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A popular French influencer claims Kylian Mbappe has launched a "legal complaint" for naming one of his kebabs after the Paris Saint-Germain star.

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Influencer hit with legal complaint over Mbappe kebabPSG star's lawyers want kebab name changeHenni says World Cup winner has 'lost it'Getty ImagesWHAT HAPPENED?

According to RMC Sport, Mohamed Henni, who owns a kebab shop and supports PSG's rivals Marseille, has received a letter from Mbappe's lawyer, Delphine Verheyden, and has been given a week to rename the takeaway dish to avoid legal trouble. Now the influencer has vented his fury at this turn of events.

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The influencer shared the letter on social media, which reads: "Mr. Henni uses Kylian Mbappe's name for commercial and promotional ends, without having obtaining explicit prior consent."

In response, a "stunned" Henni wrote: "A player of this level has the time to think about me. He [Mbappe] is using his time and money to attack me. I am not hurting anyone, I am a humourist. Are you not embarrassed? Launching a legal complaint for absolutely nothing?”

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While the report adds on the menu the item is described as, 'Bakery bread, as round as Mbappe's head', Henni points out the French World Cup winner is not the only player mocked at his restaurant. There is a savoury pancake, 'As loaded as [Dimitri] Payet', dedicated to the former Marseille and West Ham star; with Henni claiming the veteran midfielder has not complained about this. He added: "He [Payet] is a player with values, Mbappe has completely lost it."

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It remains to be seen what will happen over the next week in regards to whether or not Henni will change the name of the Mbappe kebab. Despite the bizarre dispute, the 25-year-old forward will be fully focused on his duties at PSG, who are due back in action in a French Cup quarter-final tie against Nice on Wednesday.

Kuldeep, Pant to be named in squad for five-Test series in August and September

Nagraj Gollapudi17-Jul-2018India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the first part of the five-match England Test series, starting on August 1. ESPNcricinfo understands that Bumrah has still not recovered from the thumb injury he suffered during India’s first match of the UK tour, their opening T20 against Ireland last month.Bumrah is likely to be left out of the Test squad, which will be released by the BCCI on Wednesday. It is is understood the selectors have opted to include the left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav, who made such an impact in the T20 and ODIs against England, and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who gets a maiden Test call. Also making a comeback is Indian strike bowler Mohammed Shami, who had to sit out the majority of the IPL due to a hamstring injury.Shami was originally meant to be in the reckoning for the limited-overs squads in England, but he failed the mandatory yo-yo fitness test, which he eventually cleared recently. Shami is likely to be part of a fast-bowling contingent comprising Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav. The allrounder Hardik Pandya is also included among the seam-bowling options.Kuldeep, who was India’s highest wicket-taker in the limited-overs leg of the England tour, will be part of a three-man spin pack comprising R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.But it is the inclusion of Pant which a significant move on the part of the selectors. With Wriddhiman Saha still recovering from a thumb injury picked up in the IPL, Dinesh Karthik is the first-choice wicketkeeper. Pant, who has played in four T20Is, might come as a surprise pick considering experts have pointed out his wicketkeeping skills aren’t yet of the highest quality.Pant is currently in the UK playing for India A against the Lions in Worcester. He has 15 dismissals on the A tour.Talking at the post-match presentation after losing the ODI series 2-1 in Leeds, India captain Virat Kohli said that he and the selectors did not need to take any hard decisions.”Our squad is pretty settled. We are really excited to be going into a lengthy Test series. It is going to be very challenging, but something that we are looking forward to as a side. We want to play hard cricket. We want to play tough cricket, which I’m sure the English team would provide us. It is going to be a hard-fought series between two quality sides.”The selectors are also understood to have overlooked Rohit Sharma, who scored two centuries in the limited-overs leg of the England series. Rohit was in contention for the middle-order role, but a patchy series in South Africa left the selectors and team management unsatisfied. Rohit was dropped from the one-off Afghanistan Test in June. Karun Nair is likely to be handed the extra batsman slot.

Tottenham Hotspur have been told by their former manager Tim Sherwood that a young Spurs player may now be transforming under Ange Postecoglou.

