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A total of 38 athletes, coaches and officials representing the last batch of Team Nigeria for the XXI Commonwealth Games left Abuja for Gold Coast, Australia. Team Nigeria headed for the games aboard Emirates Airline at about 6 p.m from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Although Messi's Lionel Messi has debunked media reports that there is crack in Argentina team owing to positional similarities feud between him and Dybala, reports indicate that the feud actually exist and could consume Dybala's world cup dream. According to Fox Sports, Dybala has admitted finding it difficult to play alongside Messi because they both play the same role in their various club sides and have become use to it.

Thanasi Kokkinakis has been beaten by Fernando Verdasco in a heated third round match at the Miami Open while Nick Kyrgios breezed into the round of 16. After upsetting Roger Federer in the second round, Kokkinakis lost to Verdasco in three sets 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) to be knocked out of the tournament.

Mercedes Investigation Identifies Why Hamilton Missed Out On Win

Hamilton controlled the opening stages of the race at Albert Park and was on course to re-take the lead from Sebastian Vettel during the pit stop sequence. That is until the virtual safety car [VSC] was deployed to deal with Romain Grosjean’s stricken Haas.

Much to world champion Hamilton’s frustration, Vettel was able to pit and rejoin ahead of the Briton. Initially, Mercedes thought it was a software glitch that incorrectly predicted the gap Hamilton required to re-inherit the lead. But it has become clear that wasn’t quite the case.

Rajan Nayar, a domestic cricket official in Zimbabwe, has been suspended from all cricketing activities for 20 years by the ICC for attempting to improperly influence an international match. The incident had taken place in October last year when Nayar approached Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer and offered USD 30,000 to engage in corrupt activity.

No overtakes occurred in the Formula 1 race in Melbourne on Sunday throughout the last 20 laps, leading to Max Verstappen criticising how the car design has caused races to be 'boring'. According to Macca, the Redbull driver was stuck behind the Haas of Kevin Magnussen early on and then the McLaren of Fernando Alonso, Verstappen came home in a disappointing sixth position.