Sport360 picks out the highlights from the sporting Twittersphere with Novak Djokovic, Kevin Pietersen, Shane Warne and Christian Vieri all featuring.
Players prepare for ‘March Madness’ in the US in different ways. Andy Murray had a heroic Davis Cup weekend, Victoria Azarenka was dancing on SportsCenter, Roger Federer and Grigor Dimitrov played an exhibition in Madison Square Garden before the former had a fun Twitter Q&A, while Novak Djokovic took part in some ballet with his wife, of course…
Tennis player Victoria Azarenka stops by SC LA, plays ping pong & does “shmoney dance.” Watch after DAL/GSW on ESPN. https://t.co/Sfd9EFWTbF
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 7, 2015
Time to remove every item of clothing and run through the streets of Glasgow.. Absolute farce from @JamesWardtennis
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) March 6, 2015
#GD vs. #RF tomorrow night! #presselfie @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/2t6z28LPnP
— Grigor Dimitrov (@GrigorDimitrov) March 9, 2015
.@rogerfederer Will you be requiring my help at Wimbledon this summer? If so, I expect an invite to the Champions Dinner… #roofdate #AskRF
— Wimbledon Roof (@WimbledonRoof) March 10, 2015
Sports world mourns loss of French athletes
The sports world mourned the loss of Olympic champion swimmer Camille Muffat, boxer Alexis Vastine and sailor Florence Arthaud. The French trio were amongst those who died on Tuesday when two helicopters collided while shooting the reality television show ‘Dropped’.
Awful news about death of French Olympians in Argentina. @FranceOlympique #CamilleMuffat, #AlexisVastine, #FlorenceArthaud No words. RIP
— Sergey Bubka (@sergey_bubka) March 10, 2015
RIP Olympic Champion Camille Muffat. You will be dearly missed. X pic.twitter.com/dVaVlfiUT2
— Becky Adlington (@BeckAdlington) March 10, 2015
Horrifié d’apprendre la disparition de Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat, Alexis Vastine et toutes les autres personnes qui étaient à bord.
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) March 10, 2015
So devastated by the news… No words. Rest in peace, Camile Muffat. Condolences to all the families #heartbreaking
— Ruta Meilutyte (@MeilutyteRuta) March 10, 2015
“I’m very sad to hear of the passing of Alexis Vastine. I had the pleasure of competing against him in the amateurs and..
— Amir Khan (@AmirKingKhan) March 10, 2015
would like to send my deepest condolences to all his family and friends during this difficult time.”
— Amir Khan (@AmirKingKhan) March 10, 2015
More misery for England
Unsurprisingly, England’s World Cup exit had Twitter ablaze with players, pundits and journalists voicing varying degrees of disgust…
I CANNOT BELIVE THIS! I JUST CANNOT! But, well done Bangladesh! You deserved it! #ENGvBAN
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) March 9, 2015
DO NOT SAY WE HAVENT PRIORITISED ODI CRICKET! We played a back to back Ashes to make sure England played 6 months of ODI’s before this WC!
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) March 9, 2015
In a competition format designed to avoid the big teams going out #eng have managed to do it.
— Glenn Moore (@GlennMoore7) March 9, 2015
England lose to Bangladesh in the cricket World Cup, thankfully @piersmorgan is still asleep! We are all safe for another hour or so
— Luke Donald (@LukeDonald) March 9, 2015
Surely you don’t need to look at any Data to tell you that 275 is chase able against Bangladesh….!!!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 9, 2015
Don’t worry…. I am sure some positives will have come out of this WC for @ECB_cricket #MyArse
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 9, 2015
Eng had the wrong team, the wrong style of play & everyone could see it, tonight’s result not a shock. I feel for Morgan, coach in trouble !
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) March 9, 2015
Tweetlets
Real Madrid fans gave a sigh of relief after the Spanish side lost 4-3 to Schalke at home but still scraped through in the Champions League 5-4 on aggregate.
Former Italy striker Christian Vierienjoyed McDonalds while Houston Texans star JJ Watt decided to start some spurious trade rumours…
Grande @CasillasWorld
— GUTI (@GUTY14HAZ) March 10, 2015
Fame…. Hungry pic.twitter.com/vkDlWC6hyM
— ChristianVieri (@vieri_bobo) March 9, 2015
SOURCES: 3-team, 3-sport trade. Adam Banks to T.C. Williams Titans, Henry Rowengartner to Mighty Ducks, Julius Cambell to Chicago Cubs.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 10, 2015
I’m also hearing from sources that there are talks of a two-team swap for Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez and Jesus Shuttlesworth.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 10, 2015