14 Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Sports INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE beIN SPORTS marks ‘100 Days to Go until Tokyo 2020’ with special documentaries and official films Tribune News Network In an exclusive inter- Doha view with beIN Sports, the Governor of Tokyo in Japan beIN MEDIA GROUP, the Yuriko Koike said: “Prepara- global sports and entertain- tions for the Tokyo Olympics ment broadcaster, will broad- took years. Today we are only cast special shows, dedicated 100 days away from this ma- programs and official films for jor event. Unfortunately, the the ‘100 days to go until Tokyo Olympics have been delayed 2020’ across its beIN SPORTS for a full year due to Covid-19. channels. But that was necessary to The ‘100 days to go un- ensure that the games are held Pat Cummins of of Kolkata Knight Riders is bowled by a yorker from Trent Boult of Mumbai Indians celebrates the wicket of Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders during the til Tokyo 2020’ begins on in a safe and adequate envi- Trent Boult of Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Vivo Indian Premier League 2021 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Wednesday 14 April and will ronment”. Chennai on Tuesday. (BCCI/IPL) in Chennai on Tuesday. (BCCI/IPL) go on all day with exclusive Koike added: “This is the content and documentaries of second Olympics to be held in the best Olympic Games mo- Japan. The first was in 1964, ments the world has ever seen. and it was the first edition to As the official broadcaster combine the Olympics and of Tokyo 2020, beIN SPORTS Chahar, Boult, Bumrah turn tide will showcase the Olympic Games this year to its millions of viewers and subscribers throughout the MENA region beIN’s dedicated Olympic starting from 23 July until 8 channels will broadcast August 2021 exclusively on its to hand MI thrilling win over KKR channels. nonstop Olympic Games beIN SPORTS 7 and the action including a ANI KKR were right on the Minutes later Chahar picked Karthik then played sluggish And in the death overs, Free to Air (FTA) channel will documentary of Arab Chennai track for an easy win but Cha- his second wickets for the day as knocks in order to not lose any Mumbai Indians failed to get broadcast top documentaries Participation in the har spun a web and removed he dismissed Rahul Tripathi for wicket but the batsmen still going and kept losing wickets illustrating glorious moments Olympic Games Rahul Chahar spun a web the top four batsmen before a paltry five in the 11th over to failed to get KKR over the line. at regular intervals. Russell in the history of the Olympics throughout history while Trent Boult executed Jasprit Bumrah and Trent reduce KKR to 84/2. Earlier after being asked to dismissed Kieron Pollard and games, including the story of perfect yorkers in the death Boult’s fiery spell handed Nitish and Eoin Morgan bat first, Mumbai Indians suf- Marco Jansen in the 18th over the most illustrious events in overs to snatch victory for Mumbai Indians the match. scripted a brief partnership of 20 fered an early jolt as the side as Mumbai Indians collapsed any Olympics. These stories the Paralympics. We wanted the Mumbai Indians from the Chasing 153, KKR got off runs. However, Chahar wreaked lost opener Quinton de Kock from 115/3 to 126/7. include the 100m dash rash, the second Olympics hosted jaws of defeat against the Kol- to a perfect start as the open- havoc and dismissed the KKR in the second over. Varun Krunal Pandya tried to hit strangest moments gathered by Japan to be held after sus- kata Knight Riders (KKR) here ers Nitish Rana and Shubman skipper in the 13th over. Chakravarthy bamboozled the some shots towards the end from every edition of the tainable recovery; that is, after at the MA Chidambaram Sta- Gill stitched a 72-run stand for With Nitish’s wicket, Cha- South African batsman on the of the innings but he faltered games, stories of sporting leg- the situation returns to what it dium on Tuesday. the first wicket. har removed KKR’s top order last ball of his first over. in order to whack every ball in ends such as Michael John- was before the pandemic. Hu- Andre Russell’s five-wicket The duo made full use of to turn the game in Mumbai Rohit played a cautious the final over as Mumbai Indi- son, Hicham El Guerrouj, Said manity now desperately needs haul had bundled Mumbai In- the powerplay and smashed Indians’ favour in the 15th over. knock but Suryakumar dealt ans touched the 150-run mark. Aouita and more. to overcome the situation it is dians out for 152 after batsman 45 runs in the first six overs. In the next over, Krunal in boundaries as he brought Scores: Mumbai Indians 152 beIN SPORTS will also experiencing as a result of the Suryakumar Yadav’s gutsy Chahar provided Mumbai Pandya joined the party and up his half-century with a six. (Suryakumar Yadav 56, Rohit broadcast official films of pandemic, while taking into knock. In response, KKR was Indians the first breakthrough dismissed Shakib Al Hasan as