🃏If Arne Slot's men maintain a 13-point lead that will give them the PL title with four games to spare, basically on 26 April against Tottenham.
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🃏If Arne Slot's men maintain a 13-point lead that will give them the PL title with four games to spare, basically on 26 April against Tottenham.
༒Who won yesterday's Champions Trophy 2025 match? Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs to knock the English side out of the tournament and enhance their chances of advancing to the semis.
ꦡFormer Chelsea stars Michael Essien has joined Didier Drogba in defending Jose Mourinho following recent racism allegations.
﷽Earlier, Drogba took to X to defend his former manager. "You know how proud I was to wear the yellow and red jersey and my love for the most decorated club in Turkey!!," the former Ivory Coast striker posted on X.
Some disturbing news coming in from South America where two Argentine football 💙fans were shot in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday ahead of the second leg of the Recopa Sudamericana final between visiting Racing and local Botafogo.
ꦓInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will step down as its member in June this year. The IOC Executive Board (EB) on Wednesday agreed to accept the resignation of Bach as an IOC member, effective after June 23.
💖The new IOC President will be elected on 20 March 2025 in Costa Navarino, Greece.
𓂃The Ligue 1 has handed Marseille president Pablo Longoria a 15-match ban after he accused French referees of corruption following a defeat last Saturday.
𒁃Canadian men’s football coach Jesse Marsch has called out US President Donald Trump’s “ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being the 51st state," calling it insulting to a loyal ally.
꧃“If I have one message to our President, it’s lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being the 51st state," Marsch said. “As an American, I’m ashamed of the arrogance and disregard that we’ve shown one of our historically oldest, strongest and most loyal allies."
🅠Australian top-order batter Georgia Voll has replaced Chamari Athapaththu in UP Warriorz squad for the remainder of the Women's Premier League after the Sri Lankan left for national duty.
Australia pacer Mitchell Starc 𝓀has clarified that the main reason behind his decision to skip the ongoing Champions Trophy in Pakistan was a sore ankle. Besides that, the left-arm pacer also said that there were some "personal views" which influenced his decision.
Vidarbha have put up a fighting total against Kerala in the Ranji Trophy final, day 2 which sees them 373/9 at lunch.
🐷F1 Teams Red Bull and Williams have opted for one driver for their pre-season testing in Bahrain. That means, Liam Lawson will be in the hotseat at Red Bull while Carlos Sainz has that pleasure at Williams.
ꩲDay 2 of the F1 Pre-season Testing seems to have been hampered by rain. On the first day, Lando Norris topped the standings with McLaren.
ಌPacer Darshan Nalkande has reduced Kerala to 57/2 at tea after getting all out for 379 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy final on Thursday.
🏅At tea break, Aditya Sarwate and Ahammed Imran were batting on 31 and 10 respectively.
Delhi Capitals have roped in former England cricket team captain Kevin Pietersen as their new team mentor🥃 for the upcoming IPL 2025 Season. Delhi Capitals will open their IPL campaign against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Visakhapatnam on March 24.
൲The Champions Trophy match between hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh was called off on Thursday without a ball being bowled due to continuous rain. This marked Pakistan's first time hosting an ICC tournament in 29 years, and they ended their disappointing campaign without winning a single match. Similarly, Bangladesh concluded their participation without a victory and will return home with much to reflect on. Both teams will share one point.
💜The Indian men's hockey team has credited its impressive performance in the FIH Pro League to a week-long camp with legendary Australian forward Michael McCann, with players vouching for his cutting-edge techniques that helped them dominate the rivals in Bhubaneswar. The Paris Olympics bronze-medallist side, led by Harmanpreet, won five of the eight Pro League matches in the home leg, losing one game each to Spain, Germany and England before beating them in the return matches. India also thrashed Ireland 3-1 and 4-0.
🅷Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday launched a special capacity building course in collaboration with Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala for current and former elite sports persons to help India produce more home-grown coaches and officials. The course has been designed and developed for athletes who are currently employed and serving in various central government or autonomous departments, organisations under central government or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
ꩵLewis Hamilton was fastest in his new Ferrari on the morning of the second day of Formula 1 preseason testing as rain in the desert affected Thursday's session. According to an AP report, the seven-time champion's best time was nearly four-tenths of a second faster than his former teammate George Russell of Mercedes. Carlos Sainz, Jr. was third fastest for Williams. Hamilton's time was also a second faster than the best lap from the first day of testing Wednesday, which was set by Lando Norris for McLaren. Times in testing often don't reflect a driver or car's true pace because of different strategies.
▨German media is reporting that Bayern Munich has retracted its contract extension offer to midfielder Joshua Kimmich, whose deal expires at the end of the season. According to an AP report, Kicker magazine on Thursday corroborated a report from the Bild tabloid saying Bayern decided at its supervisory board meeting on Monday to withdraw the offer it made to the player because he hesitated in accepting it. The 30-year-old Kimmich, who has played more than 400 games for Bayern since joining as a 20-year-old from Leipzig in 2015, reportedly earns around 20 million euros ($21 million) a year at the Bavarian powerhouse.
♛Argentina youth international Claudio Echeverri has completed his permanent move to Manchester City, more than a year after signing for the English champion before returning to River Plate on loan. According to an AP report, the 19-year-old Echeverri will add more youthful energy to an ailing City squad which was freshened in the winter transfer window with the arrival of five mostly young players. Echeverri, an attacking midfielder, has just been playing in the South American Under-20 Championship, where he netted six goals in nine games for Argentina to be the second highest scorer in the tournament.
𒆙Aditya Sarwate's unbeaten 66 anchored Kerala's reply as the visitors reached 131/3 at stumps on the second day of the Ranji Trophy final, after restricting hosts Vidarbha to 379 in the first innings on Thursday. Doughty Kerala fought all day long to keep the game interestingly poised as they trailed by another 248 runs in the first innings, riding on local star Sarwate's fine knock after their bowlers did not allow Vidarbha to post a huge total in the first essay.
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