FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: Group Stage Round Up

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FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: Group Stage Round Up

FIFA World Cup group stage is done and dusted. We now know the mouthwatering round of 16 fixtures which are ahead of us. Video Assistance Referee (VAR) is one of the most discussed and the interesting addition to this World Cup and not to tell it has played a massive role in few games, but it is still a matter of debate in quite some decisions. Let the discussion go on in this.

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World Cup: Match Day 1

It was the tournament opener where the host nation came on top. They easeed past five goals against Saudi Arabia and gave them the perfect start. Portugal and Spain played out a stunning 3-3 draw which saw Cristiano Ronaldo hat trick. Round 1 was dominated for late goals. Uruguay last minute goal, Iran own goal in 95th minute.

Germany losing to Mexico 1-nil was the shock of round 1

All the top teams struggled in the Round 1 of the World Cup and it was the underdogs who came on top as the Round 1 was done in the tournament.

World Cup: Match Day 2

There was no shortage of competition in Round 2 as well, where big names started to go alive. The only goal fest was England Vs Panama. Harry Kane scored a hat trick. John Stones scored 2. England won with a huge margin of 6-1. Argentina shock loss to Croatia was the shocker of Match Day 2 in this FIFA World Cup. Whereas Germany and Brazil conveniently won their games. As Match Day 2 completed, 7 teams were already packing their bag.

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World Cup: Match Day 3

All the matches have shaped perfectly. Where the topper of the table will be decided and the fate of a few teams. Uruguay, the only team, to have the perfect record with winning all their group games with not allowing the opponent to score as well. Croatia and Belgium ended with nine points. Egypt and Panama are out without opening their account.

9 Own Goals were scored in the Group Stage. A Record of own goals

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World Champions Germany are home.

There were very fine margins as well. Senegal are out looking at the fair play. Spain topped the group with just a goal margin to Portugal. Lionel Messi had announce his presence in World Cup. France and Denmark played out the only goalless game of the tournament.

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Group stage, however, is done and now we move our focus to the knock out stage.

Transfer Stories: Ronaldo Set For Real Madrid Exit.

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Transfer Stories: Ronaldo Set For Real Madrid Exit.

The complete attention in of the footballing world is on the FIFA World Cup. As the transfer window is already open clubs are busy in their transfer activity. There have been some transfer stories going on.

The hottest story which has emerged just a few hours ago is about Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo is keen to end his nine years of stay at Santiago Bernabéu following reports that he is unhappy.

Portugal’s Superstar has a release clause of €1 billion which has been lowered by Real Madrid and are now ready to hear the offers of around €120 million claims OK Diario which might suggest that Ronaldo is nearer than ever from his Real Madrid exit. Paris St. Germain, Football Club Barcelona and all the Spanish team will not get five-times Ballon d’Or for the lowered fee.

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There were few issues between Ronaldo and Real Madrid about the contract as Ronaldo’s demanded increase in his salary. His tax issues were also troubling him in Spain.

The coffin in the nail was Zinedine Zidane leaving Real Madrid after winning third consecutive Champions League final. Neymar to Real Madrid stories might have been disturbing the player and this might increase the chance of Real Madrid to get Neymar Jr.

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Looking at the lowered price Manchester United will be the one who will put an offer on the table with Chelsea, Man City may also show interest. The wage demand of the Superstar is super high which all clubs can’t effort. Currently, all eyes are set on the World Cup.

This is the story which everyone wants to keep an eye on. Any decision to be made on his transfer will only be possible after the Ronaldo’s national duty ends.

Hockey Champions Trophy: India To Play Top Nations. Everything You Need To Know

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Hockey Champions Trophy: India To Play Top Nations. Everything You Need To Know

The 2018 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy will be the 37th and last edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men. It will be held from 23 June to 1 July 2018 in Breda, Netherlands. Topsides including India, Pakistan will be participating in this last Champions Trophy. In the inaugural fixture, India will play Pakistan on 23rd June at 05:50 pm IST.

