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“London Is A Disgrace Of A Place”: England Cricket Great Shares Knife Attack Video | Cricket News

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has expressed his concern after a man was stabbed in a broad daylight attack on a train in London. The incident took place between Shortlands and Beckenham on a train heading to Victoria on Wednesday. The local police launched an appeal for witnesses to come forward after the victim was reported to have "serious injuries". Taking to social media platform X, Pietersen reshared a video of the same incident, labelling London as "a disgrace of a place"."WTAF is this now in London?!?!?! London was once the most amazing city. It's an absolute disgrace of a place," Pietersen captioned the post.Pietersen also pointed out recent instances where people have been robbed in the capital in broad daylight.WTAF is this now in London?!?!?! London was once the most...
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Jude Bellingham Sots Last-Gasp Equaliser As England Draw With Belgium | Football News

Jude Bellingham scored at the death to salvage a 2-2 draw for England at Wembley on Tuesday after Youri Tielemans struck twice for Belgium in the final match before Gareth Southgate's Euro 2024 selection. Injury-hit England -- among the favourites to win the Euros in Germany -- were bright in attack but Tielemans capitalised on defensive lapses. The Aston Villa midfielder scored an early opener after a bad error from England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and headed home a second later in the first half after Ivan Toney had equalised from the penalty spot.Belgium survived a succession of England attacks and seemed certain to hold out for the win in front of more than 80,000 fans before Real Madrid midfielder Bellingham struck deep into stoppage time.The draw is a welcome boost for England a...
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Endrick Makes History As Brazil Beat England To Launch New Era | Football News

Brazil's new boss Dorival Junior started his bid to revive the five-time world champions with a 1-0 win against England as teenage sensation Endrick bagged his first international goal in Saturday's friendly at Wembley. Coming off their worst period for over 60 years, Brazil hope Dorival Junior can trigger a revival in time to challenge for the 2026 World Cup. This was a first significant step in the right direction for the Selecao, who marked their manager's debut with victory against an England side expected to make a strong challenge to win Euro 2024.On a cathartic evening for Brazil after their wretched 2023, it was fitting the highly-rated Endrick bagged Brazil's late winner.The Palmeiras forward, due to join Real Madrid in July, has been tipped to succeed Neymar as Brazil's latest...
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England Captain Harry Kane To Miss Brazil Clash | Football News

England captain Harry Kane will miss Saturday's friendly against Brazil and is "extremely doubtful" to face Belgium next week. Kane suffered an ankle injury playing for Bayern Munich in their 5-2 win over Darmstadt last weekend and will not be risked for the meeting with Brazil at Wembley. The former Tottenham striker also faces the possibility of missing Tuesday's friendly against Belgium at Wembley. That will be the final match before England boss Gareth Southgate names his Euro 2024 squad, although Kane has no worries about his place on the flight to Germany in June.Ajax midfielder Jordan Henderson and Chelsea forward Cole Palmer remain with the England squad, but they are also sidelined by injuries for the sold-out clash against the Selecao.Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka withdrew from ...
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CSK “20% Worse” After MS Dhoni Stepping Down: Ashes Winning Captain Massive Claim Ahead Of IPL 2024 | Cricket News

File photo of MS Dhoni.© BCCIFormer England captain Michael Vaughan has made a bold claim on social media after MS Dhoni stepped down as Chennai Super Kings captain. The franchise on Thursday took to social media to make the announcement that Ruturaj Gaikwad replaces Dhoni in the role. The decision marks the end of Dhoni's illustrious reign as CSK skipper, during which he led the side to five IPL titles. Dhoni captained CSK in all the 14 editions the side played till IPL 2023."No MS Dhoni as captain for the @ChennaiIPL !!!! Makes them around 20% worse off .. #IPL24," wrote Vaughan, under whom England won the Ashes in 2005, on X.No MS Dhoni as captain for the @ChennaiIPL !!!! Makes them around 20% worse off .. #IPL24— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 21, 2024In IPL 2022 too, CSK t...
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“It Was Sarfaraz Khan”: Rohit Sharma Reveals Truth Behind Viral “Aage Badhega” Stump Mic Chat | Cricket News

