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Bolt offered contract by Maltese champions?
Sprint king Usain Bolt could be making his way to Europe after being offered a two-year professional football contract in Malta, reports said Tuesday, following his goal-scoring exploits in Australia.
Sydney's Daily Telegraph said Malta club Valletta FC had made a formal offer which includes playing in its upcoming cup final. The newspaper added that the team was recently bought by investors.
Mbappe no bighead: Deschamps
Asked if the attention had gone to French phenomenon Kylian Mbappe's head, coach Didier Deschamps dismissed the notion out of hand on the eve of a friendly international against Germany.
“Not at all, he's no big head. Even if he's in the papers or on the cover of Time and has become world famous. He's just not a big-headed person "
Law banned for two ODIs
West Indies coach Stuart Law will miss two upcoming ODIs against India after a breach of the ICC code of conduct saw him banned on Tuesday.
The Australian was found guilty of breaching the code during Sunday's play in the Hyderabad Test by making "inappropriate comments" to the umpires.
Those comments followed the dismissal of Kieran Powell, after which Law "went to the TV umpire's room and made inappropriate comments. He then walked to the fourth umpire's area and, in the presence of the players, again directed inappropriate comments at the fourth official".
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