(Football news) Chelsea and Albanian striker Armando Broja is expected to be out for the season after he requires surgery to fix a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee. The Chelsea striker will begin his rehabilitation programme after suffering a serious injury in a 1-0 friendly defeat to Aston Villa in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The 21-year-old was left in pain in the 22nd minute of the match after getting his boot stuck in the turf and twisted his knee while closing down defender Ezri Konsa. An anterior cruciate ligament injury will mean that the Albania international will be…
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(Football news) France beat the giant killers Morocco 2-0 in the semifinals of the World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium to end the African side’s dream run in Qatar. An early goal from Theo Hernandez and a late tap-in from substitute Randal Kolo Muani earned defending champions France a win over a valiant Morocco side that made World Cup history in 2022 by becoming the only African team to reach this stage. Didier Deschamps’ team will now face Argentina as the two heavyweights meet for the first time in a World Cup final. France dashed the hopes of another…
(Cricket news) Cricket Ireland released the Ireland Men’s squads that are set to take on Zimbabwe in a six-match series to be played next month in Zimbabwe. The tour represents the start of a busy year for the Ireland Men’s squad that includes four tours, several home series, competing in two world cup qualifying campaigns and holds the tantalising prospect of playing at the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India at the end of the year. The two sides recently met at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup where Zimbabwe secured a 31-run win in Hobart. THE SQUADS The…
(Cricket news) It was an absorbing day of Test match cricket as at the end of the day’s play it seems like the honours are even. Bangladesh would be the happier side marginally after it looked like Pujara and Shreyas Iyer were taking the game away from them. India won the toss and chose to bat under the captaincy of KL Rahul who is subsequently captaining his first test match. The batter fell to loose shots, thereby failing to convert starts. They were in trouble for 48/3, Bangladesh were all over the visitors but a counterattack from Pant started the…
(Basketball news) The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics despite leading the majority of the match as they lost 122-118 in overtime. For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum scored 44 points, Jaylen Brown added five of his 25 in overtime as Marcus Smart hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 points for the NBA-leading Celtics, who wrapped up their six-game trip by avoiding their first three-game losing streak of the season. For the Lakers, Anthony Davis had 37 points and 12 rebounds, but he also missed two free throws with 28 seconds left while LeBron James scored 33 points as…
(Football news) The Las Vegas-based businessman Bill Foley will replace current Bournemouth owner Maxim Demin to become the latest American investor to invest in English football after the takeover was finally approved by the Premier League following a stringent background check of the owners and directors. Bournemouth have confirmed the completion of their takeover by Bill Foley and their partnership with Black Knight FC. The deal is worth in excess of £100m as it consists of a team of award winning actors and directors. Black Knight Football Club, of which Foley is the managing partner, has purchased 100 percent stake…
(Football news) Lionel Messi put on a show as he helped Argentina secure a spot in the World Cup final with a 3-0 victory over Croatia on Tuesday. Messi started off the party in Rosario as he opened the scoring with a powerful penalty on the 34th minute to become Argentina’s all-time leading goal scorer at World Cup finals and shortly after Alvarez grit and determination completed a direct solo run through the heart of the Croatia defence before tapping home to give Argentina a comfortable lead before half-time. Alvarez then in the second half added the side’s third, thanks…
(Basketball news) Kawhi Leonard returned from injury to beat the best team in the league Boston Celtics 113-93. For the Clippers, 26 points from Paul George and Leonard’s season highs of 25 points and nine rebounds helped them to victory. Leonard also had six assists in his best all-around game of a young season that has been interrupted at times while he eases his way back from ACL surgery that cost him all of last season. Jaylen Brown scored 21 points to lead the Celtics, who dropped two losses in a row for only the second time this season. They…
(Basketball news) Kawhi Leonard returned from injury to beat the best team in the league Boston Celtics 113-93. For the Clippers, 26 points from Paul George and Leonard’s season highs of 25 points and nine rebounds helped them to victory. Leonard also had six assists in his best all-around game of a young season that has been interrupted at times while he eases his way back from ACL surgery that cost him all of last season. Jaylen Brown scored 21 points to lead the Celtics, who dropped two losses in a row for only the second time this season. They…
(Cricket news) Harmanpreet Kaur now holds the record for most wins as Indian captain in T20Is as she achieved this feat in the second of five-match T20Is against Australia Women on December 11. Harmanpreet has beaten the greats like MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma in this regard. She also has the second-most wins as captain in WT20Is as Harmanpreet first captained India as a stand-in captain for an injured Mithali Raj in the 2012 Women’s Asia Cup T20 final. She passed in her maiden assignment, helping India win their fifth title in the tournament and Harmanpreet hasn’t looked back ever…