Author: Anuraag Peesara

There were very few footballers in the vast history of the beautiful game who define the word “Loyalty” as Francesco Totti does. The legendary Italian who spent 25 years as a professional footballer at his boyhood club AS Roma, was once hailed by Diego Maradona as the greatest player he saw. Despite having many opportunities during his stellar career to move elsewhere, Totti remained glued to his boyhood club and won the Serie A once. The 45-year-old, in an interview with The Guardian, mentioned that the footballing landscape had changed a lot these days. The Italian opined that staying at…

During a media briefing on Thursday, Alex Marshall has mentioned that any player testing positive (irrelevant of the person being symptomatic or asymptomatic) will undergo a strict 10-day quarantine. Players in close contact with those who tested positive, will have to undergo a 6-day quarantine. Close contact has been defined as anyone who has been within two meters of the player who tested positive, for at least 15 minutes and 48 hours prior to test or symptoms. Those who were close contacts but had their faces covered must be tested in a period of 24 hours to determine if they…

The Portuguese was back at Manchester United after 12 years, and straight away he managed to win Premier League PotM award, having scored three times in three league fixtures. However, a controversy that continues to loom large around him is the incident from 2009 in Las Vegas, where the forward was accused of having raped a model. Ronaldo’s legal team had closed the case by paying a non-disclosure settlement fee back in 2009. However, the supposed victim, Katheryn Mayorga, decided to speak up about the incident in 2018. German investigative publication Der Spiegel leaked confidential documents surrounding the case, that includes transcripts of Ronaldo…

Former Indian chief selector MSK Prasad opined that another pacer in the line-up would’ve been handy for the Indian side, with India heading into the T20 World Cup with just three genuine pacers. The selection committee headed by Chetan Sharma, decided to pick five spinners in the squad and the only speedsters in the squad were Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Hardik Pandya, who hasn’t bowled an awful lot in recent months, is expected to be fit to fulfil all-round duties for the side. https://twitter.com/Sport360/status/1445012091484753922 The chief selectors also went with two pacers among the three reserves options. Besides Shreyas Iyer, the…

In a report released by British publication “The Guardian”, where they rated the 60 best young talents in the world right now, they mentioned Delhi FC striker Himanshu Jangra on the list alongside some popular names like Spain’s Gavi, and Portugal’s Hugo Felxi. Plenty of Indian strikers in the last decade-and-a-half have tried their best to emulate Sunil Chhetri, in a bid to replace the nation’s talisman in the central position upfront. Unfortunately, no one has managed to reach his level, and India’s hunt for their future striker continues. 17-year-old Himanshu Jangra, however, could prove to be a beacon of hope for…

The Frenchman revealed he wanted the club to get a fee and find a quality replacement by leaving this window. Mbappe’s contract with PSG expires next summer, making him a free agent to join any club he wishes. It was also rumoured that he rejected several contract renewal proposals from PSG, indicating that this will be his final season with the club. However, Mbappe turned those rumours down and suggested he never spoke to Leonardo Araujo, the Sporting Director at Parc de Princes. “I asked to leave, because from the moment I did not want to extend, I wanted the club…

The Blaugrana are off to a worst possible start in their first season without Lionel Messi in over a decade and a half. Having lost both their Champions League games to Bayern Munich and Benfica, Barcelona suffered their first league defeat to Atletico Madrid last Saturday, which was also the fourth time in seven league games where they dropped points. It was being rumoured that Ronald Koeman’s trip to the Metropolitano stadium will be his final assignment as Barcelona manager, but Joan Laporta seems to be backing the former club captain to do well. There were rumours earlier that suggested the chairman was annoyed…

DC edged CSK in a pulsating low-scoring game in Dubai. Despite the target heading a little out of hand in the death overs for Delhi, Shimron Hetmyer came to their rescue and chipped in with a sensational 18-ball 28. He bailed them out of a crucial situation to seal their position in Qualifier 1. Shimron Hetmyer had scored two boundaries in the 18th over by Dwayne Bravo. In the process, he was also dropped at long-on by Krishnappa Gowtham, who also let it slide through his fingers into the boundary for a four. He hit a massive six off Hazlewood in the…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been found guilty of taking advantage of the tax amnesty in Spain and did not declare it to the Spanish Tax Agency. During his spell at Barcelona, he had a current account open in Andorra until 2012 and had benefited from a tax amnesty in Spain. Guardiola had opened this account when he was at the Qatari club Al Ahli between 2003 to 2005. This was his penultimate association with a club as a footballer before moving to Mexican club Dorados. In 2008, Pep Guardiola took over as the head coach of Barcelona and remained in the…

It has been over a year since MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket, and the lack of match practice goes all the way back to the 2019 World Cup. Besides the IPL games, he has not featured in any cricketing action in the last 2 years and it is starting to show in his batting. On Monday, CSK posted 136 runs against the Delhi Capitals and lost by bare margins. Shimron Hetmyer’s late cameo sealed an impressive win for the Capitals, and it is likely that Chennai might jeopardise with their top two spots with this performance. https://twitter.com/yashasvi_j/status/1444570012618878977 MS Dhoni had…