One day comes with many new things and various news, especially in sports it comes with victory and loss and different updates, so for that here is a quick round-up for you in the field of sports, to keep you up with the time.
Ballon d’Or chooses Lionel Messi for the 7th time.
Lionel Messi is a name that will remain a legacy in the field of sports and football. The legendary player won Ballon d’Or for the seventh time during his football career by leaving behind Robert Lewandowski from the Bayern Munich club and Jorginho from the club Chelsea.
The award is given for the title of the best player in the world for setting a record by winning it for the seventh time and lifting the most prestigious award in his hands. Lionel Messi won the awards for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, and now in the year 2021.
He also won the Copa America earlier in July for the first time with his country. During the close season, Messi joined Paris St Germain via a free transfer from Barcelona and collected six hundred and thirteen points, along with that Lewandowski is named as the best striker with the point score of five hundred and eighty on Monday.
Messi said that he thought winning the trophy in the year 2019 was the last one for him, but Copa America came as a key for this year. Meanwhile, Alexa Putellas won the women’s Ballon d’Or, and this is the third time for her to win the award, and Kopa trophy for best player U- 21 was awarded to Pedri, who is 19 years old from Barcelona.
India Vs Belgium: Junior Hockey World Cup
Indian junior hockey team will be facing the Belgium team on Wednesday in the junior hockey world cup quarterfinal. When it comes to the senior category, Belgium has its hand above, but for the junior category, India will try to maintain the World Cup final results of the year 2016.
The match between India and Belgium is a classic match, where the Indian team is expected to show its speed and the counterattack ability on the Belgium team, relying on their solid defensive gameplay play to have control over the match.
Belgium team always came up with the tendency to keep it too high balls, mostly depending on the situation, and this strategy has worked very well with the senior team very effectively. According to the Belgium coach, the players will continue to use high balls, and this will be a focal point for the Indian team to work with the intercepting skills.
In the earlier match, it was felt that the score for controlling high balls was not good. Both India and Belgium play with an interception, zonal defense, and that will be key to beating their opponent.
U – 21 team of Junior hockey has a good command on their counter-attack, and also they have pacy midfielders and strong players, which make the counter-attack a success for the Indian team. This match will test the patience of the Indian team.
IPL’s retention
We all know IPL is celebrated like a festival in India and for the coming year 2022, the preparation has begun now and Ravindra Jadeja is the first pick for the team Chennai Super Kings. On Tuesday, the retention list of the Indian Premier League for the year 2022 for eight franchises was made official.
Like every year few retentions were already expected, and that kept on line, few big players like Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, and K L Rahul have been released via their franchise. Also, the defending champions of the Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings, have retained their captain cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni but, they have also come up with a twist in the retention game.
Ravindra Jadeja was the top retainer for the amount of Rs 16 crore and M S Dhoni with Rs 12 crore. During the CSK felicitation, Dhoni told, that he would play his last T20 match in Chennai as he has always planned his cricket play and his last ODI was played in Ranchi, and now, he hopes that he will play his last T20 in Chennai, no matter when next year or even after five years.
Apart from that, Ravindra Jadeja’s all-rounder skill has impressed everyone, and that will not make him get dropped by the franchise or the country. In the last season of IPL, he scored 227 runs and took thirteen wickets. He is one of the fittest players in the country.
Cristiano Ronaldo lashes at Ballon d’Or chief.
Cristiano Ronaldo spoke out about the branding statement made by the editor-in-chief of France Football, Pascal Ferre. On Monday, Cristiano Ronaldo used his Instagram and lashed out at Ballon d’Or chief for his fake statement which claimed that in conversation with him the Portuguese player had said that he wishes to retire with more Ballon d’Or awards than the Argentine star player Lionel Messi.
In this statement, Ronaldo said that Pascal Ferre lied to everyone and used his name to promote the publication where he works and added that it is unacceptable that, a person who is responsible for the prestigious award, lied to everyone and is disrespectful to those who have always respected the Ballon d’Or award and France Football.
Ronaldo added that he is not against anyone and respects every player, he always wants to congratulate the player who wins, and that is called sportsmanship which he follows since the beginning of his career.
He told that his biggest ambition is to become a good example for others who want to be footballers and also to leave his name written in the golden letters in the history of football. Cristiano Ronaldo has won five Ballon d’Or awards and Messi won his seventh Ballon d’Or this year.
Saina Nehwal missed the first World Championship.
The star badminton player Saina Nehwal will miss out on the World Championship since her debut in the year 2006 for the first time. Saina Nehwal made her debut in the year 2006 at the badminton World Championship in Madrid, and again now the wheels are stooped at Spain this winter but, this time Saina will be missing the global event for the first time because of her injuries which she has been facing since last two years. Saina’s career has been in a free-fall and now she will miss the world and this will remain a disappointment for a lifetime.
edited and proofread by nikita sharma
