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U.S. Dominates Serbia in Gold Medal Basketball Game

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5c9FF49dfDnJqEX4Q-dyjQpVJCaSa8u58WImN_Sq93918WIkeQRCpGsHqk4zoaNAaZo33Tm7dnqm-JuV-kalja1zL40efKP3F9AGuRnPU_E8Es9ac_5-eOJ7dH2ng0v_60xrik3j84Ew/s1600/22BASKETBALL-4714-master1050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><b><span style="color: #741b47;">The United States got its first gold of the Rio Games from an adolescent who wasn't relied upon to decoration and its last from the men's b-ball group, an All-Star accumulation of N.B.A. players who came into the Olympics as the mind-boggling top pick</span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;">. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Like the 19-year-old Ginny Thrasher, who opened the finals of the 10-meter air rifle occasion with a bull's-eye on her way to the resentful triumph, the Americans, drove by Kevin Durant, were flawless, at any rate on paper, topping off a 8-0 battle with a 96-66 whipping of Serbia in Sunday's gold-decoration amusement. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">With the triumph, the Americans developed their triumphant streak in the Olympics to 52 recreations and sent Mike Krzyzewski into his Team U.S.A. retirement as the principal mentor to win three Olympic gold decorations. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">The Serbians did not have a scorer achieve twofold figures until late in the final quarter. They had given the Americans one of their hardest tests in the preparatory rounds, coming quite close to sending the diversion into extra minutes before succumbing by 94-91. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Regardless of early foul inconvenience, Serbia was inside four purposes of the Americans after the primary quarter. The U.S. squad earned few style focuses amid the competition with its segregation offense, however it began to move the ball better as the diversion went on and shrewdly got it in the hands of Durant, who completed with 30 focuses. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Durant, who left the Oklahoma City Thunder a month ago to join his U.S. Olympic partners Klay Thompson and Draymond Green on the Golden State Warriors, assumed control over the amusement in the second quarter. His highlight reel incorporated a marvelous 8-0 keep running in the range of not exactly a moment that included consecutive challenged 3-pointers and a take that he completed decidedly with a dunk. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">At halftime, Durant had 24 focuses, five less than Serbia, which trailed by 52-29. "I simply attempted to go out there and be who I am," Durant said, including that in the initial few diversions of the competition, "I was making a decent attempt to yield and make the additional pass and it was detracting from my amusement." </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Durant was done for the night prior to any Serbian player achieved twofold figures. "We simply needed to play a decent amusement," Durant said, including, "To turn out there and play and also we did against a group that had ventured up its level too demonstrates that we met up at the ideal time." </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">The Serbian guard that had secured Australia, holding its elimination round rival to 14 focuses in the principal half, couldn't moderate the Americans, who made a few shots with hands in their appearances. The United States shot 44 percent from the field. Serbia, which shot 38 percent, was driven by Nemanja Nedovic's 14 focuses on 10 shots. Durant, at the asking of his group, had 19 endeavors. As Krzyzewski kidded, "It's known as a definitive green light." </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">The Serbian mentor, Aleksandar Djordjevic, said that from the second quarter on, "Our confidence was going down."The Americans' edge of triumph in their initial seven diversions was 21.4 focuses, which sounds great until measured against the best quality level set by the 1992 group, the first to incorporate N.B.A. players, which beat its rivals by a normal of 44 focuses. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">The U.S. mission to win gold took into consideration couple of frivolities. Refering to the vitality channel of blending and blending with different Olympians, the American men and ladies players kept focused voyage ship, shunning the competitors' town, where they may have keep running into Usain Bolt, whose individual star power eclipses the Americans' aggregate distinction. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">This isn't to imply that the men lived in an air pocket. The Knicks' Carmelo Anthony wandered into a favela to play get b-ball with youths and the Pacers' Paul George met and had his photo brought with the Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Anthony, scrutinized for his failure to bring a N.B.A. title to Denver or New York, now has three golds to run with his bronze from 2004 as an individual from the main U.S. men's group subsequent to 1992 that neglected to win. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Anthony had seven focuses furthermore completed with seven bounce back for a profession aggregate of 125 to pass David Robinson as the untouched U.S. pioneer. He attempted to corral his feelings a while later as he mirrored the voyage that has seen him turn into the most embellished male player in Olympic b-ball history. Anthony, who said this was his last diversion for Team U.S.A., said, "I don't think I can clarify how I feel comfortable exact second." </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Amid the decorations function, Anthony practiced his administration part one final time, calling attention to his partners where the banner was amid the playing of the national song of praise. "I just let them know take a gander at the most elevated banner," he said.</span></b></div>

