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Navtej Kohli sports blog brings recent and exclusive sports updates. In football, once an icon, Ronaldinho's career is on a constant fall. Read below for a detailed description:

Not more than two seasons before Ronaldinho was the undisputed king of world football. At Barcelona he steered his club to back-to-back league titles and victory in the Champions League.

Last 18 months, however, were quite testing for the Brazilian footballer.  The football star is now considered surplus to requirements at the Nou Camp.

A dilettante attitude to training, a serious loss of form, an apparent weight problem and the rise of a new generation of ardent youngsters answers for the change in attitude towards a player who was once the most prized possession in the game.

Navtej Kohli Sports Blog's Cricket Updates:

Zimbabwe have agreed to pull out of next year's Twenty20 World Cup in England, clearing the roadblocks for the competition to be staged there, but will retain their status as Full Member of the ICC and receive funding as usual. They will also receive their full participation fee for the tournament.

"We have decided to pull out in the larger interests of the game," Peter Chingoka, the chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, told Cricinfo. "We have been informed that the British government may not grant visas to our players, and that situation may prevail during the Twenty20 World Cup. We don't want to be gatecrashers."

"It was a collective decision and I was a part of that decision," Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president, told Cricinfo.

"The full membership of Zimbabwe is currently not in doubt," ICC president David Morgan said. "There was not even a discussion on the issue of Zimbabwe's membership."

The decision, Chingoka said, pertained only to the tournament in England. "We are now looking forward to more tours and international cricket with our Asian friends, especially India."

The Zimbabwe issue had occupied a large part of the discussions during the ICC executive board meeting, which carried over to an unscheduled third day on Friday after a failure to reach a consensus.

Some countries, led by England and South Africa, had been pushing for Zimbabwe to be stripped of Full Member status but that move had been opposed by India.

Ray Mali, the former ICC president, has recommended the setting up of a sub-committee to "advise the ICC board on all matters relating to Zimbabwe cricket including its return to full participation in the international game. The specific terms of reference for the sub-committee will be finalised in due course." The sub-committee, if approved, will chaired by Julian Hunte, the head of the West Indies board, and include Arjuna Ranatunga and another official (who hasn't been confirmed).

Navtej Kohli sports blog first informed you about the infamous Sex scandal involving F1 Max Mosley, the president of the international body that governs Formula one racing. Now, read the follow-up on Navtej Kohli Sports Blog:

Max Mosley got a strong vote of confidence to continue as president from Motor racing's world governing body, despite his involvement in a lurid sex scandal.

In a secret ballot at a special meeting of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) general assembly in Paris, the 68-year-old Briton gained 103 votes to 55 against.

The FIA said there were seven abstentions and four invalid votes.

Mosley had ignored calls to quit since March when the tabloid News of the World newspaper published details and photographs of his involvement in what was described as a Nazi-style sado-masochistic orgy with prostitutes.

An FIA spokesman said Mosley, who has been in office since 1993 and has said that he intends to stand down at the end of his current term in October 2009, would be making no comment on the outcome.

The FIA president, whose father Oswald was the founder of the pre-World War Two British Union of Fascists, has denied any Nazi connotations to the scandal and is taking legal action against the News of the World for invasion of privacy.


His win, while welcomed by some national motorsport associations, triggered a hostile response from FIA member organisations representing millions of the world's ordinary motorists.

It was also expected to receive a frosty reception in Formula One, with some major manufacturers and former champions joining commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone in calling for Mosley to quit.

Navtej Kohli Sports Blog brings a sad news for the fans of Glenn McGrath. His Wife Jane lost the long battle against cancer this sunday.

 Glenn McGrath and Family in happier times

Former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath’s wife Jane McGrath passed away yesterday after a long battle with breast cancer.

Aged 42, Jane died peacefully at her Sydney home with her husband and their children by her side. She had surgery earlier this year and her health suddenly began to decline in the past week.

Jane's long battle with cancer was known to all in Australia for the past decade because of her marriage to McGrath and their promotion of breast cancer awareness.

The couple began their own foundation to raise money for breast cancer research and were recognised for their charity work.

Jane was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 followed by bone cancer in 2003 but made a full recovery both times.

In 2006, when she was diagnosed for the third time prompted McGrath to take eight months off cricket to look after her and their two young children.

Later that year, his comeback to mainstream cricket was followed by a major shock for cricket fans. He announced his retirement despite being at top of his game.

He finished his career a few months later after helping Australia win the World Cup for the third time and being named the outstanding player of the tournament.

Olympics updates on Navtej Kohli Sports blog:

British Olympic Association chief executive Simon Clegg is to move to a new role as part of a major shake-up.

He will take up an as yet unspecified role overseeing the team's efforts to reach fourth place in the medal table at the 2012 London Games.

"I am very happy to be concentrating on developing the 2012 team which will be twice as big this year's," he said.

"I was the one of the driving forces behind the target of fourth place. It's challenging but also achievable."

A number of other senior management appointments will also be made, and the BOA's executive board has recommended that the association should move its headquarters from Wandsworth to a more central London location.

"Over the next six months, changes to strengthen the BOA are likely to be the most far-reaching in our history," said BOA chairman Colin Moynihan.

"I am delighted that Simon Clegg will continue to play a major role within the BOA in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and beyond."

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