India youngsters Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan had a memorable outing during the recently-concluded five-match series against England, which the hosts won 4-1. Jurel was named player of the match in the 4th Test in Ranchi, while Sarfaraz also impressed in his first Test series, scoring a fifty in the both innings of his debut Test in Rajkot. In the fifth and final Test in Dharamsala, Jurel showed impeccable reading of the game by predicting how Kuldeep Yadav can dismiss England batter Ollie Pope.While many believed that it was Jurel who shouted that Pope would step out of his crease to counter the spin, India captain Rohit Sharma has revealed that it was actually Sarfaraz who called the shots."Yeh badhega aage (he will step out)," Sarfaraz had told Kuldeep, as confirmed by Rohit."Brilli...
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“I Played With Sarfaraz Khan’s Father”: Rohit Sharma’s Mega Revelation, Says Test Cap Belongs To Him As Well | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma with Sarfaraz Khan's father Naushad© TwitterSkipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said he revelled in the company of his young "mischievous" teammates and was overwhelmed by emotions as they made their debuts during India's monumental 4-1 Test series triumph over England. In absence of some big stars including Virat Kohli, the five-Test home series saw five youngsters -- Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Deep and Devdutt Padikkal -- make their debut as India showed resilience to fight back after losing the opening Test in Hyderabad."Personally, mujhe inke saath kaam karke bahut maza aya. Jitne bhi young ladke the... sabkaafi chulbule the. (I really loved playing with them. All of them are very mischievous)," Rohit said on his Instagram handle "Team Ro"."I knew mo...
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“Arey Bhai Insaan hai”: Rohit Sharma Hits Out At Critics Of India’s 100 Test Veteran R Ashwin | Cricket News

For Rohit Sharma, the India vs England Test series has been a big learning curve. Missing top stars due to injury and other reasons, Rohit Sharma marshalled a group of debutants to defeat a strong England side. He had by his side experienced campaigners like R Ashwin too, who had a special series. The veteran off-spinner was the top wicket-taker in the series with 26 scalps in 10 innings. He had to deal with tough times on the personal front as his mother suffered a health emergency.Despite that, R Ashwin stood tall. Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday spoke about R Ashwin, who played his 100th Test and took his 500th wicket in the format, during the course of the series."His career speaks for itself. Look at the number of Man of the Match, Man of the Series he has got...
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“Kabhi Kabhi Bol Deta Hun”: Rohit Sharma Breaks Silence On Outburst On Young India Stars During England Tests | Cricket News

India vs England: File photo of Rohit Sharma with Indian cricket team youngsters.© TwitterIndia captain Rohit Sharma hailed the performance of the debutants in the recently concluded Test series vs England and called the series one of the toughest of his Test career. Speaking exclusively about the hard-fought series on Team Ro on Instagram, Rohit said, “A five Test match series is always tough, always hard, a lot of challenges through that one and a half to two months that we need to go through. It was a very different experience to play that five Test series and against an opposition like England, we knew it was never going to be easy. We have to be at our best and certainly towards the end, I could say that we are at our best to come out on top on four occasions. So very, very pleased...
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“Gets Too Worried About LBW”: Ravichandran Ashwin On How He Won The Battles vs Ben Stokes | Cricket News

Ravichandran Ashwin said that Ben Stokes gets too worried about getting LBW.© BCCIVeteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed how Ben Stokes going into a shell allowed him to get the better of the England captain during the recently-concluded Test series. Ashwin picked up his 36th five-wicket haul in the final and final Test in Dharamsala, which India won by an innings and 64 runs. One of the wickets in his spell was that of Stokes just before the stroke of Lunch on Day 3. Aswhin bowled an arm ball to Stokes and the cherry went through the gap between bat and pad to rattle the stumps.Ashwin said that Stokes gets too worried about getting LBW and that's exactly how he wanted to dismiss him."I just felt like when Stokes gets into the very defensive shells, he allows you to ...