Lionel Messi was the difference when both these met earlier this season in the Spanish domestic League. The Argentine’s magic 4-minutes from regulation time propelling a lacklustre Barcelona to a 1-0 victory over Diego Simeone’s Atleti. The Madrid side, however, are unbeaten since then in five matches – four of which they have won.
Jamshedpur FC have failed to win a single game ever since the injury to their forward Sergio Castel, the 24-year-old Spaniard was injured in the 1-0 win over FC Goa and since then Jamshedpur have played 5, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. In the same period, Bengaluru FC have won three and lost two games.
A win against Jamshedpur will help the defending ISL champions pip ATK into the 2nd position in ISL 2019-20 points table. They have lost just twice and have also conceded the least number of goals but it is in scoring where the champions have struggled with Sunil Chhetri alone carrying the burden of finding the net.
Born in a farmer family, Hima Das initially wanted to become a footballer but later changed to track and field after being persuaded by her coach. She is the youngest of five siblings. She kick-started her sprint career by training regularly at her father’s farm in the village of Kandhulimari. Her Coach Nipon persuaded her to travel to Guwahati for better training
Signed by the Melbourne Stars – after they watched him in the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20I competition – as a replacement for the injured Steyn, Haris Rauf now has 13 wickets from just 4 games in BBL 2019-20. The 3/28 he achieved against Sydney Thunders isn’t even his best figures in the competition. He had taken 5/27 Hobart Hurricanes in his only second appearance in the League.
Both Valencia and Real Madrid have a number of injury concerns and will be forced to use the bench for the Supercopa de Espana semi-final clash. While Valencia are missing the first-choice striker Rodrigo Moreno, Real Madrid are already without a host of stars. Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema are out of the semi-final encounter against Valencia.
NorthEast United are currently on a winless run of five games, while FC Goa’s run of four successive wins ended in the 1-2 defeat to defending champions Bengaluru FC. It needed a Manvir Singh header in extra-time for a 10-man FC Goa to steal a point off NorthEast United with the game ending in 2-2 draw after NorthEast had led from being a goal down.
The match ended in a 2-2 draw with Manvir Singh scoring a last-minute equaliser to deny NorthEast United a win in the last meeting between both these teams in ISL 6. FC Goa have come a long since then but the same cannot be said of NorthEast United, who seem to have gone backwards after leading the standings in the initial stages.
Man City have won six of their last nine matches against United scoring 10 times to United’s 7 goals in those matches. Guardiola’s side is also unbeaten in their last 15 Carabao Cup matches spanning three years. Incidentally, their last defeat in the EFL League Cup came against United in 2016 before the winning run.
Lewis Hamilton clinched his first Formula One (F1) World Championship title in 2008 in dramatic fashion after beating Felipe Massa by a solitary point. He turnaround the fierce contest with Massa on the last corner of the last lap in the final race of the season to clinch his maiden World title. Hamilton, then 22, became the youngest F1 World Champion.
Cristiano Ronaldo is on a four-match scoring streak in the league and will hope to continue the form if he has to retain the Serie A Golden Boot this season. He has scored 10 goals in 14 league appearances so far and is 9 goals behind 2019-20 Serie A top-scorer Ciro Immobile. Paulo Dybala has also hit top gear and is assured of a start.
Odisha FC, placed sixth with 12 points, can close down the gap with the top four with a win against Chennaiyin FC which will take them one point off the fourth-placed Mumbai City FC. Josep Gombau’s team have enjoyed a stop-start ISL season so far and are yet to register two victories on the trot. They have won and drawn three each while losing four in 10 matches.
Marnus Labuschagne has been in the form of his life ever since Steve Smith was forced to retire hurt after landing a heavy blow on the head off Jofra Archer in an Ashes Test match. Marnus Labuschagne stepped in as a concussion substitute and hasn’t looked back ever since. His Test record read only two half-centuries in nine innings before the substitute appearance at Lord’s.
After dominating the Golf world for over a decade, Tiger Woods slid down the rankings as injuries and personal problems, including the publicly maligned split with his wife, took over. But Tiger bounced back with the season-ending PGA Tour championship in 2018 and followed it with his first Masters in 2019. The major championship win made Tiger second oldest to win the masters
Soon India were playing from long hurls into the opposition half to possession-based transition football. But the final product lacked. All talk but no results. After two brilliant opening games in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, India needed an 88th & 93rd-minute equalisers to salvage draws against lower-ranked Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
India’s happy episode at the World Badminton Championship wasn’t, however, only limited to PV Sindhu’s historic victory. B Sai Praneeth created his own legacy by clinching the nation’s first men’s singles world championship medal after a wait of 36 years. That aside, India struggled for most of BWF World Tour 2019 and ended the season with only Sindhu in the top 10 rankings.
Neeraj Chopra's record throw of 86.48 meters at the IAAF World U20 Championships not just made him India’s first-ever world champion in Javelin Throw but also helped put India on the world map for javelin throw. Neeraj was an overnight star but he lived up to it with a series of admirable performances.
Rangpur Rangers’ latest defeat came against the Khulna Tigers. They have been inconsistent throughout the T20 tournament. Their opening pair of Mohammad Shahzad and Naim have given good tarts but the batsmen that follow have not consistently performed. The same can be said of their bowler with only Mustafizur Rahman and Mukidul Islam taking the wickets.
Khulna Tigers will hope to maintain their unbeaten streak in the franchise T20 tournament and also continue the winning run. Rangpur Rangers, on the other, need a victory to save their season and bounce back after three successive defeats. Khulna Tigers are the only unbeaten side in BPL 2019-20 and have won both of their matches. Rangpur Rangers have lost all their three.
The Bengaluru based IPL T20 franchise team, which underwent a massive overhaul to their support staff ahead of the IPL 2020 player auctions, released 12 players while also retaining 13 players from the previous IPL season. The Simon Katich and Mike Hesson-led backroom staff of RCB had earlier revealed that would try and few but useful players to the team.
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