Despite their territorial dominance, Hyderabad FC were at the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline in their opening 2021/22 Indian Super League match. A day earlier, FC Goa were beaten 3-0 by Mumbai City FC. Hyderabad were left to rue missed chances as they were beaten 1-0 by Chennaiyin FC in their Super League opener. HFC were unable to force the ball into the net and allowed Chennaiyin to steal the points with a 66th-minute spot-kick. Edu Garcia enjoyed a fine first half, during which he forced Vishal Kaith into making a couple of superb stops. However, the Hyderabad forwards were largely missing their shooting…
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Chelsea and Manchester United booked their place in the RO16 of the Champions League by beating Juventus and Villarreal, respectively. While the Blues were dominant in their display, the Red Devils stumbled to a win thanks to some individual brilliance. Thomas Tuchel’s side came flying out of the blocks against Juve, knowing that a win by a margin greater than one would send them to the top of the group ahead of the final matchday. It seemed only a matter of time before the Blues took the lead, and that proved to be the case in the 25th minute when Trevoh Chalobah swept the…
Former Argentine footballer and one of the greatest ever to play the beautiful game, Diego Maradona passed away due to a cardiac arrest in November 2020, shortly after a brain surgery. He was given a grandiose send off by the Footballing communities in Argentina, who came in massive numbers despite the existence of COVID-19. Nearly a year after his death, new reports from an Argentine reporter Nelson Castro have revealed something astonishing. He said during a TV interview for the promotion of his book, that Maradona’s body was buried without his heart as there was a plot by a group…
BCB announced their squad for the 1st Test to face Pakistan in Chattogram. Shakib Al Hasan’s fitness assessment will be done, and his selection will be based on the results of those assessments, as the all-rounder is nursing a hamstring injury picked up during the T20 World Cup. Mahmudul Hasan Roy and Rejaur Rehman Raja are the two new names in the Bangladesh Test setup. Both these cricketers have been doing a tremendous job in the National Cricket League, which warranted them a place in the national side. Roy, who represents Chattogram Division in the NCL, scored 345 runs at an average of 57.69 whilst Sylhet Division’s Raja picked up 12 wickets at an average…
Michael Carrick will take over the responsibilities of the Manchester United first team from the recently sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The ex-player, however, stated that his approach would not be too dissimilar to his predecessor’s. Carrick, a key member of Ole Solskjaer’s coaching team at Manchester United, will take over the first-team duties while the club conducts a search for a new manager. Himself an ex-Man Utd player, the 40-year-old and his colleagues came under extreme scrutiny during the last few weeks of the Norwegian’s doomed spell, with their coaching pedigree called into question. The Englishman will lead the team…
Two days after sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Manchester United board have started a search for a new manager. PSG’s Mauricio Pochettino is believed to be interested in returning to England, while the Red Devils are also admirers of Brendan Rodgers. The Manchester United hierarchy dropped curtains on Solskjaer’s near-three-year stint as the first team head coach following a string of poor results. A 4-1 embarrassment at the hands of newly-promoted Watford proved to be the tipping point for the United board, who had refused to relieve the Norwegian of his duties after reverses against rivals Liverpool (5-0) and Manchester City (2-0). Mauricio Pochettino, formerly of…
Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir opined that Ajinkya Rahane is pretty fortunate to still be a part of the Indian Test unit despite not being in the best of form in the last three years. In Virat Kohli’s absence, Rahane will be leading the hosts in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, before Kohli takes over from the second Test. Ajinkya Rahane scored just two centuries for the Test side since October 2019 and has been struggling to get among runs for a while. Despite leading the side to a famous series win Down Under earlier this year, his position has been long…
Football’s leading authority, FIFA, has announced the nominees for its flagship award ceremony – The Best Footballer of the Year – which will take place in January 2022. Ballon d’Or favorites Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski are the leading candidates. FIFA has announced the nominees for ‘The Best’ awards for a period ranging from October 8, 2020, to August 7, 2021. The award ceremony will take place in Zurich on January 17, 2022, where awards in seven categories will be handed out: Men’s Footballer of the Year, Women’s Footballer of the Year, Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year, Women’s Goalkeeper of…
Having made a resounding impact on the Barca unit in his first professional season with the club, 18-year-old Pedri has been awarded the Golden Boy Award for 2021. The midfielder became the second Barcelona player since the inception of this award to win it, the first one being Lionel Messi. The Spaniard won the award by a resounding margin. He gained 318 points in the grading system, surpassing Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham (119), which is the highest gap between the winner and runner in recent years. Having taken his initial steps with Las Palmas, the youngster made his first professional appearance in 2019. He made 37 appearances for…
The Ligue 1 clash between Lyon and Marseille was abandoned two hours after Dimitri Payet was hit on the head with a water bottle while he was preparing to take a corner for his side. The incident happened in the 5th minute of the game at the Groupama Stadium, and referee Ruddy Buquet sent both teams into the dressing room immediately. The Frenchman was left floored and needed an icepack on his head as he made his way back to the dressing room. The Lyon players rushed to the former West Ham midfielder to offer their apologies for this cowardly attack, and…