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Many Spurs players have been given a new lease of life by Postecoglou this season. Once outcasts under ex-manager Antonio Conte, the likes of Yves Bissouma (bar his Luton red card) and Pape Matar Sarr have dazzled as two members of Tottenham's new-look dual midfield pivot. Meanwhile, defenders Cristian Romero and summer signing Micky van de Ven have formed a solid partnership at the heart of Postecoglou's backline. Inverted full-backs Pedro Porro and Destiny Udogie, meanwhile, are also proving extremely effective going forward.

While the aforementioned have cemented their statuses as mainstay players for Tottenham's new manager, you could argue that the likes of Son Heung-min and James Maddison stand out as Spurs' two superstars right now. The former is back to his best after a damp 2022/2023 season, while Maddison has shone as one of the signings of the summer window. £40 million is looking like a steal for the England international, who has scored two goals and assisted five others in the league alone.

Speaking after their 2-2 north London derby draw at Arsenal recently, Postecoglou hand-picked a fair few players for praise, all while hailing their will and desire to improve as a team.

"There's a real will and desire to become the team we want to be, which includes making sure that you're disciplined and you're buying into the team ethos and we had a really young team out there," said Postecoglou.

"Vic, that's his first derby, Destiny, van de Ven, Pape Matar Sarr, Brennan, they're all in their early twenties, Porro, even Kulusevski is only 23, so it was a young team but just super proud of the experienced players we did have in there. Romero was outstanding, Bissouma has been brilliant all year, Maddison, and Sonny was just on a different level, not just his goals, although they were outstanding, but his work rate, his work ethic was incredible."

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Another star who is really impressing right now is Dejan Kulusevski. The Swede made his transfer to Spurs from Juventus permanent earlier this year, and hasn't looked back since. Scoring two goals and starting every league game as a fixture of Postecoglou's table-topping Tottenham eleven, the young winger is suddenly back to his best, according to Sherwood.

Speaking to The Kelly and Wrighty Show, Spurs' ex-manager suggests Kulusevski may be another player who is now transforming under the tutelage of Postecoglou. Sherwood said:

“That partnership with Romero and Van de Ven has been outstanding, the midfield, Sarr and Bissouma in there, we talked about Sonny, and Kulusevski has all of a sudden come to his best."

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The former Parma star was signed by Conte and ex-sporting director Fabio Paratici in January 2022, where he spent 18 months on a loan deal before becoming a permanent Tottenham star in the summer.

Celtic picked up their first point of the Champions League season as they were held by Spanish giants Atletico Madrid to a 2-2 draw at Parkhead on Wednesday night.

The Hoops were twice in front during the first half, thanks to goals from Kyogo Furuhashi and Luis Palma, but Diego Simeone's star-studded frontline produced the goods as goals from Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Mortata secured a point for their side.

Whilst it was disappointing for Brendan Rodgers' team not to walk away with all three points after going 1-0 and 2-1 up, there were plenty of positives to take from the game; including performances from Matt O'Riley and Liam Scales.

Matt O'Riley's statistics against Atletico Madrid

The Denmark U21 international was an influential figure in the middle of the park for Celtic as he showcased his ability at both ends of the pitch.

He provided a sublime assist for the opening goal from Kyogo with a perfectly-weighted first-time pass through to the Japan international, which split open the Atletico defence.

The former Fulham man went on to create one more chance and enjoyed 70 touches of the ball in total as he displayed his creativity in midfield.

O'Riley also made an impact out of possession. The left-footed whiz won six of his 11 duels and made three tackles and two interceptions in total, which shows that the central midfielder also worked hard to win the ball back for his team with a number of defensive interventions.

Liam Scales' statistics against Atletico Madrid

One player who stood out alongside O'Riley and caught the eye with his immense display at the back for Rodgers was central defender Scales.

The Ireland international, who started the game alongside Cameron Carter-Vickers at the heart of the defence, produced an impressive performance to keep Atletico quiet for large spells during the match.

Firstly, the former Aberdeen loanee displayed superb composure in possession of the ball with 103 attempted passes from 114 touches, which was 44 more than O'Riley had, and completed 86% of those passes.

He also dominated the opposition in his individual duels against the Atletico forwards. As per Sofascore, the 25-year-old machine won 70% (7/10) of his battles, which included six of his eight aerial contests, and this shows that the Spanish side found it difficult to get the better of him.

Scales also made two blocks, three clearances, and one tackle to help out Joe Hart to keep him as quiet as possible outside of the two Atletico goals.

