Zeel Desai moved to the girls’ singles pre-quarterfinals of the junior Australian Open but bowed out of the doubles event after first round loss on Monday. Zeel defeated Germany’s Jule Niemeier 6-4 6-2 in the second round to set up a match against fifth seed Serbian Olga Danilovic, who outplayed[Read More…]
Brazilian Lucas Leiva scored his first goal in seven years to send Liverpool into the fourth round of the FA Cup at the expense of League Two Plymouth. Jurgen Klopp’s side had to make the 293-mile trip to Home Park after they were held to a frustrating goalless draw in[Read More…]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s late equaliser earned Manchester United a point after a typically thunderous encounter with Liverpool at Old Trafford. Liverpool led through James Milner’s 27th-minute penalty, awarded after Paul Pogba inexplicably handled a corner as he went up to challenge Dejan Lovren. Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was Liverpool’s hero with superb[Read More…]
In a historic moment, Parthiv Patel led his team Gujarat to a maiden Ranji Trophy after beating Mumbai by five wickets in Indore. Gujarat beat defending champions who have 41 titles to their name. Needing 312 runs to win, Gujarat started their innings on the final day at 47/0 with[Read More…]
The English Premier League returns on Saturday with the early kick off between Tottenham and West Brom. Tottenham are set to recall a number of players rested for last weekend’s FA Cup victory, with Harry Kane available following the birth of his first child. West Brom defender Jonny Evans is[Read More…]
The returning officer K. Rajeev Reddy on Saturday has rejected the nomination of former India cricket captain Mohd Azharuddin for the post of presidentship in the Hyderabad Cricket Association elections, scheduled to be held on January 17. As per a report in The Hindu, Reddy said that he had to[Read More…]
Addressing the media for the first time since he stepped down as Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he was always of the opinion that split captaincy does not work for the Indian team setting and that is the reason why he finally decided to give up the captaincy. “For[Read More…]
India jumped six places to the 129th spot, their best football ranking in over a decade, according to world governing body FIFA on Thursday. It is India’s best ever ranking since December, 2005, when they were at the 127th spot. They have now improved 42 places in less than two[Read More…]
Southampton hold a slender advantage in the EFL Cup semi-final after a fully deserved first-leg victory over Liverpool at St Mary’s. Nathan Redmond’s cool finish from Jay Rodriguez’s pass gave Saints a crucial lead to take to Anfield on 25 January – but Southampton can count themselves unlucky not to[Read More…]
Former captain Rahul Dravid popularly known as ‘The Wall’ on Wednesday turned 44 and good wishes poured in for the player on the social media. One of the greatest Indian cricketer, Rahul Sharad Dravid was born on January 11. #RahulDravid pic.twitter.com/xGUnBPHvvs — Newsd (@GetNewsd) January 11, 2017 Dravid’s name was[Read More…]
Days after MS Dhoni stepped down as the Indian captain from the ODI and T20 formats, Yuvraj Singh posted a heartfelt video on Facebook. Also read: Dhoni steps down as ODI and T20 captain Thanking the captain, Yuvraj Singh said that Dhoni was the best captain ever. Yuvraj added that he[Read More…]
Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United moved a step closer to a major trophy in his first season as goals from Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini secured a first-leg victory over Hull City in the semi-final of the EFL Cup on Tuesday night. A near full-strength United struggled to break down resilient[Read More…]
Come 2026 and football fanatics will get to witness a bigger football world cup. The World Cup will expand to 48 teams from its current 32, starting with the 2026 edition of soccer’s showpiece tournament, the game’s governing body FIFA decided on Tuesday. FIFA’s decision making body, the FIFA Council,[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo won his fourth FIFA best player award on Monday. He began his speech by exclaiming “Wow, wow, wow.” and went on,”it was a year that was magnificent at a personal level and at a sporting level,” the 31-year-old Ronaldo said in Portuguese his acceptance speech. Ronaldo’s 34.54 percent[Read More…]
After facing huge backlash for appointing scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as life presidents, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has been forced to annul its controversial decision. Reportedly, IOA official established that the appointments of Kalmadi and Chautala have been stated “null and void” to get the[Read More…]
Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly confirmed on Monday that he has received an anonymous death threat on January 7. Ganguly, who is also the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), said he has informed the Kolkata police. However, no formal complaint has been lodged in this[Read More…]
Australia on Saturday clinched a clean sweep with an emphatic 220-run win over Pakistan in the third Test in Sydney on Saturday. Pakistan were all out shortly before tea on the final day for 244 chasing 465 runs with paceman Josh Hazlewood and spinner Steve O’Keefe both snaring three wickets.[Read More…]
Heaping praises on his predeccesor, Virat Kohli on Saturday said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a saviour for him. Kohli also revealed that the talismanic former skipper prevented his ouster from the Indian team many a times. Kohli has played his entire international cricket under Dhoni’s captaincy since his ODI[Read More…]
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side thrashed Premier League rivals West Ham in the third round on Saturday night. City led 3-0 at the break, Yaya Toure starting the rout by firing a debatable penalty into the bottom left corner. Havard Nordtveit bundled Bacary Sagna’s teasing cross into his own net,[Read More…]
BCCI on Friday officially appointed Virat Kohli captain for all three formats ahead of England series, which will start in Pune from Jan 15. The BCCI’s selection committee also announced the team for the series, which include 3 ODI and 3 T20 matches. Ajinkya Rahane has been dropped from India’s[Read More…]
Indian cricket team’s most successful skipper has stepped down as captain from ODI and T20 international teams on Jan 4, 2017.
India’s most successful captain, M S Dhoni, was always known for his gut instincts. He may have resigned as the skipper but he would always be remembered for his uncanny decisions that led the team to victory. Here are a few of the best decisions by captain cool – T20[Read More…]
