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Ciara And Russell Wilson Wear Robes To The 2020 ESPYs
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Updated on Jun 23, 2020. Posted on Jun 22, 2020
“Quarantine-style ESPYs 2020.”
Remember 2019, when celebrities could freely walk the red carpet? Obviously, a lot has changed since then — namely, the coronavirus pandemic — but Ciara and Russell Wilson didn’t let that stop them from doing a step and repeat for the awards show this year.
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Last night, when the ESPYs took place remotely, the Seahawks quarterback served as one of the hosts and brought along his usual date: pop artist, his wife, and the mother of his children, Ciara.
Their looks couldn’t have been different from other years, though. Instead of a suit and a floor-length gown, the couple didn’t get dressed at all. They just threw on some robes and called it a day.
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“I’ve been coming to this show for the last seven years, and one of my favorite parts of the night has always been the red carpet,” Russell said in a clip. “I figured why should this year be any different. So I built one in my own backyard.”
“Quarantine-style ESPYs 2020!,” Ciara said while “walking” the red carpet.
Adorably, they even stopped to answer “reporter” questions, like “Russell, is it true that you’re better than Tom Brady?” To which Ciara replied, “Girl, now look at you trying to start some trouble.”
“It really felt like we were on the ESPYs red carpet,” Russell said on the show, “until the sprinklers came on.” Cut to the sprinklers watering a cardboard cutout of LeBron James.
One of the best parts from their bit was when Russell asked Ciara what she was wearing, to which she said, “Whatever I want, because I’m pregnant.”
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He had the perfect reply: “True, true, you looking good in it.”
Can Russell and Ciara host every awards show remotely?
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Ravi The Redeemer: Coach Shastri gets ’emotional’, speaking about ‘greatest series of all’ | Cricket News
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As a 22-year-old captain of the India U-25 team back in 1984, he had stopped the team manager from telling rookie Mohammed Azharuddin about his grandfather’s ill health to ensure that the player, who was on the verge of breaking into the Indian team did not leave a match and hamper his chances.
He is a ‘khadoos’ (resilient in Marathi) Mumbaikar who will hardly get mushy. But that was before Tuesday when he watched Rishabh Pant take a lap of honour with the national flag, hand it over to a proud Mohammed Siraj and then to Shardul Thakur.
“I got emotional. I am not someone who generally has tears in his eyes and even I got emotional,” the India head coach, still trying to soak in what his wards had achieved, confessed to a quote-hungry media after his team of mostly greenhorns outfoxed Australia 2-1 in a Test series.

“I had tears because this is unreal. What these guys have pulled off will go down in history as one of the greatest series ever played. When you look at the COVID situation and state of injuries and then to show the stomach for a fight, after being bowled out for 36 is unimaginable,” said the veteran of 80 Tests.
Known for his one-liners, Shastri was still gathering his thoughts after what unfolded here. A mammoth target of 328 was chased down without too much fuss by a fearless bunch of youngsters.
“This is the toughest tour ever. Nothing comes closer to this. This surpasses all,” he said.
For all the vicious trolling he encounters and the flak he has faced for backing his team in adverse times, the 2020-21 series win in Australia belongs to Shastri as much as it belongs to Ajinkya Rahane.
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IN PICS: India win Gabba thriller, claim Test series 2-1
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<p>Rishabh Pant unleashed a Twenty20-style batting assault to blast India to an incredible three-wicket win in the fourth Test decider on Tuesday. (Getty Images)</p>
<p>With the win, Ajinkya Rahane’s injury-ravaged tourists humbled Australia with a 2-1 series triumph. (Getty Images)</p>
<p>Pant timed his innings to perfection in a 138-ball 89 as India galloped to a record 328-run chase at the Gabba, becoming the first team since the West Indies in 1988 to beat Australia at their Brisbane stronghold. (AFP Photo)</p>
<p>India mowed down 145 runs after tea to claim a win against all odds when Pant smashed Josh Hazlewood to the long-off fence for four with 18 balls to spare. (Getty Images)</p>
<p>Pant’s stellar innings was only one of a slew of heroic efforts by the Indian side, with opener Shubman Gill (91) and a battered Cheteshwar Pujara (56) helping them mow down the total with defiant half-centuries. (AP Photo)</p>
<p>Without a single first-choice bowler in Brisbane, India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, two years after beating Australia in the 2018-19 series Down Under, and also shot to the top of the World Test Championship. (AFP Photo)</p>
<p>This victory, however, was a greater achievement by far as the previous series saw Australia deprived of top batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner due to a ball-tampering scandal. (Getty Images)</p>
<p>The jubilant scenes at the Gabba were also a far cry from the Adelaide opener when India were bowled out for 36 and suffered a thrashing in three days. (AP Photo)</p>
<p>Yet the Indians rallied superbly to win in Melbourne and held Australia to a brave draw in the third Test in Sydney. (AFP Photo)</p>
<p>Australia battled hard to claim late wickets on day five in Brisbane but questions will be asked about Tim Paine’s captaincy, with the home side proving incapable of bowling India out on the fifth day for a second successive Test. (AFP Photo)</p>
<p>Australia pacer Pat Cummins was named Player of the Series in a losing cause after taking 21 wickets. (Getty Images)</p>
Does he feel under-appreciated when players get all the credit? Finally, the in-your-face nonchalance came to fore as he spoke in Mumbaiya hindi.
