Asia Cup 2023: The source said, "It is not possible to hold the Asia Cup without matches between Pakistan and India. The agreement is based on that," he said, adding that broadcasters were guaranteed.
A long-term media rights agreement between the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the broadcaster could be in jeopardy if no solution is found to end the deadlock between India and Pakistan over the issue of hosting the Asia Cup. The team will not send. India has said that the continental event will be held in the United Arab Emirates or Sri Lanka, but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not yet agreed to the demand, which has led to the deadlock.
With India withdrawing from the Asia Cup, the shine of the tournament will fade and the broadcaster will have to suffer a lot due to the absence of an Indo-Pak match. The source said that under the long-term agreement between the ACC and the broadcaster, it is mandatory that Pakistan and India face each other at least two or three times in this regional team tournament.
"It is not possible to hold the Asia Cup without pakistan and India matches. He said broadcasters were guaranteed that arch-rivals would face each other at least twice before the final, as happened during the 2022 Asia Cup in the UNITED Arab Emirates. "Without pakistan and India matches, the broadcaster's contract will go awry," he said.
The body of the Ghanaian player Atsu was found under the rubble of his home in Hatay
Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu was found dead under the rubble of a building in Hatay, after the strong earthquake that hit southern Turkey. Initial reports had indicated earlier that he was rescued a day after the earthquake, but it turned out to be wrong.
The Ghanaian player's agent, Christian Atsu, said today, Saturday, that his body was found under the building in which he lived in southern Turkey, after the devastating earthquake that occurred last week.
"Atsu's body was found under the rubble. At the moment more rubble is still being removed. His phone was also found," the player's agent, Murat Uzun Mehmet, told reporters in Hatay, where the body of the former Chelsea winger was found.
The director of the Hatayspor club said that Atsu had withdrawn from leaving Turkey hours before the devastating earthquake that struck the region recently, after he scored the winning goal for his competing team in the Turkish Football League.
The director of Hatayspor said that the player was not happy before the meeting because he had participated in only two league matches since the start of the season and decided to leave, but he postponed it after scoring the winning goal in the Qasimpasa match.
The 31-year-old winger moved last September from the Saudi pioneer to Hatayspor.
Hours before the earthquake, Atsu scored the winning goal for his team in the seventh minute of stoppage time from a free kick against Kasimpasa Club (1-0) in the Turkish League.
Atsu tweeted after the match: "An important victory for the team. Happy to score in the match."
He played his last 60 international matches in September 2019, knowing that he participated in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but he missed the Qatar 2022 finals.
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