(Cricket news) India will go head to head against Bangladesh for the 1st ODI in Dhaka. Both teams have had their injury issues before the start of the series. Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has been ruled out of the series therefore Linton Das will lead the side. India’s Jasprit Bumrah is yet to recover from his injury. Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and Yash Dayal were all named in the initial but all have been ruled out due to injury. Even though India have some of their key players back, it is by no means their strongest XI. India’s possible playing…
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(Football news) Poland qualified for the Round of 16 by the slightest of margins by getting the better of Mexico. Their last match was a 2-0 hammering against Argentina and now they prepare to face France in the Round of 16. Despite losing their last group stage match against Tunisia,France are firm favorites to retain the World Cup trophy. However this World Cup has had its fair share of upsets already and while Poland beating France would be a surprise, it is definitely possible. Poland will have to play out of their skins as they haven’t been particularly impressive in…
(Football news) Cameroon did the unthinkable by beating Brazil 1-0 at the World Cup. Even if it wasn’t enough to seal them a Round of 16, it was a memorable night as they became the first African team to beat Brazil at the World Cup and also become the first team in this edition to have a shot on target against them and score against them. Brazil did rest all of their first choice players but it was still a very good side. Cameroon defended brilliantly throughout the 90 minutes and when the chance came they scored. Captain Vincent Aboubakar…
(Football news) Coming into the last match of their World Cup group stage, South Korea needed to beat Portugal and hope for a Uruguay victory by a small margin. The stars aligned for Korea as they secured a spot in the Round of 16. Portugal lined up with a significantly weaker XI but veterans Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo did play. Ricardo Horta scored inside 5 minutes to give Portugal the lead. After an early spell of possession, Portugal lost their way a little and conceded an equalizer in the 27th minute. Young-Gwon Kim scored from a corner after a deflection…
(Cricket news) Indian women’s has been out of action since their comfortable Asia Cup win. Now the women in blue are back for the 5 T20Is against Australia at home. This will be an important series in preparation of the World Cup next year. Australia have been a thorn in India’s side for quite a while which makes this series even more interesting. BCCI has announced the squad with a few surprising calls and a few expected ones. The first two T20Is will be played at the DY Patil stadium while the next three will take place at CCI. India’s…
(Cricket news) After a disappointing ODI series against New Zealand, the Indian team is in Bangladesh preparing for their next challenge. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami are back. Jasprit Bumrah is still out with injury while Ravindra Jadeja who was originally a part of the squad hasn’t recovered in time and has been replaced by Shahbaz Ahmed. Yash Dayal was also in the original squad but had to pull out due to an injury, he was replaced by Kuldeep Sen. This series is incredibly important for the team in preparation for the ODI World Cup. A…
(Football news) Group E will be the final group to be completed in the 2022 World Cup. Brazil have already secured qualification and they are almost guaranteed to finish in 1st place while Serbia, Cameroon and Switzerland can still make it to the World Cup- Round of 16. For Cameroon it will be very difficult because not only will they have to beat Brazil but also hope that the other result goes their way. A win for Switzerland will take them through to the World Cup- Round of 16 while Serbia have to win and hope that Cameroon don’t win…
(Football news) Portugal have had two wins in two games against Uruguay and Ghana. Even though their performance hasn\’t been incredible they have still got the job done. They need a point to make sure that they finish first even though they are likely to finish on top even with a loss. South Korea lost a thrilling match against Ghana and they need something special to go through. They will be focused on doing their part and beating Portugal. Portugal are likely to rest some of their players who have played both their matches. Nuno Mendes has been ruled out…
(Football news) Yesterday was quite an eventful day at the World Cup. The two Group C games started with the possibility of any team making it to the Round of 16. At the 67th minute mark, Poland were 2-0 down against Argentina while Mexico were leading 2-0 against Saudi Arabia. That meant that both Poland and Mexico were level on points. According to the World Cup rules teams are ranked based on points then goal difference then head to head then goals scored. The two teams were tied on all of the above therefore they were separated based on fair…
(Cricket news) India lost the first ODI against New Zealand while the 2nd was rained out after just 13 overs. In the 3rd ODI the Kiwis were marching towards another comfortable victory but rain saved India. Even though this was India\’s \’B\’ team, the performance was a disappointing one. The batting was a massive let down while the bowling wasn\’t that great either. India now play with a much stronger squad against Bangladesh in which anything less than a whitewash will not be good enough. India are playing the World Cup at home which automatically makes them favorites but there…