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It's now time for our Sport Shorts segment.

Tonight the focus is on Chelsea's player of the year, plus India's squad versus Afghanistan and an Irish golfer ready to return to the US Open.
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00:00The following is brought to you by LucasAid. Bring the energy.
00:13Starting with football, he may have been left out of Brazil's World Cup squad,
00:17but João Pedro has been named as Chelsea's Men's Player of the Year.
00:21Looking at his record prior to Tuesday's match against Tottenham Hotspur,
00:25Pedro scored 15 goals and set up 5 in the Premier League for Chelsea this season.
00:30The 24-year-old forward pipped Enzo Fernandes to the award, winning 60% of the votes.
00:36Pedro will not take part in this summer's competition,
00:38despite starting against Croatia in Brazil's most recent match in April.
00:43Heading to the subcontinent, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been named in India's ODI squad
00:48for their three-match series against Afghanistan in June.
00:51But Jaspreet Bhumra and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested for both the test and ODI assignments,
00:56while wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant does not feature in the ODI setup.
01:00The ODI squad will be led by Shubman Gill, with fast bowler Prince Yardov also receiving a call-up.
01:07And to the golfing greens, former champion Graham McDowell has secured one of the final nine qualification
01:13spots for this year's US Open.
01:15The man from Northern Ireland came through a 36-hole qualifier in Dallas with two rounds of 69.
01:22It will be a first major for McDowell since his 10-year exemption from winning the US Open ended in
01:272020.
01:37The preceding was brought to you by LucasAid.
01:40Bring the energy.
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