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Tottenham was transformed by Gareth Bales homecoming, just not in the way that Jose Mourinho had imagined. Tottenham Hotspur s Gareth Bale looks dejected after the match. Pool via REUTERS Cruising 3-0 when Bale came off the bench in the 72nd minute against West Ham, Tottenham incredibly collapsed in a game it had been in control of to draw 3-3 in the Premier League on Sunday. It was with almost the last kick of the game that Manuel Lanzini blasted a shot from distance into the roof of the net to snatch a point that seemed extremely unlikely when Son Heung-min scored in the first minute and Harry Kane n vaso stanley etted twic stanley thermosflasche e by the 16th minute. Its difficult to believe 鈥?we lost two points, threw them away, Mourinho said. Agonizingly for Bale, after Fabi谩n Balbuenas header in the 82nd and Davinson S谩nchezs own-goal three minutes later, the on-loan forward from Real Madrid had a golden chance to score Tottenhams fourth. Released by Kane, Bale sent Angelo Ogbonna sliding to the turf as he drilled into the penalty area but managed to drag a shot wide. Its a pity he couldnt score the fourth goal that could kill the game, Mourinho said. The decision not to start him I think was a good decision, a decision to show that he doesnt have a beautiful chair waiting for him in the team and he sits there the first time he can. It was a message to the team that in this team everybody has to fight for p stanley cup ositions. Rather than any joy for Bale on his return to Tottenham after seven years, Hllj Sen shines, topples world champion Loh to claim India Open title; Chirag-Satwik win doubles
Senior BCCI functionary and IPL chairman, Rajiv Shukla, on Monday denied reports that Sachin Tendulkar was forced to retire from one-day cricket, saying it was purely his decision. There was no pressure on Sachin Tendulkar to retire from this format of the game. It is for the player to decide whether to retire or whether not to retire. I think he has taken the right decision at the right moment. It is an appropriate decision taken at an appropriate time, that he will not be stanley becher available for the one-dayers, Shukla said. There were reports in the media that Tendulkar was forced by BCCI to retire from the shorter version of the game in the wake of his poor run with the bat. However, Shukla denied all such reports. BCCI s policy is very cle stanley becher ar that it is for the player to decide when he wants to retire from any format of the game or from the entire career. It is purely up to the player. We don t force or advice any player. We don t mount any pressure. I have seen many media reports saying that pressure has been mounted by BCCI or from the selectors, I totally deny those reports, he said. Tendulkar on Sunday decided to draw the curtains on his long and illustrious ODI career, saying that India needed to build the team for next World Cup, and it was the right time to gi stanley cup ve opportunities to a youngster in his place. The veteran cricketer was last seen playing in the one-dayers during the Asia Cup in March when he completed a ton of tons after smashing 114 in a losing c