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This man helped physically challenged Guardiola says City not ready, worried about not enough training NEW DELHI:Man- end of the Premier League chester City manager Pep season, manager Pep cricketers raise Rs 1.5 lakh Guardiola says he does not Guardiola announced on New Delhi:In a noble know how ready his players Tuesday. gesture, former Australia are for the restart of the Pre- The Spanish midfielder's skipper 's man- mier League and the flood contract was due to expire ager Harley Medcalf raised of matches to come. at the end of June, with the Rs 1.5 lakh to help 's Second-placed City play 34-year-old set to physically challenged crick- Arsenal, managed by leave after 10 years with the eters, who are in financial dis- Guardiola's former assis- club. tress due to lockodwn in tant Mikel Arteta, at the Eti- The Premier League is wake of COVID-19 pan- had on Wednesday. due to restart without spec- demic. City then host Burnley tators on Wednesday and The Physically Challenged next Monday, travel down aims to complete the season Association of India to Chelsea the following on July 26 after months of (PCCAI) secretary Ravi Thursday and across to inactivity due to the Chauhan on Wednesday, Newcastle United on the COVID-19 lockdown. said, Medcalf took the initia- Sunday. "David will stay until the tive to help the disabled collected. This money was meet both ends. "The way we are right end of season," said Guardi- cricket players under aegis of transferred to 30 most needy "Every help is God-send for now...we don't know. If you ola ahead of the home PCCAI. players of PCCAI," said these players and they will al- ask me how is the team, I match against Arsenal. Chauhan."An amount of Rs ways be thankful for this," "When Medcalf came to don't know. Tomorrow we and Spain had five or six. August. "So excited to see him...he "He will finish the last 5,000 each have been added Chauhan. know about the testing times will see how is the level of "All Premier League Guardiola said all he can knows absolutely every- games without people. But granted to 30 disabled cricket Waugh's manager came to of some of the disabled play- the team," Guardiola told teams have three. We know go is pray that no players get thing of us, he was an in- hopefully he and the club players. This money has been know about PCCAI, when ers of PCCAI, he decided to reporters on a Zoom call. it is not enough but it is injured because of the tight credibly important part of can organise a proper directly transferred to their earlier this year the former raise funds for these players. "I think we are ready to what it is," said the schedule. our success in the last years, farewell in front of people." accounts," added Chauhan. skipper had met these play- "The efforts bore fruits and play one game. But three Spaniard. In Arteta, Guardiola will he helped us to be who we Silva, who joined City According to Chauhan, ers for a project he had un- a sum of Rs 1,50,000- was days after another one and City could be busier than be facing an old friend and are," said Guardiola. from Valencia in 2010, has these players struggled to dertaken. four days after another one. any other Premier League while foes on the pitch he "We sent a message about won four Premier League ti- We are not ready, not just team over the next two hoped he would have time one hour and a half ago...It tles, two FA Cups and the Man City, all teams." months, with Guardiola's to catch up afterwards. was about the wine we are League Cup five times. 'It would be a pity if the whole Guardiola said his players team facing three games per Both have suffered over going to drink after the City's hopes of defending were in good shape but ex- week until August 1 because the past months, Guardiola game if social distance al- their Premier League title pressed concern that they of its involvement in the FA losing his mother to the lows." are gone, with Liverpool 25 chess world goes online' had only three weeks of Cup and then a potential COVID-19 pandemic while David Silva to see out sea- points clear, but they re- NEW DELHI:It has group training to get ready eight-team knockout Arteta caught the disease son with Manchester City main in contention for the been three months since after months without a bracket to complete the himself and had to self-iso- David Silva will stay at Champions League and FA Viswanathan Anand has match. Clubs in Germany Champions League in mid- late. Manchester City until the Cup. been away from home, stuck someplace across the globe like thousands Halep 'highly unlikely' COVID-19: South Africa to of Indians waiting to be reunited with their fami- to play US Open lies under the Vande trial unique limited overs tie Bharat Mission. NEW DELHI:World had told Reuters last week From an apartment No 2 Simona Halep is the protocols were "incred- NEW DELHI:Cricket near Frankfurt, Germany, "highly unlikely" to play in ibly difficult" and would South Africa will trial a new he meets me via Skype the US Open with organis- probably not work for the format that will see three teams compete in a single over breakfast (for him) ers set to put strict health two-times Grand Slam win- 36-over match as they look and lunch (for me) in In- protocols in place for the ner. to re-start the game with the dia.As my spinach-rice Grand Slam due to the The USTA and men's and ation" before and re- many, Austria and Hun- Solidarity Cup at SuperSport takes care of itself in an COVID-19 pandemic, a women's tours are expected counts it with the exuber- gary. The quickest way to Park in Centurion on June electric cooker, Anand, spokeswoman for the Ro- to provide details later on ance of a hippie. reach Bulgaria from Hun- manian told Reuters. Wednesday. 