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Total of six top sides are in the tournament and all of them will be looking to make it big in the competition. Alongside the host nation, the defending champions, the last Olympic, World Cup and World League champions qualify automatically. If a single team has won more than one competition, then remaining nations are invited by the FIH Executive Board.

Qualification:

The Netherlands qualified as host Nation. Whereas Argentina was 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist. Australia is defending champions, 2014 World Champions and 2016-17 Hockey world League winner. After these three nations, three spots were also left to be filled. For these three spots, FIH Executive board invited three countries. India, Belgium and Pakistan are among the invitees.

Hockey Champions Trophy Schedule:

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Kabaddi Masters 2018: Tournament To Kick Off Today In Dubai

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Kabaddi Masters 2018: Tournament To Kick Off Today In Dubai

The game of Kabaddi has gained good popularity in the last few years, thanks to the Pro Kabaddi League. Players from all over the world came and played and are getting the attention, which they should be getting. This is undoubtedly good for the game of Kabaddi. This will surely grow the sport.

The Indian Kabaddi team will travel to Dubai for the Kabaddi Master to kick off on Friday 22nd of June, where a total of six teams will participate. The tournament will continue for nine days in the Al Wasl Sports Club in Dubai. The competition will start to a blockbuster game where India will be playing their rivals Pakistan at 8:00 pm IST.

All the teams are divided into two groups. India, Pakistan and Kenya complete group A, whereas Iran, Republic of Korea and Argentina are in Group B. Srinivas Reddy, the newly appointed coach will be having the likes of Ajay Thakur, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Pradeep Narwal along with the raid machine Rahul Choudray will be leading and dominating the Indian line up. The full schedule of the tournament is listed below.

Kabaddi Masters Full schedule

June 22, 2018

India vs Pakistan – 8 pm IST

Iran vs South Korea – 9 pm IST

June 23, 2018

Iran vs Argentina – 8 pm IST

India vs Kenya – 9 pm IST

June 24, 2018

South Korea vs Argentina – 8 pm IST

Pakistan vs Kenya – 9 pm IST

June 25, 2018

Iran vs South Korea – 8 pm IST

India vs Pakistan – 9 pm IST

June 26, 2018

Iran vs Argentina – 8 pm IST

India vs Kenya – 9 pm IST

June 27, 2018

South Korea vs Argentina – 8 pm IST

Pakistan vs Kenya – 9 pm IST

June 29, 2018 – Semi-finals

SF1: A1 vs B2 – 8 pm IST

SF2: B1 vs A2 – 9 pm IST

June 30, 2018 – Final

Winner of SF1 vs Winner of SF2 – 8 pm IST

Inaugural Test Championship: Who Plays Whom.? All you Need to Know

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Inaugural Test Championship: Who Plays Whom.? All you Need to Know

International Cricket Council (ICC) has just announced the Future Tour Programme (FTP). ICC has just announced the schedule of ICC test championship which will be played from July 15th 2019 to April 30th 2021. The aim of this tournament to bring more excitement, more people to get connected to a five-day game. Top nine side will play six series, three home and three away between the scheduled period against the mutually selected opponents.

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The top two sides will then compete in the finals of ICC test championship in June 2021. The tournament will begin soon after the world cup – 2019 with the Ashes in England. Windies will play Sri Lanka in the final game of the Test Championship.

Complete schedule of ICC Test Championship

India

July-August 2019: Two away Tests in West Indies.
October-November 2019: Three home Tests against South Africa.
November 2019: Two home Tests against Bangladesh.
February 2020: Two away Tests in New Zealand.
December 2020: Four away Tests in Australia.
January-February 2021: Five home Tests against England.

South Africa

October 2019: Three away Tests in India.
December 2019-January 2020 – Four home Tests against England.
July-August 2020: Two away Tests in West Indies.
January 2021: Two home Tests against Sri Lanka.
January-February 2021: Two away Tests against Pakistan.
February-March 2021: Three home Tests against Australia.

