How Pakistan defied their T20 stereotypes in 2021

Too slow, too careful, too monotonous. It was not long ago when Pakistan’s approach to T20 cricket was lamented as old-fashioned and was slowly drifting away from the world’s elite sides. A divide was being created between the new brand of T20 cricket that England and India showcased and the primitive system Pakistan were still confined to. The turn of the year 2021 changed this all and Pakistan certainly haven’t looked back since.

The decline of Hector Bellerin

There was once a time when Arsenal possessed one of the world’s best youngsters in the game. Blessed with blistering pace, not even the fastest and most skilful attackers were able to cope with Hector Bellerin. At the mere age of 20, the young Spaniard was already emerging as one of the world’s best right-backs and it was no surprise that Europe’s elite were desperately chasing his signature.

Top 100 Footballers of 2019

2019 was yet another eccentric year for football fans, alongside some incredible individual performances but there can only be one winner…

Is Eden Hazard amongst Chelsea’s greatest legends?

There was a time when Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard spearheaded the greatest Chelsea team in history and one of the best sides in the world, decorated with a countless number of Premier League and FA Cup titles and also two Champions League finals. This generation was faltering gradually, and Chelsea were desperate to stay within touching distance of Europe’s elite.

They called on Eden Hazard…

The Premier League relegation battle: Who will survive and Who will go down?

The title race may be done and dusted, with Man City needing to win 5 more games to secure the title, however a much more intense battle lies at the opposite end of the table as seven teams prepare to sweat it out for Premier League survival…
Here we assess each team’s chances of going down…

Premier League preview & predictions

Patience will never tell when it comes to football, especially to say when you have to survive two entire months without competitive football. But at the end of it there is a reward, on the 11th of August when the Premier League kicks off…

The story of two tales- how the favourites Nadal and Murray were outclassed by these two…

Sam Querrey was the man last year to put a halt to defending champion Novak Djokovic’s remarkable 30 match Grand Slam winning-streak but little did we expect for him to repeat the trick this year… and neither did we expect Gilles Muller to stun Nadal in a near-to five hours thriller

England torn apart by a phenomenal Pakistan side in Cardiff

The thought of a major trophy will linger on the mind of captain Eoin Morgan for yet another year more as England let the critics fly once more at them after falling at the hands of Pakistan in the Champions Trophy semi-finals…

One step closer…one win to go

Hot at the heels, struck at the play of the game…Antonio Conte’s Chelsea are blistering through the Premier League and now not even the pure excellence of Tottenham can catch them as Chelsea reach within touching distance of the Premier League title, needing a win at West Brom on Friday to secure the all-mighty crown….

The PFA Player of the Year accolades preview…

The PFA Player of the Year award awaits for only nine days longer with all of Alexis Sanchez, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, N’Golo Kante, Harry Kane and Zlatan Ibrahimovic got their eyes firmly on the trophy. But only one will take the accolade home…