Quotes of the week: Ganguly praises Kohli, Redknapp on defeat

Sport360 staff 23:49 31/03/2016
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  • Sport360 picks out the main talking points from the sporting world with Chris Eubank Senior, Sourav Ganguly, Harry Redknapp and Serena Williams all featuring this week.

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    If he doesn’t stop it and we keep beating him like this, one, he is getting hurt, and two, if it goes to a decision – why didn’t the referee stop the fight? I don’t get why. So maybe you shouldn’t leave it to the referee. You’re not going to take him out to the face, you’re going to take him out to the body. 

    – Chris Eubank Sr instructing his son during his fight with Nick Blackwell which left him in an induced coma.

    Virat Kohli.

    Virat Kohli.

    Sachin was special but as far as chasing is concerned, Kohli has done better than Sachin. Kohli is unreal. 

    – Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Virat Kohli’s tremendous knock against Australia.

    I am now able to report to you that on February 29 shortly after having arrived in Chechnya I was subjected to a randomly timed drug test by VADA. This was a test of blood and urine. The post-fight test was a urine-only test. 

    – Lucas Browne protests his innocence after failing a drug test in a win over Ruslan Chagaev.

    Life has just changed for him and he’s just trying to regain momentum, but at the moment it’s a bit of struggle. 

    – Former British No1 Annabel Croft on Andy Murray’s form.

    Andy Murray.

    Andy Murray.

    The players did their best. We all did our best but what can you do? I’ve been here five or six days, what can you do? The players are the players, I can’t suddenly bring in Ronaldo. It is what it is. They tried their best but they were beaten by a better team. 

    – Harry Redknapp after Jordan were beaten 5-1 by Australia in Sydney.

    The players come out and play me like they’ve never played before in their lives. You know, the best that I could do today. I have to be 300 per cent every day, so… 

    – Serena Williams reacting after her defeat to Svetlana Kuznetsova in Miami.

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