Indian women might have lost the second T20I to Australia in the final over, but there was just one talking point from that brilliant fixture at the Carrara Oval. When Shikha Pandey swung it in to Alyssa Healy and knocked over her off-stump, with potentially a ball of the century contender in women’s cricket, the cricketing universe took a pause to take notice. Former Indian women’s coach WV Raman felt it was a delivery most batters would’ve struggled to face: “That’s one delivery a lot of people are not going to forget for a long time. How much has that delivery nipped…
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On Thursday, Newcastle United announced that the club’s takeover by Saudi Arabia’s Private Investment Fund, PCP Capital Partners and R&B Media was finally completed. Despite the Premier League receiving legal confirmation that the Saudi State will not be involved in the running of the club, other clubs have their complaints over it. The official press release clearly states that it will not be the Saudi State, but Saudi’s PIF that will manage the club, which was the exact thing reiterated by Amanda Staveley, the Chief Executive of PCP Capital Partners. She mentions that this is not a case of “Sportswashing” by…
Pakistan have made three changes to their initial World Cup squad following a little rearrangement right before the deadline date to submit the final squads. All the teams involved in the Super 12 stages must submit their final list of 18 players (15 main squad and 3 reserves) on or before 10th October. They have dropped Azam Khan and Mohammed Hasnain, whilst Kushdil Shah has been dropped to the reserves list. Pakistan have roped in Fakhar Zaman into the main squad from the reserves, whilst Sarfaraz Ahmed and Haider Ali will be replacing Azam Khan and Mohammed Hasnain from the main squad. Sohaib Maqsood, who sustained an injury during the National T20 Cup in Pakistan,…
There were very few footballers in the vast history of the beautiful game who define the word “Loyalty” as Francesco Totti does. The legendary Italian who spent 25 years as a professional footballer at his boyhood club AS Roma, was once hailed by Diego Maradona as the greatest player he saw. Despite having many opportunities during his stellar career to move elsewhere, Totti remained glued to his boyhood club and won the Serie A once. The 45-year-old, in an interview with The Guardian, mentioned that the footballing landscape had changed a lot these days. The Italian opined that staying at…
In August, Lionel Messi ended his life-long association with Barcelona to join Paris Saint-Germain. The Blaugrana boss Joan Laporta has claimed that he hoped the Argentine would’ve accepted to play for free since the club couldn’t afford his wages. “With Messi, I do not get angry because I appreciate him. I did hope that at the last minute Messi would say that he would play for free. I would have liked that and he would have convinced me.I understand that the league would have accepted it. But we cannot ask that of a player of his level.”the Spaniard told RAC1.…
Hansi Flick’s Germany registered their fourth successive win in the 2022 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers by beating Romania. The 2014 World Cup winners conceded an early goal to the visitors, but turned things around in the second half to claim all three points. Ianis Hagi gave Romania the lead in the 9th minute with a wondergoal. The youngster collected the ball out on the right flank, dribbled inside, beat Antonio Rudiger and Thilo Kehrer with his quick footwork, and fired an unstoppable shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Germany’s attempts to reply in kind during the first half were largely wasted, and Romania took the lead…
Both the Argentine and the Portuguese retained their place in the annual 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d’Or. Chelsea and Manchester City were the big winners in terms of total representatives, with five players each nominated from both teams. The Premier League outfit had five nominations each after previously dominating the UEFA end-of-season awards. For Chelsea, Mason Mount became the first academy player since John Terry to be nominated for the prestigious award, while his England teammate Phil Foden was shortlisted, too, after a superb season with Man City. Spain and Barcelona star Pedri earned a nomination for his sensational year, during which he became a key player…
During a media briefing on Thursday, Alex Marshall has mentioned that any player testing positive (irrelevant of the person being symptomatic or asymptomatic) will undergo a strict 10-day quarantine. Players in close contact with those who tested positive, will have to undergo a 6-day quarantine. Close contact has been defined as anyone who has been within two meters of the player who tested positive, for at least 15 minutes and 48 hours prior to test or symptoms. Those who were close contacts but had their faces covered must be tested in a period of 24 hours to determine if they…
Newcastle United’stakeover has been completed, with the club changing hands from Mike Ashley to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The Saudi state’s sovereign wealth means that the club is now the richest in world football. While the Magpies might be struggling to produce results on the pitch, their fortunes off it have turned around. After months of deliberations, the club has been purchased by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The consortium completed the takeover on October 7 – which was confirmed by the club via their official website as hordes of Newcastle United fans gathered around the…
The Portuguese was back at Manchester United after 12 years, and straight away he managed to win Premier League PotM award, having scored three times in three league fixtures. However, a controversy that continues to loom large around him is the incident from 2009 in Las Vegas, where the forward was accused of having raped a model. Ronaldo’s legal team had closed the case by paying a non-disclosure settlement fee back in 2009. However, the supposed victim, Katheryn Mayorga, decided to speak up about the incident in 2018. German investigative publication Der Spiegel leaked confidential documents surrounding the case, that includes transcripts of Ronaldo…