Football world cups have produced a list of memorable winners over the years. Although West Germany’s ruthlessly efficient winners of Italia 1990 are often forgotten. That team included some outrageously talented players who produced a series of powerful performances....
The 1986 World Cup will always be remembered for one man: Diego Armando Maradona. Without doubt, he was the star of the tournament and Argentina’s talisman as they became world champions for the second time. But there was more to that team than just one man &...
Shaun Marsh and Usman Khawaja were among the six players dropped from Cricket Australia’s list of nationally contracted players. World number three batsman Marnus Labuschagne heads the new names on Cricket Australia’s (CA) 2020-21 contracted player list ahead of...
Chris Gayle minced no words as he lashed out hard at a former teammate for his alleged part in Gayle’s ouster from Caribbean Premier League team Jamaica Tallawahs. He singled out Ramnaresh Sarwan for playing a “big part” in it. In an outburst,...
The Azzurri overcame all the odds, controversy, doubts and even scandal to lift the 1982 World Cup Today we take a look back at their journey in Spain 1982. There are few international teams that have captured the hearts of their fans as completely as the Italy side...
Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee said that current India captain Virat Kohli can surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s massive cricketing feat while speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected show. Tendulkar scored 49 ODI tons and 51 Test hundreds, and to this day, is the...
After 24 years of glorious failures, Brazil finally captured a record fourth World Cup in the United States of America in 1994. Today we look back at their journey. Brazil had never sweated so much to participate of a World Cup. Until the 1980s, the World Cup...
The entrepreneur in Abhinav Bindra reckons the economies of sport will have taken a beating by the time the novel coronavirus ceases to spread its ugly tentacles, leaving the athletes in an uncertain world full of challenges. The champion athlete in him sees sport...
On July 12, 1998, the France national team created history by winning the country’s first World Cup. It was one of the most memorable and intense moments the nation had ever experienced and transcended football; this triumph had social repercussions and brought...
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was won by Brazil in spectacular fashion by another one of its golden generations. Today we take a look back at their journey. When the groups were drawn, Brazil seemed to have been lucky; Brazil’s adversaries would be Turkey, China and...
