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You have often heard from the commentators that catches win matches. Really it’s true as well. How would you feel when opponent team’s player is on 99 and fielder miss the catch.

Surely not too good or you would not have expected this from him. The situation becomes even worst when a best player of the team drop the catch.

The saying is totally right from my point of view because if you do not take wickets on regular intervals, you may face various problems.

The moral of entire team goes down and players start thinking negative things. In case the same batsman through his wicket, you can feel relax because the blame is somehow out of you.

Fielders play a big role in cricket and without their support bowler can go through with tough time. Nobody knows about the future and what is going in batsman’s mind.

However, at least bowler, captain and other senior members can make a strategy. They can place good fielders on those places where batsman is hitting more shorts.

There are more chances that they will take the catch easily. But still as you know cricket is a funny game and anything can occur in it. So, during practice session, you can do a catch practice as well.

Most of the coaches hit ball toward their players during net sessions. At that point of time, you need to focus on your weak points and overcome them one after another.

Apart from taking catches a good fielder can also save lots of runs or look for a run out. It becomes handy in crunch situations. By saving runs, you can create a pressure and force the batsman to hit more shorts in the air.

They can make mistakes and lose their concentration. At that time, you have more scope to take the wicket and win the match.

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Barcelona displayed a marvelous performance to win the final of Champions League against Manchester United with a score of 3-1 at Wembley. The match appeared to be one sided as Barcelona greatly dominated it.

Pedro scored the first goal to give the Catalan giants lead. Wayne Rooney neutralized this lead by scoring the only goal coming from Manchester United team. The second half witnessed some spectacular display from Barcelona. Lionel Messi scored the second goal for Barcelona followed by David Villa scoring the third one.

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Football has seen several great players who have captured glory on the field. Juan Alberto Schiaffino is one of them.

He silenced all his critics who felt that he would not succeed against the toughest defenders of this sport. He made his mark as a remarkable inside-forward in the 1950s. He joined the Peñarol youth team at 17 years of age and one year later he became the first-teamer. When he was 19, he became member of the South American championship squad of Uruguay.

He performed fabulously at the World Cup, 1950. He scored five goals in this event and became the second highest scorer in it. He scored the equalizer in the final against Brazil that helped Uruguay on the course of victory. After four years, Schiaffino was injured in the semifinal match against Hungary and the South Americans were defeated.

Following the World Cup, 1954 AC Milan paid a huge price to get the services of Schiaffino. After six months he represented Italy for the first time. He played a crucial role in making his club win three Championships as well as reaching the final of 1958 European Cup.

At 33 years of age, he joined AS Roma and played two seasons for them. He finally retired in 1962 after a superb career. In 1976, he managed Peñarol for a short time. He was also the national team manager of Uruguay team for some time. He represented Uruguay in 48 matches and Italy in four matches.

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There are some players who are known to display consistency in their performance. They perform well during most of their career. These players occupy a special place in the hearts of their fans as people expect them to perform every time they come into play. Rudi Voller is one of them. This stylish player captured great heights during the peak of his career.

Rudi Voller was the ace striker for West Germany in 1980s. He got the first cap in 1982 versus Northern Ireland. The next year he was chosen the Player of the Year and ended as the top goal scorer in Bundesliga featuring for the Werder Bremen team. He was known for his typical style of play. He hardly scored any spectacular goals during his career. But, he was brilliant when the ball was at his feet. He had the ability to beat one or two men before scoring. This player was known for his excellence when he was in the penalty-area.

At the World Cup, 1986 in Mexico the Germans progressed far in it. But Voller had to spend much time warming the benches because coach Beckenbauer wanted Klaus Allofs as the partner to Rummenigge in their attack. He played as the substitute in the semi final and scored the second goal in his team’s 2-0 win against France. He came from bench in final to score the equalizer. However, Argentina scored the late winner to become champions.

The World Cup, 1990 in Italy began and West Germany had to face the Dutch in second round. Rudi and Dutchman Rijkaard got involved into an incident and both of them were sent off. West Germany went ahead in the mega-event and Voller came back for the semifinal versus England.  Germans won and marched into the final.

During the final, Voller was fouled in the penalty-area and Andreas Brehme scored the penalty five minutes before the end against Argentina. West Germany became champions and Voller contributed by scoring three goals in this event.Voller also played at the World Cup, 1994 in USA. He could not do much and the team lost in the quarter-final against Bulgaria.

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Tennis was played at the Olympics in the year 1896. Until 1922, it was part of the Olympic Games. In the year 1988, the sport was readmitted in the games. In order to play this game, athletes have to square off on opposite sides of net. The game is played in a single or double version.

The origin of tennis

The game was featured in the Olympic Games but the origin goes back to a much earlier period. It was first played in the 11th century in France. The original bat was comparatively different to what it is today.

The ball was made of wool. The first racquets were made of wood and intestines of goats were used as strings. In preset times, the racquets are made of composites of graphite. Ball is made of rubber.

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