However, after smashing the Sharma 32; Andre Russell some of the most remembered consideration many important restricted to 142/7 thanks to as Gill in an attempt to go for KKR lost half of their side with fifty, ‘SKY’ got out in an at- 5-15); KKR 142/7 (Nitish Rana Olympic Games of the 20 th issues such as ensuring the an all-rounder bowling perfor- back-to-back sixes got out in 31 runs still needed in 28 balls. tempt to whack the ball around 57, Shubman Gill 33; Rahul and 21 st centuries – with rare principle of diversity, gender mance from Mumbai Indians. the ninth over. Andre Russell and Dinesh but failing to get all of it. Chahar 4-27). archive footage produced in a equality, and everything that cinematic style. might help toward the sustain- The global sports chan- ability of the Olympics as a nel will also showcase Arab sports event”. participation in the Olympic beIN viewers have the Stokes ruled out of Marquez emulates sporting Games throughout the years, chance to subscribe to the new including stories of some of TOGETHER package to watch the most iconic objects related the Tokyo 2020 Summer IPL with broken finger greats with MotoGP comeback to the Olympic Games such as Olympics exclusively on beIN the torch, the flag etc. SPORTS – where they will also ANI though he did come out to bat. ANI Commenting on 100 days have access to 70 sports and Mumbai “Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Portimao (Portugal) to go before Tokyo 2020, Act- entertainment channels. Ben Stokes injured a finger on ing Director of Programs for To watch all other major In what comes as a big blow for his left hand while fielding dur- It has finally happened: Marc beIN MENA Duncan Walkin- tournaments and competi- Rajasthan Royals, all-rounder ing the team’s match against Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) shaw said: “As the official tions this summer, the beIN Ben Stokes has been ruled out Punjab Kings on 12 April 2021 has been given the green light broadcaster of the Olympic summer early bird promotion of the remainder of the Indian in Mumbai,” the franchise said to get back on his RC213V this Games, beIN SPORTS’ main offers subscribers the chance Premier League (IPL) 2021 due in an official statement on weekend at the Autodromo In- focus is providing its viewers to watch the best exclusive to a finger injury he sustained Tuesday evening. ternacional del Algarve. and subscribers with an ex- sports tournaments on air in- during the game against Punjab “Subsequent investiga- The Grande Premio 888 de ceptional viewing experience cluding the UEFA Euro 2020, Kings on Monday. tions revealed that he sus- Portugal, the third round of the across all our platforms. We Copa America 2021 and get a The incident occurred tained a broken finger, which 2021 MotoGP World Champi- are tremendously excited to 3-month complimentary ac- during the Punjab innings as will, unfortunately, rule him onship, will no doubt go down cover what will be a unique cess to the ULTIMATE pack- Stokes went forward to com- out of the remainder of the in history as the moment the Olympics. As we move closer age – where subscribers have plete the catch off Chris Gayle. Indian Premier League 2021 eight-time World Champion to the start of the Tokyo 2020, access to 99 channels of sports He was visibly in pain even season,” the statement added. stepped back into the spotlight we are delighted to share this and entertainment content. after nine months away. historic milestone with our For more information on It’s a moment that has Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez. (AFP) millions of viewers across beIN’s offers, visit www.bein. been highly anticipated by MENA”. com/summer2021 MotoGP fans around the world The Australian nearly lost his quer premier class racing for Steph Curry breaks but also by lovers of the sport. right leg in 1992, after a seri- the remainder of the decade, It evokes memories of other ous crash at Assen that led taking an incredible five titles great sporting heroes mak- to a dangerous infection. A from 1994 to 1998. India A tour of England postponed; Kohli Chamberlain’s record ing their return after battling spectacular recovery, missing If we look beyond Mo- & Co to take larger squad for Test series against serious, sometimes just four races, would see him toGP, the examples are nu- DPA career-threatening, injuries. try to clinch the title in the fi- merous. We now wait and London: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Berlin All of whom would return to nal two rounds in Brazil and see what Marc Marquez can Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have agreed to postpone the absolute pinnacle of their South Africa. do after nine months on the this summer’s men’s India A tour. The India men’s team will instead Steph Curry broke Wilt sport, as Marquez will seek to It sadly wasn’t enough, sidelines. tour with a larger squad to prepare for, and use during, the five- Chamberlain’s franchise replicate. with the crown going to Wayne After three surgeries and match Test Series. India’s warm-up schedule will now comprise two points record as he produced Marc’s return can be com- Rainey by just four points. De- a painful time away from the intra-squad four-day matches, which will replace the two previously his ninth career 50-plus score pared to that of other former spite the fact that he could not motorcycle, the number 93 planned four-day fixtures between India Men and India A in July. Ven- in the Golden State Warriors’ premier class riders, such as manage to clinch the title that is ready to compete again ues for those two intra-squad matches are to be confirmed.