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TENNIS : ROGER FEDERER CRASHES OUT OF MIAMI OPEN; LOSES WORLD NO.1 SPOT; WILL SKIP FRENCH OPEN !

- Sunday, March 25, 2018

TENNIS : ROGER FEDERER CRASHES OUT OF MIAMI OPEN; LOSES WORLD NO.1 SPOT; WILL SKIP FRENCH OPEN !

BREAKING: Roger Federer has been knocked out of the Miami Open by world 175 Thanasi Kokkinakis - the lowest ranked player to beat a world number one in 15 years #ssn pic.twitter.com/uzzbkDG5Ss
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 24, 2018

Roger Federer will lose his world number one spot after defeat at the #MiamiOpen - and has announced he will miss the entire clay court season 👉 https://t.co/pdebs3msrv pic.twitter.com/dA2euSvAAr
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) March 25, 2018

BREAKING: World number one Roger Federer has announced he will miss the entire clay court season, including the French Open #ssn pic.twitter.com/u65f3MVyPY
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 24, 2018

True, true. #MiamiOpen
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Simply amazing - and don’t take our word for it... 🔊 . @the_kokk1 stuns Roger Federer in the @miamiopen second round! Watch the action live and on demand with Tennis TV . #tennis #tennistv #atp #atpworldtour #miamiopen #miami #305 #kokkinakis #federer #instasport #instagood #aussiesofinstagram
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Roger Federer has announced he will not compete this clay season. pic.twitter.com/p11MvlXLI8
— ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) March 24, 2018

Upset in Miami!

Thanasi Kokkinakis fights to defeat World No.1 & defending Miami Open champion Roger Federer 3-6 6-3 7-6(4).
Posted by Tennis TV on Saturday, 24 March 2018

So now we know...

No clay for @RogerFederer in 2018#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/kT5i4KVdqb
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 24, 2018

Roger Federer this evening:

🎾 Loses opening match at #MiamiOpen

🎾 Back-to-back defeats for the first time since 2014

🎾 Will relinquish number 1 ranking at end of the tournament

🎾 Announces decision not to play the French Open pic.twitter.com/iLCC9NWe6r
— BBC Tennis (@bbctennis) March 24, 2018

Roger Federer to skip clay-court season after shock loss to Thanasi Kokkinakis https://t.co/f8wQ2yM0sL
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) March 25, 2018

This was UN.REAL. 😱

(via Tennis TV)
Posted by Miami Open on Saturday, 24 March 2018

World No. 175 @TKokkinakis upsets 3-time champion Roger Federer to become lowest-ranked player to beat World No. 1 since same tournament and round 15 years ago: No. 178 Francisco Clavet d. No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in 2003 #MiamiOpen 2R. @RafaelNadal reclaims No. 1 ranking on 2 April.
— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) March 24, 2018

Down under rises up 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺@TKokkinakis finishes off Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) in their first ever meeting.#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/sBe32whkYi
— Miami Open (@MiamiOpen) March 24, 2018

Rafael Nadal will retain world No.1 spot as Roger Federer suffers shock Miami Open defeat against Thanasi Kokkinakis https://t.co/YVCTbBn0z9
— Metro Sport (@Metro_Sport) March 24, 2018

Roger Federer has suffered a shock defeat at the Miami Open - that's back-to-back losses for the first time in four years 👉 https://t.co/pdebs3msrv pic.twitter.com/P5WN3vLJjG
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) March 24, 2018

Roger Federer to skip clay-court season after shock loss to Thanasi Kokkinakis https://t.co/tVQo2YSYMp
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) March 25, 2018

World #1 @rogerfederer has lost his opening match at the #MiamiOpen in a shock upset. https://t.co/dfqdyQafZB
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 25, 2018

True, true. #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/GUZvxpNwrh
— Miami Open (@MiamiOpen) March 25, 2018

Roger Federer to skip French Open, clay season https://t.co/Oxmcb5iRMK pic.twitter.com/MQG6IZ4pgw
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) March 25, 2018

Roger Federer says he'll skip French Open after loss to world's 175th-ranked player: https://t.co/5n6ZIXQDfb pic.twitter.com/0Uk4bW7Yzv
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 25, 2018

Federer's early exit in Miami means that @RafaelNadal will reclaim the No. 1 ranking when the newest standings are released.

