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Premier League club Chelsea‘s American owners have agreed to buy a stake in Ligue 1 club Strasbourg. The consortium, which purchased the Premier League club in May last year, has become the new shareholders “subject to a consultation process with the relevant employee representative bodies”.

The club released a statement stating, “It is an honour for us to be part of this historic club. We are committed to preserving the heritage of Racing and are focused on working closely with Marc and his management team to continue the excellent work they have been doing. This strategic investment would further our presence in European football, alongside our ownership of Chelsea. We believe it would create huge opportunities to share knowledge and expertise.”

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The statement stated, “The agreement would mark a new chapter in Racing’s history as the ownership consortium commits to accelerate sustainable investment in the club’s growth, including in the first teams and in the Academy, in continuity with the project implemented by Marc Keller, who would remain president of the club, supported by his current management team.”

“Through its involvement and recognised expertise in sport, BlueCo plans to make an active contribution to the development of the model implemented by Marc Keller, first, financially, by providing capital that will enable investment in the men’s and women’s first teams, the Academy and across the club,” the statement further read.

“In accordance with Professional Football League regulations, the project was presented today to the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG), whose assessment is expected in the coming weeks.” BlueCo believes the “strategic investment” would enhance its presence in European football.

Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace was placed 15th in the 2022-23 Ligue 1. The club managed to garner 40 points in a total of 38 completed matches.

Team India’s Mission 2047 is on the right track. After lifting the Hero Intercontinental Cup, the Men in Blue have started their SAFF Championship campaign with a banger. The hosts have defeated Pakistan 4-0 in their opening game of the tournament.

The hero of the night was Indian Football’s poster boy Sunil Chhetri who hit a hat-trick of goals to take his team to the top position in the Group A of the SAFF Championship. With this achievement, Chhetri has become the fourth-highest goal scorer in international football. Chhetri has 90 goals in 138 games; trailing behind Argentina’s talismanic skipper Lionel Messi with 103 goals.

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Since the match started, India displayed their dominance. Although Pakistan offered pockets of resistance, they were no match to the Men in Blue’s determination and aggression. Chhetri, who was exuding exuberance since the start of the match opened the scoring with a fine field goal in the 10th minute.

Perfect start to #SAFFChampionship2023 for the #BlueTigers 🐯

An absolutely dominant performance 💙🇮🇳💪🏽 #INDPAK #IndianFootball ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/tUEFWGUffN

— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) June 21, 2023

Just six minutes later, Chhetri converted a penalty to extend their lead over the arch-rivals. The team attacked relentlessly but couldn’t quite land any additional goals.

As soon as the second half began, the Men in Blue decided to double their lead by attacking continuously at the opposition’s defence. The breakthrough came in the 74th minute when Pakistan’s defence fouled Chhetri inside the penalty box. Sunil Chhetri, who had already scored a brace ensured he successfully converts the spot-kick to make it a hat-trick.

In the 81st minute, Udanta Singh who came as a substitute in place of Lallianzuala Chhangte scored a magnificent goal further widening India’s lead and sealing their comprehensive victory.

The win helped India reach the top of the table in the SAFF Championship. India will now face Nepal in their upcoming Group A match on Saturday.

One of England’s absolute best Joe Root has become the new World No.1 Test batter as per the latest ICC rankings. Root dethrones Australian Marnus Labuschagne who had occupied the top spot for over six months.

As per the latest rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC), Joe Root has jumped five places in the batters’ chart and has become the World No.1 in the purest format with rating points of 887. However, after occupying the top three places a previous week ago, there is only one Australian batter on the podium places now. Former World No.1 Marnus Labuschagne has lost two places and is now the World No.3 with 877 ratings as Kane Williamson moves to the second with 6 ratings better.

We have a new No.1 Test batter 🎉

The latest @MRFWorldwide ICC Men’s Player Rankings have thrown up a big surprise 👇https://t.co/XvrnVBPsCq

— ICC (@ICC) June 21, 2023

Joe Root had an exceptional start to the Ashes. The right-hander smashed a fantastic 118 runs off 152 balls in the first innings. In the second innings, Root played a quickfire innings. He scored 46 runs off 55 deliveries. While his opposite number Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne had a golden duck in the first innings. Marnus had a decent show in the innings; scoring 13 runs off 15 balls.

In other news, Team India’s star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has occupied the top spot among the bowler’s rankings. The off-spinner who missed the World Test Championship Final has garnered 860 ratings. Ravindra Jadeja, one of Team India’s premier all-rounders is ranked the World No.1 all-rounder with 434 ratings.

Additionally, Team India’s keeper-batter Rishabh Pant is the only Indian in the top 10 rankings for batsmen. In the bowler’s rankings, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have occupied the 8th and 9th positions respectively.