Author: Anuraag Peesara

Serie A continues to be the one-stop destination of club football drama in Europe right now, and it produced another set of stunning results on Saturday. Atalanta handed Juventus yet another defeat whilst Sampdoria and Empoli registered much-needed wins. All eyes in Italy were feasted on the hot-cake fixture of the weekend, Atalanta traveling to Turin to face the Old Lady. The record-Italian champions found it difficult to streamline their passages of play and kept giving the ball away in crucial areas. A Berat Djimitsi pass around the half-hour mark opened Juventus’ backline and he found Duvan Zapata in space. The 30-year-old Columbian fired…

Leicester City’s home fixture against Legia Warsaw saw five fans charged for causing disorder at the King Power Stadium. The incident took place during the first half, where the fans clashed with the police while attempting to breach the segregated lines at the away stand. There were a number of flares let off in the crowd, which caused a little disruption among the fans. This little chaos saw 14 officers on match day duty in the crowd assaulted and injured with two of them requiring hospital treatment (one for concussion and while others sustained a wrist fracture). https://twitter.com/DavidMcClelland/status/1463996734179270660 https://twitter.com/OptusSport/status/1464164776586760192 https://twitter.com/Croconile3/status/1464010951343149056 Five men were charged…

Day 3 ended because of a disruption caused due to bad light. Indian bowlers found a way through the stringent Kiwi batting lineup and somehow sneaked a 49-run first innings lead. The day started with a bit of surprise from the Indian camp, as KS Bharat walked out to keep wickets in place of Wriddhiman Saha. Resuming at their overnight tally of 129 without the loss of a wicket, they added another 21 runs in a decent amount of time before Ravichandran Ashwin provided the first breakthrough. Will Young had edged a delivery that straitened, and the thin outside edge was tough for umpire Nitin Menon to pick.…

Chris Gayle could be getting a farewell game at his home ground, Sabina Park, according to Jonny Grave, the CEO of Cricket West Indies. He said that the board are in touch with the local government to see if fans can be allowed inside the stadium, to help the legendary cricketer get a grandiose farewell. Grave, who acknowledged the fact that the 42-year-old has had a legendary career, feels that he deserves to be sent off with a game. The series will be confirmed in a few days once they receive the required permissions for the crowd to be allowed.…

Reports claim that the German has also been confirmed with a consultancy role for two years after the six months in charge as interim manager, which means he will be overseeing a lot of decisions relating to the footballing operations at the club. It was confirmed by The Athletic that his agreement is subject to his current employers Lokomotiv Moscow, but United reckon this will not be a major problem for the club. Since he hasn’t secured work permits as yet in England, he will not be taking charge of the club to oversee the game against Chelsea, a club manager by…

Sri Lanka had control of the game from Day 1, and continued to trouble the Caribbean outlet with the quality in their spin department. The hosts decided to bat first after winning the toss. The Windies new ball bowlers seemed to have some movement off the pitch, but they couldn’t muster many rewards. Pathum Nissanka, playing just his 4th Test for the national side, played a cautious little hand in the company of his skipper as they batted the entire opening session out without much fuss. Karunaratne took some risks with his shot-making and completed a brilliant fifty. Nissanka fell…

Not a lot of the proceedings went as per plan for India on day 1 of the 1st Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, but they finished on a high. It seemed like the Kiwi seamers may have deterred the inexperienced Indian line-up’s confidence, but debutant Shreyas Iyer delivered a top performance under pressure to negate any possible danger. Ajinkya Rahane won the battle of coin earlier in the day and decided to bat first. Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee produced a brilliant spell of bowling with the new ball, with both seamers hitting the same channel consistently and troubling the Indian openers. They got…

In July 2019, Eden Hazard made a staggering 100 million euros move from the Premier League to La Liga, with just one year left in his Chelsea contract. Real Madrid had been eyeing the Belgian winger for many transfer windows and saw him as a potential replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. However, things transpired quite distastefully for the 2019 Europa League winner. Hazard hasn’t started a game for Real Madrid since losing to Sheriff 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu, all the way back in September. Ahead of their reverse fixture against the same side, Curtois expressed his confidence in his Belgian teammate bouncing…

Manchester United are in the market looking for an interim or permanent manager having sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the Norwegian stayed in charge for nearly three years. The 20-time English champions announced that Michael Carrick will be acting as a caretaker manager until the club can find an interim to see through this season. The Red Devils have been heavily linked with PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino, who is unhappy at the club according to multiple reports and doesn’t want to miss out on a chance to return to the Premier League. However, there is another name taking round in the…

Former Juventus manager Fabio Capello was showering praises on Chelsea’s German manager Thomas Tuchel after his side registered a resounding 4-0 win against Juventus at the Stamford Bridge. The Champions of Europe swept the floor quite remarkably with their workrate and skill, leaving the Old Lady with no chance to answer. Juventus had won the reverse fixture and had already confirmed their qualification before the ball got rolling in London, but despite that safety net, it was a pretty underwhelming performance from the two-time champions of the tournament. Capello was thoroughly impressed with the way the Blues had approached this…