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Time of India
2 days ago
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- Time of India
Tears of a champion! Virat Kohli breaks down as RCB finally lift their first IPL trophy after 17 years
In a historic moment at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured their first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) title by defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six runs in the 2025 final. The victory was marked by an emotional Virat Kohli, who was seen shedding tears of joy as his team finally lifted the coveted trophy after years of near misses. VIRAT KOHLI STARTED CRYING. 🥹 Virat Kohli tears up; emotional scenes at RCB camp As the final balls were bowled, Kohli was visibly emotional, reflecting on his long and challenging journey with RCB. Having been part of the franchise since its inception in 2008, Kohli's tears symbolised the relief and joy of finally achieving the elusive IPL title. The victory was not just a testament to the team's performance on the day but also to the years of dedication and perseverance by Kohli and the entire RCB squad. Check out fans' reactions below: VIRAT KOHLI STARTED CRYING. 🥹 - World Cup.- T20 World Cup.- Champions Trophy.- U19 World Cup.- KOHLI - THE GREATEST EVER HAS COMPLETED CRICKET. VIRAT KOHLI IN TEARS - THE DREAM MOMENT FOR THE GOAT ❤️ RCB RCB EMOTIONAL VIRAT KOHLI 🥹Congratulations RCB - Ee sala cup namde ♥️#RCBvsPBKS | #IPLFinals | #ViratKohli As the win looked certain in the final moments after Marcus Stoinis' wicket, Virat Kohli looked toward AB de Villiers, who was in the stands supporting RCB. The two shared a meaningful glance, a reminder of their long journey with the team. Right after the match ended, Kohli walked over and hugged Chris Gayle. Both de Villiers and Gayle—former RCB players—were present to witness the team finally win their first IPL title, making the moment even more special for Kohli. Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers together celebrating Stoinis' wicket. ❤️ THIS MOMENT. 🥹❤️- CHRIS GAYLE HUGGING VIRAT KOHLI. Krunal Pandya's game-changing spell Batting first, RCB posted a total of 190/9 in their allotted 20 overs. The innings saw early wickets, with Phil Salt dismissed for 16 and Mayank Agarwal for 24; however, Kohli anchored the innings with a composed 43 off 35 balls, including four boundaries. RCB were believed to be a few runs short, but their bowling attack came through once again. Earlier in the match, Krunal Pandya delivered a remarkable bowling performance, taking 2 wickets for just 25 runs in his 4 overs. His spell included the crucial dismissals of Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, which curtailed PBKS's momentum during the powerplay overs. Playing XIs for IPL 2025 Final Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB):Phil Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Azmatullah Omarzai Punjab Kings (PBKS):Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (C), Josh Inglis (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen To stay updated on the stories that are going viral, follow Indiatimes Trending.
BBC News
02-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Would you take Richarlison back at Everton?
The Blue Room's Warren Doyle has said he would not like to see Richarlison return to Everton this Brazil striker left the Toffees in 2022 for Tottenham, but has been rumoured to be on the radar of his former club for the upcoming transfer has made just 12 league appearances for Spurs this season, scoring four to BBC Radio Merseyside, Doyle said: "If you'd have asked me four months ago, I'd have bitten your hand off to have him back. I think he was obviously much loved by Evertonians and he's the type of player we miss now."Where I'm against it is Everton have been accused of being a club that doesn't look forward enough and re-signs ex-players and old managers. He's gone through a lot - he had that spell where he played for Brazil in the Olympics and then the World Cup."He played through the pain barrier with Everton because he was determined to get us out the relegation battle. I think that's had a detrimental effect on his career now. He's been very stop-start at Spurs and I don't think they've managed him well. "It's a situation where I'd like to see Everton not go back. We'd like to see signings that don't come with the baggage Richarlison has, and I say that with the upmost respect because I love him."You can listen to the full chat on BBC Sounds
BBC News
26-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Wins more important than standings for Ireland
Co-captain Edel McMahon believes three away victories are more important than Ireland's finishing position in the Women's Six had been without an away victory in the Six Nations since 2021 but take on Scotland on Saturday after wins in Italy and of the result in Scotland, the Irish look set to finish the tournament as they are five points clear of Italy with a vastly superior points difference. "Three wins away from home is what we targeted as a squad," said McMahon, who is co-captain with the injured Sam Monaghan. "We want to be getting wins away from home, and that builds confidence heading into the World Cup."Scotland, who have just one victory in this year's Six Nations, won 36-10 in Edinburgh in 2023 while Dannah O'Brien's late penalty handed Ireland a 15-12 win last year. Ireland will head into the game without injured back row Aoife Wafer, but Niamh O'Dowd returns in the front row after sitting out the 40-14 win in Wales."Our history with Scotland has been a bit tit-for-tat, so we're just focused on the game and we'll worry about the table after that," added McMahon."We respect Scotland and they know they will give us a good fight."We know it's not going to be enough to turn up."
