Year: 2021

Novak Djokovic said Australian Open quarantine demands “Misconstrued”

World number one Novak Djokovic said his demands for tennis players in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open were “misconstrued”. In an open letter to the Australian public published from hotel quarantine in South Australia, Djokovic defended his “good intentions”,…

List of retained players for all 8 IPL teams ahead of 2021 auction

Indian Premier League’s auction for 2021 will take place in February and ahead of it, eight franchises retained respective players from 2020 edition. Major highlight of the retention is Glenn Maxwell wasn’t retained by Kings XI Punjab. Australia’s Steve Smith…

Poland sacked head coach Jerzy Brzeczek

Poland national team coach Jerzy Brzeczek has been sacked, the Polish Football Association (PZPN) has announced on its official website. Poland hired Brzeczek in July 2018 after the team failed to advance into the knockout stage of the World Cup….

India secures top place in WTC points table after winning historic Gabba Test

India overcame unimaginable odds to defeat Australia in the fourth Test and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. With this classic victory, the Ajinkya Rahane-led team has moved to the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings. India now has 430…

Tennis players complain of food quality during Quarantine ahead of Aus Open

Tennis stars have been complaining about the quality of food and living conditions in the hotel they have been quarantined in ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne. As many as 47 players were earlier sent into hard quarantine after…

Afridi wants former Pakistani legends to follow Rahul Dravid to groom young cricketers

Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi has urged former cricketers to follow India’s Rahul Dravid’s path for grooming young players in the country. Dravid coached Indian under-19 and India A teams over the span and now he’s head at the National Cricket Academy…

ATP Cup & Australian Open 2021 News

Covid Causes Schedule, Venue Change The second iteration of the ATP Cup will not be played in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, Australia on January 1st through the 10th with 24 teams vying for tennis supremacy as scheduled. However, that doesn’t…

Virat Kohli blessed with a baby girl

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma were on Monday blessed with a baby girl. “We are thrilled to share with you that we have been blessed with a baby girl this afternoon. We thank you…

FIFA to test concussion substitutes at 2021 Club World Cup in Qatar

World football governing body FIFA announced on Friday that the use of concussion substitutes will be tested at the Club World Cup in Qatar in February. According to a FIFA statement, it will “trial additional permanent substitutions for cases of…

Chris Gayle would love to see T10 cricket at Olympics

Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has stated that he would “love” to see T10 format of cricket in the Olympics. “I would absolutely love to see T10 within the Olympics. It would be something huge for the sport from…