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'Ultra competitive person': Jacob Bethell opens up on sharing dressing room with Virat Kohli at RCB originally appeared on Cricket News. Add Cricket News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.KEY TAKEAWAYS:Jacob Bethell described Virat Kohli is an "ultra competitive person" who sets the benchmark for performance at RCB.The England all-rounder stated that Kohli was a very relaxed person until he starts playing cricket.Bethell commended Kohli for his leadership qualities and also appreciated the knowledge that he imparts in team meetings.MORE:Shastri hits back at Rohit Sharma's critics after Lord's century vs EnglandJacob Bethell opens up on sharing dressing room with Virat Kohli at RCBRoyal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) prodigy Jacob Bethell has shared some insights into what it feels like being part of the same team and locker room as Indian star Virat Kohli.Speaking on The Super Over, Bethell said that the former RCB captain has two faces - one very chilled outside cricket and a very determined competitor when it comes to training or matches.According to Bethell, "Away from cricket and off the field, he's actually a very chilled individual. You know, great to talk to, great to spend time around. But, it's just that ability to then flip into that competitive nature in and around cricket or training."His lifestyle is very... Everything is... All the arrows are pointed in high performance, in a way of high performance, right? So he gives himself the best chance. But, yeah, he's an ultra competitive person. He wasn't captain, you know, when I was there, but he's a massive leader within the team."MORE:McCullum to stay around for The Hundred after losing England jobBethell explains Virat Kohli's impact beyond captaincyThe England international also emphasised the effect of Kohli on meetings, stating that the experienced batter always shares his knowledge with the younger players.As per Bethell, simply spending time with someone like Kohli is enough to learn many things."Yeah, on the field, he's very animated. But team meetings, that kind of stuff, he shares unbelievable information, which is just... When you're around people like that, you just want to kind of be a sieve and take in all that information," he said.Kohli has always been known to be one of the best dressing room captains of the IPL, and Bethell's remarks provide yet another indication of the same.MORE:Duleep Trophy 2026 schedule: Format, squads and live streamingWhy Virat Kohli remains RCB's driving forceThe views shared by Jacob Bethell have echoed sentiments that have been expressed by Kohli's contemporaries and ex-teammates: the effect that Kohli has had on RCB has gone far beyond his contributions in the form of runs scored.Kohli's dedication, competitiveness, and mentoring of new players have left an impact on RCB.For all the latest cricket news, opinion, and commentary and to share your voice, head to ourFacebook,Instagram,andX (Twitter)pages.

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NASHVILLE Superspeedway (Lebanon, Tenn.) Alex Palou got the track position, and then everyone knew he had the talent that makes him hard to beat. Palou was able to sneak in the pits just before the caution came out with 102 laps remaining, and then was able to keep that track position, including holding off defending Nashville winner Josef Newgarden in the final 31-lap green-flag run Monday for his fifth win of the year. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver, the three-time defending series champion, now has an 83-point lead in the standings with six races left in the season as he seeks his fifth overall title. "I'm just so happy that everything worked," Palou said in his postrace news conference. Here are my takeaways from the race that was postponed from Sunday night because of heavy downpours on the 1.33-mile concrete oval: 1. Newgarden Frustrated Josef Newgarden, even being on the softer tires that should have allowed him to be a little faster for at least a few laps while Palou chose the hard tires for his final run, couldnt catch Palou down the end. The Team Penske driver believed Palou would have had to make a mistake for him to get by: "The restart was what it was. Unless you have a full stint, there's your stack right there [to the finish]." Palou felt he could be in trouble, not believing that simply track position would mean he would prevail: "I knew it was going to be very tough just because I saw how [Newgarden] was racing at the beginning of the race with Kyle [Kirkwood]. They were both flat out. ... I was not confident at all." 2. Malukas' Big Comeback Two days after going to the hospital for X-rays and scans on his badly bruised right knee, David Malukas recovered from that crash in practice and starting 24th to finishing third. So while his teammate Newgarden was frustrated ahead of him, Malukas was excited even if he was thoroughly exhausted from the heat, which had already spurred INDYCAR officials to announce Sunday night that the event would be reduced from 300 laps to 225 laps. "I had almost no time the past few days to get fluids," Malukas said in his postrace news conference and after his visit to to the medical center. "We weren't even getting fluids yesterday. "After that race we knew it was probably going to be a thing. I felt really good, the adrenaline started to wear off, things started to get a little spinny there. I got fluids, picked me up on a little bit of sugar. I'm good." 3. Schumacher's First Top-10 Former Formula 1 driver Mick Schumacher earned the first top-10 of his career as he placed eighth at Nashville. Some would say that was because it was more of a track position race, but Schumacher did consistently get track position and didnt