Here is the diet plan of the most decorated Olympian.

Diet Plan of the most decorated Olympian of all time.

Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time and what makes him greatest is his extraordinary diet and training. He is really an exceptional athlete and has 23 Olympic Gold medals out of total 28 Olympic medals in his bag.

Michael Phelps.
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According to ' The Telegraph ' Phelps had a diet of 12000 Calories a day at the time of Beijing Olympics back in 2008. He used to have an Omelet of 5 eggs, 3 fried- egg sandwiches and more in his breakfast.

The Telegraph disseminated the following diet of Phelps in 2008:-

Breakfast- Three fried- egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelet. One bowl of grain. Three slices of French toast topped. Three chocolate- chip.

Lunch- One pound of pasta. Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayonnaise on white bread, plus energy drinks.

Dinner- One pound pasta, and entire pizza and even more energy drinks.

It is also believed that he loved Mexican food and training session, to burn the intake of those Calories.

However, great Olympian Phelps later revealed that it was an exaggerated diet, which is eschewed now. His diet at the time of 2016 Rio Olympics was a protein diet and includes fruits, oats, grains and more.

Here is his diet of 2016:-

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The legend swimmer has announced his retirement after the Rio Olympics and said that he is ready to retire and spend some time with his baby. The legend clinched his 1st Olympic gold at Athens in 2004 and his last Olympic gold achievement was in Rio Olympics, 2016.

Chennai Super Kings lifts IPL Trophy 2018!

Chennai Super Kings lifts IPL Trophy 2018!

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) prevailed Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 8 Wickets and bagged the IPL trophy for the 3rd time. The final was held at Wankhade on 27th May, 2018. Shane Watson took the team to a great victory by scoring 117* runs.

CSK lifted the crown.

CSK won the toss and chose to bowl first. SRH Captain- Williamson remained the highest scorer for the team and also in IPL 2018. He won Orange cap( most runs in season). Despite of some good contribution from SRH Batters', they were restricted at 178. Maiden 1st over from Bhuvi and an early blow of Faf du Plesis gave many hopes to Hyderabad. But Watson and Raina partnership gives stability and then Watson who scored a marvelous knock took the game away from sunrisers. At last Super Kings stole the show with big win by 8 wickets and 9 balls to spare. CSK have faced SRH for the 4th time in this IPL and they were superior each time. CSK are now joint highest winners of IPL along with Mumbai Indians.

Great show of Cricket. Well played everyone!

IPL 2018 records:-

Orange Cap- Kane Williamson from SRH (735 runs)

Most Sixes- Rishabh Pant from DD (37 sixes)

Most Fours- Rishabh Pant (68 fours)

Highest Score- Rishabh Pant (128 runs)

Emerging Player- Rishabh Pant

Fair Play Award Winners- Mumbai Indians.

Perfect Catch of the season- Trent Boult form DD.

Super Striker of the season - Sunil Narine from KKR.

Stylish Player of the Season- Rishabh Pant.

Nayi Soch Award of the Season- MS Dhoni from CSK.

Most Valuable Player- Sunil Narine (379.5 points)

Purple Cap- Andrew Tye from KXIP (24 wickets)

Best Bowling figures- Ankit Rajpoot from KXIP (5/14)

Most Dots- Rashid Khan form SRH (166)

Winning team got- 20 Crores.

AB de Villiers announces retirement

AB de Villers announces retirement

Great AB de Villers has announced that he is going to retire from all formats of International Cricket immediately. This is a really sad news for Cricket fans. 34 year old AB tweeted in his video that "After 114 Test matches 228 One Day Internationals and 78 T20 Internationals it is time for others to take over. I have had my turn and to be honest, I m tired". Fans thought that AB will pick and choose matches and formats and will play till 2019 Cricket World Cup. But he said that it would be difficult to pick and choose and he wanted 'everything' or 'nothing' on green and gold. AB said in the video- "I have no plans to play overseas, In fact I hope and can continue for Titans in Domestic Cricket".

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AB is and will be one of the greatest batsman in all formats for the proteas and in the World. AB has scored 9577 runs in ODI, 8765 in Tests and 1672 in T20i's. He also holds the world record of fastest century in ODI Cricket by scoring 104 runs in 31 balls. The fear could be seen in the bowlers' eyes when AB looks deadly.  

World XI team is announced for West Indies match

Team of 'World XI' announced

A match of World XI against West Indies is scheduled on 31st May 2018 at Lords. This is a fund raising match for the restoration and renovation of five venues at Caribbean which were damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. 

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Here is the team of World XI:-

Team of World XI against West Indies.
Self designed team table.

''It's a great honour to be leading a side which has a selection of players from a number of nations, and I can't wait to get on the field for what promises to be an engrossing contest,'' Eoin Morgan- captain of World XI said.

According to The Hindu Carlos Brathwaite is expected to lead the West Indies side while Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Samuel Badree and Andre Russell are also in the team.

Earlier, in 2017 there was a 3 match T20 series of World XI against Pakistan. This series was prevailed by Pakistan by 2-1. 

Now lets get tuned for the thrilling shortest format match! It is expected that we will have a good contest.

Is it over for Delhi Daredevils? Have a read.

Is it over for Delhi Daredevils?

IPL 2018 is on full swing and we are half way down the tournament. Several teams have performed exceptionally well while others are struggling for their place in the playoffs.

Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir left the captaincy as the team was on the last spot and was down falling. Young Shreyas Iyer was handed the opportunity.   

Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were to face each other on 30th April 2018. Delhi won 2 out of 7 matches prior to the match and a win would give them slight more hopes to qualify.

MS Dhoni(CSK captain) on left and Shreyas Iyer(DD captain) on right.
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Match Summary:-

Daredevils won the toss and decided to bowl first. But things were not going their way as a solid opening stand was secured by Chennai. DD came back when they took 3 quick wickets at 28 runs. But Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni had some other plans. They both smashed each and every bowler for runs and took the team to 211 runs.

Daredevils had to chase the big target. They never looked neck to neck after losing Shreyas Iyer and Maxwell. Rishabh Pant was hitting the ball very well but was struggling to match the run rate. Pant gave some hopes to DD fans.We could also say Vijay Shankar's late sixes pressurized CSK a bit. But unfortunately DD faced a loss by 13 runs. A hard fought run chase came to an end.

Three time semifinalists DD are in a difficult position now. They will qualify safely if they win all the 6 remaining matches. However a team can qualify at 7 wins out of 14 but would have to depend on other team's victory and loses.

Points table:-

Points table after DD vs CSK.
Self designed table.