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Portuguese Silva is new Olympiacos head coach
Athens: Portugal’s Marco Silva, the former coach of Sporting Lisbon, has joined Greek football club Olympiacos as head coach, replacing Vitor Pereira.
Silva declined to make a statement to the media upon his arrival at Athens International Airport on Tuesday where Olympiacos officials were awaiting him, as per reports.
The arrival of the new coach was expected in mid-June, but he was held up in negotiations to break his contract with Sporting, which was supposed to expire in 2018.
Silva began his career with the Portuguese club Estoril starting in the second division, later earning promotion to the first, and then finished with Sporting last season as champion of Taca de Portugal and in third place of the Primeira Liga.
Pereira signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Fenerbahce.
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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.