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Luka Modric won’t stand for the mediocrity that his new club AC Milan displayed last season

“Milan cannot be satisfied with average,” Modric told Milan TV“When I grew up, I used to watch a lot of the Italian league and Milan was my favorite team” MILAN: Luka Modric grew up supporting AC Milan because his idol and fellow Croat, Zvonimir Boban, played for the club.And because Milan in the 1990s were one of the strongest teams in Europe.So now that the 39-year-old former Ballon d’Or winner has joined the Rossoneri after 13 seasons at Real Madrid, he won’t stand for the mediocrity that Milan displayed last season for an eighth-placed finish in Serie A that excluded the squad from Europe this coming season.“Milan cannot be satisfied with average,” Modric told Milan TV. “They need to have (the) biggest goals possible, to win titles, to compete with the best teams in the world.

Action needed to address blemishes in Test cricket

If I had closed my eyes during play, it would have been easy to imagine that I was at a stadium in India. Chants of “India-ar” reverberated, phone calls in Hindi all around. As it was, I was in the Grand Stand at Lord’s, sitting next to British Indians, who, apart from supporting India, told me that they supported West Ham and Arsenal. We were there to witness the final day’s play of this summer’s third Test match between England and India, one balanced on a knife edge. It was a Monday. In anticipation of a close and exciting finish, tickets had been purchased at short notice for £25 ($33.50), a sixth of the price for previous days.

Muhammad Waseem leads UAE in Pearl of Africa T20I Series in Uganda

DUBAI: Opening batter Muhammad Waseem is to lead the 14-member UAE squad in the Pearl of Africa T20I Series at the Entebbe Cricket Oval in Uganda.

Anisimova outlasts Sabalenka, Swiatek fells Bencic to lock in Wimbledon final

* Anisimova battles past top-ranked Sabalenka in three sets* Swiatek continues to fly high on grass by crushing Bencic* Wimbledon to crown eighth consecutive first-time championLONDON: Amanda Anisimova tore up the script and soared into her maiden Wimbledon final by outclassing world number one Aryna Sabalenka with fierce determination and fearless shot-making on Thursday and will meet Iga Swiatek for a shot at Grand Slam glory.Anisimova’s 6-4 4-6 6-4 victory extended her record over her equally powerful rival to 6-3, and kept alive American dreams of a third women’s Grand Slam champion this year after Madison Keys won the Australian Open and Coco Gauff won the French Open.Standing in her way will be five-times major winner Swiatek, who continued her new-found love affair with grass this year to blaze into her first final at the All England Club with a breezy 6-2 6-0 demolition of Tokyo Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.In Saturday’s final, Anisimova, 23, will look to become the first American to win Wimbledon since Serena Williams in 2016.“This doesn’t feel real right now, honestly,” a beaming Anisimova said shortly after her big battle.“Aryna is such a tough competitor and I was absolutely dying out there. Yeah, I don’t know how I pulled it off.

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