U.S. Dominates Serbia in Gold Medal Basketball Game

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Cesaro vs. Sheamus: Winner and Reaction from WWE SummerSlam 2016

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<i><b>Sheamus drew first blood in his best-of-seven series against Cesaro on Sunday night at WWE SummerSlam, picking up a victory at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.Cesaro and Sheamus faced off on a couple of occasions during the lead-up to SummerSlam, one of which resulted in the winner earning a title shot. The Swiss Superman was victorious and attempted to take the United States Championship from Rusev but lost when Sheamus interfered.That made the feud between Cesaro and The Celtic Warrior heat up even more, and they nearly came to blows when Cesaro cost Sheamus a match against Sami Zayn on the go-home episode of Raw prior to SummerSlam.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>In an effort to diffuse the situation, Raw general manager Mick Foley announced a best-of-seven series between the European Superstars, with the first match taking place at SummerSlam.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>In an effort to diffuse the situation, Raw general manager Mick Foley announced a best-of-seven series between the European Superstars, with the first match taking place at SummerSlam.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Following his selection in the WWE draft, Cesaro cut a promo that suggested he was unhappy both with how long he lasted in the draft and the fact that he went to Raw rather than SmackDown.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>SmackDown general manager Daniel Bryan added some fuel to the fire when Foley invited him to Raw, as he made it clear that he believed the former U.S. and tag team champion was underutilized on the red brand.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Foley attempted to prove Bryan wrong by giving both Cesaro and Sheamus a platform to showcase their in-ring skills.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>They did so Sunday, but it was merely the beginning of what promises to be a long and arduous battle.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>A best-of-seven series could end after four matches, but they tend to go the distance within the realm of professional wrestling, which means Cesaro and Sheamus figure to lock horns on a weekly basis for the foreseeable future.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>They put on an entertaining, hard-hitting match Sunday, but the big challenge will be keeping things fresh and ensuring that the fans are invested over the course of several bouts.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Source: <a href="http://articles/2658492-cbleacherreport.comesaro-vs-sheamus-winner-and-reaction-from-wwe-summerslam-2016" target="_blank">bleacherreport.com</a></b></i></div>
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Cesaro vs. Sheamus: Winner and Reaction from WWE SummerSlam 2016

Sheamus drew first blood in his best-of-seven series against Cesaro on Sunday night at WWE SummerSlam, picking up a victory at the Barclays...

