Injury to striker Sergio Castel have hurt Jamshedpur FC the most with no one in the squad able to replicate the young Spaniard’s goal-scoring form. Castel scored 5 times in 6 games with his last goal coming in the 0-1 win over FC Goa before the injury. Jamshedpur FC have not won since then with 3 draws and defeats each in 6 matches.
The top order of both India and Australia have enjoyed rich form. The same, however, cannot be said for the lower order which has struggled for runs. And therefore KL Rahul’s power knock of 80 from 52 deliveries becomes the most important innings in India’s 36-run victory at Rajkot. That aside the top batting order and the bowlers of both teams have been in fine form.
A win for FC Goa will take them 5 points clear of the second-placed Bengaluru FC, who are on 22 points after 13 games. Goa have played 12. ATK have played the same as FC Goa but are placed 3rd with 21 points. A win take them to the top courtesy a better goal difference but anything less will them in must-win situations.
For a change, the world’s best no 3 – Virat Kohli – was batting at 3 again for India after the shocker in the 1st game. Kohli looked his old self back at his favourite position. He pulled, drove, lofted and smashed but Adam Zampa dismissed him again. The leg-spinner becoming the first-ever spinner to dismiss Kohli 5 times in ODI matches.
Real Madrid beat city rivals Atletico via shootouts to be crowned the Supercopa De Espana champions and head into the Sevilla La Liga fixture unbeaten in 16 games across all competitions. Their last defeat – a 0-1 loss away at Mallorca in October– was also the last time they lost a La Liga game this season. Zidane’s men enter the weekend without club captain Sergio Ramos.
Interestingly, Ali was never interested in boxing and wanted to actually become a Soccer player. But the incident of a thief stealing his bicycle from the fair led Ali into meeting Louisville police officer and boxing coach Joe E. Martin, who told Ali that he must first learn how to box. After six weeks of training, Ali played his first amateur boxing bout and won.
Both Real Madrid and Atletico are missing their first-choice strikers Karim Benzema and Deigo Costa but their midfield have copped well in their the absence of the star forwards. Of the combined six goals scored in the semi-finals by Real and Atletico, five were scored by the midfielders. Take a look at the results of the last 5 Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid encounters.
ATK, despite their recent form, will they well to recall that they are winless in their last 5 matches against Kerala Blasters, which includes the 1-2 defeat on the opening encounter of ISL 6. Kerala Blasters have in recent times somehow managed to outplay their Kolkata rivals having earlier lost two finals against them.
Novak Djokovic ran-out clear winner when both these Tennis greats last met down under in Australia. In the final of the Australian Open last year, Djokovic beat Nadal 6-3/6-2/6-3 to lift the season’s first Grand Slam after what was one of the most lopsided clash between these two. Djokovic has also been in superior form and is 6-0 in the tournament.
Manchester United will be without Jesse Lingard, who has worsened his sickness and out of this encounter. Anthony Martial, who came on as a late substitute in 1-3 League Cup defeat to Man City, might start as might centre-back Harry Maguire after missing the City clash. He was pictured in training on Friday and could be a late addition to the team.
Khulna Tigers are on a two-match winning run and will hope to use the momentum to avenge their earlier defeat against the Dhaka Platoon. They are placed second in BPL 2019-20 points table and also have the best net run-rate among the top-four teams, which means anything less than a defeat against Dhaka Platoon will ensure a top-two finish for them.
Rajasthan Royals not just recreated the poster of the “Deewar” movie but also changed the captions in the caricature. The caption read as “Mere Pass Technique Hai” with Rahul Dravid standing tall in the famous Amitabh Bachchan pose while in the background a picture of him wearing a Rajasthan Royals helmet can be seen.
Mumbai City’s four-match winning run, which included the 3-2 win over defending champions Bengaluru FC, drew to an end with the 0-2 loss against ATK. The defeat in Kolkata also ended 6-match unbeaten run in ISL 6. They are ranked 4th in ISL 2019-20 points table and can cut down the gap with the 3rd-ranked ATK with a win over Odisha FC.
But Rahul Dravid looked a completely different player when he made his Test debut against England at Lord’s. Dravid scored 95 in the first innings of the match and forged a century-run partnership with another debutante Sourav Ganguly but fell agonisingly short of what would have been a memorable Hundred at Lord’s.
Khulna Tigers are ranked 4th in the BPL 2019-20 points table and anything other than a defeat against Cumilla Warriors in their penultimate game will ensure the play-offs berth for them. Cumilla Warriors, on the other, will not only need to beat Khulna but also hope the latter to lose their final league stage game by a big margin to have any chances to making the playoffs.
The picture of Sadio Mane’s broken iPhone 11 first appeared on December 27, 2019 hours before Liverpool’s crunch match against Leicester City in the Premier League. Liverpool thrashed the title challengers 4-0 with Mane even registering an assist but it was his phone that grabbed the headlines. The iPhone appeared to have cracked at the top half of the screen.
Both teams have struggled defensively where Hyderabad with 26 goals have conceded the highest number of goals, Chennaiyin FC have shipped the third most (18). Hyderabad are also yet to keep a clean sheet in ISL 6. Despite their struggles, it was nervy thriller when both teams met earlier in the tournament and this might be the same.
Jasprit Bumrah returned with an economy of 8 in his first match after a return from injury. Bumrah, India’s premier fast bowler, returned with figures of 1 wicket from 4 overs in Indore and will be eager to improve his returns in the 3rd and final T20I match against Sri Lanka before the Australia tour. His younger compatriot, Navdeep Saini was the star in the 2nd T20I match.
All five goals in the match came in the second-half starting with substitute Koke firing Atletico ahead. The first half ended goalless with both teams guilty of missing opportunities. But Koke’s opener sparked the flow of goals. The goal-scorer himself failed to stop Lionel Messi, who bullied his way into the Atleti box, before stabbing the ball home to level.
Barcelona are also the La Liga champions and lead the league points table. They are also unbeaten in their last 12 matches but have only once in their last four games. Against Atletico Madrid, Barcelona are unbeaten since 2016 and have won five times against their domestic rivals five times in that period. Atletico last defeated their more fancied Spanish compatriots.
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