Author: Manupriyam Gupta

All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced a 20 team competition “Super Cup tournament” in February 2019, scheduled to take place at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar. The fixtures for the same has been scheduled from March 15- April 13, where 6 top teams from Indian Super League (ISL) and I-League will earn a direct qualification in the competition. The bottom 4 teams of ISL and those finished between 7th-10th positions in the I-League will indulge in Qualifiers to grab the remaining positions of the tournament. 2018 Hero Super Cup, being the inaugural edition witnessed the same number of teams indulged in…

All eyes are set on the upcoming 5 match ODI series between hosts India and current World Champions Australia scheduled from March 2- March 13. While, the 50 over clash will mark the final international outing for the Men in Blue before the all-important ICC Cricket World 2019, Aussies, on the other hand, will face the Champions Trophy winners, Pakistan in UAE, where the duo will battle out in 5 ODIs from March 22- March 31. India aims to focus on gaining the lost momentum from their last outing in the T20 series, whereas Aaron Finch, limited over the captain…

Leading up to the IPL 2019, all the domestic teams indulged in the shortest format in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19. The first round of play in the tournament was terrific, to say the least. The performances from Mumbai and Bengal were the standout ones from the Round 1. Shreyas Iyer hit a blazing 147 off 55 balls to help Mumbai defeat Sikkim by 154 runs in their opening match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in Indore. The Mumbaikar’s 147 is the highest T20 score by an Indian surpassing the record of Rishabh Pant, who had scored an…

A shift in gear was witnessed for Indian Football in 2019 as the excitement level reached new heights. Exciting challenges were waiting ahead for both the Men’s and Women’s senior national teams. The former team indulged in a high-intensity AFC Asian Cup scheduled in the first half of January. Eyeing on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, both teams were eager to prove their respective capability to beat higher ranked teams on an odd day. Opting a rotational captaincy policy, India failed to carry forward the momentum in the AFC Asian Cup 2019. Apart from the 4-1 win against Thailand in the…

The Carribean side was sailing smooth and appearing dominant in the year of ICC Cricket World Cup as they were hot favourites to whitewash England in the 3 Test matches of the full-fledged series comprising of 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is. The last thing, the Carribean side had on their wishlist were any controversies post the dominant victories over the visitors in Barbados & Antigua. Kraigg Braithwaite hosted Joe Root’s men in the last red ball encounter at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium located at Gros Islet in St Lucia. Opting to bowl first, Braithwaite aimed to repeat the feat from their last outing where the visitors had to face one…