Bloody Ending To WWE SummerSlam Main Event Adds To Brock Lesnar's Mystique

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<i>Brock Lesnar left another WWE arena with bloodshed and doctors in his wake at SummerSlam.</i></div>
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<i>Often promoted as the most realistic athlete in a PG world, Lesnar once again proved himself as an athlete with no equal when he earned a rare TKO victory over a bloodied Randy Orton. An announced attendance of over 15,974 made SummerSlam a sellout event in the Barclays Center for the second consecutive year. And for the third consecutive SummerSlam, Lesnar was in the main event.</i></div>
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<i>Just two years after dominating John Cena in the 2014 main event, Lesnar suplexed and pummeled his way to another one-sided victory over Orton, after a seemingly improvised finish once Orton was busted open the hard way.<span style="font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 1.4em;">WWE officials and doctors scrambled to tend to Orton and there seemed to be a sense of panic in Brooklyn. It all served as a microcosm of the disarray that comes with a Brock Lesnar match.</span></i></div>
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<i>WWE has placed a lot of emphasis on wrestler safety in recent years, with no more blood, more emphasis on concussion protocol and very active ringside doctors liable to stop a match when necessary. But a seemingly planned spot for Orton to bleed, while it was closely supervised, is certainly on the reckless side. <span style="font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;">Still, the very realistic fear and chaos created from Lesnar’s attack is what will separate him as a once-in-a-lifetime prizefighter.</span><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">The Beast Incarnate took a lengthy hiatus from WWE after beating Dean Ambrose at the biggest show of the year, but he has remained busy, as he emphatically defeated Mark Hunt in the main event of UFC 200.</span></i></div>
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<i>His victory didn't come without controversy, as it was later revealed that he <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/brock-lesnar-fails-second-drug-test-this-one-on-the-day-of-ufc-200/" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #003366; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">failed a pair of drug tests</a> before the fight. But that didn't impact his WWE status, and he returned as scheduled for WWE's summer spectacular.It was announced several weeks ahead of the pay-per-view that Lesnar would face The Viper, who had been out of action for nine months due to a shoulder injury.</i></div>
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<i>The Conquerer was drafted to Raw and The Apex Predator was drafted to SmackDown as part of the brand extension, but that didn't stop them from building up to their match in an entertaining fashion.</i></div>
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<i>In interviews for Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel at Battleground and The Miz's Miz TV on SmackDown, Orton insisted that he would take Lesnar to "Viperville" and that he needed only one RKO to put The Beast out of commission.</i></div>
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<i>It was announced several weeks ahead of the pay-per-view that Lesnar would face The Viper, who had been out of action for nine months due to a shoulder injury.</i></div>
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<i>The Conquerer was drafted to Raw and The Apex Predator was drafted to SmackDown as part of the brand extension, but that didn't stop them from building up to their match in an entertaining fashion.</i></div>
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<i>In interviews for Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel at Battleground and The Miz's Miz TV on SmackDown, Orton insisted that he would take Lesnar to "Viperville" and that he needed only one RKO to put The Beast out of commission.Orton's decision to sneak attack Lesnar didn't go unpunished, as Brock made an unadvertised appearance on SmackDown to interrupt The Viper's match against Fandango and hit him with a retaliatory F5.</i></div>
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<i>With the rivalry between Lesnar and Orton at a fever pitch, there was plenty of excitement and anticipation surrounding their match at SummerSlam, which is something that seemed unlikely when it was first announced, considering Lesnar's status as a part-time Superstar.</i></div>
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<i>While Lesnar and Orton had one previous televised singles match against each other on SmackDown in 2002, they are far different competitors now, which made their SummerSlam clash feel like the first time they ever locked horns.</i></div>
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<i>The creative team had an interesting choice to make in terms of either giving Orton the win, since he appears weekly and is one of the faces of SmackDown, or giving Lesnar the win, since he is their top draw and keeping him credible likely helps the bottom line.WWE decided to go with the latter and the big-money possibilities Lesnar presents moving forward.</i></div>
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<i>Perhaps the biggest key will be the manner in which Orton is handled in the coming weeks and months, but if he is booked strongly on SmackDown and moved into the title scene in the near future, he shouldn't have much of an issue rebounding from Sunday's loss.</i></div>
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A peep into Indian cricket’s rich legacy

