| Yaya Toure's injury worries Cote d' Ivoire
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 Ivory Coast's midfielder Yaya Toure in action. Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Jan 29 (IANS) The Cote d' Ivoire football team is having injury concerns with skipper Yaya Toure struggling after a knock in their 1-0 win over Cameroon in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). A limping Toure was substituted after 80 minutes before Cote d' Ivoire saw off their arch rivals to qualify for the last eight Wednesday. Toure, who plies his trade for Premier League side Manchester City, took over the captainship of the team last year after the retirement of Didier Drogba, reports Xinhua. "We cannot tell how bad Yaya's injury is for now, but we still ...
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| Sachin Tendulkar is a very humble man: Kerala Blasters' defender Jamie McAllister
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 Sachin Tendulkar was the co-owner of the Kerala Blasters in the ISL Jamie McAllister, the Scottish defender who was played for Kerala Blasters FC in the inaugural Indian Super League in 2014, spoke about Sachin Tendulkar and Indian crowds on his return to the United Kingdom. The Indian cricket legend was the co-owner of the Kerala-based franchise and was a very active team owner during the two-and-a-half month league across the country. McAllister is currently playing for League Two side Exeter City who average around 6,000 fans a game – a far cry from the 60,000 fans that packed the Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium in Kochi, the home of the ...
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| WICB proposes 'cricketing solutions' to BCCI
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 WICB President Dave Cameron said it was open to "bilateral or multi-lateral discussions" on the matter © Getty Images St. John's (Antigua): The embattled West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has insisted on a "cricketing solution" to the current impasse with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and has called for a meeting within the next two months as it battles to stave off the $42 million pay-out demanded by the BCCI. In a letter to its Indian counterpart, WICB President Dave Cameron said it was open to "bilateral or multi-lateral discussions" on the matter and proposed the two boards submit to mediation and "other suitable form of (alternative dispute resolution) as may be appropriate", reports CMC. The correspondence came on the deadline set down by the BCCI for the WICB to respond to its multi-million dollar claim arising from the controversial abandoned tour of India last October. "Our position in law remains as set out in our letter dated Nov 7, 2014. Without admitting any liability to the ...
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| DJI cripples drones flying within 15 miles of White House
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 After a drone sparked a security scare by crash-landing on the lawn of the White House, the manufacturer of the device says it will impose software controls that cripple any aircraft which are flown into restricted areas by their owners
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