After 14 matches among eight teams across 15 days, we are finally down to two teams – India and Pakistan. India were almost a certainty to make it, considering their all-round skills, and have lived up to the expectations barring a blip against Sri Lanka. Pakistan, on the other hand, started off in the worst…
Cristiano Ronaldo signed a new five-year deal with Real Madrid in November that helped him become the best-paid athlete in the world. But now a source close to the player now says he “doesn’t want to stay in Spain” because he is “upset” after being accused of tax fraud in the country. Ronaldo, 32, joined…
Perhaps the drive to consciously re-couple with Pakistan proved compelling, even overpowering, as India brushed aside Bangladesh by nine wickets to book a Sunday date with its other, more fancied neighbour, at The Oval for the Champions Trophy finale. Rohit Sharma drove the chase with his 11th One-Day International hundred, and ushered India to a…
Claudio Ranieri is back in football less than four months after being sacked by Leicester City after agreeing a two-year contract with Nantes. The Italian was unceremoniously dumped by the Foxes in February as they battled for Premier League survival, despite having led them to a stunning league title the season before. Ranieri had been…
Everton have signed Jordan Pickford from Sunderland in a club-record deal. England Under-21 international Pickford joins for an initial £25m, with a further £5m payable if team and individual performance targets are met. It represents the third-highest fee globally for a goalkeeper and a follows a season in which Pickford was nominated for the PFA…
The final match of the three-match One-Day International series between West Indies and Afghanistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Wednesday (June 14). The two teams shared the series 1-1 but both will be disappointed with the way things panned out in the final clash of the tour. Afghanistan had a golden opportunity…
Manchester United have completed the signing of defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica for £31m. Lindelof, who has won 12 caps for Sweden, becomes United’s most expensive defender, overtaking the £29.1m paid for Rio Ferdinand in 2002. “I’m thrilled,” said Lindelof, who joins on a four-year contract with an option for a fifth year. “I have…
Fifties from Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman after unarguably Pakistan’s finest performance with the ball in Champions Trophy 2017 helped Sarfraz Ahmed’s side to a crushing eight-wicket defeat of hosts England, and hence the passage to the final, on Wednesday (June 14). Sarfraz started the day with the bold move of opting to bowl first…
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Virat Kohli, the India skipper, has jumped up two spots to reclaim the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen while Josh Hazlewood took positive strides among the bowlers, moving up four positions to be ranked the No. 1 bowler for the first time in his career. Kohli, who was ranked No. 3…
Atletico Madrid’s France forward Antoine Griezmann has signed a year’s contract extension through to 2022, seemingly ending what was shaping up to be one of the sagas of the transfer window. Griezmann, third in the 2016 Ballon d’Or behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, had been heavily linked to Europa League winners Manchester United in…
Spanish prosecutors have accused the Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo of defrauding the authorities of millions of euros in tax. The prosecutor’s office in Madrid says it has filed a lawsuit against the Portuguese player. He is accused of evading tax of 14.7m euros (£13m; $16m) from 2011 to 2014. The world’s highest-paid sports star…
