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Sports news of the day -
1. Argentina football legend Diego Maradona dies of heart attack at the age of 60. Maradona died two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following brain surgery. The office of Argentina’s president will decree three days of national mourning because of Maradona’s death on Wednesday, and the Argentine soccer association expressed its sorrow on Twitter.
2. English football champions Liverpool have missed a chance to secure qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League following a 2-0 loss to Italian club Atalanta at Anfield. Liverpool are on nine points with Ajax and Atalanta on seven with two rounds of group games remaining. Liverpool will still qualify with a draw against Ajax next week.
3. White Ferns skipper Sophie Devine's Perth Scorchers have been well beaten in the semi-finals of the women's Big Bash cricket league in Australia by Australian skipper Meg Lanning’s Melbourne Stars. The Stars, who had previously never finished a season higher than fifth and were last years wooden spooners, will take on the winner of tonight's semi-final between two-time defending champions Brisbane Heat and the Sydney Thunder in the final.
4. Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and coach Hans-Dieter Flick have been named on the shortlist for 'The Best FIFA Football Awards' after their treble-winning campaign last season. Among the women's best player nominees are European and French champions Olympique Lyonnais' captain Wendie Renard and former team mate Lucy Bronze, who moved to Manchester City.
5. South Africa say their decision not to take a knee before matches in the upcoming cricket series against England has been taken "unanimously" as a team. The Proteas will wear black armbands as part of a period of national mourning for victims of gender-based violence and the coronavirus pandemic.
6. Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) which represents players in England and Wales, will step down by the end of the season after nearly 40 years in charge. Taylor has faced criticism over his salary level, and more than 200 former and current players signed a letter in November 2018 calling for him to stand down and urging the modernisation of the PFA. More recently, the PFA has faced renewed criticism over a perceived lack of support for former players with dementia.
7. The International Olympic Committee has stripped two Romanian weightlifting athletes of their medals from the 2012 Olympic Games and disqualified a third over the use of anabolic steroids. Roxana Cocos, who won silver in the women's 69kg category and team mate Razvan Martin, a bronze medallist in the men's category of the same weight tested positive for stanozolol among other substances in re-tests of samples ordered by the IOC.
8. Archery Association of India on Wednesday finally got back the government recognition eight years after it was withdrawn for its failure to conduct elections in accordance with the National Sports Development Code. The much-delayed elections of the AAI were held in January this year with Union Minister Arjun Munda's panel securing full majority.
9. India, Australia likely to pay 63-second tribute to Phil Hughes ahead of first ODI Incidentally, the first ODI at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is the same venue where Hughes had endured the fatal blow six years ago. Visitors India and Australia are likely to pay tribute to Phil Hughes ahead of the first ODI of the three-match series at Sydney. The fixture, scheduled on November 27, also marks the sixth death anniversary of Hughes, who lost his life after being hit on the neck off a bouncer on November 25, 2014.
10. ISL 2020-2021 - Mumbai City FC had to work hard against ten-man FC Goa to secure a late 1-0 win in their second game of Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL) 2020-21 at the Fatorda Stadium in Vasco. Mumbai City FC secured their first points of this year’s ISL as in the dying minutes of the game, Bipin Singh’s header inside the box hit the arm of Lenny Rodrigues. The referee was quick to point to the spot. Le Fondre kept his calm and powered home from the spot to sink the Goan hearts and bag all three points.

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