Sunil Chhetri led from the front once again as India overcame an ordinary first-half to defeat Nepal 3-0 in the final and win the SAFF Championships for a record-extending 8th time. Goals from Chhetri, Suresh Singh Wangjam and Sahal Abdul Samad gave the Blue Tigers a convincing victory at the …
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Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has said that not much can be read into the team’s recent poor form in T20 Internationals as they have hardly been able to play in the format with full strength squads. Starc said, however, that players are coming into the T20 World Cup in …
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India captain Virat Kohli said that he remembers “keenly” following the team’s successful 2007 T20 World Cup campaign and it gave him belief that he can play at the highest level at a young age. India, who were playing without senior players of the time like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, …
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Chelsea survived a late onslaught by Premier League new boys Brentford to win a pulsating West London derby 1-0 on Saturday, keeping them top of the table ahead of Liverpool and Manchester City who cruised to comfortable victories. Troubled Manchester United fell to a 4-2 defeat by Leicester City, meaning …
Read More »India captain Sunil Chhetri opens up on football career: Very little time and games left
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri says he still has a few years left in him as a player while reflecting on his celebrated career which started in 2002 and is still going strong. Sunil Chhetri recently made history by going past Pele’s tally of international goals by scoring twice …
Read More »India captain Sunil Chhetri opens up on football career: Very little time and games left
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri says he still has a few years left in him as a player while reflecting on his celebrated career which started in 2002 and is still going strong. Sunil Chhetri recently made history by going past Pele’s tally of international goals by scoring twice …
Read More »T20 World Cup: Pakistan can beat India if they play without fear and pressure, believes Javed Miandad
Former cricketer Javed Miandad urged Pakistan to “play without fear and pressure” when they take on India in their opening game of the T20 World Cup in Dubai later this month. Miandad said everyone will in Babar Azam’s Pakistan team will have to contribute to beat Virat Kohli’s Team India, …
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Alexander Zverev beat former World No.1 Andy Murray for the first time in his career to advance to the fourth round at Indian Wells on Tuesday. The German third seed beat Murray 6-4 7-6(4) after going three games down to love in the first set. Murray, who got the better …
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It would have been nice to cap off Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) era under Virat Kohli’s captaincy with a maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) but the franchise will celebrate his “immense” contributions anyhow, said fast bowler Harshal Patel. The 30-year-old Harshal, who broke equalled the record for most wickets taken …
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MS Dhoni made a promise after Chennai Super Kings missed out on the play-offs berth for the first time in IPL 2020. “We’ll come back stronger, that’s what we are known for,” Dhoni had said after CSK were knocked out of the play-offs race in a horror season where hardly …
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