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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

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Yes you hear it right , Sachin Tendulkar is returning to Test Cricket and will be playing it's come back match against Bangladesh in Dhaka. It would be historic when he would step into the cricket shoes and play for India once again. Sachin Tendulkar on 1st Aril at 1 p.m. IST calls off its retirement from test cricket and is getting geared to play against Bangladesh in May-June test.

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A player can feel it during a game when they hit a match-winning goal or when they miss a wide open net. A team can feel it when they come back from a deficit late in the game or when their lead in the league vanishes. A fan can feel it as their team "catches fire" or goes "as cold as ice". And, play-by-play announcers love to talk about it. We know it as the "Big Mo", the "Hot Hand", and being "In The Zone" while the psychologists call it Psychological Momentum. But, does it really exist? Is it just a temporary shift in confidence and mood or does it actually change the outcome of a game or a season? As expected, there are lots of opinions available.

A new study released by the Entertainment Merchants Association claims that when you're a gamer, you're a gamer all the way -- from your first headshot kill to your last dyin' day. "Once a consumer decides to play video games, they continue to play for life -- adding to the growing number of gamers worldwide," the study is quoted by IndustryGamers as stating

Each team wants its opening pair of batsmen to click and take on the fast bowlers . In next year ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 opening batsmen pairs will play a crucial role on the super fast pitches. Indian opening pair Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are to watch out for as both the batsmen are capable of scoring 200 each. Another team opening pair that could cause an upset to other teams is the host New Zealand , where the big guns BB McCullum, JD Ryder would have an advantage of playing in their own country.

The analysis suggest that India & South Africa would play in the final of ICC Cricket World Cup that is to be played in Australia and South Africa would break the jinx of ever winning the World Cup and would be emerged the Champions . South Africa would lift the ICC World Cup trophy and check it out how they would get there Cricket World Cup 2015 Champion.

Dale Steyn will lead South Africa's World T20 assault, subject to his recapturing full wellness. Steyn sat out six of South Africa's eight Tests this late spring and separated in the two that he played, first with a crotch harm and after that a shoulder niggle from which he is as yet recuperating. He has not had influence in the progressing ODI arrangement against England and won't play the T20 arrangement either, yet ought to return for the T20 arrangement against Australia in the development to the competition.