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Barcelona Appoint 'Champion Coach' Hansi Flick As New Manager

Barcelona appointed former Bayern Munich and Germany boss Hansi Flick as coach on Wednesday on a deal which runs till June 2026, after sacking Xavi Hernandez last week. "FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick have reached an agreement for the German to become men's first team football coach until 30 June 2026," the club said in a statement. "The new coach has signed a contract at the Club's offices accompanied by FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta."

"These Last Few Days": Sunil Chhetri Shares Emotional Post Ahead Of Final International Game

The entire footballing fraternity is counting the days till June 6 when an icon of the sport, Sunil Chettri will be donning the Blue Tigers jersey for the final time against Kuwait at Salt Lake Stadium. Chhetri announced his retirement in an emotional nine-minute-long video posted on social media on May 16. Sunil Chhetri took to Instagram to share his thoughts and mindset heading into his final game. “These last few days, I've been caught in a bit of a dilemma. Now that there's a number to my days with the national team, what's the right route to take - do I count every day, every training session? Or do I simply turn up without the thought of how this is coming to an end?” read the post by the Indian skipper.

England vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports

England take on Pakistan in the third T20I of a four-match series at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Both teams have played one match in the series, with England winning that match. Jos Buttler was the Man of the Match, scoring the highest fantasy points for England with 114 points while Shaheen Afridi topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Pakistan with 100 points. The pitch at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, is balanced. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 146 runs.

Gautam Gambhir's "Leading To A Division In The Team" Statement Boosted KKR: Shah Rukh Khan's Mega Reveal

Gautam Gambhir seems to have the Midas Touch in the IPL. After guiding Lucknow Super Giants to two successive IPL playoffs, this time he went a step ahead as Kolkata Knight Riders' mentor. Under his guidance, the Shreyas Iyer-led side played with confidence and class throughout to clinch the title. Gautam Gambhir's name is being discussed as Indian cricket team head coach role as well. Though nothing is official, several reports have predicted Gambhir to take over the top post after Rahul Dravid's tenure ends with the 2024 T20 World Cup.

"Virat Kohli Is Not The Same T20 Player He Was": As T20 World Cup Looms, Ex-India Star's Massive Remark

Former Indian cricket team batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will not repeat their mistakes from the T20 World Cup 2022 semifinal match against England where they were defeated by 10 wickets. In his column for Hindustan Times, Manjrekar said that India could only manage to score 168 runs against England due to the slow batting by the top-order batters. However, he added that both Virat and Rohit have evolved as T20 batters and they will not make the same mistakes in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. India start their campaign against Ireland on June 5.

Inside India's Training For T20 World Cup: Jet-Lagged Bodies, Excited Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli Missing

After two months of intense competitive cricket under night lights, the Indian cricket team, sans Virat Kohli, began its preparations for the T20 World Cup with a morning training session here, keeping in mind the 10.30am starts for all its preliminary games. Kohli took a break for personal work after RCB's IPL ouster and in all likelihood, he will join the squad by Friday. But it is not clear if he would be able to take part in the only warm-up game against Bangladesh on Saturday after a long flight.

Hard-Hitting Nepali Cop Looks To Handcuff T20 World Cup Bowlers

Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee is a 24-year-old policeman dubbed "The Tiger", who hopes to use his record-breaking batting skills to boost his nation at the T20 World Cup. Last September, Nepal's victory by a staggering 273 runs against Mongolia was the biggest margin by runs in all T20s -- but Airee's astonishing part in that win included the fastest T20 fifty in just nine balls. The rising star smashed sixes from each of the first six balls he faced, before completing his quickfire half-century to beat the previous record of 12 balls.

'Only Jasprit Bumrah Executes Consistent Yorkers': Australia Great's Big Praise For India Pacer

Legendary Australia speedster Brett Lee feels apart from Jasprit Bumrah, pacers are failing to nail yorkers effectively in the death overs and he wants them to master the pivotal delivery. Bumrah is one of the most complete bowlers in world cricket at the moment. He can bowl wicket-taking deliveries without leaking runs but the most lethal weapon in his armoury is his toe-crushing yorker, which he, more often that not, executes perfectly in the death overs. "On a general rule, other than Bumrah, we haven't seen enough fast bowlers nailing their yorkers recently.

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Barcelona Appoint 'Champion Coach' Hansi Flick As New Manager

"These Last Few Days": Sunil Chhetri Shares Emotional Post Ahead Of Final International Game

England vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports

Gautam Gambhir's "Leading To A Division In The Team" Statement Boosted KKR: Shah Rukh Khan's Mega Reveal

"Virat Kohli Is Not The Same T20 Player He Was": As T20 World Cup Looms, Ex-India Star's Massive Remark

Inside India's Training For T20 World Cup: Jet-Lagged Bodies, Excited Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli Missing

Hard-Hitting Nepali Cop Looks To Handcuff T20 World Cup Bowlers

'Only Jasprit Bumrah Executes Consistent Yorkers': Australia Great's Big Praise For India Pacer