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<b><i>Rajesh Deo was eight years old in 1969, but clearly remembers sitting with his older brother and listening to live commentary on radio as Gundappa Viswanath made a century on Test debut against Bill Lawry’s Australia in Kanpur. That series got Deo hooked to the game, and he has been a loyalist since then. One of his dreams came true last Saturday (August 14) when he got a chance to interact first-hand with some eminent personalities of the game, and also visited the dressing-rooms at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai for the first time in his life.</i></b><b><i>Deo sat on one of the chairs that used to be Sachin Tendulkar’s in the home dressing room, and stood on the player’s balcony visualising the 2011 World Cup final when Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the winning six to give India the title after 28 years. He had lunch at the adjacent Cricket Club of India, visited the Esplanade Ground where the Parsees first started playing cricket in Mumbai in the 18<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> century, and the nets at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana where Ramakant Achrekar groomed Tendulkar to be a world-beater. Being an avid supporter of Mumbai cricket, he was also delighted to see the replica of the 41 Ranji Trophy titles showcased at the Mumbai Cricket Association office inside the premises of the Wankhede.</i></b><b><i>He also heard cricketing lores from people like Madhav Apte, Nari Contractor, Milind Rege, Kenni Jayantilal, Amol Muzumdar, Ayaz Memon and Harsha Bhogle, among others.</i></b><b><i>“It was one of the best days of my life. It was a thrilling experience,” Deo tells <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wisden India</span> over telephone, his excitement evident. “I mean, to be in that dressing room and just to know what players, especially Sachin, do gave me goose-bumps. It was surreal. It can’t get better for a cricket fanatic like me.”</i></b><b><i>Deo was among a group of 36 people from different cities and six journalists who had booked themselves for India’s first-ever Cricket Heritage Tour (CHT), conceptualised by Theo Braganza, owner of Marine Sports – a very popular outlet for sports books in Mumbai — and Yajurvindra Singh, the former Test cricketer.</i></b><b><i>The day started at <span data-term="goog_373040007" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">8am</span> at Police Gymkhana before ending with dinner at the Middle Income Ground in Bandra. Apart from covering Wankhede, CCI and Shivaji Park, there were visits to Wilson College, Bandra School, Hindu Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana, Parsee Gymkhana, Bombay Gymkhana, Oval Maidan, Cross Maidan, Azad Maidan, Port Vijay, Press Club and Sportsfield among other destinations – all significant landmarks in Mumbai and Indian cricket.</i></b><b><i>The organisers had to skip going to MCA’s state-of-the-art indoor facilities at the Bandra Kurla Complex because of time constraints. At different venues, there were different speakers to entertain the guests. Like Contractor and Apte at CCI before lunch, and Memon and Bhogle over high tea at the Press Club. The guests, who were given attractive merchandise, also heard Pranab Mukherjee, a good friend of Subhash Gupte, speak exclusively about the legendary legspinner.<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">“I got the idea two years back and drew up the plan. Sunny Singh (Yajurvindra) liked the concept and gave the cricketing and commercial touches to it. I had thought of a two-day tour because there is so much to see in Mumbai, but he made it a one-day programme, and it was the right decision because everyone was tired by the end of the tour,” Braganza tells </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">Wisden India</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">. “This could not have come together without the support of our anchors Milind Wagle and S Kishore, and all eminent guests who took out time from their schedule on a long weekend and spoke with passion.”</span></i></b><b><i>“There are so many things happening in Mumbai and every time overseas fans like Barmy Army come on a cricket tour, they enquire about ways through which they can experience the rich history of Indian cricket,” Yajurvindra says. “That is what inspired me to get involved.”</i></b><b><i>As you can imagine, it was not an easy tour to put together. It took some effort to bring all stakeholders together — many speakers dropped out at the last minute — and get all the necessary permissions. The organisers needed at least 40 people on the air-conditioned bus to match their estimated expenditure of Rs 2 lakh, which they could not achieve.