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BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke is considering resigning from his post following the arrests of CSK CEO Gurunath Meiyappan, who is BCCI president N Srinivasan’s son-in-law, and also the three Rajasthan Royals players in the spot-fixing scandal. The manner in which the board handled the betting charges is believed to be the reason why Shirke might be prompted to take this huge step. The BCCI top official is not particularly happy with how the things have turned out so far after the arrests....

The action-packed matches saw 32 teams from the 64 registered football clubs, battling it out for the coveted championship title on Day One of the prestigious tournament. The mega sporting bonanza brought an eclectic mix of beach soccer and entertainment to the Goan shores. The cheering crowds perfectly blended with the thumping music to add the much-needed vigour to the sport. The event also attracted a large number of spectators....

The third day of the Barefoot Beach Soccer Championship that is being hosted at the scenic Calangute beach saw a tremendous splurge in excitement, both from the participants and the audiences alike. The pre-quarter finals and quarter finals of the championship went on till the wee hours of the night, but the energy only kept increasing with every passing hour. Listed below are the results of the first four pre-quarter final matches; we will be sharing the results of the other matches shortly....

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - On a hot Rio morning under a perfect sky, the sand flies as a bare body dives for a dig. This isn’t the Olympic arena, but the public volleyball nets of Copacabana beach and here the men proudly wear tiny swim shorts known in Brazil as “sungas.” “They’re more comfortable, it’s what we wear to the beach,” said Renato Bastos, a 67-year-old retired Rio resident warming up before a match....

Then again, playing the Jets didn’t hurt. The Bears were ready without Mack, shutting down Sam Darnold and New York’s struggling offense in a 24-10 victory Sunday they sorely needed. “We played together,” linebacker Aaron Lynch said. “We played as one, we played aggressive and we had fun doing it. And we attacked the field every time we went out there.” There were no eye-popping statistics from any of the Bears’ players....

‘Pep videos bore Man City squad’ A report in Germany has claimed that the European champions are interested in signing the 25-year-old as they look to bolster their goalkeeping options for next season. Madrid have been heavily linked with Manchester United’s David de Gea and Thibaut Courtois of Chelsea, but Leno has reportedly emerged as a more viable option as he is said to have a release clause in his Leverkusen contract of just €20million....

According to widespread reports in Austria, Dreesen suffered a serious injury to his hand when his rifle accidentally went off on his shoulder as he was walking to his car. Police in the country, which borders Germany, confirmed that a 50-year-old had shot himself by mistake on Thursday evening. “The hunter in question had his rifle over his shoulder, he walked over to his car, then a shot was released with his left hand over the barrel of the gun,” a police officer told SID....

Arp has been trailed by a host of Europe’s top clubs after comparisons with Harry Kane following his emergence with Hamburg last season. The 19-year-old became the first player born since the turn of the millennium to play in Germany’s top flight in 2017-18, but he could not stop Hamburg’s relegation. Arp scored twice in 18 league appearances in that campaign, but he has yet to get off the mark in the second tier as Hamburg lead the way after 20 matches....

“FC Bayern Munchen chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has extended his contract to December 31, 2019. The FC Bayern supervisory board and Rummenigge have agreed a three-year extension to the existing contract,” Bayern said in a statement. Rummenigge said: “I would like to thank the supervisory board, namely board chairman Karl Hopfner, for the confidence in me and the serious and productive cooperation. “FC Bayern are in a very good situation in terms of sport as well as finances and have established themselves at the top of European football....

Bayern 6/1 with dabblebet to win CL Bayern fans have become so accustomed to winning that even their pre-season friendly performances were seen as disastrous for Ancelotti. Having begun their summer campaign with four comfortable wins against fellow German clubs, they struggled to replicate those results when pitted against European sides, with their International Champions Cup performances leaving a lot to be desired. A win against Chelsea was a rare bright spot, but defeats to the likes of Milan, Napoli and Liverpool caused people around the club to question Ancelotti - even before the season had begun....

A two-time Bundesliga champion, the 27-year-old also boasts a World Cup winners’ medal. His efforts at Borussia Dortmund brought him to the attention of a global audience and saw him take up a standing as one of football’s finest centre-halves. Lewandowski MOCKS Ballon d’Or Bayern Munich, having allowed him to slip through their grasp once before, are not the type of club to pass up on such talent. They moved to bring him back to Bavaria over the summer, and Hummels has slipped seamlessly into the fold at the Allianz Arena....

Though a lot has changed in and around the stadium, the result remained the same for league leaders Bayern Munich on the pitch. Hansi Flick’s side recorded a 2-0 away win over Union Berlin. Top scorer Robert Lewandowski scored his 26th goal of the campaign before Benjamin Pavard scored the 50th Bayern goal under Flick in the league - the best record of any coach in the league’s history after 16 games....

During the second half over Bayern’s highly anticipated clash with Wolfsburg, Lewandowski scored not one, not two, not three, not four, but five goals. He scored five goals in the second half. Not just that, he scored all five goals in just under nine minutes. Even crazier? Lewandowski didn’t even start the game. Lewandowski actually missed Bayern’s last Bundesliga game against Darmstadt after suffering an ankle injury against Olympiakos in Champions League play....

Bayley posted a screenshot of Roman Reigns’ comments and made it clear that The Head of the Table “is done for.” She added that she will be rooting for John Cena in his SummerSlam match with Reigns. Check out the tweet below: The Tribal Chief has been Universal Champion since Payback 2020 and no one has been able to dethrone him from his spot to date. WWE veteran John Cena is on a quest to topple Reigns....

In those same videos, Taylor also asked her fans and fans of Bayonetta as a series to boycott Bayonetta 3 and donate money to charities, instead. This sparked a positive and long-overdue debate about voice actors and their pay in the gaming industry and outside of it too, leading to Taylor becoming the hero of the people overnight when Kamiya’s behavior in the aftermath of the videos led to him being banned on Twitter....

The whole Bayonetta 3 voice actor ordeal is still in murky waters, and a feeling of unease spread within the community, especially when the game started to leak before launch, revealing performance issues and a story that may not be for everyone. However, the main issue with Bayonetta 3 seems to be much more rooted in the vision behind the game and its overarching narrative than the gameplay loop, and it has a lot to do with Bayonetta and her relationships....

Abood donned a black Masuri Vision Series model helmet, which is worn by many Australian players admitted that he had been contemplating wearing some protection for his head ever since fellow Australian official John Ward sustained a blow to the head during a Ranji Trophy match between Punjab and Tamil Nadu in Dindigul on December 1. “TheT20 game has evolved to the stage where guys are practising specifically whacking balls as hard as they can and it’s just coming off faster and faster....

Now, the cricketer’s mother Shabnam Singh has also made attempts to secure her son’s dues, contacting BCCI officials on his behalf. In case you didn’t know Yuvraj has been out of action in ODIs since July of this year, when India took on the West Indies, after failing the yo-yo test, a fitness test that was made mandatory under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. Read more: What is the yo-yo test and why did Raina and Yuvraj fail it?...

New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to reschedule the two Ranji Trophy matches which had to be cancelled due to smog in the national capital earlier this month, with both the matches being played from December 15 to 18. The Group A clash between Gujarat and Bengal will now be played in Visakhapatnam while the Group C match between Hyderabad and Tripura will take place in Kolkata, according to a report by espncricinfo....

New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) The friction between Committee of Administrators (CoA) and principal office bearers of BCCI came to fore once again after treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry questioned the decision of advancing the timing of IPL play-off matches to 7 pm instead of the usual 8 pm start. The IPL Governing Council headed by Rajiv Shukla had decided that the matches during the business end of the tournament would start early....