Roberto Firmino’s injury-time winner gave Liverpool a dramatic victory over Paris St-Germain in their opening Champions League Group C game at Anfield. Firmino was only fit enough to be on the bench after suffering an eye injury in Liverpool’s victory at Tottenham on Saturday – but he emerged on 72 minutes to secure a win that manager…
Fast bowlers with variations and six-hitters have always attracted attention in T20 cricket. ESPNcricinfo lists out five such CPL 2018 performers who could be in the lens of various other T20 leagues. Ali Khan (Trinbago Knight Riders) He was nicknamed ‘The yorker machine’ by his USA team-mates for his ability to consistently hit the blockhole at…
Sri Lanka’s batting began with a flourish, similar to how they started with the ball. But then things came a cropper for them in all departments, resulting in Bangladesh kick-starting their Asia Cup campaign with a big win in Dubai on Saturday (September 15). Opting to bat, Bangladesh rode on Mushfiqur Rahim’s fine knock of 144 to…
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton produced one of the best laps of his career to take a surprise pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton’s first lap in final qualifying, described by his race engineer as “epic”, was enough despite failing to improve on his second run. “That lap felt like magic,” the world champion…
Barcelona scored two goals in three second-half minutes to come from behind and beat Real Sociedad to maintain their 100% start to the La Liga season. The champions trailed after 12 minutes when they failed to clear a free-kick and Aritz Elustondo lashed in. But Luis Suarez scrambled the ball home in the 63rd minute…
LONDON — Three points from Wembley on Tottenham 1-2 Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon. 1. Liverpool maintain perfect start as Spurs slump Liverpool extended their flawless start to the Premier League season by claiming a fifth successive league win to beat Tottenham at Wembley and record their best start to a campaign…
Fawad Ahmed, Ali Khan and Sunil Narine collaborated to derail St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the second Qualifier and helped Trinbago Knight Riders set up a finals date with Guyana Amazon Warriors. Chasing 166, Patriots could manage just 145 for 8, slipping to a 20-run loss, as the three bowlers gave away just 58 runs from…
Worcestershire vs Surrey, Worcester Surrey won their 19th (one shared with Lancashire in 1950) County Championship title after beating Worcestershire by three wickets in Worcester, on Thursday (September 13). Rory Burns (66), the captain, and Mark Stoneman (59) compiled fifties as the Southeast County chased down the target of 272 runs. Surrey, who began the…
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho blasted his critics with a barrage of statistics on Friday to defend the amount of playing time given to England striker Marcus Rashford over the past two years. Some pundits have expressed concern that the 20-year-old, who has scored twice for his country in the last two…
Paul Collingwood, Durham’s highest run-getter, is set to retire from all forms of cricket at the end of England’s 2018 domestic season. The all-rounder has represented the club in 23 out of their 26 seasons. In 304 first-class games, he has amassed 16, 844 runs and picked 164 wickets. The County Championship game against Middlesex…
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots kept their CPL 2018 campaign going as they trounced Jamaica Tallawahs in the Eliminator to seal a thrilling two-wicket win in Guyana on Wednesday (September 13). Glenn Phillips smashed a ton to help Tallawahs post 191 for 5 before Anton Devcich’s half-century and some nerveless batting from Ben Cutting saw the Patriots…
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has said he would like to end his coaching career where it began, with Barcelona’s reserves. Guardiola, 47, in his third season at City, took over Barca’s B team in 2007 before being promoted to the senior side a year later. “I will finish where I started; my final steps…