📷 2017 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/mRROYhH7Z7
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) March 24, 2018

Roger Federer to skip clay season, won't play in French Open for 3rd straight year. https://t.co/63mctbTprw pic.twitter.com/8sE6CRMFmR
— theScore (@theScore) March 24, 2018

BREAKING: Roger Federer confirms that he will not play the clay season. No French Open.
— Stuart Fraser (@stu_fraser) March 24, 2018

Right move in my view by Federer to skip clay court season again. Needs to stay fresh at age 36 and pick the targets he has the best chance of hitting. Much better odds of winning Wimbledon/US Open than Roland Garros https://t.co/PvsfA5TdSo
— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) March 25, 2018

.@TKokkinakis scores one of the biggest upsets in tennis history!

The qualifying wild card, ranked No. 175, stuns World No. 1 Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 in R2 of Miami!https://t.co/klRBuVuvpc

📷 2017 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/e5XMPbugnx
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) March 24, 2018

✍️REPORT: World No 175 and @MiamiOpen qualifier @TKokkinakis beats @rogerfederer who will lose his World No 1 ranking after second round exit in Florida☀️🌴🎾 https://t.co/dHArN7gRZX pic.twitter.com/PsuiJbkVyh
— Sky Sports Tennis 🎾 (@SkySportsTennis) March 24, 2018

.@TKokkinakis: Man of the hour. #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/nagIOnfptN
— Miami Open (@MiamiOpen) March 24, 2018

.@rogerfederer shocked in Miami second round, @RafaelNadal to return to No. 1 ranking

Read: https://t.co/QwBh6DePro pic.twitter.com/if2LDnMzwW
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) March 25, 2018

How has Roger Federer managed to stay at the top of the rankings with his shortened schedule? https://t.co/P7QfPuSIzf
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 22, 2018

Loved being in Chicago and can’t wait to return for the @LaverCup in September... Hope you can join me there. Tickets going on sale tomorrow!! Get em quick 🏃‍♀🏃🏻‍♂💨💨 pic.twitter.com/85mgZmWBgQ
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 23, 2018

.@rogerfederer covered a lot of ground, and met Chicago sporting royalty, during his whirlwind first ever visit to the Windy City on Monday to launch September’s #LaverCup https://t.co/dIUvOkOI5C
— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) March 21, 2018

Not even Roger Federer can settle the debate about the true color of tennis balls https://t.co/UM8IKJ0ZST
— TIME (@TIME) March 21, 2018

Man of the hour. Thanasi Kokkinakis just bested world No. 1 Roger Federer.
Posted by Miami Open on Saturday, 24 March 2018

Thanasi Kokkinakis scored the upset of the tournament knocking out Roger Federer in a three set epic. Australian...
Posted by Tennis TV on Sunday, 25 March 2018

Wise words from Thanasi Kokkinakis.
Posted by Miami Open on Saturday, 24 March 2018

Roger Federer, Simona Halep, Nick Kyrgios, Alexander Zverev.

Catch them all today at the Miami Open on LIVE Tennis Channel tnns.ch/app.
Posted by Tennis Channel on Saturday, 24 March 2018

This is NEXT LEVEL 😱 . @rogerfederer @the_kokk1 #tennis #tennistv #miamiopen #miami #federer #rogerfederer #atp #atpworldtour #hotshot #sports #instasport
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@rogerfederer’s reactions are 💯 . Watch him live from Miami on Tennis TV (link in bio) . #tennis #tennistv #federer #rogerfederer #miamiopen #miami #atp #atpworldtour #sports #instasport
A post shared by Tennis TV (@tennistv) on Mar 24, 2018 at 9:16am PDT

Man of the hour. @the_kokk1 just bested world No. 1 Roger Federer. #MiamiOpen
A post shared by 🎾 Miami Open 🎾 (@miamiopen) on Mar 24, 2018 at 3:37pm PDT

Anything can happen in tennis! World No. 175 @the_kokk1 goes from qualifying wild card to front page headlines after a stunning 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 upset over World No. 1 Federer in R2 in Miami. Give Thanasi a 🇦🇺 for showing incredible tennis today! 📸 2017 #USOpen. _ #thanasikokkinakis #kokkinakis #miami #atp #tennis #protennis #instatennis #instasports
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WORLD : CHEAT SCANDAL ROCKS CRICKET AS AUSTRALIAN PLAYER CAUGHT RED-HANDED ON CAMERA TAMPERING BALL DURING TEST MATCH VS. SOUTH AFRICA !

- Sunday, March 25, 2018

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WORLD : CHEAT SCANDAL ROCKS CRICKET AS AUSTRALIAN PLAYER CAUGHT RED-HANDED ON CAMERA TAMPERING BALL DURING TEST MATCH VS. SOUTH AFRICA !

