Ronald Koeman has been sacked as coach of Barcelona, the club announced on Wednesday, after defeat by Rayo Vallecano left the club ninth in La Liga. Barca have won only two of their last seven league games under Koeman, a run that included losing to Real Madrid in Sunday's Clasico at Camp Nou.
This year, a total of 72 names have been recommended for the Khel Ratna, Arjuna (35), Dhyan Chand, Dronacharya (regular) and Dronacharya (lifetime). The list doesn't include names of athletes, corporates and sports promotion boards and top-performing universities recommended for the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad trophy and Tenzing Norgay award.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson admitted on Tuesday after losing to Pakistan that Babar Azam's men are one of the favourites for the tournament.
If you look at two of the most in-form teams in the ICC T20 World Cup, you will struggle to get past Pakistan and England. And you can reason why. Both teams are blessed with an attack which has variety, batsmen who can bat in the top six and can bowl a couple of effective overs of spin and take wickets, and power hitters.
LONDON: West Ham ended Manchester City's four-year hold on the League Cup on Wednesday as Liverpool and Tottenham booked their places in the quarter-finals.
Shell-shocked Bayern Munich suffered their heaviest defeat in the German Cup Wednesday when their star-studded team was thrashed 5-0 at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Juventus slipped to a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Sassuolo in Serie A on Wednesday, with Maxime Lopez's stoppage-time winner stunning Massimiliano Allegri's side.