27. sporting a casual white The year was 2010 and gary was through Serbia. The United States Tennis "Of course, the condi- The fixture is a chance for Polo T-shirt and munch- Anand, along with his wife But none of the Indians Association (USTA) re- tions of the US Open can the country's leading players ing on a bowl of cereal Aruna, had landed in Ger- in the team had a Serbian ceived the green light to still change and it is my un- to get some game-time un- with raspberries and many after a vacation in visa. So they decided to hold their marquee tourna- derstanding that the play- der their belts in the wake of strawberries, appears Venice to meet his train- drive through Romania. ment in New York as sched- ers will have well into July the COVID-19 pandemic, cheerful. ers and then fly to Sofia "At the beginning of the uled from August 31-Sep- to decide whether to enter but will also raise funds for "As chess players, we for the world champi- journey we all thought tember 13 without fans. or not," the spokeswoman charity. are all loners and perpet- "I know that the players Scotland's Twenty20 in- onship against Bulgarian that let's be productive New York Governor An- said, adding that it was a It will be played in an are itching to get back into ternational against Aus- ually in isolation to train," grandmaster Veselin and get some work done. drew Cuomo said the USTA "fluid situation so nothing empty stadium and is a test action, which is why we are tralia scheduled for June 29 he starts off, anticipating Topalov. Half an hour into the drive would take "extraordinary is set in stone". for CSA's protocols for a re- so excited about the Solidar- has been cancelled because my first question. A week before the tour- we realised being produc- precautions" to protect Men's No. 1 Novak turn to play for the domes- ity Cup," CSA director of ongoing restrictions caused "The apartment where I nament, as Anand, Aruna tive was getting us players, including robust Djokovic and his women's tic game, which could come cricket Graeme Smith said. by the coronavirus pan- am staying now," he con- and team were packing up nowhere and we decided testing, additional cleaning, counterpart Ash Barty have as early as next month. "It's a thrilling new format demic, Cricket Scotland said tinues, "is where I have to fly to Sofia from Frank- to stop pretending. Luck- extra locker room space also raised concerns about Captains AB de Villiers, and a match that is working on Wednesday. lived for my training furt, Eyjafjallajokull de- ily, we had a television. So and dedicated accommoda- playing in the tournament Quinton de Kock and Kag- towards a greater good." "Whilst this is disappoint- camps -- so it doesn't feel cided to spew the earth's we put on the Lord of the tion. under health protocols iso Rabada will lead teams CSA has been given per- ing news for us all in Scot- much different." guts out into the world. Rings extended version," "Everyone is still waiting while Nick Kyrgios said the of eight players who will bat mission by the government land, we have explored all "In a funny sort of way, The ash belched by the recounts Anand. on an official announce- USTA was being "selfish" for a total of 12 overs, six per to host matches under strict potential options and con- that itself was isolation. Icelandic volcano sent the As the bus reached their ment of details from the US by opting to go ahead with , during which time protocols and are hoping to cluded that it is no longer While it doesn't feel very European airspace into hotel, there was still 10 Open and tours about the it.American world No.21 they will face both oppo- welcome India for three possible to play the men's different for me, the rest lockdown. minutes of the movie left season," the spokeswoman John Isner tweeted his sup- nents in the field. Twenty20 internationals in T20 international against of the world seems differ- With the date of re- to watch.The chauffeur said in a statement to port for the decision to go At the fall of the seventh late August. Australia," Gus Mackay, ent." sumption of flights ap- was asked to drive around Reuters. ahead with the tourna- , the last remaining They also have a Test and CEO of Cricket Scotland, "They don't seem to be pearing uncertain, Anand the hotel so that the group "But if the conditions are ment."Well done @usta for batsman can carry on, but limited overs tour to the said. moving around as freely and his team hired a inside could complete the as set out on paper for US being so forward thinking only score in even numbers, West Indies that was sched- A statement said that