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  • Newcastle Vs Liverpool Live Stream, Prediction, Team News, Premier League Live

    Newcastle United FC are all set to host Liverpool for the last Premier League 2020-21 match of the year. The Newcastle vs Liverpool match is scheduled to begin at 1:30 AM IST on December 31 at St. James’ Park, Newcastle. Here are the Newcastle vs Liverpool live stream details, how to watch Newcastle vs Liverpool live in India, Newcastle vs Liverpool prediction and the Newcastle vs Liverpool team news. 

    It will be an interesting encounter as Liverpool take on Newcastle in an away game on Wednesday. With just one loss from the 15 games they have played so far, the defending champions will be looking to break multiple team records at St. James’ Park. The most major record on the line is that a win in this game may help Liverpool record their best-ever run against Newcastle – a total of 6 games won on the trot. The game is also expected to be a high scoring one – Liverpool have scored more goals against Newcastle than any other team – and in the last 68 games between the two teams, not a single one has been goalless. 

  • ICC selected Virat Kohli as the best cricketer of the decade

    The International Cricket Council (ICC) has selected Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli as the best cricketer of the decade. In view of Kohli’s amazing performance in all three formats in this decade, the ICC has given him the Sir Garfield Sobers Award, the best cricketer of the decade.

    During this ICC Awards period, Kohli was the highest run-scorer in international cricket. With this, he also scored the most centuries and the most fifties in this period. In this decade, 20,396 runs came off Kohli’s bat, which included 66 centuries and 94 half-centuries.

    Earlier, the ICC selected Kohli as the best ODI cricketer of the decade. In this decade, Kohli has been the only cricketer in ODI cricket to have scored more than 10,000 runs.

    On the other hand, on Sunday, ie, the ICC gave Virat Kohli a place in the teams of all three formats of this decade. Apart from this, the ICC also made Kohli the captain of the Test team of this decade.

  • Governor conferred third prize to Balod district under best district category

    For the entire activities carried out by the Indian Redacre Society in the districts throughout the year (July 2019 to July 2020) and efforts made for prevention of Novel Corona Virus (Kovid-19) infection in the past months and during the lockdown In view of the humanity and support made, the Raj Bhavan and the Indian Red Cross Society state branch selected the districts under the best district category and announced the awards. In which Balod district was selected for the third prize. Deputy Collector Mr. Abhishek Dewan, who was included as a representative of Balod Collector, was given the third prize at a function held at Raj Bhavan Raipur yesterday by Governor Ms. Anusuiya Uike. District Education Officer RL Thakur was present on the occasion.

  • “I couldn’t perform my best at Real Madrid, I was too young”

    Theo Hernandez arrived at Real Madrid in the summer of 2017 after a controversial transfer from cross-town rivals, Atletico Madrid. The young fullback was seen as the eventual replacement for Marcelo after an impressive campaign on loan with Alaves. In 23 games for Real Madrid, Theo failed to meet expectations. There were questions around his attitude and the young player left on loan again the following season to Real Sociedad. With Marcelo, Sergio Reguilon, and Achraf all on the club’s books as potential competition in the left back role, Madrid decided to sell to AC Milan for $22 million in the summer of 2019.

    In an interview with Onda Cero, the now 23-year-old spoke about his strong form with AC Milan, his time at Real Madrid, and his expectations for the future.

    “I don’t know if they regret my departure in Madrid. I couldn’t do my best for Real Madrid, as I didn’t have the minutes. Without the minutes, you don’t have confidence. I arrived at a very young age, I have grown up now”, Theo explained.

  • Hosts New Zealand to kick off 2022 Women’s ODI World Cup on March 4

    Hosts New Zealand will kick off the 2022 Women’s ODI World Cup on March 4 against one of the qualifying sides in Tauranga, as eight of the best teams in women’s cricket will battle over 31 matches in 31 days across six cities.

    Defending champions England will start their campaign with a high-profile meeting against Australia on March 5 in Hamilton. And 2017 runners-up India will hope to go one better as they, too, start off by facing the qualifying side on March 6.

    While New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa and India have qualified, three qualifying sides will come from a tournament to take place in Sri Lanka between June 26 and July 10, 2021. As to the format of the World Cup itself, all eight teams will play against each other once and the top four will go through to the semi-finals.

