Author: Sanjeet Patel

Bundesliga club Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League which marked the return of Robert Lewandowski at Allianz Arena. After being dominated in the first half, Lucas Hernandes and Leroy Sane scored in quick succession in the second half to hand Barcelona another defeat against Bayern. Despite Robert Lewandowski’s openly wishing to leave Bayern this summer, the fans gave him a good reception before the match. Having scored 9 goals in 6 matches for his new club, Lewandowski missed several chances during the match. One of the best ones came during the 18th minute when an excellent…

Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 on UEFA Champions League matchday 2. Injury-time goals from Paulinho and Arthur inflicted Tottenham its first loss of the season. Sporting Lisbon played a superb neck-to-neck match to deny Spurs any chances. Both the teams had a minute’s silence before the match to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. Paulinho headed the first goal for Sporting in the 90th minute from a Pedro Goncalves corner. 3 minutes later Arthur struck a low strike from Paulinho’s assist to score the hosts’ 2nd goal of the night. The win puts Sporting Lisbon on top…

Nitto ATP Finals, the season-ending championships featuring the Top 8 singles players will take place from 13 Nov to 20 Nov 2022. Rafael Nadal who has won 2 Grand Slams this year and the new World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz both have qualified for the ATP Finals at the top 2. New World No. 2 Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Australian Open finalist Danill Medvedev sit in 3rd, 4th, and 5th place respectively, and are expected to qualify. Below them sit Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and currently injured Alexander Zverev. Felix Auger who is 7th in the race with 2,860…

English Premier League released a statement stating that the fixtures will return this weekend after a pause last week as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The statement confirms that 7 out of 10 matches will take place while the rest of the 3 remain postponed. https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1569363071528828928 Premier League has also confirmed that kickoff timings for 2 fixtures will also change. The matches that remain postponed include Chelsea vs Liverpool at Stamford Bridge and Manchester United vs Leeds United at Old Trafford, both were due on 18th September. Brighton vs Crystal Palace at Falmer Stadium…

19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz is the newest Grand Slam champion on the ATP Tour. The Spaniard defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3 in the final of the US Open to win his maiden Grand Slam and also became the youngest World. No 1 in ATP history. https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1569108035775221762 After playing 3 back-to-back 5-setters in the previous rounds and having spent 20 hours and 19 minutes on the court, Carlos Alcaraz still managed to preserve his form and energy to outlast Casper Ruud. The latter also had the chance to become the new World. No 1 with the victory. https://twitter.com/TennisTV/status/1569108230055383041 First…

World No. 1 Poland’s Iga Swiatek 21, defeated Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in the US Open final to secure her 3rd Grand Slam, and the second of the year. Swiatek played a flawless match and survived the heated 2nd set tiebreak to deny Ons Jabeur another Grand Slam. https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1568722911350898688 First Set Iga Swiatek exploited Ons Jabeur’s weak serving from the beginning of the match. Jabeur landed just 48% of her first serves in the first set, and it made things a lot easy for her opponent. Iga was relentless on returns and broke Jabeur in the 3 out of…

It is being done as a mark of respect after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The following is a brief on the leagues that have cancelled and postponed their weekend matches.

Fifth seed Ons Jabeur reached her back-to-back grand slam finals after defeating France’s Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-3. Polish Iga Swiatek reached her first slam final outside of Roland Garros after defeating Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. The final of the US Open will thus feature the Top 2 players in the race to WTA Finals. https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1568073185807024131 The Women’s US Open final will take place on Saturday followed by Men’s final on Sunday. Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur halted Caroline Garcia’s dream US Open run. After winning Cincinnati WTA 1000 as a qualifier, Garcia consolidated as she defeated 2 seeded players en…

Chelsea Football Club is welcoming Graham Potter as their new head coach and manager. The club has a new manager just a day after sacking Thomas Tuchel. Graham Potter will sign a five-year deal with Chelsea. Fabrizio Romano reports that no other candidate was close enough to sign for the club, as owner Todd Boehly only wanted Potter. https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1567886827305975808 Graham Potter managerial profile Graham Potter will leave Brighton after 3 years. He signed for the club in May 2019 and managed the club for a total of 143 matches. He led Brighton to victory in 43 matches while losing 48…

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner in an epic 5-hour and 15-minute match 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-7 (0-7), 7-5, 6-3 to enter US Open semifinals for the first time in his career. A match that saw both the players save multiple match and set points will go down as one of the greatest matches ever. https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1567767250647531520?s=20&t=VidbSY_2tYbemhLvC1kb7g First and an epic second set There were already talks before the match about how it could turn into a long, late-night classic. It was proved to be true when Carlos Alcaraz finally broke Sinner in the first set for the first time in their…