Egypt goalkeeper denies Man of the Match award over alcohol sponsorship
Egypt faced off against Uruguay in their opening game of the FIFA World Cup 2018 on Friday and despite a brave performance, went down fighting to the South Americans as Jose Giminez scored the only goal of the match in the 89th minute. The Pharaohs opted to start without the recently-recovered Mohamed Salah and put in a fine shift in defence as they almost kept a clean sheet till the very end against an attack consisting of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.
The hero for the Egyptians was none other than goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy, who produced a string of excellent saves to keep the opponents at bay, including a flying one in the second half from a vicious volley by Cavani, which he parried away diving to his left with one hand. The Uruguayans attacked consistently and were only able to find their way through till the very end, with El-Shenawy standing tall and only being beaten through a perfectly-placed header from a set-piece.
For his performances, he received the 'Budweiser Man of the Match' award and in a brilliant gesture, refused to accept it. He did so as the award was sponsored by Budweiser and his religion forbids the consumption of alcohol.
Recently, the Premier League also took the decision of removing alcoholic awards and instead, they hand out mini trophies.
courtesy : timesnownews.com
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