</i></b><b><i>A state cricket association, who Braganza doesn’t want to name, confirmed 50 seats, but the calculations went haywire when they cancelled their plan just three days before the day of the tour.</i></b><b><i>“That association representative came over to Mumbai to negotiate with us and based on their word I booked an extra bus, but they opted out at the last minute,” Braganza adds. “I cancelled that bus, but we had to curtail our giveaways by almost half. We had not approached sponsors this time because we did not have a product on hand. For the next time, we will have something concrete with which to approach corporates.”</i></b><b><i>Braganza and Yajurvindra want to take the concept pan-India and extend it to children, as they believe kids are the right target market for the legacy of India’s cricket culture to stay on the positive side of the ledger. They could not accommodate kids this time because of rules at various clubs such as the CCI, who don’t permit kids to enter certain areas.</i></b><b><i>Their immediate targets are Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata, cities with strong cricketing roots. They also want to make the Mumbai chapter a regular affair, with the second one planned for <span data-term="goog_373040008" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">October 30</span>. While there is no dearth of optimism in their step, the duo is completely aware that there is a lot of ground to be covered before scaling things up. And, the support from the Board of Control for Cricket in India is the least they will need.</i></b><b><i>“Frankly, it was quiet disappointing that everyone like CCI, MCA, other clubs and former cricketers showed interest and bought into our passion, but nothing came from BCCI,” Yajurvindra reveals. “We wrote to them, but got no response. It would have been such a wonderful thing to take the guests to BCCI’s first-floor office at Wankhede and show them the major trophies India has won.”<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">As an isolated event, the CHT counts for little in the milieu of events that dot the urban landscape, but in the larger context, it is yet another independent venture towards reviving cricket history in the country. Add the CHT to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>Rohan Pate’s Blades of Glory cricket museum<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">in Pune, PR Man Singh’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span>private collections in Hyderabad<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">and  </span>Jayantilal Mahendra’s Cricketer’s Hut<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">in Chennai, and there is a lot of meat in the movement to fill in an unfortunate void.</span></i></b><b><i>Yajurvindra feels that there is scope for such experiential ideas to be a part of mainframe cricket consumption in India, like it is in Australia and England.</i></b><b><i>“Indians love history. We have always liked it, as is evident in the popularity of Gita, Mahabharata and Ramayana,” he shares. “When you are in cricket groups, you can feel the enthusiasm. Everyone necessarily need not have played cricket, but it’s the enthusiasm that counts. Because of our population, the percentage of people in India who want to go in-depth is big. We need to exploit that and spread the word about what cricket was, and how it came about to Virat Kohli at the end of the day.”</i></b><b><i>“There is enough cricket literature in this country, but we have strayed away,” adds Braganza. “Whoever has the literature is in the 50-plus age-group. There is no encouragement from the board either. The last book the BCCI produced was for the golden jubilee. The platinum jubilee was totally forgotten.”</i></b><b><i>This brings us to a pertinent question. When will the BCCI smell the coffee? It was reported in 2013 that Adam Chadwick, the curator of the Lord’s Cricket museum in London, would start work on the BCCI’s museum, which was estimated to cost Rs 10 crore. Nothing seemed to have moved, and the museum committee was scrapped in November last year.</i></b><b><i>Till the parent body takes up the mandate of spreading cricket literature across the country as a priority, more power to the likes of CHT, Blades of Glory and Cricketer’s Hut.</i></b></h4>
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<b><i>Source: <a href="http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/a-peep-into-indian-crickets-rich-legacy/220063" target="_blank">wisdenindia.com</a></i></b></div>