The Australian national cricket team - - one of the biggest powerhouse teams in the world, and a 5-Time Cricket World Cup Champion - - is literally in tatters after batsman Cameron Bancroft was caught red-handed on camera tampering the ball during Test Match against South Africa in Cape Town.

Umpires confronted Bancroft on the field midmatch after venue big screens showed him in super slo-mo doing his crime, which Bancroft first denied like a 5-year-old caught with his pants down, stealing some candies.

Later, Team Captain Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft faced the cameras in a Press Conference post-match, confessed that they in fact cheated, and that the entire Team and "the leadership group" knew about the plan to cheat and they talked about how to do it.

On camera, Cameron Bancroft described in details how he carried out the cheating, with no qualms.

Reports of the shameless cheat scheme were met with shock and anger, across the sporting world.

Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith have admitted to ball-tampering during Australia's test against South Africa.
Posted by Sky Sports on Saturday, 24 March 2018

Cricketer charged with ball-tampering https://t.co/lJ0OZRTXRa
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 24, 2018

Australian ball tampering shocks cricket https://t.co/bWTgURy90a
— BBC Asia (@BBCNewsAsia) March 24, 2018

A simply astonishing confession from Australia captain Steve Smith and batsman Cameron Bancroft 😳 pic.twitter.com/YaE7fBZamq
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) March 24, 2018

Steve Smith admits Australia deliberately cheated against South Africa after Cameron Bancroft caught ball-tampering https://t.co/eKcDPo276W pic.twitter.com/MMwGhU3Wxu
— Indy Sport (@IndySport) March 24, 2018

BREAKING: Australia batsman Cameron Bancroft charged after appearing to use foreign object on ball during day three of Test against South Africa #ssn pic.twitter.com/tU9cRLPwxu
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 24, 2018

Australia's Cameron Bancroft admits ball-tampering during the third Test against South Africa.

Watch: https://t.co/JME5kXqbRl pic.twitter.com/2E9cxxY6JQ
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) March 24, 2018

Cameron Bancroft, Steven Smith front up to the cameras and ADMIT to ball-tampering!#Breaking here: https://t.co/r4sxMT2RZG pic.twitter.com/msr5OfjEnQ
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 24, 2018

Oh dear! Cameron Bancroft caught in 'ball-tampering' row after appearing to hide object down his trousers... https://t.co/Zh09BzSs1K
— Telegraph Sport (@TelegraphSport) March 24, 2018

Steve Smith admits to Australia ball-tampering plan against South Africa: 'It was the players and the leadership group that came up with this’https://t.co/2GzUOfTLP7
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) March 24, 2018

Caught on camera!https://t.co/U0UzYdFMLE (📹 in IND subcontinent only)
— ESPN India (@ESPNIndia) March 24, 2018

Australia, not the best news to wake up to 🔽https://t.co/4JBIzDzFxD #SAvAUS
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 24, 2018

BREAKING: Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith admit to ball tampering: https://t.co/JjIezcQwet pic.twitter.com/nQwhXKTtm8
— News24 (@News24) March 24, 2018

Red handed!

Cameron Bancroft has been charged with ball tampering.

Steve Smith has admitted he and the leadership group were in on the plan.

A sad day for Australian crickethttps://t.co/LIxm57TGDd via @JacobKuriype pic.twitter.com/TtGvaRd8ZB
— FOX SPORTS Cricket (@FOXCricketLive) March 24, 2018

Australian cricketer @GavRobbo375 on @cbancroft4’s ball tampering: We’re absolutely desperate, and we’ll do anything to win, but my issue is we seem to be whinging about everything.

MORE: https://t.co/lsFaoT2OkU #sundayedition pic.twitter.com/1EibuKHIt9
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) March 24, 2018

In a startling press conference, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft admitted to indulging in ball tampering. Here's a blow-by-blow account of what transpired at Newlands https://t.co/vlmgYjS2LL #SAvAUS
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 24, 2018

"Once I was sighted on the big screens, I panicked."

Australia's Cameron Bancroft has admitted to ball tampering - & captain Steve Smith knew of the plan in advance 👉 https://t.co/fQQX8dUJ2e pic.twitter.com/pGRuNEbKXH
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) March 24, 2018

BREAKING: Cameron Bancroft spotted doing something fishy on cameras

>> He seemed to have a tiny yellow 'chip-like' object in his pocket which he later flung inside his trouser

>> The umpires upon spotting that had a chat with Bancroft

More to follow.... #SAvAUS
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 24, 2018

"I'm not proud of it" - Australia captain Steve Smith admits cheating as Cameron Bancroft is charged with ball tampering https://t.co/WpPxTYVkRZ pic.twitter.com/GHlOCV6TNy
— Mirror Sport (@MirrorSport) March 24, 2018

