Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested COVID positive ahead of a very crucial fixture against Manchester City at the Emirates. The Spaniard will not be available in the dugout for this fixture, and his assistants Albert Stuivenberg and Steve Round will be taking control for this game. The news was confirmed by Arsenal earlier on Wednesday evening, and it could not have come at a worse time for the club, who just picked up a brilliant 5-0 win over Norwich City. The COVID positive list for the Gunners has gone up drastically. The Spaniard joins Callum Chambers, Cedric Soares, Takehiru Tomiyasu and Ainsley Maitland-Niles to be sidelined by…
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Ambati Rayudu has been one of the most accomplished names in Indian cricket for nearly two decades now. Despite not reaching the scales he was tipped to at the international level, the 36-year-old certainly made his mark in the IPL in his stints with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Rayudu is a 5-time IPL winner and will be in demand when the mega auction arrives. However, the 36-year-old, who is currently plying his trade with the Andhra side in domestic cricket, is expecting Chennai Super Kings to re-purchase him in the auction. Rayudu joined the franchise in 2018 and played a crucial role in helping…
Hyderabad FC thrashed Odisha FC 6-1 in their latest Indian Super League fixture and moved to second in the league table. Meanwhile, Odisha’s free fall continued – the Juggernauts are down to seventh after four without a win. A high-flying Hyderabad met a free-falling Odisha in Bambolim on Tuesday night. One side was looking to go second in the table, closing the gap on leaders Mumbai City FC, while the other was looking to arrest their slump. In the end, Hyderabad prevailed, and in some fashion – the Nizams hit six past their hapless opponents in a display of dominance. Hyderabad…
Liverpool suffered their second loss of the season at the hands of Leicester City in a game in which Mohamed Salah missed a penalty. Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur were held to a 1-1 draw by Southampton, who played with ten men for a large part of the game. It seemed to be business as usual for Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool side when the referee awarded them a penalty. Mohamed Salah had been fouled inside the penalty box by makeshift centre-back Wilfred Ndidi, and the Egyptian himself was to take the spot-kick. However, Kasper Schmeichel guessed right to deny Salah his customary goal and the winger’s follow-up rattled…
After the second day was washed out due to rain, it seemed like India would put up a big score on Day 3 of the 1st Test against the Proteas, but Lungisani Ngidi had other ideas. He peppered the Indian batters with well-directed short deliveries and was accompanied brilliantly by Kagiso Rabada. Once they got the first breakthrough of KL Rahul, who added just one run to his overnight tally. Rabada’s short delivery did the trick, as Rahul attempted a pull and was caught behind. India’s downfall began from there, as they ended up losing seven wickets for just 49 runs. Ajinkya Rahane fell just short of…
Indian bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur has featured in 4 Test matches thus far and already made a mark with some stunning performances. He has mustered 190 runs with the bat, which includes two massive half-centuries in the Oval Test against England, to go with 14 wickets. In an interview with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, he spoke about his planning before a game and the thought process that goes in before he enters the field. Having mentioned that he watches a lot of the videos before the game, he said that it all comes down to confidence and self-belief once he enters the…
Former Liverpool centre-back Jamie Carragher was full of praise for the Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who made a 30-million-pound move from Sheffield United to North London in August. This move was criticized severely by a lot of fans, as Ramsdale’s previous two involvements in the League saw his side get relegated with Bournemouth and Sheffield. Having replaced the struggling Bernd Leno in goal, the 23-year-old has kept nine clean sheets thus far in the 16 league fixtures he has played. Some of these clean sheets also involve a few sensational saves, the most notable one being the double-save he made off James Maddison’s free-kick against Leicester City. …
Edinson Cavani came off the bench in the second half to rescue a point for Manchester United against a resolute Newcastle United. The Magpies had taken the lead through Allan Saint-Maximin in the first half, but they failed to compound their advantage. In the last of the “Boxing Day” fixtures, relegation-threatened Newcastle welcomed Manchester United to Saint James’ Park. The Red Devils had been out of action for nearly two weeks due to Covid-induced cancellations, and their rustiness showed in the opening minutes of the match, as Allan Saint-Maximin gave the Magpies an early lead. The goal came about due to Sean…
NEUFC rallied back from 3-1 down to hold the incumbent champions – and the current leaders – of the Indian Super League to a 3-3 draw, courtesy of a Deshorn Brown hattrick. The sides played out a six-goal thriller at the Fatorda, with both sides sharing the spoils. Mumbai City looked to be in control of the game after taking a 3-1 lead, but Brown scored twice in the second half to peg them back level. It was Brown himself who opened the scoring in the 29th minute. The Jamaican forward raced clear of the Mumbai defence before collecting a long pass…