The United Kingdom remains in a state of mourning following the passing of Her The Queen of Britain, Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. As a mark of respect for the Monarch, Friday’s action of England’s third Test against South Africa has been suspended. Buckingham Palace announced that national mourning will continue until seven days after the funeral, whose date is yet to be confirmed. Following multiple different considerations, including public sentiment and security concerns, the ECB has decided to cancel all the cricketing action scheduled for Friday. The Test game was supposed to begin on September 8, but was abandoned…
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Due to a knee injury sustained during an adventurous activity, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will miss the T20 World Cup in Australia this year. The injury has been so aggravating and embarrassing for Team India thus far that it nearly calls for an investigation. The player got injured while participating in a water-based training exercise in the hotel’s “backwater” facility where the Indian squad was based while competing in the Asia Cup T20 event. “He had to balance himself on some kind of a ski-board as part of an adventure activity – not part of the training manual at all. It…
Despite Liverpool’s stuttering start to the season, manager Jurgen Klopp is not fearful of getting the sack. The German believes he has the club’s backing at present, unlike some other teams. As his compatriot Thomas Tuchel was sacked by Chelsea, Klopp reiterated that Liverpool still has faith in him despite a shaky start to the season. The Reds are a place and a point behind the Blues in the Premier League after six games and lost their 2022/23 UEFA Champions League opener 4-1 at Napoli, but Klopp states that the club hierarchy still believes in him to be the one to turn…
West Ham United came from a goal down to beat Romanian outfit FCSB 3-1 in their 2022/23 UEFA Europa Conference League opener. Elsewhere, Villarreal edged Polish Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznan in a seven-goal thriller. Andrei Cordea gave the Romanians the lead in the 34th minute, tapping in a cross at the back post and sparking wild celebrations in the away stand at the London Stadium. However, the Hammers rallied back in the space of twenty minutes to seal the points. Jarrod Bowen equalized in the 69th minute with a thumping spot-kick before Emerson Palmieri scored his first goal in claret and blue five minutes later to overturn…
Summer signing Marquinhos scored on his full Arsenal debut as the Gunners beat FC Zurich 2-1 in their opening fixture of the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League. Sixteen minutes into his full Arsenal debut, 19-year-old Marquinhos scored his first goal for the Gunners – a thumping finish at the back post after Eddie Nketiah had picked out his run with a precise cross across the 18-yard box. However, Mikel Arteta’s team were pegged back before the break by FC Zurich. Mirlind Kryeziu scored from the spot for the Swiss side after Nketiah had clumsily brought down Ole Selnaes inside the box. Before the second half, the players…
Chelsea, a day after sacking Thomas Tuchel, have appointed former Brighton and Hove Albion manager Graham Potter as their new head coach. The Englishman joins the club on a five-year contract with his backroom staff. The Blues paid Potter’s release clause in full to Brighton – and an additional sum for his backroom staff – to be allowed to hire the Englishman as their new boss on a five-year contract. Speaking to the Blues’ website for the first time, Potter expressed his delight, looked forward to working with the new ownership group, and thanked his bosses at Brighton. “I am very excited…
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has hit the ground running in England. With nine goals in five games in August, the Norwegian leads the list of nominees for Premier League’s Player of the Month award. T he Norwegian hit the ground running for his new club, scoring twice on his debut. He returned to the scoresheet after the space of one game in a 3-3 draw against Newcastle United, but his crowning moment as City’s new talisman arrived in the final week of the month when, in the space of four days, he hit back-to-back hattricks in his team’s wins over Crystal…
Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe and manager Christophe Galtier have been criticised after dismissing suggestions that the team should travel by train rather than a private jet for short-distance matches. High-ranking politicians in France have slammed Mbappe and Galtier for mocking a reporter’s question about why the squad flew to Nantes on a private plane rather than taking the train. Nantes is 239 miles from Paris, and the French capital can be reached in two hours by high-speed train. Mbappe burst out laughing after being questioned about the short plane ride, while Galtier responded with a remark about ‘sand yachts.’ …
In a pretty abysmal result at the Cazaly’s stadium, the Aussies thumped their neighbours Zealand in the second game of the Chappell-Hadlee series. The track provided some great assistance to the seam bowlers, who got great purchase and made the most of it. This result sees the Aussies reach an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and the visiting team will be distraught with their batting performance. Australia batted first and were in trouble straight away with skipper Aaron Finch walking back for a duck in the second over off Matt Henry. Trent Boult and Henry made them suffocate against the new ball, reducing the…
Liverpool were at the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline against Napoli in their first group game of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League campaign. The Reds trailed just five minutes into their opening group game of the season, a place they have found increasingly difficult to visit in recent years. Piotr Zielinski, on this occasion, gave Napoli the lead from the spot after his initial shot had rebounded off James Milner’s arm – 1-0, the Partenopei led. When Virgil van Dijk brought down Victor Osimhen inside the box in the 18th minute, it looked as if the Neapolitans would go two up, only for Alisson to save…