West Ham have accepted A?25million deal for wantaway star Dimitri Payet who returns to the Ligue 1 club from whom the Hammers signed him. Payet is expected to sign for Marseille on Sunday after the French club reached an agreement with West Ham over his transfer. It is understood the France international will take a A?25,000 wage cut from his A?125,000-a-week salary at West Ham to secure the switch. Payet has pushed hard for the transfer, citing family problems as the reason he wants to return to his former club a from which he joined West Ham in a A?10.7m…
Author: Gaurav Kadam
Gaurav Kadam
Computer engineer bit by the sports bug.
Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah were the stars as India held their nerve at the death to win the match by five runs and level the three-match series 1-1. India managed to win the second T20 international against England by 5 runs even after just making 144 in their innings after England put them to bat winning the toss. Indian batting struggled to get going after skipper Kohli was out for 21 with only Lokesh Rahul playing well. Rahul went on to score 71 off 47 balls to get India to a defendable total. Manish Pandey scored 30 but the…
Roger Federer won his 18th Grand Slam title and first for five years with a thrilling five-set victory over Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final. The 35-year-old Swiss won 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 to claim his fifth Melbourne title and extend his lead at the top of the all-time men’s major winners’ list. Nadal, 30, remains tied in second with Pete Sampras on 14 Grand Slams following his first final since 2014. “Thanks again for everything, to everybody. I hope to see you next year. If not, this was a wonderful run here and I can’t be more…
IaLeague newbies Chennai City FC made a statement by shocking the high-flying Aizawl FC with a 2-0 win over the visitors in a scintillating encounter at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. Two-second half goals from Marcos Tank and Charles D Souza ensured valuable 3 points for Chennai City FC coach Robin Charlesa men at home taking them to 4 points. Robin Charles Raja made two changes in the Chennai City lineup with Darrein Caldeira and Abhra Mondal coming in. The big newsAwasAthe omission of Karanjit Singh who apparently picked up a niggle. More importantly, captain Dharmaraj RavananAwasAruled out…
Shillong Lajong romped to their second straight win of the season beating Mumbai FC 3-1 in the fifth Hero I-league round match at the JLN stadium in Shillong on Saturday. Shillong Lajong romped to their second straight win of the season, having beaten Mumbai FC 3-1 in the fifth Hero I-league round match at the Jawaharlal Nehru StadiumAin Shillong on Saturday evening. Lajong rode on a Dipanda Dicka brace to virtually take the match away from the visitors, who slumped to their third defeat on the trot, in the first half itself. Dicka got the hosts the breakthrough in the…
Serena Williams beat sister Venus in straight sets to win her seventh Australian Open and an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles title. Serena Awon 6-4 6-4 against Venus Ato pass Steffi Graf in the all-time list of major winners since the Grand Slams accepted professional players in 1968.AAustralia’s Margaret Court, with 24, is the only player still ahead of Serena in terms of Grand Slam singles titles. As a considerable bonus, Serena also regained the No. 1 ranking from Angelique Kerber. Last year the German Kerber upset Serena Williams to win the title. “My first Grand Slam started here,…
Rafael Nadal set up a much-anticipated Australian Open final against old rival Roger Federer with an epic, five-set semi-final win over Grigor Dimitrov. The Spaniard won 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 in 4 hours 56 minutes to reach his first Grand Slam final since 2014. Dimitrov’s wait to reach a maiden Slam final continues after Nadal inflicted his first defeat of the year. Nadal, who is attempting to win a 15th major title, will face Swiss rival Federer in Melbourne on Sunday. In Sundayas final, Nadal, will face his longtime rival Roger Federer, 35, a nostalgic counterpoint to…
England eased to victory in the first Twenty20 against India, with Eoin Morgan and Joe Root converting a fine bowling performance into a seven-wicket win in Kanpur. Eoin Morgan took England to victory with a breezy 51Captain Eoin Morgan smashed a 37-ball fifty as England beat India by seven wickets in the first T20I at Green Park in Kanpur on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Riding on their openers’ fiery start, Morgan’s mid-innings onslaught and Joe Root’s finishing hits, England chased down the 148-run target with 11 balls to spare. Openers Jason Roy and Sam…
Venus and Serena Williams will meet in a Grand Slam final for the ninth time after the American sisters came through their semi-finals in Melbourne. Thirteenth seed Venus Williams, 36, beat fellow American Coco Vandeweghe 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-3 to reach her first major final since 2009. World number two Serena Williams, 35, saw off unseeded Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 6-1 in the second semi-final. It would also be a seventh Australian Open victory for the younger Williams sister, while Venus hopes to win an eighth major title, first in Melbourne and first since Wimbledon in 2008. Saturday will be…
Roger Federer moved one step closer to an 18th grand slam title after holding off a thrilling fightback from Stan Wawrinka to reach the Australian Open final. Stanislas Wawrinka forced a decider from two sets down on Rod Laver Arena but Federer held his nerve to win 7-5 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3 and advance to his 28th major final. It means Federer, at 35, is the oldest man to reach a grand slam final since the 39-year-old Ken Rosewall made it to the last hurdle at the US Open in 1974.He will now face either his old foe Rafael Nadal…