make mistakes. "The pace has always been good enough for a top-10," he told me and another reporter after the race. "To actually put it on track is a great achievement but I knew it was possible all along. ... It was consistent on the communication, we had no issues in the pits, a nice, solid race." Schumachers future in INDYCAR is unclear whether he will return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing or possibly go to another team or even make the INDYCAR experience a one-year-and-done quest. Maybe finishing top 10 on an oval is just what he needed to show what he can do. "The pace overall this year has been showing that anyways," Schumacher said. "People know what they get, and obviously, this hopefully will put it into the books that we are able to do this consistently. "I think theres a high chance that Ill be here next year." 4. Dixon-Rossi Strange Crash Scott Dixon slammed into the back of Alex Rossi when Rossi slowed to pit in a strange accident. Rossi seemed flabbergasted when he talked to reporters outside the INDYCAR medical unit: "Its insane. I love Scott. I dont want to say anything bad. I dont know what Im supposed to do in that situation." Dixon seemed just as curious about how it all unfolded. "He was kind of struggling a little bit," Dixon told me and another reporter. "He was kind of running the high line. I had a pretty good run, went to the lowthe same with the lap before, and then he kind of covered the low side. And then on the next lap, when I had a better run, I went to the low side. "Then he went low, and so I went lower, and then all of a sudden he kind of moved back up again, which I thought he was kind of letting me go. And then he slammed on the brakes to come into the pits. So I had no idea that he was coming into the pits [from the] middle of the track. It was unfortunate." 4 . Whats next: Portland The INDYCAR Series takes two weeks off before racing Aug. 9 in Portland. That will start a brutal five-week stretch with six races to finish off the season: Portland, Markham (Toronto suburb), Washington D.C., Milwaukee (two-race weekend) and Laguna Seca.

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Two days before the United States mens national team took on Australia in Seattle, Jakub Heyduk, Andy Skosky and Jim Martin took the plunge and bought tickets for $1,800 apiece.We entered over 10 different raffles and things like that and never got selected. We were just waiting and eyeing the right time to buy, and pulled the trigger on Wednesday, Heyduk told Yahoo Sports ahead of the June 19 matchup, a 2-0 victory for the USMNT.The three friends, sipping on beers at 9:30 a.m. in the Seattle Stadium concourse, admitted the price was steep. (The get-in price had dropped slightly to $1,500 right before the game.) But the timing had worked out too well not to go: While Heyduk and Skosky are based in Seattle, Martin and his wife were visiting from St. Louis in a trip that just happened to overlap with the U.S. game.Were in our 40s, Martin said.On the decline, Heyduk quipped.Right, on the decline, Martin continued. Is it going to be easy for us to go to a World Cup again in the future?And will it ever be in our home, like driving to the light rail and just riding down here, having a place to stay? My wife and I would talk a lot about it because we were like, well go to a World Cup at some point, Skosky added. But then it was just more of them being here and Im like, gosh, its a big game. Like I think I would regret it if we didnt get to go.Over and over again, fans said the same phrase when speaking about the chance to see the World Cup in the United States: once-in-a-lifetime.I saw the tickets, they were insane, said Juan Olmeda, who had driven up with family from central Oregon ahead of the game against Australia. But we gotta go.World Cup in your stadium, home city, it might not happen again until Im 70, Seattle area resident Michael Pruitt told Yahoo Sports ahead of the USMNTs Round of 16 game against Belgium on July 6. Its either now or never.Fans of the United States show their support during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between USA and Australia at Seattle Stadium on June 19, 2026 in Seattle, Washington.Steph Chambers - FIFA via Getty ImagesAhead of the 2026 World Cup, the cost to attend the tournament was a sticking point. Thanks to FIFAs dynamic pricing model, match tickets were selling at ridiculously high prices prices that made the tournament the most expensive edition ever.Some of the hardest-hit games were USMNT matches, with high demand to see the Stars and Stripes on home soil fueling sky-high prices. By growing the scale, FIFA bet fans would be willing to pay more, too and for the most part, it was right.When speaking to fans in and out of the stadium, that gamble paid off. Fans were truly willing to do anything if it meant seeing the USMNT play on home soil: pay thousands of dollars, fly across the country, follow all of FIFAs extreme restrictions that seemed to be designed to nickel-and-dime consumers.Might as well see our teamIn the months before the tournament kicked off, seeing get-in prices at thousands of dollars for nosebleed seats raised questions about who would be willing to pay to attend. Critics of the pricing predicted empty seats, especially in group stage games with opponents from smaller countries, which qualified as part of the expanded 48-team field another move criticized as a cash grab from FIFA.And yet the expansion of the field was successful, and incredibly fun. And the stadiums were nowhere near empty: Earlier in July, FIFA estimated stadiums were occupied at 99.7% capacity on average through the Round of 16.Part of FIFAs big bet was that fans would be drawn to games hosted by popular U.S. cities, held in massive NFL stadiums. That bet