His performance resulted in a Sofascore rating of 7.1 and this was 0.3 higher than any other starting member of the back four, and 0.6 higher than both of the full-backs – Alistair Johnston and Greg Taylor.

This shows that the Irish colossus was Rodgers' standout performer in defence for Celtic with his fantastic play in and out of possession over the course of the 90 minutes.

Therefore, Scales was immense for the Hoops and the Scottish giants may need him to maintain that level over the remaining three group stage games in order to stand a chance of securing qualification for the knockout stages.

A crucial 61 off 46 balls from Sompal Kami was followed by a game-changing spell of legspin by Sandeep Lamichhane as Nepal defeated Netherlands by a solitary run for their first ever win in ODIs

The Report by Peter Della Penna in Amsterdam03-Aug-2018This script is starting to get a bit too cliche for Nepal. At WCL Division Two last February in Namibia, they triumphed in a trio of edge of your seat nailbiters that went down to the final wicket or final ball, or both, with their batsmen in the middle. A slight rewrite to the screenplay needed to be made at the VRA Ground, with Nepal in the field defending two off the final ball and one Dutch wicket left.But in the end, the result remained the same. Paras Khadka’s Cardiac Kids pulled off another heartstopping win as the captain himself secured the victory by running to rip out the non-striker’s stumps with ball in hand in a dramatic run-out for Nepal’s first ever ODI victory in just their second match.When Sandeep Lamichhane foxed Shane Snater with a googly for his third wicket of the match, it left the final Netherlands pair of Fred Klaassen and Paul van Meekeren needing 32 off the final 39 balls to win. Nepal know all too well that victory was not a foregone conclusion having added 51 for the final wicket to win off the final ball against Canada six months earlier. After van Meekeren survived a few lbw shouts to end Lamichhane’s final over, he nearly pulled a Nepal with Klaassen by his side.The pair took the equation down to six off the final over as Khadka put the responsibility on his own shoulders by keeping the ball in his own hands. Having been a bystander for all three stunning finishes in Namibia, he played a starring role in this success having scored his maiden ODI fifty to underpin Nepal’s total of 216 before Sompal Kami followed Khadka’s exit with a brilliant counterattacking 61 off 46.Khadka took to bowling back-of-the-hand slower balls and legcutters for much of the final over, keeping the last pair off balance. A single by Klaassen to the leg side to start the 50th was followed by a firm drive to cover by van Meekeren for a dot. Khadka thought he’d won the match on the next ball, fooling van Meekeren with a slower ball that was lofted just short of long-on for a run. The fourth ball was guided behind point to the sweeper for two, leaving two off two balls for the Dutch to win.Nepal thought they had secured victory once more on the fifth ball when Klaassen’s attempted flick on a delivery down the leg side produced a big noise but umpire Sarika Prasad ruled it came off the pad and not the bat. Rather than draw out the moment, Khadka got straight back to his mark to charge in for the final ball. Klaassen middled a fullish delivery, but too well for the Dutch cause as his scorching straight drive ricocheted off the stumps and came back toward Khadka. The Nepal captain spun around in his follow-through to pick up the ball and beat Klaassen in a footrace to the non-striker’s end as he ripped a stump out – the bails were already dislodged by the shot – to complete the run-out that clinched another famous Nepal win.Kami dented the Dutch chase just two balls in when he bowled Stephan Myburgh with an inswinger for a duck. Fifteen-year-old debutant Rohit Paudel made his presence felt seven overs later when he tracked down Ben Cooper’s miscued drive skied over extra cover before laying out full-extension for a magnificent one-handed catch to give fellow ODI debutant Lalit Bhandari his maiden wicket.But the next 20 overs produced little joy for Nepal as Netherlands cruised in pursuit of the target at 114 for 2 behind a half-century from Wesley Barresi. It took Lamichhane striking twice in three balls in the 29th over to spark a dramatic collapse. Dan ter Braak was given lbw stuck on the crease as he played down the wrong line to a flipper while Bas de Leede’s charge down the crease two balls later went awry to leave him stumped.Khadka took a sharp catch at slip 15 balls later to remove Wednesday’s Man-of-the-Match Michael Rippon for 3 off the bowling of Basant Regmi. Having chosen an extra batsman in the starting XI today, with Paudel and Subash Khakurel both making their ODI debuts in place of the retiring Shakti Gauchan and the injured Sharad Vesawkar, Khadka turned to Dipendra Singh Airee’s part-time offspin and he responded by dislodging Barresi with a quicker ball that struck the Dutchman on the toe to be given lbw for 71 as Netherlands fell to 143 for 6.Scott Edwards fell to Bhandari leg before while Khadka got revenge for his first innings dismissal at the hands of Seelaar by having the Dutch captain caught by Malla at backward point to put Netherlands eight down. With his final two overs held back by Khadka, Lamichhane returned to bowl Snater and set up the dramatic finale.Nepal’s first innings total was almost a carbon copy of their win two years earlier at the VRA in the WCL Championship when they scored 217 in a 19-run win. On that day, Khadka was provided the backbone with 84 off 96 balls. He stepped up once again with the bat on this occasion after choosing to bat first at the toss.Khadka entered at 34 for 2 at the start of the ninth over and held firm in the face of a searing opening spell from Klaassen. The left-arm seamer had already claimed the first two wickets and followed it with a third when opening batsman Khakurel was beaten for pace and bowled for 19. Khadka saw off the rest of Klaassen’s initial seven-over burst before setting his sights on Seelaar, clocking him over long-on for a pair of sixes the latter of which brought up his half-century.Khadka was successful with the reverse sweep as well but when he tried the orthodox sweep on a rare occasion he wound up top-edging Seelaar to fine leg for an easy catch. At 135 for 6, Nepal’s innings didn’t appear to have much steam left but Kami’s fiery yet orthodox strokeplay catapulted them back into contention.When Aarif Sheikh and Regmi fell, Kami began turning down singles with No. 10 Lamichhane out in the middle, yet he still scored at a phenomenal rate. He had a close shave in the 40th over when a skied swipe off Seelaar just eluded Snater on the deep midwicket rope for six. Having carted a half-tracker from Rippon over the deep midwicket rope earlier, his third six brought up a half-century in just 38 balls when he lifted a length ball from Klaassen over long-on.Kami finally fell backing away too far to cut Rippon at the start of the 46th to make it 204 for 9, leaving Lamichhane with Bhandari to stretch the innings out. They added 12 more runs and it took every one of them to ensure Khadka could pen the final few words of a slightly-altered winning script.

