Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Lucas Moura replace Rafinha in a Brazilian squad for Copa America 2016.

The 23-years old PSG midfielder Lucas Moura called up in the Brazilian Squad to replace injured Rafinha. The Brazilian Football Confederation confirmed after the Barcelona man failed to recover from muscle pain.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Sri Lanka fast bowler Shaminda Eranga suspect for bowling action.

The Sri Lanka fast bowler Shaminda Eranga was reported for a illegal bowling action during the 2nd test. The 29 years old bowler is required to undergo testing within 14 days, and during this period, Eranga is permitted to continue his bowling in international cricket until the result of the testing are known.

Momadou Sakho left out in France squad for Euro 2016.

Liverpool defender Momadou Sakho was left out of France 23-man squad in Euro 2016. Morgan Schneiderlin will replace his place .

England include both Marcus Rashford and Daniel Sturridge in Euro 2016.

The Manchester young striker Marcus Rashford and Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge both are included in 23-man squad of England for Euro 2016. Rashford  repalce Daniel Sturride in a England squad in the friendly match against Australia.

James Anderson replace Stuart Broad as no.1 test bowler.

England fast bowler James Anderson  replace Stuart Broad as no.1 test bowler after the match winning performance against Sri Lanka in the 2nd test. He took 8 wickets in this match. The 33-years old Anderson was the man of the match for his performance.

Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas ruled out of Copa America.

The costa Rica goalkeeper miss the Copa America Centenario beacause of the injury. Monday medical test confirms an achilles injury to the goalkeeper. Navas was injured while playing for Real Madrid in their Champions League victory against Atletico Madrid on Saturday in Milan. He play a key part in the penalty shootout to win the tittle for the 11th time in the club history.

Monday, May 30, 2016

England's dominance continued in second test

England after beating Srilanka conprehensively by an innings and 88 runs, continued to stood solid in second test also. Srilanka after making a fight back with a brilliant century by Dinesh Chandimal in second inning to give a target of just 79 runs. England chased the target in 23.2 overs and won the match by 9 wickets.

Kholi falls a boundary short for breaking Bradman's record

Kholi plays a series of his life when he scored 4 tons and 7 half centuries in vivo IPL 2016. He is the first indian to cross 800 runs in a single series beating master blaster sunil Gavaskar of 774 runs. He scored 971 runs in 16 matches and falls just a 4 runs short of breaking Bradman's record of 974 runs.

Rain cancels Monday's play at French Open.

Due to the heavy rainfall there were no matches played in the Monday at French Open. Rain forced the cancellation of all matches of Monday and it was the first wash-out in 16 years that even single ball cannot be hit throughout the day.

Alastair Cook became the youngest player to score 10,000 runs.

The England opening batsman Alastair Cook became the youngest player in the history of game to score 10,000 runs in test cricket. The 31 years old achieved this milestone against Sri Lanka in the 2nd test.

Rashford sign new deal with Manchester United.

The England young star and Manchester United striker sign  a new contract with the club. He has signed a new four-year contract at Manchester United with the option of a further year.

Mexico and Olympiakos striker Alan Pulido kidnapped in the northern Maxican state of Tamaulips.

Mexican striker Alan Pulido was kidnapped on Saturday in the northern border state of Tamaulipas. He has been kidnapped after attending a party with his girlfriend and reportedly taken by the masked men but later he has been rescued.

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Slovakia stunned the world cup winner Germany ahead of UEFA EURO 2016.

Germany's worrying form ahead of EURO 2016 continued as they fell to a shock defeat at the hands of Slovakia in Augsburg on Sunday. Mario Gomez's penalty put the home team in the front after 13 minutes, but a stunning strike from Marek Hamsik and a Michal Duris header turned the game on its head before the break. In the second half when Marc-Andre ter Stegen's makes the mistake Juraj Kucka make it to three and Germany could not find a way back into the match as they loss 3-1 to Slovakia. Now world cup winners Germany have lost four of their last six games.

Sunrises Hyderabad beat Royal Challenges Banglore by 8 runs to win the Vivo IPL 2016 .

Earlier Sunrises Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss elected to bat first at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Banglore. Opener David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan give the good start for SRH of  63 runs first wicket partnership. Shikhar Dhawan got out to 28 but his skipper David Warner continued his blistering form and score 69 of just 38 balls. SRH  loss 2 quick wickets then Yuvraj Singh soon  join the party and his 38 lays the platform for SRH. Ben Cutting finished the SRH innings well as he scored 39 in just 15 balls and helps his team to cross the 200 runs mark and they give the target of 209 runs to RCB. Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli give the flying start, Chris Gayle plays the whirlwind 76 and sets the match for RCB. But as Gayle got out SRH came back strongly into the game and take the wickets of Virat Kohli  and AB de Villiers quickly and take the game beyond the reach of RCB. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mustafizur Rehman bowl brilliantly in the depth as RCB batsmen failed to score freely to the best bowling unit of the tournament and SRH won the Vivo IPL 2016 final by 8 runs. Ben cutting pick 2 crucial wickets of dangerous Gayle and KL Raul . For his explosive batting and good hand with the ball, Ben Cutting was awarded as the man of the match.