Australia

July-August-September 2019: Five Ashes Tests away in England.
November 2019: Two home Tests against Pakistan.
December 2019-January 2020: Three home Tests against New Zealand.
February 2020: Two away Tests against Bangladesh.
November-December 2020: Four home Tests against India.
February-March 2021: Three away Tests against South Africa.

England

July-August 2019: Five Ashes Tests at home against Australia.
December 2019-January 2020: Four away Tests in South Africa.
March 2020: Two away Tests in Sri Lanka.
June-July 2020: Three home Tests against Windies.
July-August 2020: Three home Tests against Pakistan.
January-February 2021: Five away Tests in India.

New Zealand

July-August 2019: Two away Tests in Sri Lanka.
December 2019-January 2020: Three away Tests in Australia.
February 2020: Two home Tests against India.
August-September 2020: Two away Tests in Bangladesh.
November-December 2020: Three home Tests against Windies.
December 2020: Two home Tests against Pakistan.

Sri Lanka

July-August 2019: Two home Tests against New Zealand.
October 2019: Two away Tests against Pakistan.
March-April 2020: Two home Tests against England.
July-August 2020: Three home Tests against Bangladesh.
January 2021: Two away Tests in South Africa.
February-March 2021: Two away Tests in West Indies.

Pakistan

October 2019: Two home Tests against Sri Lanka.
November-December 2019: Two away Tests in Australia.
January-February 2020: Two home Tests against Bangladesh.
July-August 2020: Three away Tests in England.
December 2020: Two away Tests in New Zealand.
January-February 2021: Two home Tests against South Africa.

Bangladesh

November 2019: Two away Tests in India.
January-February 2020: Two away Tests in Pakistan.
February 2020: Two home Tests against Australia.
July-August 2020: Three away Tests in Sri Lanka.
August-September 2020: Two home Tests against New Zealand.
January-February 2021: Three home Tests against Windies.

Windies

July-August 2019: Two home Tests against India.
June-July 2020: Three away Tests in England.
July-August 2020: Two home Tests against South Africa.
November-December 2020: Three away Tests in New Zealand.
January-February 2021: Three away Tests in Bangladesh.
February-March 2021: Two home Tests in Sri Lanka.

Favourite Football Clubs of Bollywood Actors

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Favourite Football Clubs of Bollywood Actors

Bollywood actors not only get involved in domestic sports but are interested in following other games as well. There is a number of Bollywood actors who closely follow the football clubs. From young actors to legends and the actress.

All the below-listed celebrities do follow football closely. The list is dominated by Premier League – The football league of England and Wales. The other league which makes a list is the La Liga – The football league of Spain.

Arsenal:

This list includes a total of four actors and it is the highest followed club from Bollywood. The actors who follow Arsenal are Esha Gupta, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt.

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Chelsea:

Both father and son are the fans of the Chelsea Football Club.

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Barcelona:

Some actors follow Football Club Barcelona. Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor are the passionate fans of Catalonia.

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Real Madrid:

Hrithik Roshan, Shahrukh Khan and John Abraham make the list of Spanish heavyweights Real Madrid.

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FIFA World Cup 2018: Close Look On Portugal Vs Spain

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FIFA World Cup 2018: Close Look On Portugal Vs Spain

On day two of FIFA World Cup, it was Cristiano Ronaldo’s night in Sochi, Russia. He marked his presence in tournament with a hat-trick. Portugal and Spain played out one of the World Cup classic. It was a 3-all draw with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring hat-trick.

Cristiano Ronaldo who never scored against Spain was in some exceptional touch. In the 4th minute of the game Ronaldo scored the penalty which he won against Nacho. In starting stages of game Portugal tactics were playing the long ball but later changed their style of play.

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It was in 24th minute Spain striker Diego Costa with some handy footwork level up the scoreline. It was all Spain in the later stage of the first half.

Isco with one of the shots just the post to save it. It was in 44th minute Spain’s stop stopper David De Gea blunder came and against all the odds Ronaldo scored his and Portugal’s second goal to go a goal up at the break.

Hattrick hero Ronaldo to the rescue.

