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Virat Kohli’s form recently might have hit a rough patch of late but the Indian cricket captain has shattered many records over the last two years. All thanks to his red hot form. Now, here’s another record that Virat Kohli has got under his belt. The Indian cricket captain has registered his name amongst the top run-getter in international cricket since January 2017. With an average of 63.17, Kohli has scored 8,465 runs.
Not very long had Kapil Dev rejected Shoaib Akhtar’s idea of three-match series between India and Pakistan by saying that India does not need the money and conducting the games right now would be a bad idea. Shoaib Akhtar responded to the same now and further explained his opinion and remained adamant. The Rawalpindi Express said that its time we put our heads together to generate revenues as the sporting action all across the world has come to standstill due to the menace of the coronavirus.
Paulo Dybala has been one of the frontline players for Juventus for a while now and has guided the team home with his epic goals. With no live-action happening anytime soon due to the outspread of coronavirus, Juventus is keeping their fans hooked up by revisiting the old memories which still remain in the archive of our hearts. In this section of This Day, That Year, let's have a look at the goal by Dybala.
For a few days now, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba have been challenging each other displaying cray football skills that have sent the fans in awe. Once again Zlatan’s old teammate Paul Pogba had challenged the former LA Galaxy player displaying the best of his skills. This time Pogba challenged him on who could pot the ball in a spectacular manner.
Recently China redrafted their guidelines which labelled dogs as companions and not items for livestock. The draft was released alongside National Catalogue of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources which has a list of animals that can be legally traded for meat, fur and medical purposes. Now, Formula 1 Champion Lewis Hamilton joined the bandwagon and urged his fans in China to stop treating dogs as livestock and rebranding them as more of a companion.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has been targeted by many cricketers of their country. Now, Aamer Sohail is the latest one who joined the bandwagon and slammed the PCB for assigning too many responsibilities and also referred to him as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan. Prior to this even Shoaib Akhtar had taken a jibe at the PCB for the way they have functioned over the years. Talking about the former Pakistani opener, Sohail took to his YouTube channel
The coronavirus Pandemic has created havoc around the world and many have succumbed to the deadly disease. The world in lockdown and almost everyone is refraining from going outdoors in order to break the chain. Amid the crisis, sportsmen from all over the world have urged their fans to stay indoors and break the chain of the virus.
Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena took up the 100-volley challenge which was initiated by Andy Murry and his wife Kim. The Serbian posted a video of the same on social media and thanked him for the challenge. Amid the coronavirus lockdown across the globe, the people are confined into their homes. This also obviously includes the sportsmen and they are urging the people to be in the best of shape.
The entire world is in the lockdown due to the menace of coronavirus and this obviously also includes the sportsmen. They are spending a lot of time with their families and doing their best to keep themselves in the best of shape. Roger Federer had introduced the Training from Home Challenge and urged the netizens to also join the same.
Salman Butt is one of the greatest batsman produced by Pakistan. However, it was the spot-fixing scandal that put the halt to his stunning career. The former Pakistani batsman was accused of spot-fixing during the tour of England way back in 2010 and thus was given a five-year ban along with Mohammad Amir and former medium-pacer Mohammad Asif.
Cristiano Ronaldo is in Madeira for quite some time now amid the coronavirus lockdown. He had visited his native to visit his ailing mother who had suffered from a heart stroke and has been there along with his family. Now he used the Madeira Stadium amid the lockdown for his secret training and the pictures of his training emerged on the internet. As a result, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner got slammed by the Head of Health Pedro Ramos of Madeira
For a while now, rumours are rife that Cristiano Ronaldo could be put on sale due to the current financial condition of Juventus. Many reports claim that his old club Real Madrid is yearning to have him on board once again. Now, here's one more development that would surely put a smile on their faces. Real Madrid Chief Florentino Perez is reportedly having a close watch on CR7's position at Juventus
With no-live action on the cards due to the menace of the coronavirus, sports all over the globe has suffered from a massive hit. The La Liga, Serie A and other events have been postponed for an indefinite period of time. Amid the crisis, Barcelona is making sure to keep their fans interested in their social media page by reliving their good old memories over the seasons.
Amid quarantine due to coronavirus crisis, a lot of cricketers have been shut down in their houses and are doing their household chores. While a few of them are conducting a live session with fans, the rest are king sure to keep their social updated. Things are no different with Mark Waugh who also has been doing his household chores and was cleaning his garage and found his old bats
Ivan Rakitic is not having a very good time with the fans at Barcelona as he once again got roasted on social media by Lionel Messi fans. The ardent followers of Messi didn’t seem to have taken his picture lightly and they once again took a jibe at Rakitic. So here’s exactly what happened. Amid quarantine, the official account of Barcelona is finding ways to keep the fans hooked to their social media page.
The coronavirus has brought the entire world to the standstill and many sporting events including the IPL 2020 have been put on hold. The Indian Premier League 2020 was supposed to begin on March 29, 2020 but now with coronavirus, the cash-rich league will begin from April 15, 2020. But with the 21-day lockdown imposed by the Indian government, the future of the IPL now looks dim.
Lionel Messi has been furious and lashed out at the media houses for carrying a couple of reports. For a couple of days now, there have been rumours of Lionel Messi joining Inter Milan as the Serie A club is quite keen on having him on board. Also, the reports further claimed that Lionel Messi had put money to bail out former Barcelona legend Ronaldinho. Now, these two reports surely did not go down well with Messi and the Argentine took to social media to clarify that the news circulated in the media are false.
Ramiz Raja and Shoaib Malik got into a war of words yesterday and the battle gets intense with each passing jibe. The former Pakistani cricketer suggested a Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez should retire gracefully. Now, this invited a reaction from Malik and he tweeted saying, “All three of us should retire.” This angered Ramiz Raja and shot back at Malik with a couple of tweets. A few hours later, he claimed that his tweets mysteriously disappeared with him doing anything.
Amid coronavirus crisis, Shoaib Akhtar has proposed an idea of having a bilateral series between India and Pakistan series. The money garnered from the series should be distributed to both governments which would further help them to deal with coronavirus crisis. Now former Indian captain Kapil Dev rubbished idea and said that India does not need the money and it wouldn’t be a wise idea to put the lives of cricketers in danger.
Cristiano Ronaldo had thrown up the Living Room Challenge for the netizens where they had to flaunt their core strength and perform as many core crushers possible in 45 seconds. Many footballers including Bruno Fernandes performed the challenge and posted the same on social media. Now, the Manchester United latest signing could not go beyond 117 reps in 45 seconds and ended up getting trolled hilariously by his idol of course in all good humour.
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