Formula 1

Lewis Hemilton beat Daniel Ricciardo to win Monacco GP 2016. Lewis Hamilton's title defence is finally up and running after he beat Daniel Ricciardo in an incident-filled formula race.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

France suffer another injury blow.

The Barcelona player Jeremy Mathieu  is the latest French defender who is unavailable for the  Euro 2016 tournament after Raphael Varane picked up a thigh injury.The Frenchman have suffered with a calf injury and ruled out of Euro 2016. He picked up the  injury in Barcelona's win over Sevilla  in the copa del rey final.

Real Madrid win the Champions League for the 11th time.

Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final for the second time in three years as they won a dramatic penalty shoot-out in Milan. Real Madrid start the game very well as they take  the lead in the 15th minutes of the first half through Sergio Ramos. Real break the dead lock with Toni Kroos free-kick flicked on by Gareth Bale and finished by Sergio Ramos with his nice touch from the close range of goal kipper. Atletico Madrid come with strong determination in the second half. But they are not able to covert their chances into goal. Antoine Griezmann miss the penality in the second half as his shoot crashed in the crossbar. In the 79th minute of the game Yannick Carrasco  cancelled out the Sergio Ramos goal and leveled the game. When neither team could find a winner in 120 minutes, the games went for penalty shoot-out. Real  all players score the goal from the penalty spot .Atletico's Juanfran was the unfortunate man to miss the penalty ,allowing Cristiano Ronaldo to slot home decisive spot-kick as Real won 5-3 on penalties. With this victory Real Madrid now won the European Champions tittle 11-times, while Atletico suffered their  third heartbreaking defeat in the European cup final.

Srilanka closing towards innings defeat again in second test

Srilanka after being defeated comprehensively by an inning and 88 runs by the host England, is in danger to be defeated again. They are currently now at 91/8 at the end of day-2. It is now just the matter of survival for them. English bowlers they will be very keen to finish things and enforce them follow-on as quickly as possible.

Friday, May 27, 2016

Rafael Nadal withdraws from French Open 2016.

It was big blow for nine-time champions Rafael Nadal as he withdrew from the French Open with a left wrist injury. His withdrawal gives compatriot  Marcel Granollers a  walkover into the last 16. It's  also a huge boost to Novak Djokovic's hopes of lifting a first French Open crown. Nadal and Djokovic's  were due to meet in the semi-finals next Friday.

Warner's destructive innings guide SRH to reach Vivo IPL 2016.

Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the finals after beating Gujarat Lions by four wickets in the second qualifier of Vivo IPL 2016. Earlier. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the too against Gujarat Lions and elected to bowl first at Feroz Shah Kotla. Gujarat Lions got off  to a bad start lose 2 wickets in powerplay. Dinesh Karthik then steadied the innings with his solid knock of 26(19) but got run out unfortunately. Aaron Finch continue from where Karthik left and score 50(32) and with the support from Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo Gujarat Lions( GL) manged to scrore 162 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. In the second innings SRH also did't have great start as they lose 2 wickets in the powerplay. Sunrises Hyderabad continue to lose the wickets from one side but David Warner plays the blistering innings and continue to make pressure to the opposition side. He didn't get the support from other batsman but he continue to play his natural attacking game and score unbeaten 93(58). At the end David Warner followed by a quickfire cameo from Bipul Sharma help Sunrisers Hyderabad reach the final of Indian Premier League 2016. Now Sunrisers  Hyderabad will face Royal Challenges Bangalore on  Sunday May 30. David Warner was the player of the match for his outstanding match winning inning.

Barcelona midfielder agrees five-year deal with club.

Sergio Busquets the Barcelona midfielder who has been playing a key part in the success of the club has agreed a five-year deal with the club. The contract will be signed in upcoming days.

Kaka called up in Brazalian's squad for Centenary Copa America

Brazil have called on Kaka as a late addition for next month's Centenary Copa America in the United States. Kaka will replace Bayern Munich's Douglas Costa, who has been cut from the squad  because of an injury to his left thigh.

Jose Mourinho confirmed as new Manchester United manager.

Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Jose Mourinho as their new manager on a three-year contract with an option for a further year.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Ronaldo declares himself fit for UCL final

It was a big relief news for Real Madrid fans as Cristiano Ronaldo assured Real Madrid fans he will be fit to play in Satyurday's Champions League Final against Atletico Madrid in Milan after limping out of Tuesday's training session.The Portugal forward hurt his hurt his left leg when colliding with Kiko Casilla following a push from Dani Carvajal. The Real Madrid superstar is fine form this season. He has scored 16 goals this season and top scorer of UCL.

