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Rayo Vallecano are finally in a position to dream of La Liga survival. Photograph: Javier Etxezarreta/EPA In the middle of Rayo Vallecano's dark days, when they'd been beaten 15 times in 20 games and the goals were flying in; when they'd let in five from Atlético Madrid, five from Málaga, five from Villarreal, four from Espanyol, four from Sevilla, four from Barcelona, three from Madrid, three from Osasuna, and three from Valladolid; when they plummeted to 19th and stayed there for 11 long weeks; when the only reason they didn't fall further was that Betis were even worse; when even a glimmer of hope, a 4-1 win over Málaga, immediately gave way to a six-goal hammering; and when relegation wasn't an "if" but a "when"; there was a phrase that got repeated over and over: Paco Jémez will die with his ideas. Paco Jémez, though, had other ideas. Not because Rayo's coach was going to back down on his principles - "any club that signs me knows what it's getting," he insisted - but because he didn't have any intention of dying at all. Even when Rayo were a disaster, Jémez had his defenders. Off the pitch, that is. Last season, only two teams in Europe had the ball more than Rayo did: Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Early this season, when Rayo played Barcelona, they had more possession than them, the first team to manage it in 316 games. They threw men into attack, they were fun to watch, and parading the touchline in a dizzying array of multicoloured elbow patches and waistcoats, pink shirts and purple ties, Jémez urged them forward, always. In a country that values the aesthetic, or in which some do, he was eulogised for the way his teams played de tú a tú: as equals. Rayo didn't simply defend - sometimes they didn't defend at all - but instead they went for it. And, mostly, they lost. Rayo took the ball off Barcelona and Jémez declared himself "very proud". But they were beaten 4-0. They went to the Camp Nou where they were praised by Barcelona's

West Indies have been dismal recently in limited-overs cricket. After a sorry show in the ICC World Cup 2019, the side was blanked by India in both T20Is and ODIs at home recently. This has prompted Cricket West Indies (CWI) to decide upon the sacking of Carlos Brathwaite and Jason Holder as captains and hand it over to Kieron Pollard. Here's more.

Since 2012, it is the very first moment for Pakistan to cheer the occasion, as the country has clinched the victory after a successful chase on foreign ground. And the flavour of win has become tastier because the win was registered over its archrival India. Of course, the entire world knows how desperate both nations are to slam victory over each other.

Red Bull Salzburg take the slight upper hand into their Europa League last-16 second-leg clash at home with Basel. The Austrian outfit settled for a 0-0 stalemate in their away leg in Switzerland and hold a perfect record at home in the Europa League this season. The draw at Basel halted Salzburg's 16-match winning streak in all competitions, although Roger Schmidt's men bounced back with a 5-0 win over Wolfsberger AC in the Austrian Bundesliga. Similarly, Basel enjoyed a 5-0 league win over Aarau to find their feet after the home stalemate. Salzburg's form at home extends beyond their five wins in the tournament this season, as they have been beaten just once at their Red Bull Arena fortress since August 2012. They have won 14 in succession at home, including European wins over Zalgiris (5-0), Elfsborg (4-0), Standard Liege (2-1), Esbjerg (3-0) and Ajax (3-1). Conversely, Basel have not won an away fixture in the Europa League in their past 10 outings in the second-tier continental competition, but they travel to Austria in the knowledge a score draw would see them progress to the quarter-finals. Murat Yakin's Basel have had success away from home in the Champions League, chalking up wins at Ludogorets and Chelsea earlier this season, before they bowed out in the group stage to join the Europa League knockout rounds. They began their journey in the last-32, dispatching of Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 on aggregate, as they look to at least emulate their semi-final appearance from the previous campaign. It will be a tough task against home-town favourites Salzburg, though, who have been the highest scoring side in the competition this term with 21 goals. Firing in a third of those has been tournament top-scorer Jonatan Soriano, who has recently had to refute suggestions he was Salzburg's equivalent of Lionel Messi. Salzburg's Kevin Kampl and Alan are tied for the most assists, with four apiece.

If you want to add years to your life, research shows that you should begin a routine jogging program according to the findings of a 46-year study in Denmark. The findings are significant in that if you jog lightly for only one hour to two and a half hours per week you may extend your life by just over six years if a man, and just over five and a half years if a woman.

If you want to add years to your life, research shows that you should begin a routine jogging program according to the findings of a 46-year study in Denmark. The findings are significant in that if you jog lightly for only one hour to two and a half hours per week you may extend your life by just over six years if a man, and just over five and a half years if a woman.

The Sri Lankan cricket squad won the battle over India by slapping 2 wicket win over the 'men-in-blue' in the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium.

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Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad via Super Over in match number 51 of IPL. With this, MI have qualified for the play-offs. Batting first, MI posted a total of 162/5. SRH rode on the innings of Manish Pandey to tie the match. But Jasprit Bumrah's bowling in Super Over sealed the match for MI.

The show of boom and bang with bat was presented by Indian skipper Virat Kohli. He slammed 136 runs on the Indian score board registering praiseworthy win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup match held in Fatullah on Wednesday.

The nerves are filled with thrills since Pakistan U19 cricket squad had slammed a magnificent 145-run win over Papua New Guinea (PNG). On the other side, Asian country Afghanistan also spread stun and surprise by the registering joyous victory defeating the three time defending world champ Australia by 36-run in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup on Monday held in UAE.

India expanded its rule over Pakistan when it defeated the rival squad by 7 wickets in the World Twenty20 on Friday. According to the previous records, India has beaten Pakistan 3 times in last World Twenty20s and 5 times in World Cup.

Playing a crucial innings or taking wickets at the right intervals are the real match finishers in one day cricket. In a few months Cricket World Cup is about to start and all the teams are working hard to get the right team selected for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Every team wants a match finisher which will take their team over the winning line. MS Dhoni of India leads in the list of top match finishers as he has a knack of winning games in the last crucial overs making him the best finishers of modern times.

CSK vs MI: Oh Captain! My captain! MS Dhoni has revived himself at the biggest stages of them all. Not that he'd lost any of his batting abilities, but there was an intangible scepticism hovering over his overburdened shoulders. He's dusted all of it nonchalantly as CSK find themselves yet again at the top of the ladder. The men in yellow have made winning in the final overs a habit. The team seems to have hit a fine combination and against a hapless MI, CSK will have their tails up. CSK vs MI IPL 2018, the clash of the Titans is all in readiness to kick-off on the 28th of April.

Roger Federer combined with Germany's Alexander Zverev to claim a hard-fought doubles victory over Jack Sock and Denis Shapovalov at the Laver Cup. Their win gave Europe a 3-1 lead over Team World after the opening day of the third Laver Cup in Geneva. This is a crucial moment for Team Europe.

Despite taking lead by 2-0 over the rival hockey squad from Australia, Indian team raised the swirl of hopes that wanted assurance for the host team to storm into the semis on Wednesday in Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, New Delhi. But the hopes sank at the end when the rival team banged 7 goals at the net of Indian side.

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