(A NI) 116-107 win over the Denver MotoGP legend Mick Doohan. year, he would go on to con- in 2021. Nuggets on Monday night. Curry finished with 53 points for the Warriors, surpass- ing Chamberlain’s franchise all-time scoring record with 19 Medvedev’s COVID-19 case leaves players with anxious wait in Monaco points in the first quarter. The 33-year-old may have DPA to getting back out on Tour as any more positive cases. reach the third round, beating partnership with Toni Nadal - played 745 games for the Warri- London soon and as safely as possible.” Britain’s Dan Evans, who fellow Australian Open semi- uncle and former coach of Ra- ors compared to Chamberlain’s The ATP said the 25-year- beat 2019 runner-up Dusan finalist Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 6-4. fael - got off to a losing start as 429, but he was visibly over- Rafael Nadal and other old had been moved into isola- Lajovic 6-3, 6-7 (11-13), 6-2 for Spaniard Alejandro Da- the young Canadian was beaten joyed with the achievement. leading players at the Monte- tion and was being monitored his first tour-level victory on vidovich Fokina joined him, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 by Cristian Garin Curry was also later Carlo Masters face a nervous by the tournament doctor and clay for four years, said: “It’s securing a first top-10 win by having led 4-2 overnight. drenched during a post-game wait on Tuesday after world the tour’s medical team. definitely in mind I’m very ea- beating eighth seed Matteo “I’m very lucky to be able interview by teammate Kent number two Daniil Medvedev Medvedev lives in the ger to get vaccinated, if I can. Berrettini 7-5, 6-3. to learn from him and benefit Bazemore with an ice cold tested positive for coronavi- principality and his positive It would be heart-breaking if I Miami Open runner-up from his experience and work water. rus. test will call into question the tested positive for Wimbledon. Jannik Sinner will play world with him,” said the 20-year- MVP candidate Nikola The announcement came wisdom of the tournament al- “It’s very important to number one Novak Djokovic for old. “Of course, there’s a lot of Jogic had 27 points and 12 as- Stephen Curry of the Golden ahead of the third day of play lowing players to stay at home stick to the protocols in place. the first time after a 6-3, 6-4 vic- work to do, but it’s a good as- sists for the Nuggets. State Warriors waits to come in at one of the ATP’s biggest rather than in a strict bubble. If some people are being blase, tory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas. sociation and I’m very happy.” Joel Embiid won the bat- to their game against the Denver events, with Medvedev re- The Russian practised with then it ruins it for everybody Nineteen-year-old Sinner Miami champion Hubert tle against Luka Doncic as the Nuggets at Chase Center on Mon- placed in the draw by Argen- Nadal on Monday and was also else because if one person was one of five Italian winners Hurkacz continued his win- Philadelphia 76ers stayed top in day in San Francisco, California. tinian lucky loser Juan Ignacio pictured talking to Novak Djok- tests positive, this virus, it can on Tuesday. Defending cham- ning run with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 the East with a 113-95 triumph Londero. ovic. There is no suggestion go round very quickly. pion Fabio Fognini defeated win against, Thomas Fabbiano, over the Dallas Mavericks. Doncic scored 32 points, Medvedev said in a state- that Medvedev broke any pro- “So seeing scenes in Eng- Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 7-5 Roberto Bautista Agut and Embiid only played 26 reaching 30-plus for the 19th ment: “It’s a big disappoint- tocols but it will undoubtedly land yesterday, I won’t be so- while Salvatore Caruso, Loren- Grigor Dimitrov were straight- minutes but finished with 36 time this season for the Mavs, ment not to play in Monte- be a worrying time as players cialising any time soon.” zo Sonego and Marco Cecchi- sets winners and 17-year-old points, including 23 by half- who were without Kristaps Por- Carlo. “My focus is now on who had any contact with him Fourth seed Stefanos Tsit- nato also reached round two. Dane Holger Rune was beaten time, and seven rebounds. zingis due to a knee complaint. recovery and I look forward wait to see whether there are sipas became the first player to Felix Auger-Aliassime’s 6-2, 6-1 by Casper Ruud.