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Many countries are in a lockdown due to the pandemic situation created by the menace of coronavirus. Amid the lockdown, the sportsmen are home and spending their time with their families. But that does not stop them from honing their skills for the upcoming season. Now Roberto Firmino is no different and has been sweating it out and this time he was seen donning the gloves of a goal-keeper and has been a pro at the job.
Amid the coronavirus crisis, Paris Saint Germain has been labelled as the Ligue 1 Champions for 2019-20 and thus put an end to the season. PSG topped the Ligue 1 table by being 12 points ahead of Marseille and the announcement came on Thursday. The announcement by the LFP comes after Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday that “professional sports leagues, notably football, cannot restart” because of the risks linked to the pandemic.
The world as we all know has come to a standstill with the menace of coronavirus. Many countries including India are currently under lockdown and with no sporting happening all across the globe, the sportsmen are spending a lot of at home with their families. As of now, Cristiano Ronaldo is in Madeira is hometown in Portugal and is also spending a lot of time with his family.
Ronaldinho has been one of the most iconic players of his times and has been an engineer for Barcelona. As of now, with no matches on the radar, the clubs have no option than to relive their old goals. Now a while ago, they revisited the goal by Ronaldinho who netted one during their match against Chelsea during Champions League 2004-05.
For a while now, there have been rumours that Lionel Messi will quit Barcelona after shaky management with the Catalan Giants. Several reports said that he was being offered a place in clubs like Juventus, Manchester City, Manchester United and a few others. Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi's teammate at Argentina feels that the six-time Ballon d’Or winner will retire at Barcelona since he loves the La Liga champions.
Just when we were still sinking in with the fact that Irrfan Khan is no more, we have had another setback in the form of our beloved Rishi Kapoor who left for heavenly abode this morning at 8.45 am. With heavy hearts, celebrities and fans bid adieu to Chintu Ji and the paid tributes to the deceased star. While people from the sporting fraternity paid tributes to the veteran actor, Chennai Super Kings also joined the bandwagon
Just when all of us were still mourning the demise of Irrfan Khan, April 30th brought in yet another sad news to add on to our misery. We have yet another star who has left the world and made us poorer. It is the sad demise of Rishi Kapoor aka Chintu ji who passed away this morning at 8.45 am IST. Rishi Kapoor was admitted to hospital last night and a while ago, his brother Randhir confirmed the news of his demise.
It is Rohit Sharma’s birthday today and the Hitman turns 33. Needless to say that the fans cannot keep calm and have poured their wishes for the Indian vice-captain on social media. Chennai Super Kings, ICC, Mumbai Indians have wished the Hitman on his birthday. Now joining the bandwagon is the official Facebook account of La Liga India who also wished Rohit Sharma on his birthday.
Even before the clock struck 12 last night, the fans of the vice-captain of the Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma started wishing him on his birthday. The fans started to trend #HappyBirthdayRohitSharma on social media. Needless to say that the cricketing stars wished him on social media on his birthday. Now, Chennai Super Kings who has always had a witty take on subjects also took to social media to wish the Hitman.
Rohit Sharma turns 33 today. Born on April 30th 1987, the Hitman has given us enough moments to reminisce. He is the only cricketer in the history of cricket to score more than one ODI double-hundred, having scored three of them. In January 2020, Sharma was named as the ODI Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council.
A while ago, Bollywood star Irrfan Khan breathes his last breath in Mumbai. No sooner the news of his demise broke out, tweet with condolence messages started pouring in. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Shoojit Sircar and many others poured their hearts out on his demise. People from the sporting fraternity including, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and others also sent their condolence messages for the deceased actor.
Cristiano Ronaldo in his nine-year-long stint with Real Madrid has added many feathers to his dazzling hat. Fans still reminisce every moment of CR7 with the Los Blancos and today they recalled the match played on April 29, 2014, when the five-time Ballon d’Or winner struck twice along with Sergio Ramos and both led the team to 4-0 win.
Xavi Hernandez has undoubtedly enjoyed a lion’s share of credit for making Barcelona reach where it is right now. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that he is one of the pioneers of Barcelona and enjoyed a great run of success. Now for this section of ‘Goal of the Day,’ we shall talk about Xavi’s this particular goal against Real Madrid in La Liga 2004.
The spot-fixing controversy is something that refuses to die. Now, Pakistan former captain Saleem Malik has admitted of indulging into spot-fixing and is apologetic about what he had done 19 years ago. Saleem Malik is ready to fully cooperate with the ICC and PCB for the same. The 57-year-old was banned in 2000 after he was found guilty of offering bribes to Australia's trio
Amid lockdown due to coronavirus, each of these sportsmen is spending their time home by doing those activities which they could do due to their hectic schedule. Things are no different with the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah who has been catching up with movies in his leisure time and the Liverpool footballer has been doing his best to keep himself in the best of shape for the upcoming season.
Lionel Messi’s son Thiago is an ardent fan of football and follows the footsteps of his father at the Barcelona academy. Very often does he speak about the players that he likes the most. Thiago talks about Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Greizmann and a few others. During an interview, Messi said that he likes to ask questions and likes it a lot.
As we all know that there have been some unreal comparisons between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi which happen even today. Even the players are made to have their choices when it comes to picking between the two football greats. Paris Saint Germain star Kylian Mbappe has revealed his personal favourite between Ronaldo and Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been one of the greatest sporting icons in the world and each of his football movements on the field have been tracked by the fans and are used on social media by the netizens. Now, each of these images is at times turned into memes by the fans to match the hilarious situations. India is currently undergoing a lockdown due to the menace of the coronavirus and the people who break the rules, are often punished by the police.
Seldom are the times when Kumar Sangakkara trolls his colleague but when he does, it happens to be really brutal. This time he was joined by former English cricketer Kevin Pietersen and they targeted English cricketer Ravi Bopara. So here’s what happened. Bopara went nostalgic and shared quite an old picture of himself. The 34-year-old shared a picture of himself where he was quite fat and shared a snap of himself of the older version.
Cristiano Ronaldo is surely the most spoilt boyfriend. Now very long ago on his birthday, did Georgina Rodriguez, his girlfriend gift him a new car and now she was seen amassing his feet while the star footballer was relaxing doing something on his mobile. The star footballer is currently in Madeira, Portugal with his girlfriend and kids.
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