A peep into Indian cricket’s rich legacy

Rajesh Deo was eight years old in 1969, but clearly remembers sitting with his older brother and listening to live commentary on radio as...

Essential to change the mentality of players: Garner

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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;">There are very few people in the world who have the option of not looking up to Joel “The Big Bird” Garner. And most of them are hustling ball in the National Basketball Association league in the United States of America. At 6’ 8”, Garner is, to put it mildly, an imposing figure.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;">At 63, and currently manager of the West Indies team, Garner is the epitome of the gentle giant characterisation, although batsmen who faced him between 1977 and 1987 would disagree vociferously. Generating steep bounce from a good length from an action that some said had the effect of releasing the ball from the clouds and then breaking toes with a yorker that was decades ahead of its time, Garner was more than a handful in an era when fast bowling was at its most fertile.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;">He only claimed seven five-wicket hauls in 58 Tests, but that was because the wickets were shared so equitably among the fearsome West Indian quartets of the day. His average of 20.97 is testament to how difficult batsmen found it to score off him, and 259 scalps is no reflection of the clear and present danger he posed. If he was excellent in Tests, Garner was unplayable in One-Day Internationals, the shortest format of the game around in his time. Garner picked up 146 wickets at 18.84 apiece and batsmen managed just 3.09 runs per over against him in the long run.<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">Today, the manager of the West Indies team is also the president of the Barbados Cricket Association and a director of the West Indies Cricket Board. And, while he did not have much to say to batsmen back in the day – and why would you, when a cold stare could send blood pressure soaring – Garner is now outspoken on a number of issues.</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;">The major one plaguing the West Indies at the moment is the proliferation of Twenty20 leagues and cricket at the cost of the longer forms of the game, especially Test cricket. “I think everybody looks at the Twenty20 cricket and they want to play that format of the game as opposed to playing the longer version of the game, and, you know, it is a matter of choice. Why work for five days if you can work for three hours?” asks Garner. “I think that that’s the mentality and it’s something that we’ve got to try and change in terms of how our players look at the cricket and the type of cricket our players want to play.”<span style="letter-spacing: 0.3pt;">In Barbados, where Garner can actually put in play some changes to stem the rot, it has not been easy. “My challenges are different from the rest of the region. If you look at the budget for Barbados, it’s maybe five-and-a-half million, six million dollars. If you look at all the other territories which play cricket, you can look at their budgets and you can see how much money they are spending on the developmental stages. My challenges are, in that, we have systems and everything in place, but like everything else, I think that is a lot of organised cricket,” explains Garner.</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;">“I don’t think that the players take that little bit extra to do things on their own, and I don’t think that everything can be structured or everything can be done in a… I think that what you have to do is that, it is a responsibility that we have to take where it’s a culture that we have to change and a culture that we have to grow from within the team, where training is an integral part of what we do. When you look at our cricket, we are challenging maybe up to Under-19. If you look at every world competition, when you look at them, West Indies is there. Where we have the challenge is when we go away.”</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Garner is not entirely sure what can be done to change the landscape, although he is sure that the time to act is now. “Drastic situations call for drastic measures and I think that while T20 cricket is a money-spinner, and a money-earner, if we really want to be on top of the world, we might have to do things a little differently. We must get used to playing the longer version of the game, get people to become more professional, and I think that if we can get them to become more professional, then performances will improve,” he said. “We are fortunate that we can play 10 games now as opposed to five. Is 10 games enough in a year? When I played, I played 20-something or 40-something games in a year playing County cricket, and that is where the strength of the cricket is – the more you play, the more you get accustomed to it, the harder the cricket is, and the more professional you become.”</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #444444;">It’s fairly unusual for anyone in the West Indies to call for professionalism in any walk of life, leave alone cricket. And when the call comes, the question is, is anyone listening?</span></i></b></div>
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Essential to change the mentality of players: Garner

