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Ronaldo steps up rehabilitation
Cristiano Ronaldo has stepped up his recovery from a muscle injury by working out in a swimming pool with weights strapped to his ankle.
The 34-year-old uploaded a video of himself swimming as he looked to make a quick comeback from the injury he sustained during the international break.
Ronaldo picked up the injury during Portugal's 1-1 draw with Serbia and had to be taken off after 30 minutes. The Portuguese will not be risked for Juventus' first match of the Champions League quarterfinals against Ajax if he is not fully fit.
Juventus travels to Ajax for the first leg of the on April 10. -- Afp
Cardiff 'shocked' by Sala pilot report
Cardiff claim they are shocked by a report that the pilot in the plane crash that killed Emiliano Sala was not qualified to fly at night.
The Premier League club said they remain "deeply concerned" that the pilot David Ibbotson and those who arranged the flight "seemingly completely disregarded the rules of flying and put Mr Sala's life in such danger".
The BBC on Saturday reported Ibbotson was thought to have been colour-blind and that his licence restricted him to flying in daytime hours only.
Cardiff said in a statement: "Cardiff City is shocked to hear the pilot, David Ibbotson, may not have been permitted to fly at night.
"The club remains deeply concerned that the pilot, and those who arranged the flight, seemingly completely disregarded the rules of flying and put Mr Sala's life in such danger." -- Afp
Australia bowlers rubbish boycott claims
Australia's top bowlers Sunday lashed out at "false" and "inflammatory" claims they were planning a Test boycott if David Warner had not been kicked off the team in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Friday that Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon all intended to pull out of the fourth Test if Warner was not removed.
But a statement from the quartet Sunday denied a boycott had been considered and, with Smith and Warner now free to play again after their one-year bans expired on Friday, the bowlers said they were focused on "moving forward".
"The article claims we intended to withdraw from the fourth Test during last year's tour of South Africa had David Warner been free to play," the statement said. "This claim is disappointing on a number of fronts but most importantly because it is false." It added that allegations "which question our relationship with David are inflammatory and misleading". -- Afp
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