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Villa seal deal for Grealish’s back-up
LONDON: Aston Villa announced on Saturday they had agreed a deal with Bayer Leverkusen for Leon Bailey as England’s Jack Grealish has reportedly been the subject of an offer from Manchester City.
According to British media, City have bid a record £100 million ($139 million) for Villa’s 25-year-old captain.
Jamaica attacker Bailey, 23, could be seen as a direct playmaking replacement for Grealish. “Aston Villa and Bayer Leverkusen have reached an agreement for the transfer of Leon Bailey subject to the player completing a medical and finalising personal terms,” Villa said.
NEW DELHI: Five-time world Champion Viswanathan Anand will lead India in the second online chess Olympiad, scheduled from September 8-15.
The Indian team had shared the title with Russia in the last edition and will look to emerge sole winner this time.
The team comprises Anand, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, R Pragganandhaa, Koneru Humpy, D Harika, Tania Sachdev, Bhakti Kulkarni, R Vaishali and B Savitha Shri. Former national champion and British Chess Championship winner Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte has been appointed as non-playing vicecaptain of the team.
Holder, Bravo apply brakes on Pakistan
PROVIDENCE, GUYANA: Jason Holder and Dwayne Bravo combined to restrict Pakistan to 157 for eight batting first against the West Indies in second T20 International
of the four-match series at the National Stadium in Guyana on Saturday.
Holder, the former captain, returned excellent figures of four for 26 while Bravo, the veteran all-rounder and leading wicket-taker in all T20 cricket, claimed two for 24.
It meant the tourists squandered a solid platform provided by captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman and former skipper Mohammad Rizwan. Babar’s polished 51 off 58 balls with two sixes and four fours was the top score of the innings. He put on 67 runs for the third wicket with Rizwan. Brief scores: Pakistan 157-8 (Babar Azam 51, Mohammad Rizwan 46; J. Holder 4-26) v West Indies