Sports,Football
Neymar has lauded Casemiro as "the best midfielder in the world" after the latter fired Brazil into the knockout rounds of the World Cup against Switzerland.After sustaining an ankle injury in the Selecao's opening Group G match, the Paris Saint-Germain attacker was forced to watch his...
Sports,Cricket
'Scattered showers' are predicted in Christchurch on Thursday. The way the ongoing India's tour of New Zealand has panned out, at the moment, the weather seems to be the top concern for the two teams - both of whom have secured their places in next year's 50-over world cup. India, at...
Mohammed Kudus announced himself on the global stage with his brace at the World Cup on Monday to show why he is one of the most coveted young players in football.The attacking midfielder scored twice, including the winner, in Ghana's dramatic 3-2 win over South Korea in Qatar.The 22-year-old, w...
Spain and Atletico Madrid striker Alvaro Morata has a star-studded CV, spending time at Real Madrid, Juventus and Chelsea, but is rarely considered an elite striker.Two La Liga titles, two Serie A titles and two Champions League trophies feature in his honours list, and yet, at 30, it feels as if Mo...
Afghanistan maintained their 1-0 lead over Sri Lanka after rain forced the abandonment of the second ODI in Pallekele on Sunday (November 27). A strong comeback with the ball from Sri Lanka resulted in Afghanistan getting bowled out for 228. But only 2.4 overs of play was possible in the second inni...
A pivotal battle of the Brits takes place in World Cup 2022 Group B on Tuesday, as Wales take on familiar foes England at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.The Three Lions will progress to the last 16 as group winners with all three points, while Wales - who lost 2-0 to Iran on Friday - must triumph and hop...
Netherlands will enter Tuesday's Group A contest with tournament hosts Qatar knowing that a win or a draw would see them qualify for the last-16 stage of the 2022 World Cup.Holland would also be through to the knockout round with a defeat if Ecuador beat Senegal in the section's other match,...
World
Nepal's main ruling party was leading in last week's parliamentary elections with most of the votes counted by Monday.Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress party, however, was short of securing a majority in the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament.Deuba&...
United States coach Gregg Berhalter said politics would not come into his team’s must-win World Cup clash with Iran following the Americans’ battling draw with England on Friday.Berhalter was a satisfied man after watching his youthful US team hold mighty England to a 0-0 draw at the Al ...
Mark Wood, England's fast bowler, is a doubt for the first Test against Pakistan. Wood has been in the UK recovering from a hip injury sustained during England's successful T20 World Cup campaign and will join the Test squad this weekend in Rawalpindi.Though the 32-year-old was ruled out of ...
England, Wales and five other European nations feared their captains would be exposed to “unlimited liability” and would have faced suspensions if they had defied Fifa’s banning of the pro-diversity OneLove armband during the World Cup.Despite facing criticism for backing down afte...
Australian defender Milos Degenek did not enjoy his World Cup debut, which perhaps shouldn't be all that surprising given that it came in a 4-1 loss to defending champions France on Tuesday evening. Indeed, despite a bright start that saw the Socceroos take a 1-0 lead, the final heavy margi...
A stunning century from Tom Latham and Kane Williamson's unbeaten 94 helped New Zealand chase down 307 in the series opener in Auckland against India on Friday (November 25). Latham and Williamson joined forces with a huge task ahead of them and eventually got the job done with ease in the end a...
World,Front Page
Cameroon born Embolo’s goal was enough to make the difference between two teams of the day’s first match of the World Cup 2022 when in the keenly contested match Switzerland defeated Cameroon by a solitary goal on Thursday at Al Janoub Stadium. Switzerland continued their record of not l...
Spain midfielder Gavi's goal in his team's 7-0 thrashing of Costa Rica on Wednesday made him the youngest World Cup scorer since Brazil great Pele in 1958.Pele was 17 in Sweden when he led Brazil to their first World Cup title, scoring six goals.Gavi, 18, also secured the game's MVP awar...
It does feel like there are two parallel universes when it comes to the controversies around this World Cup with wearing armbands.For the advocates, the activists, the European teams and especially the seven captains who had intended to wear the One Love armband, this is an LGBT and human rights iss...
Jack Grealish kept his promise to a young fan who has cerebral palsy with his celebration after scoring his first World Cup goal for England against Iran on Monday.Grealish tapped home the final goal from close range in a 6-2 win and marked the moment with a broad smile and stretched his arms out to...
Carlos Queiroz admitted Iran's players are feeling the strain of protests in the Islamic republic after they suffered a heavy 6-2 defeat by England in their World Cup Group B opener on Monday.Queiroz's side chose not to sing their national anthem at the Khalifa International Stadium in appar...
Before their opening World Cup match against England on Monday, Iran's national soccer team did not sing country's anthem in support of anti-government protesters in Iran, reported Reuters. Ahead of the clash, Iran's captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh said the team would decide "collective...
England kicked off their World Cup campaign in style as they thrashed Iran 6-2 thanks to a brace from Bukayo Saka and efforts from Jude Bellingham, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish.Bellingham opened the scoring with his first England goal in the 35th minute while Sterling and Saka ...
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