Stories By Espnstaff
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FOOTBALL
/ 5 years agoPremier League braced for introduction of VAR
People go on about VAR, they (referees) clearly need help. If this is the best, most-watched league in the world, then...
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CRICKET
/ 5 years agoWorld T20 qualifiers: Nigeria, Namibia replace Zimbabwe
Nigeria will be replacing suspended Zimbabwe in the upcoming Men’s World T20 qualifier slated to be held in October in the...
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OTHER SPORTS
/ 5 years agoP V Sindhu only athlete from India among Forbes list of world’s highest-paid female athletes
India’s badminton star P V Sindhu is the only athlete from the country to be named among the world’s highest-paid female...
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OTHER SPORTS
/ 5 years agoChirag Shetty & Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Two of a kind rock together
Not many were convinced when Malaysian coach Tan Kim Her floated the idea of playing Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy as...
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CRICKET
/ 5 years agoAshes 2019, England vs Australia: ‘A win for the ages’, Australia delights in Edgbaston triumph
Those Australians who eschewed late nights in front of the television woke up on Tuesday to the news that their cricket...
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CRICKET
/ 5 years agoAshes 2019, England vs Australia: Three things we learned from the first Ashes Test
Australia overwhelmed England by 251 runs to win the first Test at Edgbaston on Monday and take a 1-0 lead in...
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TENNIS
/ 5 years agoDominic Thiem keen to break Canadian duck
Montreal Masters second seed Dominic Thiem remained confident on Monday that he is in position to win a first ATP match...
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CRICKET
/ 5 years agoInterminable transfer rumours surrounding Neymar continue to swirl unabated as the new Ligue 1 season kicks off this weekend with defending champions Paris Saint-Germain launching their assault for a seventh title in eight attempts. Thomas Tuchel’s side began their campaign by lifting the Champions Trophy in Shenzhen, China, gaining a modicum of revenge with a 2-1 victory over Rennes, the team that shocked PSG in last season’s French Cup final. As Neymar served the last of a three-match ban, incurred after a spat with a fan following April’s shootout loss, Kylian Mbappe pleaded with the Brazilian to stay during their trip to the Far East. “Everyone loves him and I love him so much,” Mbappe said of Neymar, the world’s most expensive player who has been linked with a return to his former club Barcelona. “I don’t want him to leave the team, obviously. I want him to stay. When you think about his situation and then he plays very well and he co-operates with the team you can see what he means to us.” The Brazilian suffered another injury-plagued season, missing PSG’s embarrassing Champions League defeat by Manchester United, as well as Brazil’s triumphant Copa America campaign. The 27-year-old has also been embroiled in widely publicised rape allegations, vehemently denied, which were eventually dismissed by Brazilian police for lack of evidence. Amid Neymar’s tumult Mbappe, who took the 2018 World Cup by storm, tormented Ligue 1 defences to the tune of 33 goals to emerge as the club’s true poster boy. Mbappe moved to quell any doubts over his own plans, having caused alarm when he spoke of playing “elsewhere” at the French league awards ceremony in May. “I think it wasn’t the right place (to say that),” the 20-year-old said while in China. “I’d like to say sorry to the players who were there, because I spoiled the party.” Last season’s title race quickly turned into a cakewalk for PSG, but after a domestic treble in 2017/18 under Unai Emery, his successor fell short in both domestic cups. – ‘It hurts still’ – Despite that disappointment the brief for Tuchel a year on remains unchanged with PSG desperately craving success in Europe, after another calamitous exit. “It hurts a lot, it hurts still that we did not go through,” midfielder Julian Draxler told AFP, five months on. “But from the potential in the team, we are ready to go far in the Champions League.” While PSG have crashed out at the last-16 stage in Europe each of the past three years, it is almost unfathomable they could be dethroned in France with last season’s chief rivals losing a number of key players. Lille sold leading scorer Nicolas Pepe to Arsenal for a reported £72 million ($87 million), while Lyon head into the new campaign without Nabil Fekir, Tanguy Ndombele and Ferland Mendy. Fekir left his boyhood club for Real Betis, Mendy signed for Real Madid, and Ndombele became Tottenham’s record signing in a deal that could rise to 70 million euros. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Lyon have struggled in pre-season under new boss Sylvinho, the former Barcelona and Arsenal full-back. Sporting director and club legend Juninho, who handpicked his compatriot to replace Bruno Genesio, said the start of the campaign would be a “moment of truth” after limp displays against Liverpool and Bournemouth. The arrival of Andre Villas-Boas, who was out of football for 18 months, at Marseille makes for an intriguing prosect. The former protege of Jose Mourinho has pledged to do his all to restore the 1993 Champions League winners to the top after they failed to qualify for Europe last season, prompting the dismissal of Rudi Garcia.
Interminable transfer rumours surrounding Neymar continue to swirl unabated as the new Ligue 1 season kicks off this weekend with defending...
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CRICKET
/ 5 years ago‘Don’t worry, will sort it out son’: Gautam Gambhir reminds Shahid Afridi about PoK
Former Indian cricketer and currently an MP from East Delhi, Gautam Gambhir took a dig at former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, saying...
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CRICKET
/ 5 years agoArticle 370 scrapped: Shahid Afridi weighs in on Kashmir situation
A day after the central government decided to scrap Article 370, which granted special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir,...
NFL (American Football)
Alex Orji to start at QB for No. 18 Michigan in opposition to No. Eleven USC
