Daily Sports Headlines December 16, 2022
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India Vs Bangladesh Day 3,
Team India were humbled 2-1 by a resurgent Bangladesh team in the three-match ODI series which the visitors managed to end on a high thanks to Ishan Kishan’s record double century. The Indian cricket team will now want to switch gears to prepare themselves for red-ball cricket as the first Test against Bangladesh gets underway in Chattogram on Wednesday (December 14). After posting 404 in their first innings, Kuldeep Yadav’s four-wicket haul has put Bangladesh on the mat at 133 for 8 at stumps on Day 2.
Morocco File Complaint With FIFA Over Refereeing In World Cup Semi-final Against France.
Morocco lost to France 2-0 in the second semi-final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Wednesday. Goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani for defending champions France brought an end to the memorable campaign of Morocco, who became the first African team to enter the semi-final of a World Cup. The country’s football governing body – FRMF – has now lodged an official complaint to FIFA over refereeing in their loss to France, claimed several media reports. According to the reports, referee Cesar Ramos denied Morocco two penalties in the first half of the semi-final.
Ellyse Perry still motivated to keep ‘evolving’ in shortest format
An international career spanning one-and-a-half decades is bound to have its share of highs and lows. Ellyse Perry has won multiple World Cups – T20 and ODIs – starred in Women’s Ashes series, suffered heartbreaks and endured testing times. But the last year, perhaps, tested her more than others, especially in the T20 format.
Lionel Messi’s Reaction Is Pure Gold As Reporter Gets Emotional During Interview.
One of the greatest of all time, Lionel Messi is a name that hardly needs an introduction. The football superstar inspired Argentina to FIFA World Cup 2022 final with a dominant 3-0 victory over Croatia in the first semi-final. Messi didn’t just score Argentina’s opener from the spot but was key to the team’s overall domination in the match. After Argentina sealed their progression into the final, Messi had a heart-melting interview with a reporter who got emotional thanking the 7-time Ballon d’Or winner for whatever he has done in his career.
USA Cricket announces squad for U19 World Cup, netizens say it ‘looks like India B team’
Team USA announced a 15-player squad for the inaugural edition of the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 on Wednesday. The U-19 T20 World Cup will be played in South Africa from next month onwards, where a total of 16 teams will lock horns against each other in a bid to become the U-19 Women’s T20 champions. While 11 ICC full-member nations gained automatic qualification for the tournament, the five remaining spots were filled by one team from each of ICC’s five regions, which also included the USA.
In this World Cup, Messi proves Maradona wrong reports by sriram Veera.
It’s never been a matter of ego with Lionel Messi. Yet, this World Cup, he has bared his fangs for the first time to the footballing world. He has argued with referees, picked fights with opposing coaches, stared down opponents with piercing glares, mouthed off to them and repeatedly stirred fans to get behind him. This is Messi 2.0, where he has internalised Diego Maradona and unleashed his fiery best. For years, Argentina has lamented that Messi is too nice a guy — he doesn’t take ownership in an ugly fight. Perhaps stirred that this is his last dance on the world stage — and egged on by the presence of several young fan-boys around him in the team who need a leader — Messi has moved around the field like a boss who is aware of and comfortable with his stature.
New Zealand have wasted no time in ushering in Tim Southee’s reign as captain as the Black Caps named their squad for their upcoming two-Test tour of Pakistan.
The Kiwis announced earlier on Thursday that Southee was taking over from Kane Williamson as New Zealand Test captain and the fast bowler’s first assignment as skipper will come in Pakistan over the New Year. Southee leads a new-look squad that will be without fellow quicks Trent Boult (unavailable) and Kyle Jamieson (back injury), with veteran spinner Ish Sodhi and white-ball specialist Glenn Phillips among the players included.
Uncapped pacer Blair Tickner is also named in the 15-player squad, with Williamson to continue in his role as batter and to provide valuable support to Southee and vice-captain Tom Latham.
France struck by cold virus ahead of World Cup final
A cold virus is running through the France squad ahead of the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday, affecting at least three players in the squad.
Coach Didier Deschamps said two players with symptoms, defender Dayot Upamecano and midfielder Adrien Rabiot, were isolated earlier this week and didn’t play in France’s 2-0 semifinal win over Morocco.
IPL Mini Auction 2023, Chris Gayle is BACK, to be part of IPL 2023 auction.
Chris Gayle, who has lit up Indian Premier League before, will be back in IPL Mini Auction 2023, said a tweet from Jio Cinema. The streaming platform tweeted that it will broadcast the IPL 2023 Mini Auction on December 23. The event hosted by BCCI will be held in Kochi, for which over 400 players from India and abroad have listed. It is to be noted that, in the list of 405 players, Gayle’s name is missing. That means Gayle is not up for grabs at the IPL Mini Auction 2023 on December 23. Jio Cinema’s tweet has not revealed much but it seems Gayle will be one of the guests on the show.
