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Rio Olympics will be better than London 2012: Rousseff
Brussels: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has told British Prime Minister David Cameron that the Rio 2016 Olympics will be better than the 2012 Games in London.
The leaders held talks on the sidelines of the EU-CELAC summit for European, Latin American and Caribbean nations in Brussels on Wednesday, a news agency reported.
“I want to show my appreciation for the cooperation that we have had in regards to the Olympic Games,” Rousseff was quoted telling Cameron by the Globo newspaper.
“Your (2012 Games) were very successful. Brazil is quite ahead of time and we aim to put on a monumental party. Let me say that our aim, like all Olympic hosts, is to do it even better,” the Brazilian president said.
The Rio Games, to be held from August 5 to 21 next year, will be the first Olympics in South America.
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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.