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Ghana appoint fitness trainer for national football team
Accra: Ghana has appointed a new physical fitness trainer for the senior national football team, called the Black Stars.
Jamie Lawrence, a former Jamaican international, has been appointed to work with head coach Avram Grant during the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Equatorial Guinea next month, as per reports.
Lawrence’s appointment will see him take up the role which was until now held by assistant coach Maxwell Konadu.
The former manager of Southern League side Ashford Town will put the players through their paces before the start of the three-week competition in January.
Ghana, who will be chasing a fifth title after 32 years, will play in Group C of next year’s tournament alongside Senegal, South Africa and Algeria.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.