As the team came out for the second half. It was the Spain goal which lighted up the second half in the 55th minute again by their talisman Diego Costa. After equalising the scoreline for the second time, Nacho Fernandez with some super strike just three minutes later scored for Spain. Which of course gave lead to Spain for the first time in the game.

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As the game progressed it looks like to have settled in Spain’s favour but you can’s Ronaldo had some other plans. It was in the 88th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo with a sensational effort from the free-kick to which De Dea didn’t even move.

Ronaldo completes his 51st treble, which is also 51st treble in the world cup. Portugal talisman became the 4th player in history to score in four consecutive world cup tournaments. He also became the 1st player in the history of the game to score in eight successive major tournaments.

In the other two fixture of the day. It was just a single goal in stoppage time to give Uruguay and Iran three points. Uruguay’s Jose Gimenez who scored a header from a dead ball for Uruguay’s victory. In the other game, it was Aziz Bouhaddouz who scored own goal in the 95th minute to hand Iran three points.

FIFA World Cup Russia: What To Expect From Today’s Fixture

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FIFA World Cup Russia: What To Expect From Today’s Fixture

The month-long festival of football has just started in Russia. The biggest sports event of the year FIFA World Cup. As the days go on it’ll only get better. As we enter day 2 of the world cup, three fixtures are waiting for us. Yesterday we saw host winning comfortably against Saudi Arabia.

Portugal against Spain will be the top game to look out in today’s fixture. In another match, Mohamed Salah’s Egypt will be against Uruguay whereas Iran will test Morocco.

Portugal Vs Spain:

The two neighbours will be fighting and both will be looking for a win to start their world cup. The two have met just once in the world cup. Spain won that encounter 1-0 in the round of 16, thanks to a David Villa goal. Counting both world cup and Euro Cup the two have encountered four times and just producing four goals.

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Spain has qualified for its 11th world cup in a row and 15 in total. It is the longest ever streak of participation. On the other hand, Portugal is playing its 7th world cup, their 5th appearance in a row.

Cristiano Ronaldo was directly involved in more goals than any other player in 2018 world cup qualifiers, scoring 15 and assisting other 3. However, he has never scored against Spain.

Egypt Vs Uruguay:

Uruguay beat Egypt in their only previous meeting, defeating them 2-0 in Alexandria in August-2006. Uruguay is unbeaten against African opposition at the world cup. Egypt is playing their third World Cup and first since 1990, thanks to Mohamed Salah’s Penalty in their last qualifier.

Egypt is so far winless in the world cup drawing two and losing two of their four games. In fact, no African nation has played as many games in the competition without winning a single one.

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On the other hand, Uruguay has lost only one of their last eight world cup group games against the surprise package of 2014, Costa Rica. Uruguay was the first world cup winners, in 1930. They also won their second participation in 1950.

Past is done and they will be facing Egypt, Russia and Saudi Arabia and look like a favourite to progress with the power of Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani.

Morocco vs Iran:

This is the first encounter in group B. Morocco and Iran have never met at the world cup. In fact, they met once which ended up in a draw. They both look underdog in front of Spain and Portugal the favourites to progress from group B.

Incredible Tennis Facts, Every Sports Fan Must Know

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Incredible Tennis Facts, Every Sports Fan Must Know

With more than 1 billion fans and 4th most followed sports, Tennis has its own history. Tennis is the sports, which is ranked on top when coming to single and doubles games. To go deep in the history of sport, we need to go back to the 12th – 13th century. That’s where the tennis was an origin. Walter Wingfield invented the modern tennis in 1873.

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The game contains several tournaments, with some of them very prestigious. Just a day before the French Open was done and dusted in which Rafael Nadal won the record 11th time. In 3 weeks time Wimbledon is due. The other two are the Australian Open and the US Open. All these combined are called as Grand Slam Tournament.

Tennis has a massive list of legends played or playing the game. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, William sister’s, Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova and many more to full fill the list. Several players have also caught an eye in tennis.