“Coach Ka kaam hota hai ladko ko mentally prepare karna. Unka jo mindset hain usko clear karne ke liye. Jaachti (zyada in Hindi) complication ka zaroorat nahi aur game simple rakha toh kaafi kaam hota hai (A coach’s job is to prepare the players mentally and work on their mindset. Don’t over complicate things and it will work).

“Aur coach ka kya, woh toh dressing room mein baithta hain. Ladke bahar jaake ladte hain, koi statement ka zaroorat nahi, cricket baat karega. (What’s it about a coach? He only sits in the dressing room and it’s the players who fight it out and it’s the cricket they play speaks for them).”
Very few know that it was Shastri, who decided that net bowler Washington Sundar will replace the injured Ravindra Jadeja in Brisbane. A truly inspired call in building a team in the most adverse circumstances.
“We were left with no choices. We had no one left in the squad when the final Test started,” Shastri admitted that the likes of Bumrah and Ashwin were in no condition to play.
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“If you look at the India bowling attack that beat Australia in 2018-19, there was not a single bowler playing in that last game. It was important to keep the self belief going and Ajinkya did a great job, by being calm and composed taking everything in his stride,” the coach said.
Just like Rome wasn’t built in a day, this Indian team, that is regularly winning Test matches overseas, wasn’t built overnight.
“It is not easy to go out with a bowling attack that is three Test matches old. It’s no joke and then to marshall the resources was an outstanding achievement and it’s the self-belief that this team has. People think it has come overnight, it doesn’t come overnight.
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“It’s a process that has taken 5-6 years. They have had tough tours, they have had losses, what they have learnt is never to give up. The feeling of being defeated is one thing but giving up is not in our vocabulary,” finally one got a glimpse of the commentator.
For the coach, this team bears the stamp of Virat Kohli, a statement that made it clear as to how he perceives the leadership role.
“That this team has shown and you must give credit to Virat. He may not be here but his character, his personality and stamp is there for everyone to see,” he was forthright in his assessment.
Post lockdown, the only bowler who had come to Australia with 50-plus overs in a match situation was Jasprit Bumrah (64 overs), who plays for the champion team Mumbai Indians.
“To go through this quarantine period, have multiple injuries, these are absolute champions. This is unreal, what I have seen, unreal, unimaginable and simply superb.
“Especially the resolve and character that the boys have shown,” said Shastri as he agreed that this Test was as good as the “Thrilla in Manila” fight between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier.
He also had a lot of praise for Rahane’s calm handling of tough situations.
“Calm and composed Ajinkya. Not ruffled by anything. Led from the front at MCG with a hundred, which got us back on track and haven’t looked back since then. So for Ajinkya to take over the way he did was simply unreal.”
Did he say anything to the players in the morning? “Nothing, just that when you cross the line, play for that India badge on your shirt.”
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Lionel Messi suspended for two matches for hitting opponent | Football News
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The Barcelona forward was facing a suspension of up to 12 matches for swinging his arm at an Athletic Bilbao player at the end of the team’s 3-2 loss on Sunday.
The federation’s competition committee did not deem the incident to be severe and applied a less severe penalty against the player.
After passing the ball out to the left flank, Messi swung his right arm at the head of Athletic forward Asier Villalibre as they ran toward the box. Villalibre immediately fell to the ground and after a video review, Messi was given his first red card in 753 appearances for Barcelona.
Referee Gil Manzano said in his match report that Messi hit his opponent with “excessive force” while the ball was not near him.
Messi will miss Barcelona’s match against third-division club Cornella in the Copa del Rey and against Elche in the Spanish league.
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