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Brazil Gets an Ounce of Revenge on Germany

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<i><b>RIO DE JANEIRO — An Olympic gold medal in soccer for Brazil will not undo the embarrassment of the 2014 World Cup. Perhaps nothing will. But Saturday provided a dramatic recovery, a tense rekindling of joy where before there was national shame.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Maracana Stadium filled with celebration and relief as Brazil won its first Olympic soccer title, defeating Germany, 5-4, on penalty kicks after the match remained tied at 1-1 through 120 minutes. The victory provided some redemption from, if not erasure of, a humiliating 7-1 defeat to Die Mannschaft at home in the semifinals of the World Cup.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>When the Brazilian goalkeeper Weverton dived to his left to save a penalty kick by Germany’s Nils Petersen, the anxiety of the evening exploded into liberation.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Neymar, the star forward, then approached the ball for the winning penalty kick. He did a stutter step then shot high and assuredly. Brazil has won five World Cups but never until that moment of release an Olympic gold medal.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Neymar went to his knees, then onto his stomach, his hands covering his face, struggling to control his emotions. His teammates, who had been on their knees at midfield, as if praying, began running toward him in a jubilant sprint.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>“Champions!” roared the crowd of about 78,000 at Maracana. A Brazilian fan ran from the stands into the group hug of players. He wore a national flag like a cape, as if superhero effort had been needed to reverse the traumatic outcome against Germany two years ago.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">“Nothing will replace 7 to 1,” said Roberto Artiaga, 39, a Brazilian fan. “It’s impossible. But it eases the pain. We will hurt a little less.”</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Saturday’s victory came with far different rosters and under far different circumstances from the 2014 World Cup.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>The Olympic tournament is for players under 23 years of age, with three older players allowed per team. It is a youth tournament, so that FIFA, soccer’s governing body, can protect the singularity of the World Cup, which it considers the most important international sporting event.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Neymar, 24, sat out that shocking loss to Germany in 2014 with a broken vertebra in his back. Matthias Ginter, a central defender who made one of Germany’s penalty kicks Saturday, was the youngest player on Germany’s World Cup roster but did not leave the bench.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b>“Nobody here played in that final,” Weverton, the Brazilian goalkeeper told reporters before Saturday’s match. “What happened in the past is in the past. Nothing is going to change that, even if we win by seven goals. We have a chance to create our own history.”</b></i></div>
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<i><b>The Olympics might be a lesser tournament, but Saturday’s gold-medal match possessed the same stressed, edgy feel of a World Cup final.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">“We are very excited, very scared and afraid, too,” Mariana Canuto, 33, a Brazilian fan, said beforehand.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b>In the 27th minute, Neymar curled a free kick off the underside of the crossbar and into the upper left corner, giving Brazil a 1-0 lead. But this exorcism would not come easily.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>In the 59th minute, Max Meyer swiveled on a crossing pass and tied the score at 1-1 with a low, hard shot.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Still, Brazil kept its resolve at Maracana, a storied arena, but also the site of one of Brazil’s most heartbreaking defeats, a 2-1 loss to Uruguay in the decisive game of the 1950 World Cup before a crowd reported to be 199,854.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b>The stadium has been downsized, along with certainty about Brazil’s superiority as a soccer nation.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>That World Cup loss to Germany seemed to rob Brazil of its assurance that individual skill and flair could trump collective organization by an opponent. Then, in June, Brazil bombed out of Copa America in group play and Dunga was fired as national coach.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Many have begun to compare Brazilian soccer to the country’s ongoing political and economic crises, with corruption and stagnant management in the national soccer federation and a development program that exports young players overseas.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Meanwhile, the longing and heartache in Brazil have been refracted through a lens of German success. Germany won the 2014 World Cup at Maracana, defeating Lionel Messi and Argentina by 1-0 in the final. The German women’s team won an Olympic gold medal there this week and the German men were seeking gold of their own Saturday.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Mauro Betig, a commentator and reporter for Fox Sports Brasil, said before the tournament that Brazil’s players would start tentatively, knowing that “in every beginning of a game, every time they make a mistake, they will think, ‘It’s 7-1 coming.’”<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Even if Brazil won a gold medal, Betig projected, “At the same time that the team will be running the victory lap, thinking, ‘We finally won the Olympics,’ fans in Maracana will say, ‘You’ve lost 7-1.’ Neymar, you can be the star of the Olymics, but in the World Cup you were not there.’”</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b>Brazilian fans are like that, he said.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>“Soccer fans are cruel and were most cruel on the defeat to Germany,” Betig said.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Before the tournament, the news media criticized Neymar, Brazil’s captain, for partying too much while on vacation during Copa America. And after Brazil failed to score a goal during its first two Olympic matches, some fans mocked him with “missing” posters. Others screamed “Marta!” as if they preferred the star of the Brazilian women’s team.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>But fans can be as forgiving as they are cruel. Neymar scored a goal and a penalty kick on Saturday, and kept Brazil from losing its confidence. The crowd chanted his name in appreciation, and he became the first Brazilian captain to wear an Olympic gold medal around his neck.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>“Brazil is five times champion of the World Cup and we had never had a gold medal before, so against any team it would have been great,” said Manoel Santos, 56, a Brazilian fan. “But, O.K., being against Germany made it that much sweeter.”</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/sports/olympics/soccer-brazil-germany-neymar-live-score.html?ref=sports&_r=0" target="_blank">nytimes.com</a></b></i></div>
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Brazil Gets an Ounce of Revenge on Germany

