West Germany 1974 was when the hosts won a battle of total football. It was the year the new World Cup trophy came along. Let us take a look back how it happened. Watertight security surrounded the 1974 World Cup in West Germany following the murder of Israeli...
The 1978 football World Cup was an extraordinary event, marked by the victory of the Argentina national football team at Buenos Aires. Their iconic blue and white attire, the loud cheer of more than 70,000 fans and the glory of winning at the Monumental— was an...
Umar Akmal has been banned from all cricket for three years after the Pakistan batsman failed to report details of corrupt approaches made to him in two separate incidents. The 29-year-old, who has played in 16 Tests, 121 one-day internationals and 84 Twenty20s, was...
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...
