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Wayne Rooney eyes role as Derby’s full-time manager

November 21, 2020

Derby County’s Wayne Rooney says he hopes to follow in the footsteps of former England team mate Frank Lampard and take charge of the Championship club on a permanent basis. Rooney is part of a four-man coach- ing team that will lead Derby for Satur- day’s league game at Bristol...

Messi saga: Guardiola hopes Lionel ends career at Barcelona

November 21, 2020

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he is unsure what the future holds for Lionel Messi but hopes as a Bar- celona fan that the Argentine forward will remain at the La Liga club until the end of his career. Guardiola, who has guided City to two Premier League titles,...

Smith’s return ‘big headache’ for India: Maxwell

November 21, 2020

Steve Smith’s return is a big plus for Australia and a “big headache” for Team India, feels Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell ahead of the blockbuster clash which begins next week. Smith, along with Warner, was not part of the 2018-19 series against India when Virat Kohli’s men won the Test...

Captain Kohli’s absence: Which brick will fill hole in the wall?

November 21, 2020

Once skipper Virat Kohli returns home after the first Test to be with wife Anushka Sharma who is due for delivery, India will have a big hole to fill at No.4 in the next three matches of the series. While it is too early to guess his replacement as the...

‘I’m tired of being blamed for everything at Barcelona’

November 20, 2020

A frustrated Lionel Messi said he is tired of being blamed for problems at Barcelona after he was accused by Antoine Griezmann’s former agent of making life difficult for the French striker at the La Liga club. Eric Olhats had accused Messi of having too much control at the club,...

Manchester City manager Guardiola extends contract to 2023

November 20, 2020

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a new two-year contract that will keep him in charge until the end of the 2022-23 season, the Premier League club said on Thursday. The Spaniard has guided City to two Premier League titles, three League Cups and an FA Cup since his...

Ind vs Aus: Some memorable batting knocks

November 20, 2020

Team India will begin their much-anticipated Australia tour with the three-match ODI series beginning November 27. While India’s ODI record is not that great in Australia, things changed for them drastically when they, for the first time, won the CB Series in 2008, with Sri Lanka neing the third team....

Djokovic urges govt to support players for playing Australian Open

November 20, 2020

World number one Novak Djokovic has called on authorities to allow players to compete before the Australian Open while undertaking their mandatory quarantine period. The start of the 2021 season remains in limbo, with officials declining to endorse Tennis Australia’s plans to have players arrive mid-December and be free to...

Pujara hits the nets but Kohli’s absence may hit India’s chances

November 20, 2020

A lot hinges on batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara, who was the star of Indias historic Test series triumph in 2018-19, during the forthcoming Test series in Australia. The right-handed No.3 batsman, who amassed 521 runs with three centuries and earned the Man-of-the-Series award in 2018-19, got down to batting at...

Tech industry has shown resilience during Covid and is ready to leap ahead: PM Modi

November 20, 2020

Amidst a global lockdown, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s tech industry has shown resilience, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The pandemic was a bend in the path, not the end. The amount of tech adaption that would not have happened in the decade happened in just a few months,”...

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