed now it is said that the upcoming T20 World Cup which was scheduled for October this year has also said it be postponed and the formal announcement could be made next week.
Cristiano Ronaldo has had a memorable stint with Manchester United when he represented the Red Devils. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner had played at the Old Trafford from 2007-08. He had been transferred from Sporting CP and tasted his first major win with the Red Devils when they won the UEFA Champions League back in 2007-2008 over Chelsea.
La Liga’s interest in the Indian market is an open rebuke. Very often do they put up posts in Hindi against the picture of the players to cater to their fans in India. This time, they emphasised on PM Narendra Modi’s recent speech that revolved around 'Atmanirbharta' or self-reliance. Now La Liga posted a picture of Lionel Messi holding up his jersey after scoring a goal.
Apart from his playing style, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is also known for his attitude and his witty quotes have gone viral for quite a long time now. Zlatan who played for Barcelona for a little more than a couple of year from 2009-2011 is still reeling under the effect of their former player as they posted a picture of the Swedish striker.
The coronavirus lockdown has truly added to the plight of the migrant labourers and others who have been stranded in various parts of India. Now here’s another story of this 15-year-old teenager Jyoti Kumari who cycles her way for 1,200 kilometres from Gurgram to Darbhanga in Bihar with her injured father as pillion. Jyoti, a resident of Gurugram asked her father to sit at the rear side carrier of her cycle as they went their way to Darbhanga.
It's Novak Djokovic’s birthday today and we shall celebrate it by bringing to you cutest photos of the Serbian ace with his family. Novak Djokovic has been one of the most prolific tennis players of our times. Born in Serbia, Djoko has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the third-most in history for a male player, five ATP Finals titles, 34 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 14 ATP Tour 500 titles, and has held the number one spot in the ATP rankings for over 280 weeks.
Just when MS Dhoni fans thought that they would watch him in action again during IPL 2020, the coronavirus proved to be no less than a party spoiler who brought the world to a grinding halt. The 13th season of the Indian Premier League has been called off for an indefinite period of time due to the pandemic situation created by the menace of the virus. Now former selection committee chief MSK Prasad during a chat with a website was asked about MS Dhoni’s return to international cricket.
Sourav Ganguly yesterday out up pictures on social of himself saving a mango tree amid Amphan Cyclone. Ganguly was in is balcony while making attempts to fix the tree and the and also hailed for showcasing another display of 'strength at its highest'. No sooner he put up those snaps, the netizens quickly found parallels between his show in the balcony during 2002 NatWest final and the current snaps.
Sarfaraz Ahmed’s career has gone down the hill of late. He was first stripped from captaincy and then was demoted to category B by the Pakistan Cricket Board and then was even dropped from the team. During an interview, he opened up about the same and mentioned that it doesn’t matter to him about which contract has been given to him.
The Manchester United team is back to business after a long gap of a couple of months. The players of the team arrived at the Old Trafford and sweated it out with their peers. But what caught our attention was their goalkeeper David de Gea who was spotted in an unshaved look as he drove to the stadium in his luxurious Mercedes. The goalkeeper looked fresh after the lockdown. The official account of the Red Devils shared the snaps of the team and David de Gea’s picture was going viral for his new look.
Former WWE Star Shad Gaspard has been found dead of the seashore of LA Beach and the police confirmed the news of demise. The officials confirmed the news of the death of the Gaspard. The former WWE star went swimming with his 10-year-old son Aryeh and both struggled for life in the sea. The lifeguards came to the rescue and the wrestler asked them to save the little boy and sadly the wave had swept Shad even further into the sea.
Football clubs are always known to encourage budding prodigies from the world. Now here’s one more kid from Japan who has stolen the hearts fans with his skills and the child is so good that even Barcelona could not stop themselves from talking about this budding footballer. The internet is buzzing with the tweets about this young kid from Japan who has put up a video of himself on his Instagram page named KSK
Manchester City’s kits for the upcoming season have been leaked online by a few fan pages of the team. The shirts will be used for home kits for the upcoming season. However we are not sure of the authenticity of the shirts, but the leak has surely evoked negative reactions from the fans. The shirts are expected to be released by July or August this year. The followers posted hilarious memes as they gave a thumbs down to the shirts.
After Jurgen Klopp returned to Melwood yesterday, the players of Liverpool FC not only joined their manager but also sweated it out at the stadium. However, the practice was done keeping in mind the norms of social distancing as they stood away from each other throughout the session. The players of the team trained in smaller groups.
Cristiano Ronaldo has come back to Juventus sweat it out with his team. For a couple of days now, the Portugal star has been at the Juventus Training Centre with his colleagues. After having a gruelling session at Juventus, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, as usual, was seen letting his hair down with his family. In the picture, we see CR7 posing with his four kids on his lap and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez also in the frame.
Andres Iniesta has been one of the engineers for Barcelona and has been one of the pioneers of the success for the Catalan Giants. Andres Iniesta played for the team from 2002-2018. The central midfielder played his last game with the Catalan Giants on May 20, 2018, and thus in this section of ‘this Day That Year’ we talk about his last match. Needless to say that the Catalan Giants also cannot forget the day and thus they posted an emotional video on social media recalling his last match.
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