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FIFA bans former World Cup evaluation committee head
Zurich: FIFA has handed a seven-year ban to its former head of the bid evaluation committee for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups for “confidentiality” breaches.
Football’s world governing body on Monday banned Harold Mayne-Nicholls, 54, “from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of seven years”, according to a statement.
No details were revealed as FIFA said the suspension came after a breach of a confidentiality rule in FIFA’s code of ethics, reports Xinhua.
Mayne-Nicholls, a former Chilean football association president, wrote the report that gave Qatar the worst ranking of the candidates for the 2022 World Cup which the wealthy Gulf state went on to win.
Mayne-Nicholls confirmed he would appeal the suspension.
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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.