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Tennis Facts:

  1. Wimbledon is the oldest tournament in the world.
  2.  If a tennis match lasted an hour, the ball would actually be in play for an average of 8 minutes.
  3. In a 2007 US Open match, Roger Federer went through 105 consecutive points without making an unforced error!
  4. Only strawberries and cream are allowed in Wimbledon for fans to consume. In 2017, fans consumed 34 tonnes of strawberries and 10,000 litres of cream.
  5. The Surface area of a human lung is equal to a court.
  6. The longest match in the history of the game lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes — The longest tennis match ever played took place at the 2010 tournament. John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut in a match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes and was played over the course of three days. The final set went for 138 games, with Isner prevailing 70-68.
  7. As per the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, all players must be dressed entirely in white. Umpires can ask a player to change if they don’t meet the dress code. For example, in 2013, Roger Federer was told to switch his shoes because they had orange soles.
  8. The person to hold the records for the most Grand Slam singles titles is Margaret Smith Court, with 24.
  9. Tennis was first played in the Olympics in 1896 and then removed in 1924. In 1988 it was re-added to the Olympics as a real event. The game has been part of the Paralympic Games since 1992.

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  10. Venus Williams and her sister Serena both won Olympic gold medals for tennis. They are the first set of sisters to accomplish this.

Top Sports News Of The Day

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Top Sports News Of The Day

Sports News Of The Day :

Few final fixtures of sports news were played out today. India was playing two of them one in Football and the other in women’s cricket. Several other sports are also being played out today. With football world cup approaching in four days time. All the teams participating in the tournament have already started to board flights to Russia.

Sports News

Cricket:

India Women’s loose 1st Final after playing six consecutive final in Asia cup:

Bangladesh Women again came on top to beat the Indian Women in the final of Asia Cup which was going on in Malaysia. The game was an absolute thriller and went on till the death. Bangladesh Women won the toss and invited India to bat.

India women lost wickets at regular intervals but thanks to the skipper who scored a half-century to put India in a comfortable position. Bangladesh needed 113 to win the Asia cup to which they started superbly only to lose two consecutive wickets in 7th over. Due to the low target and some good batting by Bangladeshi they came on top to become the 1st country other than India to win the Asia cup.

Scotland Vs England, Only ODI :

In the men’s cricket Scotland are playing against England in an ODI where Scotland scored 371 for the loss of 5 wickets thanks to Calum MacLeod 140* and half-centuries from skipper and George Munsey. Jonny Bairstow scored a century in no time to give England an upper hand in the contest. Currently, England is struggling with 347/ still required another 24 runs in 24 balls.

Windies vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test :

Just after the lunch break on the final day of the test match Windies bowled out Sri Lanka on 226 to win the 1st test match by 226 runs. For winning Sri Lanka need 453, to which Lankan started of to a good start with 175-3, on the end of day-4. Sri Lanka could have sensed some hope, but only that hope to demolish and to fall their last seven wickets by adding just 51 runs. Windies played out Sri Lanka in all the department of the game.

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Intercontinental Cup Final:

Kenya beat Chinese Taipei 4-0 to book a place in Final against India, in Mumbai. India started well with opening the scoring in just 10th minute through a dead ball. It was Sunil Chettri again in the 28th minute to double the India lead.

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India was 2-0 up till the break, and that was enough for India and Sunil Chettri to win the Intercontinental Cup. Kenya came back stronger in the 2nd half, but thanks to the top class save from the Gurpreet Sandhu’s for denying twice. Sunil Chettri also became the joint 2 top goal scorer in International football with 64 goals in the list of active footballers.

International Friendly’s

With less than 100 hours for Football world cup to kick off in Russia. All the teams are getting ready and have started landing in Russia. In the friendly’s played out today Spain win unconvincingly to Tunisia, USA played out the 1-all draw with France. Neymar led Brazil in their final warm-up game won 3 – 0 against Austria.

French Open:

Rafel Nadal played out Dominic Thiem in the final of French Open to win in the straight set. Nadal played 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to win the french open for the record 11th time. Thiem, the Austrian was never in the game, he played out some good game, but the experience of Nadal was more than enough for the 24-year-old Thiem.

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