RIO DE JANEIRO — An Olympic gold medal in soccer for Brazil will not undo the embarrassment of the 2014 World Cup. Perhaps nothing will. ...

Brazil Gets an Ounce of Revenge on Germany

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RIO DE JANEIRO — An Olympic gold medal in soccer for Brazil will not undo the embarrassment of the 2014 World Cup. Perhaps nothing will. But Saturday provided a dramatic recovery, a tense rekindling of joy where before there was national shame.</div>
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Maracana Stadium filled with celebration and relief as Brazil won its first Olympic soccer title, defeating Germany, 5-4, on penalty kicks after the match remained tied at 1-1 through 120 minutes. The victory provided some redemption from, if not erasure of, a humiliating 7-1 defeat to Die Mannschaft at home in the semifinals of the World Cup.</div>
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When the Brazilian goalkeeper Weverton dived to his left to save a penalty kick by Germany’s Nils Petersen, the anxiety of the evening exploded into liberation.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Neymar, the star forward, then approached the ball for the winning penalty kick. He did a stutter step then shot high and assuredly. Brazil has won five World Cups but never until that moment of release an Olympic gold medal.</span></div>
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Neymar went to his knees, then onto his stomach, his hands covering his face, struggling to control his emotions. His teammates, who had been on their knees at midfield, as if praying, began running toward him in a jubilant sprint.</div>
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“Champions!” roared the crowd of about 78,000 at Maracana. A Brazilian fan ran from the stands into the group hug of players. He wore a national flag like a cape, as if superhero effort had been needed to reverse the traumatic outcome against Germany two years ago.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">“Nothing will replace 7 to 1,” said Roberto Artiaga, 39, a Brazilian fan. “It’s impossible. But it eases the pain. We will hurt a little less.”</span></div>
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Saturday’s victory came with far different rosters and under far different circumstances from the 2014 World Cup.</div>
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The Olympic tournament is for players under 23 years of age, with three older players allowed per team. It is a youth tournament, so that FIFA, soccer’s governing body, can protect the singularity of the World Cup, which it considers the most important international sporting event.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Neymar, 24, sat out that shocking loss to Germany in 2014 with a broken vertebra in his back. Matthias Ginter, a central defender who made one of Germany’s penalty kicks Saturday, was the youngest player on Germany’s World Cup roster but did not leave the bench.</span></div>
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“Nobody here played in that final,” Weverton, the Brazilian goalkeeper told reporters before Saturday’s match. “What happened in the past is in the past. Nothing is going to change that, even if we win by seven goals. We have a chance to create our own history.”</div>
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The Olympics might be a lesser tournament, but Saturday’s gold-medal match possessed the same stressed, edgy feel of a World Cup final.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">“We are very excited, very scared and afraid, too,” Mariana Canuto, 33, a Brazilian fan, said beforehand.</span></div>
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In the 27th minute, Neymar curled a free kick off the underside of the crossbar and into the upper left corner, giving Brazil a 1-0 lead. But this exorcism would not come easily.</div>
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In the 59th minute, Max Meyer swiveled on a crossing pass and tied the score at 1-1 with a low, hard shot.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Still, Brazil kept its resolve at Maracana, a storied arena, but also the site of one of Brazil’s most heartbreaking defeats, a 2-1 loss to Uruguay in the decisive game of the 1950 World Cup before a crowd reported to be 199,854.</span></div>
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The stadium has been downsized, along with certainty about Brazil’s superiority as a soccer nation.</div>
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That World Cup loss to Germany seemed to rob Brazil of its assurance that individual skill and flair could trump collective organization by an opponent. Then, in June, Brazil bombed out of Copa America in group play and Dunga was fired as national coach.<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Many have begun to compare Brazilian soccer to the country’s ongoing political and economic crises, with corruption and stagnant management in the national soccer federation and a development program that exports young players overseas.</span></div>
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Meanwhile, the longing and heartache in Brazil have been refracted through a lens of German success. Germany won the 2014 World Cup at Maracana, defeating Lionel Messi and Argentina by 1-0 in the final. The German women’s team won an Olympic gold medal there this week and the German men were seeking gold of their own Saturday.</div>
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Mauro Betig, a commentator and reporter for Fox Sports Brasil, said before the tournament that Brazil’s players would start tentatively, knowing that “in every beginning of a game, every time they make a mistake, they will think, ‘It’s 7-1 coming.’”<span style="line-height: 1.6;">Even if Brazil won a gold medal, Betig projected, “At the same time that the team will be running the victory lap, thinking, ‘We finally won the Olympics,’ fans in Maracana will say, ‘You’ve lost 7-1.’ Neymar, you can be the star of the Olymics, but in the World Cup you were not there.’”</span></div>
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Brazilian fans are like that, he said.</div>
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“Soccer fans are cruel and were most cruel on the defeat to Germany,” Betig said.</div>
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Before the tournament, the news media criticized Neymar, Brazil’s captain, for partying too much while on vacation during Copa America. And after Brazil failed to score a goal during its first two Olympic matches, some fans mocked him with “missing” posters. Others screamed “Marta!” as if they preferred the star of the Brazilian women’s team.</div>
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But fans can be as forgiving as they are cruel. Neymar scored a goal and a penalty kick on Saturday, and kept Brazil from losing its confidence. The crowd chanted his name in appreciation, and he became the first Brazilian captain to wear an Olympic gold medal around his neck.</div>
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“Brazil is five times champion of the World Cup and we had never had a gold medal before, so against any team it would have been great,” said Manoel Santos, 56, a Brazilian fan. “But, O.K., being against Germany made it that much sweeter.”</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/sports/olympics/soccer-brazil-germany-neymar-live-score.html?ref=sports&_r=0" target="_blank">nytimes.com</a></div>
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