Sanjay Bangar as a head for Zimbabwe tour

Sanjay Bangar has been appointed as the head coach of the team India for the upcoming series of Zimbabwe.While ex-domestic cricketer Abhay Sharma was named fielding  coach. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also announced that former cricketer Koka Ramesh will tour with the men in Blue as administrative manager.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson extends contract until 2019.

Mike Hesson is the most successful coach in the New Zealand's cricket history. Since taking over as coach in 2012, Hesson has overseen a marked improvement in New Zealand's standing in international cricket and they are now ranked number one in Twenty20, second in one-day internationals and fifth in tests. Mike Hesson has been rewarded for his successful reign as New Zealand coach with a contract extension that takes him through until after the 2019 World Cup in England.

Yuvraj's Singh quickfire helps Sunrisers Hyderabad to reach second qualifier

The two times champions Kolkata Knight Riders are out of the Vivo IPL 2016 as Sunrises Hyderabad win the game by 22 runs. Earlier, Kolkota Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl first at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Sunrises Hyderabad didn't make a good start as Kuldeep Yadav breaks SRH's back with three wickets.Yuvraj Singh quickfire of 44 however SRH managed to score 162 on a good batting pitch. KKR also didn't have a great start. They continue to lose the wicket throughout the innings and only managed to score140 by losing 8 wickets.  SRH was outstanding with the ball. as the none of the KKR player can stay on the pitch for long time.. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the pick of the bowler for SRH as he took 3 wickets and take away the game from KKR. Now he is the highest wicket taker in the tournament with 21 wickets he is the purple cap holder. Sunrises Hyderabad will play the second qualifier against Gujarat Lions.

Ex- NBA player Kermit Washington arrested, accused of Charity fraud.

Former NBA player Kermit Washington is accused of using donations intended to help needy people in Africa for his own gain, including paying for jewelry,entertainment and vacations

India Thump Pakistan to enter Asian Sooker final.

Ace cueists Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta combined forces to power India into the final of the Asian snooker team championship in Abu Dhabi after thrashing arch-foes Pakistan 3-0 on Wednesday. After the win against Pakistan India will take on Iran in the final.

Mourinho deal finalised

After the sack of Louis Van Gaal as the manager of Manchester United . Jose Mourinho is appointed as a Manchester United new manager. He has agreed personal terms with the club.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

AB de Villers, brillance help Royal Challenges Banglore reach finals of Vivo IPL2016.

Royal Challenges Banglore bowl brilliantly in the first inning as Captain Virat Kholi won the toss and elected to bowl first and restricted the Gujarat Lions at 158 with their home crowd support at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Banglore. Dwayne Smith is the only one batsman who play sensational inning of 73 in just 41 balls .He give opportunity to do something for Gujarat Lions bowler. Other batsman of Gujarat lions cannot stay on the pitch and support the Smith.  Shane Watson was the pick of the bowlers who took 4 wickets.  RCB were off to a disaster start with bat as they  were lose 5 wickets at the end of powerplay. Dhawal Kulkarni bowl a special spell as he finish his spell taking 4 wickets. But Gujarat Lions cannot take the wickets of AB de Villers and loose the game. AB keeps his calm as it was the pressure game  . AB understand the pitch very well as he know that it was a flat pitch ball was coming nicely on the bat and he play a outstanding  match winning inning scoring 79  and he single handly won the match for RCB by 4 wickets. With his brilliance  RCB ride to reach Vivo IPL 2016.

Cristiano Ronaldo an injury doubt for Champions League final

Cristiano Ronaldo is doubt for Saturday's Champions league final after limping out of training this morning. The Real Madrid superstar failed to to complete his last 3 traning sessions perfectly.

Pankaj Advani creates history

 Pankaj Advani, the current champion of India, created history in Abu Dhabi by clinching the Asian 6-Red Snooker title. He now became the first in the world to hold both world and continental titles in 6-red snooker at the same time.

Sandor Tarics dies at 102

Sandor Tarics, the world's oldest Olympic champion, has died at the age of 102 in San Francisco. He was the member of Hungarian water polo team which won in the Berlin Olympics beating Germany comprehensively in the final. He attended the 2012 London Olympics as the oldest living champion.

Mary Kom failed to qualify for Rio Olympic

It is a big blow to India that their five times world champion M C Mary Kom failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics which will be starting from 5th of August, 2016. Mary Kom (51kg), who was a bronze-medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, is likely to be a great competitor for the gold this year; unfortunately for her, she didn’t qualify for the main event.

