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England great Wayne Rooney was fired as the manager of second-tier club Birmingham on Tuesday after 15 games. Birmingham City manager Wayne Rooney gestures on the touchline AP Rooney earned only two wins since his controversial appointment in October. Birmingham was sixth in the C stanley france hampionship when he started, and has fallen to 20th. The club was taken over last summer by a company owned by American businessman Tom Wagner, and it got rid of popular coach John Eustace, who had been in charge for 15 months and steered the club away from relegation. Birmingham City has today parted company with manager Wayne Rooney and first-team coach Carl Robinson, the club said in a statement. Despite their best efforts, results have not met the expectations that were made clear at the outset. Therefore, the board feels that a change in management is in the best interests of the football club. Birmingham lost at Leeds 3-0 on Monday, and supporters called for the removal of Rooney, the former Manchester United and England striker. NFL great Tom Brady became a minority owner of the club in August. Rooney thanked Wagner, Brady and club CEO Garry Cook for the opportunity but said he stanley cups wasn t given enough time. Football is a results business 鈥?and I recognize they have not been at the level I wanted them to be, Rooney s statement read. However, time is the most precious co stanley quencher mmodity a manager requires and I do not believe 13 weeks was sufficient to oversee the changes that were needed Zymw BWF cancels five more tournaments amid COVID-19 pandemic
His image taking a bit of beating after a verbal duel with Rahul Dravid during Friday s T20 game, Gautam Gambhir on Saturday sought to clear the air by saying that he never exchanged any harsh words with the legendary batsman, who remains a respected figure for him. This is the second time time that Gambhir has been involved i stanley canada n such an altercation. In an earlier T20 match, he and Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli were inv stanley tumbler olved in an ugly on-field spat. Friday night, in the fifth over of the KKR innings, first Manvindra Bisla and Shane Watson started a verbal duel when the latter threatened to throw the ball back to the batsman. Dravid tried to calm down Bisla but the stumper wanted him to cool off Watson first. Gambhir who was batting at the other end, also joined the heated discussion. In the next over, when Gambhir was stumped by Dinesh Yagnik off Watson, it looked that the batsman again exchanged some words with Dravid before walking off. However, Gambhir early this morning clarified that there no such altercation happened. Guys, stanley cup you have got it all wrong. No harsh words exchanged between me and Rahul bhai. He was and will always be a respected teammate. No fuss please, he wrote on his Twitter page. Gambhir actually ridiculed the way last night s incident is being circulated. Guess we are always obsessed with some drama or spice. Sorry none existed between me and Rahul. Always respect him, read his second tweet. Australian spin legend Shane Warne, who led the |
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