applied to Americans as well, with many of the USMNT fans flying cross-country to see their team play.At the two U.S. games in Seattle, Yahoo Sports spoke to fans who had flown in for a 48-hour trip, or woken up at the crack of dawn to drive to the stadium from out of state. Many had chosen this route because they didnt live close to other host cities. But there was also a sense that if they were going to spend the money, these USMNT fans wanted to see their team play in the World Cup.Before the Australia match, the Line family Justin, Krista and their youngest son Mike flew out from Ohio. Though theyd considered staying a little closer to home (Philadelphia, their nearest host city, was an eight-hour drive), the decision to see the U.S. play was a no-brainer.Might as well see our team, versus go to another city and see another team, Justin said. If were gonna spend thousands of dollars to go see someone else play, we might as well enjoy it.United States fans march together to the Seattle Stadium before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between USA and Australia on June 19, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. Jane Gershovich/ISI Photos via Getty ImagesFor USMNT-Belgium, Ashleigh and Steve Behnke took their four boys from Kentucky to Seattle to see the U.S. play in person something they knew would be steep. Without any World Cup games in their backyard, the Behnkes had been looking for tickets to fly out for a potential U.S. game.After floating the France-Paraguay matchup on July 4 in Philadelphia, they finally settled on the Round of 16, specifically to see the USMNT. Technically, though, they had bought their tickets before the U.S. had officially beaten Bosnia and Herzegovina to advance: We were really holding our breath, Ashleigh admitted.Ashleigh estimated they had spent around $30,000 for hospitality tickets, which comes with additional perks, because thats what was left. (She did not clarify whether travel and accommodations factored into the cost.)But she chose to see it as a family trip, celebrating milestones (one son graduating college, another about to graduate high school) with the special experience of seeing the U.S. play in a high-stakes matchup.This is like a trip to Europe, and to have it, and really to be able to share it with our boys, Ashleigh said, to have the shared experience, you know, you just can't trade that.The chance to witness historyFIFA has long capitalized on the understanding that every game in the World Cup is more than just a game. The experience of seeing the tournament in person is something coveted and sacred; whether youre a fan of the team or not, you are part of something that people ache to be part of. And, importantly, you are surrounded by people who are just as excited to be there as you are.When speaking to Yahoo Sports, Alexandria Drake and Amber Gopher addressed the deeper layers involved in the World Cup. The two, both local to the Seattle area, met in line before the USMNT took on Belgium in the Round of 16, and began chatting like old friends.Drake, who attended two of the games in Seattle and drove up to Vancouver for another, said that she had really enjoyed meeting strangers throughout the tournament. She had met people from all over the world and in her own backyard, in the case of Gopher while waiting in line.I feel like this summer has lifted, theres like a lightness that I feel like, I dont know, I think was needed. I feel like things were looking pretty grim, she said.That lightness is part of a larger conversation about what the World Cup has brought to the tournament would end up being all about printing money for FIFA.A United States fan during the second half of a World Cup round of 16 knock out match between United States and Belgium at Lumen Field on Monday, July 6, 2026 in Seattle, WA.Allen J. Schaben via Getty ImagesAs it worked out, for fans going to games in person, the sacrifice was worth it for what was offered by the larger experience. And especially for USMNT fans, it offered a chance at seeing what some are hoping is the next step in growing soccer fandom in the U.S.Both Drake and Gopher chose to attend the U.S.-Belgium match solo, since neither of their partners wanted to pay the high costs for tickets. Drake paid just $600 for a ticket the day before, in what she suspected was a flukey thing; Gopher paid $3,000 for hers after the U.S. advanced to the Round of 16. But despite the disparity in ticket price, both were similarly excited about what that day could offer.I knew they were going to come here and I thought, Oh man, I would love to be there because it's history. I just wanted to be there and witness it because I don't think I'll ever do this again, Gopher said. I dipped into the savings for this one, but its worth it.I'm hoping this is the start of a new era, Drake said of the USMNT. Just super cool to be here.That new era of the USMNT is still in progress. The U.S. joined its co-hosts, Canada and Mexico, in falling in the Round of 16, and just like that, FIFA lost the home soil advantage of getting fans to pay big: Ticket prices for the remaining knockout games dropped after the three hosts washed out.The dip didnt last too long, and by the end, the World Cup final ended up being one of the most expensive sporting events ever. Get-in prices before the game were at $7,444, with tickets going as high as $39,704 before kickoff. But for many of those fans, dropping thousands to see Spain defeat Argentina was worth it.Thats how you end up with people like Dana Garner and Craig Campbell, two more Seattle locals at the USMNTs group stage game, who knew from the beginning that they would be embracing the chance to see the World Cup in their backyard.We were always coming, Garner said. Its just one of those things youve gotta do.