April 18, 2017

Antonio Conte offered £42m to quit Chelsea this summer

Antonio Conte offered £42m to quit Chelsea this summer
Antonio Conte is wanted by Inter this summer. (Getty Images)

Inter will offer Antonio Conte a contract worth £41.8m to get him to quit Chelsea this summer, according to reports in Italy.

La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Conte, along with Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone, are the two managers Inter __have on their radar to replace Stefano Pioli at the end of the season.

But while Inter believe that Simeone would be easier to acquire than Conte, that will not stop the Serie A club from trying to lure the Chelsea manager.

Inter are ready to offer Conte a five-year contract worth just over £8.3m a season.

Antonio Conte offered £42m to quit Chelsea this summer
Conte remains on course to win the Premier League with Chelsea. (Getty Images)

Conte, who remains on course to win the Premier League in his first season at Stamford Bridge, has admitted he is missing his family since his move to England.

Both his wife and his daughter __have remained in Italy, although Conte has confirmed they are both planning to relocate to England this year.

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Last month, reports also claimed that Conte is unhappy with Chelsea’s board over their transfer policy and wants a bigger say in this summer’s deals.

Chelsea believe Diego Costa, Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso illnesses contributed to Manchester United defeat

Excuses? Chelsea believe THREE stars
Antonio Conte’s men were well beaten by Manchester United (Picture: Getty)

Chelsea stars Diego Costa and Victor Moses reportedly suffered with the same illness which kept Marcos Alonso out of the side’s 2-0 defeat at Manchester United.

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Goals from Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera either side of the break saw Jose Mourinho’s side come away from Old Trafford with three points, opening up the Premier League title race once again.

The Telegraph suggest Costa, Moses and Alonso all missed training on Friday due to sickness but the Spanish wing-back passed himself fit for the clash.

However, Alonso pulled up in Chelsea’s pre-match warm-up which prompted a tactical switch from Antonio Conte – and the club believe this may __have contributed towards the side’s poor showing.

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Marcos Alonso, Diego Costa and Victor Moses were all struggling with an illness (Picture: Getty)

Both Costa and Moses started the Old Trafford encounter but the out-of-form striker put in another sup-bar performance and the defender was brought off in only the 54th minute.

An injury to Thibaut Courtois also derailed the league leaders ahead of the match and it’s believed the Belgian will miss out on this weekend’s FA Cup showdown with Tottenham.

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While Conte has played down the impact of injuries and illness, it’s understood the club were concerned in the lead-up to the United game.

Cristiano Ronaldo tells Real Madrid fans to stop whistling him after his hat-trick sinks Bayern Munich

Cristiano Ronaldo hits back at Real Madrid fans after hat-trick vs Bayern Munich
Cristiano Ronaldo is unhappy with whistles from Madrid’s fans. (Getty Images)

Cristiano Ronaldo has called on Real Madrid fans to stop whistling him after his hat-trick fired the club past Bayern Munich to the Champions League semi-final.

Zinedine Zidane’s side secured a 4-2 victory over the German champions, largely thanks to Ronaldo’s second-half treble which has made him the first player in history to score 100 goals in the Champions League.

Ronaldo has been jeered by Madrid supporters at times this season, and the 32-year-old has urged supporters to refrain from showing negativity towards him in future matches.

‘Bayern showed that they were an excellent team, but we played very well,’ he told Antena 3.

Cristiano Ronaldo hits back at Real Madrid fans after hat-trick vs Bayern Munich
Ronaldo gestured towards Madrid fans after scoring against Bayern. (AFP/Getty Images)

‘We had a lot of chances. We scored two goals. We’re used to suffering, but we’re very happy.

‘Madrid were better, it’s not easy to score six goals against Bayern. We’re fair winners.

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‘I only ask that the fans don’t whistle me because I always do my best, I work and help Real Madrid.

‘I’ll stick with the good things, the team were very good, we played very well.’

Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to become first player with 100 Champions League goals

Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to reach major Champions League record
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 100 Champions League goals. (AFP/Getty Images)

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player in history to score 100 goals in the Champions League after his hat-trick fired Real Madrid past Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening.

The 32-year-old ran to Madrid’s rescue once again as Zinedine Zidane’s side looked close to being eliminated at the quarter-final stage.

Ronaldo netted an equaliser after Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the second half.

But with just 13 minutes remaining, Sergio Ramos guided the ball into his own net to force extra time.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOP SCORERS

1. Cristiano Ronaldo | 100 goals

2. Lionel Messi | 94 goals

3. Raul | 71 goals

4. Ruud van Nistelrooy | 56 goals

5. Karim Benzema | 51 goals

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Cristiano Ronaldo's perfect hat-trick… 🙌💥💯 pic.twitter.com/4RnLdWY9Lm

— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) April 18, 2017

Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to reach major Champions League record
(AFP/Getty Images)
Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to reach major Champions League record
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Ronaldo struck twice in extra time to swing the tie back in Madrid’s favour before Marco Asensio found the net to complete a 4-2 win for Zidane’s men.

Ronaldo is now six goals clear of Messi in the competition, while the Argentine is in action with Barcelona against Juventus on Wednesday night.

Chris Gayle becomes first batsman to score 10,000 T20 runs

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Chris Gayle, on Tuesday, became the first ever player to complete 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. Gayle reacehed the milestone in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s match against Gujarat Lions in the ongoing tenth edition of the Indian Premier League. (Results | Fixtures | Points Table)

The Jamaican is known to be one of the most destructive batsmen in the shortest format of the game and his blistering knocks __have been the sole reason for his teams to end up on the winning side. Since the advent of franchisee format T20 cricket in the late 2000s, Chris Gayle has thrived like no other player in international cricket. It is telling that of the 10,000 runs he has scored, only 1519 __have come while he was playing for the West Indies. He has also played a total of 289 T20 matches off which only 50 have been with the West Indies shirt.

Chris Gayle: 10,000 T20 runs. An immense achievement by a colossus of a cricketer. 44.16% have come in sixes; 30.56% in fours. #IPL

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) 18 April 2017

While he plays in T20 tournaments all over the world, it is in the IPL that he has earned notoriety of having the ability to spoil any bowler’s day. He is the man with the most centuries in the IPL. His blistering knock of 175 off 66 balls for RCB against Pune Warriors in 2014 is the highest individual score in T20 cricket.

Teams M W L D P NRR
KKR 5 4 1 0 8 +1.013
MI 5 4 1 0 8 +0.302
SH 5 3 2 0 6 +0.549
DD 4 2 2 0 4 +1.635
KXIP 5 2 3 0 4 -0.302
KXIP 5 2 3 0 4 -0.942
GL 4 1 3 0 2 -1.084
RCB 5 1 4 0 2 -1.095

This season, though, Gayle has been struggling to make a significant impact with the bat. He was dropped from the line up for accommodating AB de Villiers and has otherwise made 32, 6 and 22 thus far.

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