Maradona recalls the emotional highlight was the quarter-final against England, that in the Falklands war of 1982, “ seventeen-year-old boys had gone out to fight in Flecha tennis shoes, shooting pellets at the English, who decided how may Argentine boys they could kill”. For him beating England in Football would be revenge. By then he…
ICC Champions Trophy, 9th Match, Group A: New Zealand v Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Jun 9, 2017 New Zealand v Bangladesh New Zealand 265/8 (50 ov) MJ Guptill 33 off 35, 4 fours, 1 six, KS Williamson 57 off 69, 5 fours, LRPL Taylor 63 off 82, 6 fours, NT Broom 36…
ICC Champions Trophy, 8th Match, Group B: India v Sri Lanka at Kennington Oval, Jun 8, 2017 India v Sri Lanka India 321/6 (50ov) RG Sharma 78 off 79, 6 fours, 3 sixes, S Dhawan 125 off 128, 15 fours, 1 six, MS Dhoni 63 off 52, 7 fours, 2 sixes, SL Malinga 70-2,…
ICC Champions Trophy, 7th Match, Group B: Pakistan v South Africa at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Jun 7, 2017. South Africa V Pakistan South Africa 219/8 50 ov Q de Kock 33 off 49, 2 fours, F du Plessis 26 off 44, 1four,DA Miller 75 not out off 104, 1 four, 3 sixes, CH Morris 28 off…
ICC Champions Trophy, 6th Match, Group A: England v New Zealand at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Jun 6, 2017 England v New Zealand England 310 (49.3 ov) AD Hales 56 off 62, 3 fours, 2 sixes, JE Root 64 off65, 4 fours, 2 sixes, BA Stokes 48 off 53, 4 fours, 2 sixes,JC Butler 61 no…
ICC Champions Trophy, 5th Match, Group A: Australia v Bangladesh at Kennington, The Oval, Jun 5, 2017 Australia v Bangladesh Bangladesh 182 ao (44.3/50 ov) Tamim Iqbal 95 of 114, 6 fours, 3 sixes, Shakib Al Hasan 29 off 48, 2 fours, Mehedi Hasan Miraz 14 off26, 1 four, MA Starc 29-4, A Zampa 13-2,…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s double helped Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid side beat Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff. A goal in either half took Ronaldo to 105 Champions League strikes as Real became the first side since AC Milan in 1990 to win back-to-back cups. Juventus played entertaining football for the first 45 minutes, AS Ronaldo’s opener was neturalised…
ICC Champions Trophy, 4th Match, Group B: India v Pakistan at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Jun 4, 2017 India v Pakistan India 319/3 (48/48 ov) RG Sharma 91 off 119, 7 fours, 2 sixes, S Dhawan 68 off 65, 6 fours, 1 six, V Kohli 81 not out off 68, 6 four, 3 sixes, Yuvraj Singh 53…
ICC Champions Trophy, 3rd Match, Group B: Sri Lanka v South Africa at The Oval, Jun 3, 2017 South Africa v Sri Lanka South Africa 299/6 (50.0 ov) HM Amla 103 off 115, 5 fours, 2 sixes, F du Plessis 75 off70, 6 fours, JP Duminy 38 not out off 20, 5 fours, 1 six,…
ICC Champions Trophy, 2nd Match, Group A: Australia v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jun 2, 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, Jun 2, 2017 – 2nd Match, Group A at Edgbaston, Birmingham Australia v New Zealand No result New Zealand 291 all out 45 overs, KS Williamson 100 off 97, 8 fours, 3 sixes, LRPL Taylor…