Author: Anjishnu Roy

Wriddhiman Saha sent shockwaves after making public a threat he received from a journalist. However, the wicket-keeper batter didn’t wish to disclose the identity of the journalist despite receiving enormous support and encouragement from his peers and the rest of the cricket community. The BCCI has now taken up the case and is setting up a committee of three people to investigate. Wriddhiman Saha is going through a particularly rough period in his career. After being dropped from the Indian Test side for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka with head coach Rahul Dravid asking him to consider retirement, the…

John Campbell and Anderson Phillip have received call-ups up to the West Indies squad to take on England in the first Test, which begins in Antigua next month after impressive performances in the regional four-day competition. Meanwhile, senior players like Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Rahkeem Cornwall, Jeremy Solozano and Jomel Warrican have been left out as they’d been included in the squad that lost the series against Sri Lanka 3-0 in November and December in 2021. Shannon Gabriel is still affected by his hamstring injury and misses out as a result, although he could be available later in the series. https://twitter.com/Sportskeeda/status/1496169309097594880 Desmond Haynes had been chosen as the chief selector for the…

The Blues have allegedly moved into pole position in their pursuit of Leeds United’s Raphinha. Director of Football Marina Granovskaia is spearheading the move and the club wants to close the deal by the summer. The defending European champions could get the deal done for as little as 20 million pounds this summer due to a special relegation clause in the Brazilian’s contract as per reports. Raphinha was on the mark last weekend after coming off from the bench in Leeds’s disappointing 4-2 loss against Manchester United. The club want to tie him down for a long contract but that could prove to…

Police are said to have arrested nine people after Manchester United players were impacted by crowd violence during the Premier League clash against Leeds United at Elland Road. Youngster Anthony Elanga was struck by a coin aimed at him from the stands while celebrating the Red Devil’s goal in a thrilling 2-4 win over Leeds on February 20. Manchester United had taken a two-goal lead in the first-half against Leeds United, but the home side bounced back incredibly well in the second half and pulled things level through goals from Raphinha and Rodrigo. However, Ralf Rangnick’s men reinstated their lead, with Fred scoring in the 70th minute…

A few weeks ago, when Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane had left to play the African Cup of Nations, former Manchester United defender turned television pundit Gary Neville had ruled out the Reds’ chances of potentially winning the Premier League. However, he has appeared to change his mind and thinks that a title race with Manchester City could be on the cards. City lost 2-3 to Tottenham Hotspur over the weekend, blowing the Premier League title race open. Neville has now made it clear that ‘we do have a title race’ between Liverpool and the Citizens on Sky Sports, which could…

Having secured a 3-1 win over Norwich City on February 19, Liverpool’s midfield stars Thiago Alcantara and Fabinho were discovered watching the game between Leeds United and Manchester United at the Elland Road on Sunday. Both the footballers were seated in the hospitality box, and their presence could’ve been prompted due to a variety of reasons. https://twitter.com/l5starfc/status/1495487420959178764 Leeds, who equalised after going two goals down just after the half-time break, eventually ended up losing the match 4-2. They will face Liverpool next on February 24. The fixture could prove to be pivotal as Jurgen Klopp’s side will look to capitalise on Manchester City dropping…

Premier fast-bowling allrounder Hardik Pandya will be reconsidered for India selection only when he regains full fitness and is able to resume bowling at full-tilt, said chairman of All-India Senior-Selection Committee Chetan Sharma on February 19. Sharma cleared the air on Pandya’s case and his prolonged absence from the top-level game, strongly hinting that he is dropped and not exactly rested or given time to continue rehab work from the effects of back surgery. Pandya hasn’t played for India since the end of the T20 World Cup in November 2021. He has since missed the home series against New Zealand and West Indies, either side…

West Ham centre-back Kurt Zouma hasn’t received a lot of love recently after the Frenchman was caught on camera kicking and abusing his pet cat. Since then, he has been booed by fans and has also been officially reprimanded by the Hammers.  The French defender was also dropped by his sponsor Adidas. He also missed last weekend’s draw against Leicester City after falling ill at the last moment. Quite expectedly, he was shown no mercy by the Newcastle fans on his return to action in the Premier League. In fact, this was his second appearance after the video went viral.…

There wasn’t much to play for in the final T20I of the five-match series as Australia had already taken an unassailable 4-0 lead. However, Sri Lanka fought well to avoid a whitewash and secure a consolation win in the final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Aussies have had their fair share of experimentation during this series but they ended the utilization of Ashton Agar as a pinch-hitter up top. Captain Aaron Finch was back in his usual slot, but his performance alongside Ben McDermott proved to be very disappointing. This was Finch’s sixth single-digit score in the last eight T20I matches. Ben McDermott attracted plenty…

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte became the talk of the town after spearheading his side to a thrilling 2-3 win against defending champions and table-toppers Manchester City recently. However, the Italian has also been in the news after shutting down speculations of a rift between him and Spurs chairman Daniel Levy. The tactician believes that people are trying to manufacture a rift between him and Levy and that the real relationship will not be tainted by those efforts. These comments arrived in the light of Conte expressing his displeasure with Levy’s policy during the recent January transfer window where Spurs missed…