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Africa beach football: Ghana to take on Uganda, Cameroon in qualifiers
Accra (Ghana): Ghana will take on Uganda and Cameroon in the qualifying series for the 2015 Africa beach football competition.
The second round of the two-leg qualifying games will begin in March, reports Xinhua.
This year’s tournament is expected to attract huge global media interest since Africa is the last remaining continent yet to stage a beach football continental showpiece.
Reacting to the pairings, the president of the Ghana Beach Soccer Association, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah said the build up to the tournament will be managed by the association and adequately supported by the sports ministry.
Eight teams including hosts Seychelles are expected to take part in the championship.
The winners and runners-up will represent Africa in the FIFA beach football World Cup in Portugal July 9-19.
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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.