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Liverpool’s Balotelli suspended for a match

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London: Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli received a one-match suspension and was fined 25,000 pounds by the Football Association (FA) for his Super Mario post on social media.

The FA also warned the Italian international of his future conduct and ordered him to attend an education programme, reports Xinhua.

“The charge was that an image the Liverpool player posted on social media was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper,” the FA said in an statement.

The posting was considered to be an “Aggravated Breach” as defined in FA rules, it said.

The former Manchester City forward posted an image of computer game character Super Mario on Instagram which included the words “jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew.”

He later denied the post was offensive, before apologising.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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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.

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