    Wellington will host the first semi-final on March 30 and Christchurch will host the second semi-final and the final on March 31 and April 3. All three games will have a reserve day. Auckland and Dunedin are the remaining two of the six venues which were retained from the original schedule of 2021.

    Auckland will also host the massive double-header weekend with India taking on Australia on March 19, and New Zealand facing England the following day. An ICC release confirmed all matches will be broadcast live to a “huge global audience”.

    The Hagley Oval has only recently been upgraded with floodlights and New Zealand veteran Amy Satterthwaite is eager to see how her home ground will look come game time.

  • Virat Kohli has been the most influential player in ODIs for India this decade: Sunil Gavaskar

    The legendary Sunil Gavaskar believes skipper Virat Kohli has been the most impactful player for India in the last 10 years, considering the number of games that he has won for the country in this span of time.
    Kohli, who made his India debut in 2008, has emerged as one of the best batsmen in all formats of the game in the past decade. He recently became the fastest cricketer to score 12,000 ODI runs, breaking the record of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.

    “I think if you look as an individual, then certainly it’s got to be Virat Kohli, because if you look at the number of matches he’s won for India when India has been chasing big scores,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports show ‘cricket connected’.

  • Sportsperson of the year award to Bajrang and Valarivan

    India’s biggest medal hope wrestler Bajrang Punia and young shooter Elavenil Valarivan won the Sportsperson of the Year awards in their respective categories at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2020 at the Tokyo Olympics. The FICCI India Sports Awards were held virtually on Tuesday evening. Bajrang and Valarivan had impressive performances in 2019-20. Bajrang, who is present in the US for the preparation of the Olympics, expressed happiness over the award and said that he will continue to win the honor and medal for the country.

    Young female shooter Valarivan thanked his family, mentor Gagan Narang and coach Neha Chauhan for the award. He also thanked the National Rifle Association of India. Madhya Pradesh and Assam received the award for the best state for encouraging sports, while the Paralympic Committee of India and the Wrestling Federation of India received the award for the Best National Sports Federation. Anu Rani received the Breakthrough Sportsperson of the Year award. Manjusha Kanwar was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Sundar Singh Gurjar and Simran Sharma were awarded Para Athlete of the Year. Radhakrishnan Nair gets the Coach of the Year award

  • 5 Indian cricketers who can form a good finishing pair with Hardik Pandya in T20Is

    Team India is considered as one of the dominating sides across all the formats of the game. The cut-throat competition in the current team has even made great players wait for their chance in the playing XI. Talking about the T20I format of the game, Hardik Pandya is in red hot form for his team. The way he has pulled off chases for men in blue in recent times is awe-inspiring, and it is becoming his regular feature now.

    As T20 World Cup is scheduled in 2021, all the cricketing nations around the world would be putting their best foot forward to grab the limelight. In the same reference, India would need some of the best finishers to turn tables for them. As Hardik is already at his utter best, if a player pairs up with him perfectly, it will be a cherry on the cake. Keeping in mind the coming up T20 World Cup, let’s take a look at-

  • Anju Bobby George, the long jump pioneer, competed with one kidney

    Remember the giant leap of Indian athletics at the Paris World Championships in 2003? After opening with 6.61m, Anju Bobby George, then 26, went on to win the long jump bronze with a season’s best of 6.70m to become the first and only Indian to climb the podium at a World athletics meet.
    Seventeen years later, Anju took to twitter to reveal one of the best-kept secrets: she competed all through her career with just one kidney!
    “Believe it or not, I’m one of the fortunate, among the very few who reached the world top with a single KIDNEY, allergic to even a painkiller, with a dead take-off leg.. Many limitations. still made it. Can we call, magic of a coach or his talent (sic),” Anju tweeted.

  • Google announces best apps and games on the Play Store in India for 2020

     The search giant Google recently announced the best apps and games on the Play Store in India for 2020 along with the Users’ Choice Awards 2020. According to Mashable, Google also added a few new categories to its Best of Play picks, including “special picks for the best apps for personal growth and everyday essentials”.

    Google declared Sleep stories for calm sleep – Meditate with Wysa as the best app of 2020 in India. Meanwhile, Legends of Runeterra by Riot Games was declared the ‘best game of 2020’ in the country. InnerHour Self-Care Therapy – Anxiety & Depression was rated as the ‘Best App for Good’ in India.