Pep Guardiola hailed Real Madrid as the Champions League "kings" after Manchester City were drawn against the Spanish giants in the competition.

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City to lock horns with Madrid in the last eightWill meet Los Blancos for the third year in a rowGuardiola 'not paying much attention' to one opponentGettyWHAT HAPPENED?

The quarter-final tie marks the third consecutive season in which City and Real Madrid will cross paths in Europe's premier club competition. Last year, City emerged triumphant over the 14-time winners, securing a resounding 5-1 victory on aggregate in the semi-final en route to their maiden European triumph. Despite City's commendable form in Europe this campaign, Guardiola remains cautious about Madrid's prowess on the European stage and expects a demanding two-legged contest.

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Speaking to reporters, Guardiola commented: "It's a bit like a tradition, three years in a row playing the kings of the competition who have won 14 Champions Leagues. It is what it is, hopefully, we can have a good moment. [There are] still a few weeks before the first game in Madrid. We'll see.

"The draw you cannot control. Normally when people say the draw is easy, you undermine the other opponents. It's not necessary to say what Real Madrid is in this competition, the second leg is at home but two seasons ago it was away, so it is what it is. We have to do two good games there and here to go through."

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Guardiola believes that a Champions League quarter-final will not be "special" for Real Madrid as they are regarded as veterans of the competition.

"I would say for [Man City] it's a little bit new, for Real Madrid it's not special to play the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League," he said.

"For us in the last years we have been quite consistent, many times in the final, semi-final, final, now the quarter-final again. We start to be in this routine of being in the latter stages and when you play in the last stages you play the best in Europe. Real Madrid also is there. Sometimes the draw decides, sometimes we are through, sometimes we are out. I don't pay much attention to any one opponent. All the opponents are really, really tough.

"We are excited because it's a privilege every time we're here, in the last 16 or quarter-final always it is. It is a special competition. I've said many times, I don't know which one is the most difficult of the lot because the Premier League, La Liga or Bundesliga, Serie A… always it's difficult with a lot of games. But this one [the Champions League] is special, going to Europe and with the team, with the club and the organisation, we go everywhere to try to play our best football. It's so nice."

