Author: Anuraag Peesara

Connor Gallagher, who’s had an impressive start to the season with Crystal Palace, has received his first call-up for the national side from Gareth Southgate. After defeating Albania 5-0 in the first game of this international break, England will next face San Marino on Monday. The Chelsea youngster who has been on loan at Palace this season, has made a stellar impression under Patrick Vieira and has scored four goals and assisted twice in the league already. He was instrumental in the side getting some big results this season, and has identified his great strengths brilliantly. The 21-year-old spent 11 years with the Chelsea academy and…

 Having failed to score for Portugal in their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier game against Ireland, the game finished 0-0, with Cristiano Ronaldo being reduced to 10 men early on in the game. The game was pretty hard-fought, and involved some gruelling moments throughout, but after the game, Ronaldo won the hearts of fans with a lovely gesture. A young Irish fan, perhaps in her early teenage years, stormed on to the pitch and hugged the 37-year-old with tears in her eyes. She was ecstatic to meet the great footballer, and despite being surrounded by the police, the Manchester United…

The young footballer, aged just 18 years at the time of his passing, was a central defender and was with Manchester City since he was 13.   On October 24th, 2020, young teenage footballer Jeremy Wisten committed suicide after Manchester City had released the player, sending shockwaves across the sporting world. The case is being investigated for a long time, and the coroner in charge of it has said that the footballer intended to kill himself.  “I find that on the balance of probabilities that Jeremy took his own life and intended to do so,”coroner Zak Golombeck said. Contrary to the…

In a rather surprising turn of events, PSG women’s star Aminata Diallo was detained by the French police in connection with the assault that happened on her and Kheira Hamraoui, where a pair of armed men in their car attacked the ladies. The incident happened shortly after Diallo and Hamraoui attended a dinner organized by the club officials. According to L’Equipe, both players were dragged out of their car by masked men, not far away from the Bois de Boulogne restaurant where the dinner event took place. The attack reportedly lasted several minutes, and it left one of the two…

English Test skipper Joe Root came out with a strong and vehement message against the Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s recent report with regards to the racism allegations. Azeem Rafiq, the off-spinner who represented for nearly 10 years in his professional career, had complained about the series of racist remarks launched at him by a senior member in the Yorkshire team. It was later revealed that the senior player involved in the scandal was Gary Balance, who has admitted using racist slurs against his teammates. However, the report submitted by YCCC suggested that the comments on Rafiq were just “banter”, and should…

Aston Villa have confirmed the appointment of Steven Gerrard as the head coach. Ex-Liverpool captain, who was with the Rangers and guided them to a Scottish League last season, was attracted by the project his predecessor Dean Smith was leaving him, and has agreed to sign a three-and-a-half-year contract with the London club. The former Liverpool captain has been on the radar of plenty of English clubs since the start of this season. But upon interacting with the club chairman Naseef Safaris, the 41-year-old expressed that he is very eager to work with this club. “Aston Villa is a club…

Chief of Cricket Ireland, Warren Deutrom, has confirmed that Ireland will tour the USA in December 2021. It will be a historic assignment for the USA, as it will be their first bilateral coming together at home against a Test-playing nation. The tour will include one warmup T20 fixture, two T20Is and three ODIs. Out of these games, one T20I and two ODIs will be day-night fixtures. The tour will start with the warmup game on December 20, and will be heading into the holiday season with a game on December 26 as well. The final game of the tour…

Arsenal manager is looking at the talents in Hale End Academy with most of his senior team members on international duties. In the process, a training opportunity with the senior team was provided for young goalkeeper Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko, who is hailed as one of the wonder kids in the Arsenal youth academy. The 16-year-old custodian who hails from Colombia is eligible to play for three countries – England, Russia and Colombia because of his lineage. All these national boards are currently in a tug-of-war between each other to win his services, which is a testament of how highly he is rated in the European…

 West Ham United’s dream season in the Premier League may have received its first hiccup, with centre-back Angelo Ogbonna suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the game against Liverpool (3-2). The Italian was substituted after he had collided with Diogo Jota while attempting to win a header. He had received some treatment for it on the pitch and tried to continue for a couple of minutes but was taken off immediately with Craig Dawson taking his place. “After being substituted following a separate incident that led to him suffering a cut above his eye, Angelo felt some discomfort in his right knee so…

Manchester City’s Joao Cancelo is one of the most versatile full-backs in the world. The Portuguese can operate as right-back and left-back, and has proven himself to be equally potent on both sides. Despite initially not finding enough playing time after moving from Juventus, he has made himself an integral presence at the Etihad. A former Premier League-winning full-back and captain, Gary Neville, was full of praises for Cancelo, having played a crucial role in Manchester City’s astounding 2-0 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford.  Credit: Sky Sports Neville had managed the 27-year-old during his time at Valencia, and said…