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Kapil Dev has resigned as the chief of the BCCI's CAC. His resignation comes following Shanta Rangaswamy's decision to step down from the three-member CAC committee. While Dev has not given the reason as to why he was stepping down, he did write an e-mail to the CoA on the same. Here's more.
Is mental toughness a resilient state of mind, or is a number of states - and about being in the right state at the right time?
Mental Toughness is a concept that has been given a lot of attention in sport psychology in the last few years. It tends to be associated with some kind of ability to cope with pressure, or resiliency. It is something that athletes, coaches and commentators seem to recognise, but seems to be quite difficult to pin down.
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There are several diets to go and the ideas of collecting one for your needs can be quite daunting and challenging at the same time. While this is the case, it is important to figure out first what you need the diet for and you are good to go. For instance, you might need the diet to help you in los
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
A week ago (as I write this) Manchester United looked imperious and unassailable at the top of the Premier League. Two straight defeats and the story is quite different. While they still hold a lead in the Premier League, a Liverpool win tomorrow would cut that back to one point. The real story is not arithmetical, however, but psychological. Liverpool, on the back of convincing wins against Man United and Real Madrid, will take fresh confidence from their rivals' defeat at Fulham today, and revitalise their belief that they can still win the title. Chelsea, having lost to Tottenham today, failed to capitalise on their opportunity to close the gap.
Encouragement in the media and sporting contexts to show mental toughness, hanging in there, show grit, dogged determination...is common. But is this always a good thing? Is there a flip-side to this emphasis of rising to all challenges, quitting being for wimps...?
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This week has seen two football managers from the English Premier League (West Ham and Newcastle United, respectively) quit their posts. In both cases the issue appears to be their loss of control over transfers, and perhaps other aspects of the club management.Does this signal the end of the British football manager?
The idea of spot reduction to lose fat has been around for a long time, but it has also been an idea that has been refuted for quite some time. Though many people have heard that spot reduction is a myth, they still develop their exercise plan and fitness goals around this idea. The purpose of this article is to explain, in plain, understandable terms, why spot reduction is indeed a myth.
After ending last season on a heart-breaking Game 7 of the first round of the playoffs, Chicago Bulls fans have an upcoming season to be excited about. The roster has changed quite a bit and with it the dynamics of the team. Gone are controversial 2-guard, Ben Gordon, along with sparingly used Tim Thomas and a few scrubs. Welcomed are rookies James Johnson, Taj Gibson, Derrick Byars and in a return performance, Jannero Pargo. Luol Deng has returned from a stress fracture that had him cheerleading from the bench during the Bulls' surprisingly resurgence to playoff form, and John Salmons is sliding down a number to take over for Ben Gordon. Without Ben Gordon and his 20+ points per game on the roster, the Bulls will surely take a huge step back from last season, right?
India vs Australia 2016 : The last time India took on Australia, each groups scored at quite six runs per over for fun. The ODI rules at the beginning of 2015 were extremely in favor of batsmen and...
Ahead of the World Cup, the Indian cricket team has sent BCCI a list of their requests while on tour. Earlier, the CoA had granted the wives and girlfriends of players to join them on tour after a period of 10 days. Now, the team has some more requests, and one of them is quite bizarre.
Moeen Ali looks fresh and strong since a dismal winter run that forced the management to leave him out in Test cricket. Ali, who has been a regular in the shorter formats, missed out on Test action since quite some time, before making a comeback in the 4th Test match against India at Southampton.
WWE thrives on great writing as fans love getting engrossed in storylines. Although, WWE has given us great stories over the years, some have been quite bad. On the other hand, there have been some insanely good ideas which did not reach fruition. Here are 5 amazing storylines that never happened.
Virat Kohli is having quite a difficult time in leading Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). RCB lie bottom in the standings and have failed to muster a single win from six matches so far. With the added pressure regarding both individual and team performances, things aren't going smoothly for the Indian skipper. Here's more.
Men's world number one tennis star Novak Djokovic said he played like a machine against Lucas Pouille after reaching the semis of the Japan Open. Djokovic, who is featuring in his first tourney after quitting because of injury against Stan Wawrinka at the US Open 2019, raced past his opponent.