the as before. There are fewer minibus and decided to movie."The ring had al- Open, as Simo (Halep) has in getting this done. Players twos, four or a six. uled to start in late July, but England and Wales Cricket people around... restau- drive all the way to the ready dropped into the been consistent in saying, and fans alike are thrilled The team with the highest will be staged on a new date. Board (ECB) were in discus- rants here are now just Bulgarian capital. fire. But we just wanted to it's highly unlikely she will with this development. aggregate total at the end of Scotland call off T20 in- sions with Cricket Australia takeaway joints." Over the next 40 hours, finish the movie you play." Time to get back on the the game will be declared ternational against Aus- regarding the rescheduling He has been in this "situ- they drove through Ger- know!" Her coach Darren Cahill courts!" the winner. tralia of Australia's tour. Saliva ban: to bowlers' rescue Playing behind closed doors won't affect NEW DELHI:Eng- NEW DELHI:Young COVID-19 and we will then formats but obviously Tests land's premier ball manu- pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi accordingly make our plans," are the real challenge as if facturer has some advice said Pakistan will have no he said. you do well in them you are for bowlers worried about problems competing behind The 20-year-old, who has ranked as a top bowler. I being unable to generate closed doors during the up- played just eight Tests, 19 take inspiration from the ex- swing due to a ban on the coming Test series in England ODIs and 12 T20 internation- ploits of and use of saliva to shine the as they are used to playing als, didn't think the young in test ball: "Carry a cotton towel." their home matches before bowlers in the touring squad cricket."Celebrations after Polishing one side with empty stadiums in the UAE. would face problems adjust- taking a wicket will not be sweat and saliva has been Pakistan are scheduled to ing to the English conditions. the same in the wake of the used by fast bowlers to alter play three Tests and as many "Yes it is true myself, pandemic and Shaheen said the aerodynamics of the T20Is in a bio-secure environ- Naseem and the other young- it would be a different experi- ball but the International ment in England amid the sters have not played much ence and "this is something Cricket Council banned the and West Indian bowlers, COVID-19 pandemic. but we have which we have to get used use of saliva this month to playing in their upcoming "For us playing before Muhammad Abbas, Wahab to"."... the main thing is that prevent the spread of the series, to carry a cotton empty stadiums is nothing Riaz, and Sohail after staying home for more novel coronavirus. towel like Barbadian great new as we have played before Khan in the squad who are ex- than two months and play- Bowlers are still free to Malcolm Marshall. Photo- scarce crowds in the UAE and perienced plus we have one of ing no cricket we are going to use sweat but some pacers graph: Fileshere also before empty stadiums in the greats as our play cricket at last. That is are worried about not gen- "The ball has to be right some matches of the last Pak- coach in Waqar Younis. So the main thing for us," he erating enough swing. in the first place. Whether istan Super League," he said final match concluding on for Pakistan and they have The West Indies team is we will adjust accordingly," said.The youngster also felt Dilip Jajodia, managing you apply saliva or perspi- during a media interaction. August 24 while the three- done well in the last two Test currently in England for next he said. that the Pakistan squad now director of British Cricket ration or whatever, these "So the atmosphere should T20I series will run from Au- series and also won the month's three-Test series and The left-arm pacer also had a very strong and experi- Balls Ltd, which produces are small things that help," not affect us and we aim to en- gust 29 to September 2. How- Champions Trophy. Shaheen said Pakistan will made it clear that for him enced management and the Dukes balls used in Test Jajodia told Reuters by tele- tertain the people watching ever, the England and Wales "England is always a chal- keep a watch on how the tour Tests were the real challenge support staff and the players matches in England, says phone. the live matches at home." Cricket Board (ECB) are yet to lenging tour specially the Test goes as it will help them to as a bowler and he wanted to would learn a lot from they need not worry. "We have a proper ball The first of three-match finalise the dates. matches but the good thing is chalk out their plans. leave a mark in the coming coaches like Misbah, Waqar, Dilip Jajodia, managing with a hand-stitched seam. director of British Cricket It's designed to swing as Test series is slated to get un- Shaheen said England has we tend to enjoy playing there "We will see how they adapt series in England. Younis and Mushtaq Balls Ltd, advises English long as you have the skill. derway from July 30 with the been a happy hunting ground and doing well," he said. to the new SOPs due to the "I have bowled well in all Ahmed.