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City have a packed schedule before the first leg on April 9, including an FA Cup quarter-final against Newcastle on Saturday and three crucial Premier League encounters against Arsenal, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace. Guardiola can hardly afford to rotate the squad as they must pick up maximum points from the league fixtures since they are embroiled in an incredibly tight title race along with the Gunners and Liverpool.

Arsenal may now be "willing to pay" market value for one club's "incredible" striker as a possible alternative to heavily-linked Brentford star Ivan Toney.

Will Arsenal sign a striker?

One gaping hole in Mikel Arteta's side, as widely believed, is the lack of a world-class centre-forward. While the Gunners are currently joint-top with north London rivals Tottenham on points, winning six out of a possible eight and remaining unbeaten in the Premier League, many of their victories have come through narrow one-goal margins. The title hopefuls, as a result, are eyeing up a new striker for 2024.

While some reports, like one from Football Transfers this week, have suggested that Arteta prefers to sign an alternative to Bukayo Saka – the vast majority have claimed that Toney is of real interest to Arsenal and a January move is possible. The Englishman, who scored 20 league goals, would seriously bolster Arteta's ranks and some pundits like TV journalist Piers Morgan say that the club's supporters are "kidding themselves" if they think Arsenal don't need a forward.

“I think that in January we have to go and get Ivan Toney or someone like him because we need a proper striker," said Morgan.

“Every Arsenal fan knows this and I think we’ve been kidding ourselves for too long that we can exist without one and the truth is that we can’t.”

Dusan Vlahovic transfer update

However, while links continue to surround a move for Toney, that isn't to say there are no alternatives. Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic, who's started this season with real aplomb, is one name to be mentioned recently. A report from Tutto Juve and journalist Massimo Pavan, sharing the latest Vlahovic transfer update, has claimed that Arsenal (and sporting director Edu Gaspar by extension) may now be "willing to pay" the Serbia international's market value of around £70 million to get a deal done.

However, there is some bad news for supporters concerning this, as Vlahovic's club are set to demand much more money than this. Indeed, a figure of around £90 million could even be the yard stick according to this report. Given Vlahovic's start to the new Serie A campaign, this is hardly surprising, as the former Fiorentina star has already scored four goals in six league appearances already this season.

Former Juve star turned commentator, Massimo Mauro, has also called the young striker "incredible" and "like he has always been" in Turin with the Old Lady.

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“Vlahovic is incredible," exclaimed Mauro to TUTTOmercatoWEB (via the Juventus official website).

"It almost seems like he has always been there, he hasn’t undergone the change of environment at all like it happened in Florence also in Turin, he takes the field and scores goals. And now Juve is starting to scare again, if the others continue to take pauses for reflection, the Bianconeri are ready to return fully for the title fight.”

After Essex had been limited to a modest 135 for 9, openers Myburgh and Tom Banton powered the hosts to their third victory of the week