Monday, May 23, 2016

India Announce squads for west-Indies tour

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced 17-man squads for the upcoming tours of West-Indies . Team India will play 4 test match series  against Caribbean team. For the 4 tests in the West Indies to follow, Virat Kholi (captain) will led team India and includes Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice Captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Shah, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Stuart Binny and Mumbai Pacer Shardul Thakur is the only new face in the squad. The 24-years old earned his first call-up to the national side after playing a key role in Mumbai's 41st Ranji Trophy victory in February, picking up 41 wickets in his 11 matches.

Bayern Munich signs Mats Hummels five-year contract

German champions Bayern Munich reveled today that the club agreed a five- year deal with center back Mats Hummels the former Borussia Dortmund player.

Arsenal's third biggest signing in the club history

Granit Xhanka will be Arsenal's third biggest singing after Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez and Arsene Wenger is keen to rush it through. The deal has been agreed, medical passed and even publicity photos done. Arsenal expect to announce the 30 Million signing of Granit Xhanka in the next 48 hours.

Barabati Stadium to host a test after 21 years

It was far back in 1995 when India played with New zealand in Barabati stadium in Cuttack. Since then no any test match have been played on the very ground. Finally the wait will be over as BCCI president Anurag Thakur is planning to conduct a test match this season.

French Open 2016

The second biggest grand Slam tournament of the year is on. The Stage is already set up on Roland- Garros. The tournament will be 15 days long starting from 22nd of May to 5th of June. Stanislas Wawrinka and Serena Williams are the defending champions in men and women single category of French Open 2016

Zlatan ready to move to Manchester United

The Sweden skipper on a route to become a Red Devil. With Dutchman Louis Van Gal departing the Red Devils, the 34- years old striker looks to be on course to link up under the leadership of incoming boss Jose Mourinho. As mentioned by mirror, Zlatan is said to have agreed a one- year deal with an option for a further year, and the anticipated move could be announced within the next 48 hiours.

indian squad picked for zimbabwe

BCCI have give chance to young playes, for Zimbabwe tour . In this tour team India will play 3 one day games and 3 twenty- twenty match series. For Zimbabwe tour captain will be Mahendra Sing Dhoni. In this Zimbabwe toure there are most of new faces Faiz Faizal, Yuzvendra Chal, Jayant Yadav, karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Staurt Binny, Mohammed Shami, Lokesh Raul, Manish Pandey, Ambati Rayudu, Axar Patel, Rishi Dhawan, Dhawan kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, Kedhar Jadhav and Jaydev Unadkat. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is only the experience and senior player.

Manchester United sacked Louis van Gal

The Dutchman and former coach of Netherland Louis van Gal have signed a three- year deal contract at old Trafford in 2014 . But his stay as a manager has been ended prematurely after two underwhelming . United finished fourth in Van Gal's first term in charge but ended the campaign trophyless, failing to reach the semi-finals of either domestic cup competition. Van Gal did manage to put of silverware in the cabinet this season as United won the FA cup at wembeley on Sunday, but the team's struggles in the premier league and in Europe have ultimately cost him his job. The Dutchman fired fired with 12 months remaining a 3 year deal. Following the Dutchman's exist and Jose mourinho the former chelsea boss will arrived at old Trafford.

La Copa Del Rey Final

Sevilla gave everything in the final match against the La Liga Champion- Barcelona; but Barca Stood on top at the end by scoring 2 goals by Jordi Alba and Neymar.They now won the title in two consecutive seasons.Luis Enrique's side struggle to perform as their potentional espacially after Javier Mascherano sent off after pulling down Kevin Gameiro in the 36th minute and when Luis Saurez limped off with a hamstring strain in the second half, it seemed that the deck was stacked against the Catalans. With Suarez sidelined and Neymar not exactly firing on all cylinders. But Lionel Messi brillance as he  the deliver 2 magic ball in the extra time as both team cannot score in full 90 minutes. In the additional time Barca starts well Messi provides a delicious ball to Jordi Alba in the area in the first period of extra time and the left- back finished with a single touch. This is what Messi can do in the game with the game approaching finale. Neymar scored the second goal for barca, this time on the edge of the box with the ball at his feet as he sensed an opening. And he picked it perfectly, rolling a beautiful ball through to Neymar for the Brazilian to make it 2-0 .He hadn't scored but he make difference and help the to win the game.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

IPL2016 Playoffs

It was the best and exciting season of IPL so far. Till the end, it was not certain that which team will qualify for the playoffs. Royal Challengers Banglore, once positioned at the end during the middle of the tournament, surprisingly qualified for the playoffs seuring 2nd position. The other 3 teams were Gujarat Lions (1st) , Sunrisers Hyderabad (3rd) and Kolkata Knight Riders (4th). Playoffs to begin from Tuesday, 24th May.