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Apart from his on-field crazy football skills, Cristiano Ronaldo is also known for his humane gesture amongst his peers. Whether it is consoling Mohamed Salah after he was tackled by Sergio Ramos during Champions League 2018-19 finals between Liverpool and Real Madrid, or walking Edinson Cavani while Uruguay player made his way into the pavilion during FIFA 2019 game, Ronaldo has always been praised for his gestures as well.
While the entire country as locked themselves up with a 21-day long quarantine, even our cricketers are in quarantine and are keeping themselves busy with the daily chores of their homes. The sportsmen are doing everything that they usually miss out on while they are on the go. A lot of them have even conducted a live chat session with the fans and have kept them abreast of their daily activities.
The 2011 World Cup brought India the glory after a long wait of 28 years and today on the ninth anniversary of the victory, the netizens relish every single moment of the win. The social media users cannot contain their excitement and posted tweets on social media. Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians also took to social media and posted tweets hailing MS Dhoni and company for the win.
It’s been nine years that India won the World Cup 2011. The memories of MS Dhoni and company lifting the World Cup 2011 after 28 years at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets. Every moment of the World Cup finals is etched in our memories like it happened yesterday, but MS Dhoni’s winning shit which went for a huge six gives us goosebumps even today. T
Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to AC Milan earlier this year and even scored goals at a fair bit of a rate. But, things seem to have gone downhill for the former LA Galaxy striker as he is quite unhappy with the dicey hierarchy at AC Milan. First, it was for sacking their former Chief football officer Zvonimir Boban and now he feels that Paolo Maldini will also be shown the door.
Australian great Shane Warne named Sourab Ganguly as the best captain of all time and has snubbed the stalwarts like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni from his playing XI. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the legendary spinner was asked to pick his India XI and he came up with some unexpected choices which surprised many. He in fact even snubbed his student Kuldeep Yadav from the list and instead picked Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh his list
With sports all across the world coming to a standstill due to the menace of coronavirus, the athletes are now in quarantine and are spending their time with their families. Along with spending time with families, a few footballers including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and others are even keeping themselves in shape and honing their skills. AC Milan Ibrahimović, Paul Pogba and athlete Lisa Zimouche have taken to social media and showed off their freestyle skills.
The coronavirus is on an escalation mode with each passing day. The people have been asked to stay indoors and this has obviously increased problems for the common man. Now, Shahid Afridi has been helping the minorities in Karachi by providing them with ration. The Pakistani all-rounder has been raising funds and has even delivered essential supplies to over 2,000 families. He took to social media and informed about netizens about the generous deeds. In the tweet, Afridi also urged people to stay indoors. Amid the crisis hitting
USA’s female footballer Alex Morgan was asked to choose between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and she made her choices and selected the Barcelona forward over CR7. During an interview, she had revealed that Messi is a level higher than any other player. So Alex Morgan was on the cover of FIFA 16 alongside Messi in the USA and just like any other question Ronaldo vs Messi has been a common query.
The coronavirus has truly caused a financial strain on the sporting industry as all the events have come to a grinding halt across the globe. In India, even the IPL 2020 has been stalled due to the pandemic situation created by the coronavirus. Now, various reports surfacing online are saying that Virat Kohli and company could face pay cuts following the pandemic situation.
The menace of coronavirus has caused to have a massive cut on the fees of the players. Cristiano Ronaldo’s fees have already taken £3.8 million hit, now as per reports, the fees of the transfer market will also take on toll due to the pandemic situation created due to the menace of coronavirus. The deadly disease has brought all the sporting activities to a halt and there could be a financial strain as well on the Italian champions.
India and Pakistan have had mouth-watering encounters until the date and most of the games have gone down the wire. The matches between India Pakistan have always been relished by fans and still have a special place in the archives of our memories. With no sporting events on the horizon at least for a fortnight now due to the outspread of coronavirus and the lockdown, Star Sports 1 is planning to treat their fans with all the matches between India and Pakistan.
If things would have fallen in place and there was no coronavirus obstructing the sporting events all over the globe, probably we would have been watching the inaugural match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings which was supposed to be hosted at the Wankhede Stadium. All eyes would have been on the comeback of MS Dhoni who would be making a comeback to cricket after a long time.
The latest edition of the Indian Premier League 2020 was about to start today. The first match was supposed to be held between Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians and MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings which was set to be hosted at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. However, with the outspread of coronavirus, the matches will now begin on April 15, 2020. Surely this piece of news has disappointed the fans who were eagerly waiting for the IPL 2020.
With the menace of coronavirus, the IPL 2020 has been called off until April 15, 2020. As the fans eagerly waiting for the upcoming season, let’s have a look at the highlights of the previous years of the cash-rich league. Now, today we look back at the match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad which happened on the same date i.e. March 29, 2019. T
With IPL 2020 nearing, there is also doubt if the players from overseas will participate in the cash-rich event. Amid the chaos of coronavirus Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith has dropped a hint about his participation in IPL 2020 and is trying to be fit physically and mentally. With the outbreak of coronavirus, the entire world is in lockdown and a majority of sporting events have been called off for an indefinite period of time.
With the increasing menace of coronavirus, the sporting activities all over the world have been brought to a halt. La Liga, Serie A, IPL 2020, Bundesliga, EPL and many other events have been stalled and have been postponed indefinitely. Many countries including India, Italy and others have been under a complete lockdown.
Cristiano Ronaldo had flown to Portugal to visit his ailing mother Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro who had suffered from a heart stroke. She was hospitalised for a few days and now has recovered well. Ronaldo now posted a picture of himself with his mother and sisters on social media and gave a health update of the same. In the picture we see his mother posing with her thumbs up which means that she was doing well.
Sebastian Vettel has been offered a new contract by his team Ferrari. But here’s a catch! The team has offered him a contract but only with a year extension, at least that’s what the reports suggest. The team has made the German driver is their preferred option but he will race alongside Charles Leclerc. Now the same reports further suggested that it is the emergence of Charles Leclerc that could have been the reason for the pay cut.
The entire world is under lockdown due to the menace of coronavirus and all of them are spending time with their family and also being a bit more active on social media. Now, Indian’s batsman Ajinkya Rahane is not only spending time at home but is also helping his wife Radhika So this time he was seen cooking coriander rice for his wife.
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