The Australian cricket team is officially at rock bottom and it is a long climb back to respectability from here, writes @stumped4aduck https://t.co/g5kGZfxmK8 #SAvAUS #SandpaperGate
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 24, 2018

'Once I was sighted on the big screens I panicked'

Cameron Bancroft charged with ball-tampering against South Africa as Steve Smith admits senior players had planned it https://t.co/NFMevo0g5G pic.twitter.com/TAtnnAFd1D
— MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) March 24, 2018

Steve Smith admits to using ball-tampering as a "possible way of getting an advantage" #SAvAUS https://t.co/iIGE71bwEI pic.twitter.com/MWR3NKM8Jr
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 24, 2018

🎙️

"You've been caught. You've got to own up and say what were you hiding?!" - Shane Warne

"You've got to ask questions of Steven Smith and Darren Lehmann as well." - Graeme Smith https://t.co/fZrKoebBRX #SAvAUS
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 24, 2018

#cameronbancroft #SteveSmith admit to ball-tampering#cameronbancroft #SandPaperGate #SAvsAUS #Smith

Read: https://t.co/aS1tCidhrR pic.twitter.com/NMCyTcOtxB
— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) March 24, 2018

Australian captain Steve Smith has admitted his team deliberately conspired to cheat on the third day ofTest by having Cameron Bancroft use tape to illegally tamper with the ball. https://t.co/uVx9OoiByW
— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) March 24, 2018

🎥WATCH.

Smith & Bancroft face the media to answer ball tampering allegations. https://t.co/KxHoIuQnrZ #SAvAUS #bbccricket
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) March 24, 2018

"I'm not proud of what has happened"

Bancroft admits ball tampering & Captain Smith says he knew about plan. https://t.co/q1FZHJTfvi #SAvAUS
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) March 24, 2018

More drama? The umpires are checking Cameron Bancroft's pocket, looks like a cloth sunglasses cover 😎https://t.co/fZrKoebBRX #SAvAUS
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 24, 2018

"Being the leader of the team I'm incredibly sorry for, I guess, trying to bring the game into disrepute the way that we did today." - @stevesmith49 https://t.co/RTglSfFf39 #SAvAUS
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 24, 2018

Australia team post play press conference featuring Steve Smith & Cameron Bancroft. https://t.co/dh5UYfPz31
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) March 24, 2018

Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith getting ready to face the media like... 😶 pic.twitter.com/lWcEe29NvX
— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) March 24, 2018

What I find appalling in all this is the Youngster got given the Job .. Was it because someone in the team had been accused of using Hand tape for a similar affect !!!!!!! So they wanted someone else to take the mantle .... Disgraceful behaviour by senior pros ... #SAvAUS
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 24, 2018

Australia’s Cameron Bancroft admits to ball-tampering, & captain Steve Smith knew in advance https://t.co/PB12jfAVKU
— Dan Roan (@danroan) March 24, 2018

Truly an honour to be inducted on to the @SchoolSportWA Wall of Fame tonight. Sorry I couldn’t be there in person but heard it was a great evening pic.twitter.com/DrHnOPBSz6
— Cameron Bancroft (@cbancroft4) February 19, 2018

Here is Cameron Bancroft tampering with the ball and hiding the ‘yellow object’ in his pants. This video will haunt him for the rest of his career/life. #SandpaperGate #AUSvSA #SAvAUS https://t.co/QAqPY7AL5V
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) March 24, 2018

#SAvsAUS

Steve Smith, Cameron Bancroft admit to ball tampering. Read what they said:https://t.co/ZJzNLzIvj0
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) March 24, 2018

Excited to play at this beautiful ground tomorrow. It’s in my top 3 grounds in the world. Can… https://t.co/7gaKa55Hnr
— Steve Smith (@stevesmith49) March 21, 2018

And bad light stops play at Newlands with South Africa on 238/5 (72 ovs), lead by 294. De Villiers 51*, De Kock 29*. #ProteaFire #SAvAUS #SunfoilTest pic.twitter.com/l9Q51q4yEl
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) March 24, 2018

A breakthrough summer for Australia, @WACA_Cricket and @HurricanesBBL's D'Arcy Short has seen him win the @LordsTavAU Indigenous Cricketer of the Year award https://t.co/gSYegIqcpd pic.twitter.com/oX6EOQstdT
— Cricket Australia (@CAComms) March 21, 2018

#Breaking from Newlands: Cameron Bancroft, Steven Smith front up to the cameras and ADMIT to ball-tampering! #savaus
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