Matt Roller at Taunton03-Aug-2018
ScorecardJohann Myburgh’s 42-ball hundred led Somerset to a thumping ten-wicket win against an abject Essex to take them one step closer to a quarter-final spot.Well set at 82 for 2, Essex limped to 135 for 9 after winning the toss, a score which looked a long way short of par even on a used Taunton wicket.And so it proved, as Myburgh blitzed 16 fours and three sixes in his maiden ton to seal a comprehensive victory with 52 balls to spare.”When you go out there chasing a lowish score, it gives you a bit of freedom at the top,” Myburgh said. “I like to put pressure on the other team…in T20 cricket, that’s the way you’ve got to play. Confidence has been pretty high for a while now. We’ve been pretty consistent [in T20], and we know we can win ways in different games – we aren’t relying on one formula.”At the halfway point of their innings, Essex had looked set for a competitive total. Varun Chopra – still the only member of their batting line-up to have made it to 50 in this tournament – and captain Ryan ten Doeschate were well-set. The pitch was used and sticky, but possessed few demons.The pair patiently knocked the ball around for singles, looking to put any loose balls away. But Somerset were disciplined. As usual, Lewis Gregory rang the changes – each of the final ten overs was a one-over spell – and once the wickets started to fall, Essex were unable to recover. In one 47-ball period, they hit just one boundary, as Ravi Bopara and Michael Pepper scratched around, desperate to take the innings deep in the hope of a late assault.The assault never came. Essex made only 58 for 7 in the final ten overs, and never put any pressure on the Somerset attack; Chopra’s six off the ninth ball of the innings was the only one of the innings. It was the performance of a team shorn of any confidence after a disastrous T20 campaign so far. With four points in eight games, they will need at least five wins from their final six games to have a chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals. On the basis of this showing, they’ll be lucky to get any.Somerset, meanwhile, were disciplined and ruthless with the ball. Jamie Overton bowled with the pace and hostility that has caused his name to be discussed by England’s selectors in the past two weeks, bowling fuller than his standard short-form length, and for the first time in his T20 career, he went at less than a run-a-ball while bowling his full allocation.Jerome Taylor added three final-over wickets to his 5 for 15 on Wednesday night, while Roelof van der Merwe bowled with guile and nous through the middle overs. It was a display, befitting of a side who – with Gloucestershire and Kent still to play tonight – went top of the group, albeit temporarily.The question mark looming over Somerset’s season to date was their top-order batting. In their past four T20 games (excluding their rain-reduced game against Surrey), they had won four times despite losing three wickets in the Powerplay; while their middle-order’s hitting had often been spectacular, there was a feeling that the streak was unsustainable.They decided to change things. Steven Davies, a veteran of 136 games in the format, was left out for England Under-19 captain Tom Banton. Some might have nervous filling such shoes – not Banton. Facing Jamie Porter, charging in from the River End with a point to prove after his omission from the Test side this week, Banton ramped the fourth ball he faced for an audacious six.But it was Myburgh who stole the show. With 129 runs in eight innings going into this game, there were questions over his spot in the team, but a low total and a license to free his arms left him with the perfect opportunity to swing his way into form. Essex’s only hope was Adam Zampa, their tenacious Australian legspinner who, with 11 wickets and an economy rate below seven, has been the lone star of a poor T20 campaign. He was brought on to bowl the fourth over, needing an early wicket; Myburgh whacked him for 19.Myburgh’s pyrotechnics did not stop there. Matt Coles’ first three balls were thrashed to the fence for four but he was still getting started. Peter Siddle was Myburgh’s next target, whose second over was crunched for four fours and a six. The second of those fours summed up Essex’s despair. For once, Myburgh failed to time the ball. It looped up over cover, just beyond the reach of the diving Paul Walter, who – perhaps with one eye on the start of the English football season tomorrow – headed the ball and sent in on its way to the boundary. In the blink of any eye, Myburgh had reached a 22-ball 50.At 77 without loss after the Powerplay, Somerset’s victory was a formality, and it was just a question of how many Myburgh would make. Two brutal strokes for four off Coles took him into the 70s, before a six and a four off Bopara brought him to within touching distance of a maiden hundred.With 11 needed, Myburgh stroked Walter for four past the diving cover fielder. He roared in celebration, and seven balls later, the most decisive of victories was sealed.

Al-Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez showed off the progress of their hotel-building project in the Red Sea.

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The couple have embarked on a mission to construct a luxury hotel business on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, where they have called home since Ronaldo's transfer to Al-Nassr in December 2022. Rodriguez uploaded an update of those construction works on her Instagram story, as their vision begins to take shape.

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The 30-year-old model wrote in an Instagram story "Building the new paradise", tagging Ronaldo, who also makes a couple of brief cameos in the video.

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The company, entitled Visit Red Sea, is located between Umluj and Alwajh and promises "exquisite living" among "turquoise waters that overwhelm your senses". Their Instagram page also advertises a number of fun activities to do in the western Saudi Arabian area during a visit, including windsurfing, kayaking, scuba diving – or simply relaxing on the beach.

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The project appears to be Ronaldo's latest business venture, taken alongside his partner, as he continues to embrace a country he has called home for almost a year-and-a-half. It is unclear how long he will continue his playing days in the Middle East, though, as Rodriguez accidentally let slip in a recent interview.

