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FIFA suspends coaches’ press conference at awards ceremony
Zurich:World football’s governing body FIFA on Monday suspended a press conference prior to the World Coach of the Year award presentation as only one among the three nominated coaches will be present at the ceremony.
Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Josep Guardiola (Bayern Munich) and Jorge Sampaoli (Chile) are the three coaches nominated for the prestigious award, reports Efe.
But only Sampaoli has travelled to Zurich to attend the awards ceremony.
Enrique, despite having a great season at Barcelona with five titles in 2015, has declined to travel to the Swiss city, while Guardiola is in Qatar leading a training camp for his team.
The only coach present at the gala was Sampaoli, the coach who led Chile to its first Copa America title, forcing FIFA to cancel the press conference.
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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.