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It was three years ago on this day, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya was handed over his maiden ODI cap by Kapil Dev. Ever since the all-rounder has been doing extremely well for Indian and on many occasions has led the Men in Blue to a win. The 25-year-old completed three years in international cricket. Needless to say that this day is quite close to the all-rounder’s heart.
In the recent turn of events, Harry Kane’s men were subjected to racist chants during England vs Bulgaria, Euro 2020 qualifier match. The match was halted twice due to this and the Bulgarian captain Ivelin Popov even addressed the crowds to refrain from indulging into such an act. After the match, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and a few others even spoke about the unfortunate incident
Mithali Raj recently led the Indian women’s cricket team during the three-match series against South Africa. The Women in Blue registered a 3-0 victory against the team. The Indian women’s team won the last ODI by six runs and this also marked 20 years of Mithali’s cricketing career. Needless to say that the Indian captain was on cloud nine
The Arab world is often criticised by the world for its double standards especially towards women. According to a few of them, women are scrutinised immensely for their choices, unlike men. This time it was Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was the reason for the fury of the netizens. The Egyptian footballer who is the face of the sport in Egypt.
It was during Bulgaria vs England that the crowd hurled racist slurs and monkey gestures at Tyrone Mings and other players. The visiting team complained of the chants and gestures and the game was brought to a halt after the ugly incidents. In fact, Bulgarian captain Ivelin Popov even walked up the crowd and had a heated debate with them
Liverpool is all set to lock horns with Manchester United in a mouth-watering clash on Sunday, October 20th, 2019 at the Old Trafford Stadium. Mohamed Salah who had picked up an injury during Leicester City has been put on a special regime as he had picked up an injury during the game. Liverpool has so far won eight games in the Premier League 2019-20
Manchester United has had the worst start to the Premier League 2019-20 season in the last 30 years as they currently sit at the number 12 of the table winning only a couple of games out of eight and losing three games. David de Gea who is a part of the Red Devils is busy with international duties and was seen sweating it out in the nets ahead of their Euro 2020 Qualifiers
It’s quite a bad for Pakistani cricket and its captain Sarfaraz Ahmed of late. A journalist went on to insult Sarfaraz Ahmed during the press conference and asked him who will come to watch him in future matches. The PCB went on ban the journalist for behaving badly with the Pakistani captain.
The match between Bulgaria and England was brought to a halt on a couple of occasions due to racist chants and slurs hurled at the players of the Three Lions. It was Tyrone Mings the debutant for England who first complained of the racist chants from the stands by a group of about 50 men. The match against England ended with Three Lions thrashing the Bulgarian team by 6-0.
Sourav Ganguly has been unanimously been elected as the new President of the BCCI leaving behind the likes of Brijesh Patel. The former Indian captain will take charge of his new role on October 23, 2019, along with his team which comprises members like Anurag Thakur, Jay Shah, Arun Dhumal and others. A while ago, the former Indian captain posted a picture along with his team
The match between England and Bulgaria at the Stadion Vasil Levski was stopped on a couple of occasions due to racist chants being hurled by the fans of the home team. England was excited with 4-0 lead in the game but their happiness was short-lived as the fans hurled racist chants, Nazi salutes and monkey hoots at Tyrone Mings, who was the first one to report about the same
Team Portugal might have lost their Euro 2020 Qualifiers match against Ukraine by 1-2, but Cristiano Ronaldo fans were extremely happy as the Juventus star netted 700th goal of his career during the game. CR7 converted a penalty into a goal and thus netted the 700th goal of his career. After the match, CR7 put out a video of his goals
Cristiano Ronaldo came up with the 700th goal of his career during Portugal vs Ukraine, Euro 2020 Qualifier with a sensational penalty strike. However, his team could not find the answers to the goals scored by Ukraine and his team walked away with a 2-1 loss. It was Ukraine who netted a goal in the first 10 minutes of the game and added yet another one in less than 25 minutes.
In the second eliminator of the PK 2019, we have U Mumba locking horns with Haryana Steelers at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad. The two teams have met each other twice in the tournament so far where the two teams win a single game each. The Eliminator two of the PKL 2019 will needlessly be a mouth-water contest between the two teams.
UP Yoddha is all set to take on Bengaluru Bulls at the EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad in the Eliminator 1 of the Pro Kabaddi League 2019. The UP Yoddha and Bengaluru Bulls have met each other twice in the tournament and the former has walked away with a win on both occasions. In the first game, UP Yoddha registered a narrow win by 35-33 and in the second game, they won the game by 45-33.
A few days ago, Virat Kohli dropped below 900 points on the ICC Men’s Test Rankings for the first time after January 2018. The Indian cricket captain, however, continued to hold the number two position but had lost points and had 899 points in his kitty. But now, after an unbeaten knock of 254 runs against South Africa at the Maharashtra Cricket Association in Pune, Kohli once again gained points
Sourav Ganguly has been unanimously elected as the President of the BCCI at the election that was held in Mumbai. Ever since Dada has been elected as the President of the Board of Cricket Control in India, congratulatory messages have started pouring in to wish the former Indian captain. Even Mamta Banerjee who is touted to be close to Sourav Ganguly wished the former India captain on social media.
The Indian football team will be playing the third match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers between India and Bangladesh. The match will be held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on October 15 2019. Placed in Group E of the round two joint qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, India enjoys a healthy record against Bangladesh.
Fans can go to any extent to any extent to get a glimpse of their favourite sportsperson. Whether it is breaching the security cordon or chasing them for a selfie. There have been numerous instances where the fans have been crossed shattered all boundaries and have met their favourite sportsperson.
Sourav Ganguly reportedly turned the tide and is all set to be the new President of the BCCI. According to reports, Brijesh Patel will be the IPL Chairman and Jay Shah could become the Treasurer. Now, amidst the news of the former Indian captain taking over the BCCI office as the President, Ganguly fans have already started celebrating the Bengal Tiger’s victory.
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