On his last day in the job as a Test opener, Alastair Cook’s scriptwriters duly did the occasion justice, as he became the fifth man in the history of the game to begin and end his Test career with a century

The Report by Alan Gardner10-Sep-2018India 292 and 58 for 3 (Rahul 46*, Rahane 10*) need a further 406 runs to beat England 332 and 423 for 8 dec (Cook 147, Root 125)
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsFor more than 12 years, Alastair Cook has reliably carried the hopes and expectations of England’s Test batting at the top of the order. On his last day in the job as a Test opener, he was not about to let anyone down – certainly not the 19,500 who had streamed into The Oval to witness his final act, after 161 Tests and 291 innings. Cook’s scriptwriters duly did the occasion justice, as he became the fifth man in the history of the game to begin and end his Test career with a century.For a player who has built an unparalleled record for England via the unobtrusive accumulation of nudges and cuts, going repeatedly to the well as batsman and captain, here was a chance to simply enjoy the moment – or rather several moments, as the ovations stacked up, beginning with his walk down the stairs and to the middle to resume on his overnight score of 46 not out. With the series won and England already in a strong position in the fifth and final Test, English cricket could indulge in a send-off worthy of a great player and a great servant.There was further applause after the first ball of the second over, as Cook clipped the boundary that brought him his second fifty of the match – as well as ensuring that his final Test average would bob back above 45. They were on their feet again an hour into the morning session, as Cook reached 76 and surpassed Kumar Sangakkara to go fifth on the all-time Test run-scoring list.When the hundred came, as it inevitably did shortly before lunch, the ovation lasted for several minutes as play stopped completely. That it had arrived via overthrows, after Cook had dabbed a single behind square for the umpteenth time in his career, mattered not a jot – in fact, there was a certain synchronicity with the moment in 2010, also at The Oval, when Mohammad Asif’s wayward arm presented Cook with a 13th Test hundred and set him up for the Ashes series that cemented his legend.The contrast was in the carefree manner of Cook’s 33rd ton in England whites, as he repeated the feat of his 2006 debut in Nagpur. The crowd rose as he returned to the dressing rooms at lunch, alongside his successor as captain, Joe Root, just eight runs away from a century of his own, and they cheered him to the skies when he finally fell for 147 during the afternoon session – failure to record one last “daddy hundred” a forgivable blemish.Still there was more, as Root urged Cook to lead England out on to the field one more time, following their declaration; and as the shadows lengthened, with India three-down chasing a notional target of 464, the chants started up again: “Ali Cook, Ali Cook, Ali, Ali Cook!”Briefly, during the evening, some of the other protagonists intruded. James Anderson, the only man involved around Test cricket longer than Cook, drew level with Glenn McGrath’s record of 563 wickets for a fast bowler by ripping out Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara in the space of four balls. Stuart Broad then produced a roar to rival those directed at Cook when he had Virat Kohli caught behind for a golden duck, leaving India 2 for 3 and in danger of an ignominious end to a tour that promised so much.That was as dramatic as the day got, India’s fourth-wicket pair charting a way to the close – KL Rahul attacking to produce his highest score of the series, while Ajinkya Rahane focused on preserving his wicket. It seemed as if the fight had finally gone out of India during the 259-run stand between Cook and Root, and they face an almighty effort to rouse themselves for a fifth-day rearguard to salvage a draw.Root’s hundred was a mere subplot, though it should have more significance for England’s future as he ended a 13-month wait to reach three figures in a Test. He was dropped on 46 – a sharp chance off Ravindra Jadeja to Rahane at slip – and threatened to upstage Cook as he upped the scoring during the morning, striking Jadeja for a straight six and sweeping with precision; but he ceded the stage as Cook’s landmark quickly approached, only four legitimate balls required to negotiate the not-so-nervous final-Test-innings 90s.Jasprit Bumrah wrote himself into the story as a footnote, when he picked up the ball at backward point and hurled it beyond the reach of any of his team-mates, allowing Cook to turn and celebrate an unexpected gift on a day of surround-sound hero worship from the majority of people in the ground.Like Reggie Duff, Bill Ponsford, Greg Chappell and Mohammad Azharuddin before him, Cook had a hundred in his final Test to go with one on debut. Like his Essex mucker and predecessor as captain, Nasser Hussain, he had crafted the perfect farewell.After the lunch interval, India contrived to drop Root again, Pujara shelling a simpler chance at first slip off Mohammed Shami – though he was not helped by Rishabh Pant’s dive across him – before a scampered single brought another opportunity for the crowd to erupt. Hanuma Vihari added unexpected success with the ball to his impressive batting debut, dismissing Root and Cook with successive deliveries as India chipped away during the afternoon, but the pattern of proceedings had long been set. India will have to summon untapped reserves if the final day at The Oval is not to end with Cook – and England – being raucously cheered from the field one last time.