BBC News
23-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Wales' faith in Lynn will pay off
Wing Carys Cox insists Wales' players are fully behind Sean Lynn despite his miserable start as head won back-to-back Premiership titles with Gloucester-Hartpury before taking over Wales in he is still waiting for his first Test victory with Wales bottom of the Six Nations and fighting to avoid a winless campaign with only a trip to Italy to insists he needs more time to change things around for the World Cup later this year as he attempts to bring in a new more expansive game."Everyone has completely bought into what he is doing," said Cox. "Sean has been brilliant, especially with the culture and atmosphere in the camp. Everyone is really enjoying being in the environment. "No-one should expect results to happen straight away under a new coach. But we're confident that with a little more time with him, performances are going to come over the coming months and then the World Cup." Despite the losses, Wales have scored almost twice as many points in the Six Nations as they had at this stage in last year's player Cox is evidently enjoying life under Lynn, having gained more metres than every other player in the Six Nations except England stars Ellie Kildunne and Abby Dow. Only Italy's Sara Tounesi has made more offloads than Dow, who is also the only player with more linebreaks than Wales speedster opened the scoring against Ireland last Sunday before Hannah Bluck followed. It was the first time the backs had scored all of Wales' points since they faced Italy last summer."Out attack is much more varied now and I'm really enjoying being involved far more," said Cox."In the past we've relied heavily on our forwards to score tries but that's not rugby. You need an all-round game and that's a big positive for us."We've been given freedom to give things a go, try new combinations and moves without fear of failing as we build to the World Cup."The Italy fixture is to be rearranged due to the funeral of Pope two teams were due to meet in Parma at lunchtime on Saturday, 26 April in the final round of the tournament, but the Pope's funeral will take place at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST) that organisers have yet to confirm when - or where - the game will now go ahead.
BBC News
21-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Sheffield skater fundraising to go to Roller Derby World Cup
A 17-year-old boy from Sheffield is raising money after being selected to compete in the Junior Roller Derby World Cup in Australia this Halsall – also known by his roller derby nickname Atomic Bomb – will be representing Team GB in the sport he has played since he was nine years old when he began training with Sheffield Steel Roller will be among 20 teenagers heading to Brisbane where they will compete against teams from the US, Canada, Australia, Belgium and as the niche sport currently attracts no government or commercial support, each of the players is having to fund their own trip Down Under. Team GB head coach Jonathan Emery, who has led the team for two years, said: "It is both amazing and terrifying - getting 20 skaters to the other side of the world," he says."It's quite a niche sport. Most big cities or towns have an adult league and it's quite a female-led sport."Most male-led [sports], especially football, rugby, have a women's team, whereas roller derby was born from a female league and then there's a few of them that have juniors."Both Tom and Jonathan agree what they love about the sport is how inclusive it is."It's probably the most inclusive sport I know, it doesn't matter about body shape, gender, anything like that," said Jonathan."It's quite at the cutting edge, especially around gender and support of our transgender members."Tom said it was his mother who introduced him to the sport."My mum was involved with the adult team and they wanted to put together a junior team and so they put out a couple of tasters and I went to one of them. "I've been doing roller derby ever since," he said."It has an absolutely great community. If it was just a game it's already great, but with the community it also has - even if it is a small community relative to other sports – it makes it that much greater." While some local teams include children as young as seven, Team GB is aged between 13 and 18 as Jonathan says it is important members have the emotional maturity to cope with the pressures of the World Cup."The World Cup is very different from playing a game," he says."You'll go into a foreign country. You are in front of a full audience. You're on a live stream and the pressure is very different."We take some younger skaters, they may not get as much playing time as other skaters, but they get that experience and they'll be able to bring that to future World Cups."With this year's event hosted in Brisbane, each member of the team needs to raise about £5,000. Tom's GoFundMe page has currently raised more than £1,300 towards his Jonathan, it is a concern the cost is too much for some players."Unfortunately I have lost one or two skaters previous to this because they realised they were unable to afford it, which is very sad." There's no escaping the fact financial problems do affect the team's potential – as does the fact it is a niche sport in the UK."France and USA are probably the two best teams," says Jonathan."We have 400 junior skaters across the UK in total, but America has that in each city."One of our coaches flies from Denver to help and she has 300 children in her whole league. So you can imagine how competitive it is."The American team get 2,000 skaters coming to their try-outs. So they have a very high-level team, which we probably are not going to compete with."And France is lucky enough, because it is a national team, that their government pays for all their training, pays for their kit and stuff like that. So they have a massive advantage."For Tom, who is also studying A-levels in engineering, physics, and government and politics, his main concern is balancing practice with the long journeys across the country for matches, are providing much-needed study time."It's quite difficult and it is a bit stressful, but I'm trying to keep as calm as possible."There's a lot of time just driving from place to place in the hopes that you'll get a few hours of play and so that is also soaking up quite a lot of time, but I am managing it," he says. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