BBL 2022: Match 4
The Melbourne Stars (STA) will be locking horns with the Hobart Hurricanes (HUR) in the fourth match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday, December 16. Both sides will be looking to make a strong statement by winning this encounter.
The Stars will be heading into this contest after a heartbreaking one-wicket defeat against the Sydney Thunder in the season opener. While they would be happy with the form of their bowlers who bowled their hearts out while defending a below-par total, they would also be worried about the form of their batters which was not up to the mark in the opening fixture.
Prize money for FIFA World Cup 2022 winner and runner-up revealed.
Football fans expect a grueling contest between current World Champions France and Lionel Messi-led Argentina as both nations take a shot at winning the title for the third time in the history of the tournament. Argentina won the coveted trophy in 1978 and 1986 while France achieved glory in 1998 and 2018. As per reports, the winner of the FIFA World Cup 2022 final will get a whopping $42 million in prize while the runner-up will earn $30 million. Therefore, the finalists will cherish $72 million in winnings. Meanwhile third-placed team will be given $27 million and the fourth-placed team will win $25 million. Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal, England will earn $17 million each as they reached the quarter-final. $13 million each will be given to USA, Senegal, Australia, Poland, Spain, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea for reaching the round of 16. Also Qatar, Ecuador, Wales, Iran, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Tunisia, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Costa Rica, Serbia, Cameroon, Ghana, Uruguay will be rewarded with $9 million each for participation in the group stages.
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave overcame GM Wesley So in the 2022 Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. Early in the match, Vachier-Lagrave gained as high as a four-point lead, but So fought back to even the score in the bullet segment. With just 12 minutes left on the match clock, the French grandmaster entered a new gear, winning four games in a row to seal victory.
Freya Kemp diagnosed with stress fracture of back after returning from Caribbean tour
Freya Kemp, the 17-year-old allrounder, has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back, after flying home early from England Women’s tour of the Caribbean. Kemp was given her international debut in the summer and soon made her mark against India by becoming the youngest England player, male or female, to make a T20I half-century. She went on to be named the Women’s Young Player of the Year by both the PCA and the Cricket Writers’ Club, and was recently handed her first England central contract. Although the ECB said in a statement that there is no specific timeframe for Kemp’s recovery, she has already been ruled out of the T20 World Cup, which gets underway in South Africa in February.
U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm while covering World Cup in Qatar,
Soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm in Qatar, where he was covering the World Cup, his wife said Wednesday, citing an autopsy. Wahl, 49, was covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match Friday when he “fell ill” and was tended to on-site by paramedics and taken to a hospital, Qatar officials said last week. He was pronounced dead shortly after.
What the World Cup will look like in 2026
The 2022 World Cup draws to a close this weekend, marking the end of an era for the tournament before it rolls into the United States, Mexico and Canada in four years’ time.
The current format, which sees 32 teams drawn into eight groups of four nations feeding into the knockout rounds, first featured at France ’98. It’s all a generation of football fans has known, spanning 24 years and seven editions.
In 2026, 48 teams take part in the World Cup — 45 qualifying nations plus the three host countries. (FIFA president Gianni Infantino has indicated none of the hosts will have to go through qualifying.)
Who will win Golden Boot if Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are tied in number of goals?
France and Argentina have reached the finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022. On Sunday, December 18, Lionel Messi will step out for the last time in an Argentina shirt in the quadrennial competition at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. This will be Messi’s final shot at winning the World Cup, a trophy that has eluded his glittering cabinet in his illustrious career.
On the other side of things will be France, and their power-packed line-up that have demolished their opponents while reaching the final of the tournament. France’s only possible bad day has come against Morocco in the semi-finals of the tournament, where their defense looked exposed against the direct attacking threat of Hakim Ziyech, Sofiane Boufal and Youssouf En Neysri.
Former tennis superstar Boris Becker has been released from prison after serving a sentence relating to his 2017 bankruptcy, British media said on Thursday. The domestic Press Association news agency said the 55-year-old six-time Grand Slam champion will now be deported from the UK, following earlier reports in the press in Germany. German national Becker was jailed for two and a half years in April for flouting insolvency rules by hiding £2.5 million ($3.1 million) of assets and loans to avoid paying debts.
He had been declared bankrupt in June 2017, owing creditors £50 million over an unpaid loan of more than £3 million on his estate on the Spanish island of Majorca. A judge at Southwark Crown Court in south London told Becker, who has lived in the UK since 2012, that he would serve half of his sentence in prison.
Pat Cummins confirmed his return to Australia’s XI for the first NRMA Insurance Test against South Africa at the Gabba where a pitch sporting a considerable tinge of green has both side’s pacemen licking their lips.
As confirmed earlier this week, Cummins’ recovery from a quad injury will see him replace Michael Neser as the only change to the side that wrapped a 2-0 series sweep over West Indies in Adelaide last week.
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