Author: Sanjeet Patel

Emma Raducanu started her campaign in style as she defeated Serena Williams in a highly anticipated match. Defending US Open champion Raducanu played a clean match as she ousted Serena 6-4, 6-0 in the opening round. Serena, who recently announced her retirement plans was playing in her 4th singles match of the season. Emma was dominated from the start breaking Serena in the opening game. She then rolled over the match. Serena struggled to find her rhythm during the match. Raducanu hit 14 winners all match with just 1 unforced error. Serena on the other hand finished with 19 winners…

Italian club Juventus started their Serie A campaign in style after they defeated visitors Sassuolo at the Allianz Stadium. Their new signing Angel de Maria shined with a brilliant opening goal and then assisted Dusan Vlahovic in the second half. After the offseason roller-coaster and many injuries, it wasn’t clear how would Juventus might play. After a good start to the match, the Juventus side faced heat from the Sassuolo side. Their goalkeeper Perin made many eye-catching saves. Allegri played a 4-4-2 structure initially which didn’t help them much. However, during the cooling break in the first half, he changed…

Spanish 31-year-old Pablo Carreno Busta won his maiden ATP Master’s 1000 title in Montreal. Pablo defeated Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in the final 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to claim his 7th tour-level title. He was brilliant throughout the week. He progressed in the tournament defeating Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner in straight sets. https://twitter.com/atptour/status/1558936116933365760?s=20&t=GhiFVnqaqLBaAnMxGq0Tcw Pablo lost the first set after dropping a serve. Hubert was nice on the serve with more first serve % and win %. However, the Spaniard bounced back in the second set with an early break on a loose service game from Hubert. The set saw no other…

Manchester United collapsed to the bottom of the premier league table as they suffered a heavy beating at Brentford by 4-0. After losing to Brighton in their opening fixture, the club fell apart during the first half which saw 4 goals. This was Brentford’s first victory against Man Utd since February 1938. After a calm start to the match, United fell apart when David de Gea failed to stop a low-power shot from Josh Dasilva. After conceding in just 10 minutes, Man Utd never came back they committed mistakes after mistakes to let the match slip from their grasp. https://twitter.com/utdreport/status/1558524825525690368?s=20&t=dIjcghsnU0lhU3xaA6NLwA…

Spanish club Barcelona failed to score in their frustrating opening La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano last night. The match marked the debuts of new signings Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha. The club held ball possession for 68% of the match but was unable to score a goal. Lewandowski put the ball in the net during the first half but the goal was called offside. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sergio Busquets also came close to scoring but were denied. Rayo Vallecano, who did not spend a single penny in this transfer window defended brilliantly for 90 minutes. Barcelona attempted 21 shots, out…

Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag has held a press conference before their clash with Brentford on the 13th. Erik answered on many topics including the transfer talks about Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo. Many reports are suggesting that PSG is interested in Rashford and Ronaldo also wants to leave the club. When asked “that Ronaldo wants to leave”, Erik responded – “That is your assumption, that is not what he is telling me.” Ten Hag said that the club is cooperating well on recruitment and it is to his liking. He also clarified that the club is now focusing…

Argentina legend Lionel Messi has missed out on the Ballon d’Or nominee list for the first time since 2005. France Football released the much-awaited list in which there is no mention of Messi. After moving from his longtime club Barcelona to PSG last summer, Messi had a very average season. Lionel Messi scored 11 goals in 34 matches in all competitions for PSG last season. However, only 6 of those goals came in the Ligue 1 where he became champion with the club. He also assisted in 15 goals in all competitions. Thus his total G+A stood at 26. It…

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios is on a roll at the moment. He defeated Alex de Minaur yesterday at the Canadian Open round of 16 by 6-2, 6-3. Wimbledon finalist has now won 15 of his last 16 matches, with the only loss coming to Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic. Nick defeated world number one Daniil Medvedev in the round of 32 after playing some brilliant tennis. Kyrgios is having a wonderful year on the court this season. He won the doubles title with his compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open and played his first Grand Slam at this year’s…

Paris Saint-Germain is said to be interested in Manchester United’s star played Marcus Rashford. Reports suggest that the club wants to sign the striker in this window itself. Rashford has 1 year on this contract remaining with Man Utd but the club has an option to trigger an additional year if the need comes. Thus Rashford has effectively 2 years on his contract left, which can make the deal a little bit more costly for the French Club. https://twitter.com/LaurensJulien/status/1557784420228136960?s=20&t=o-6cQLsIxSYS79D1k7olfw According to reporter Julien Laurens PSG need a player who can play as a wide or a 9. He said that…

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has added yet another player to their already large arsenal of players. According to top transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano, Manchester City has reached an agreement with Belgian club Anderlecht to sign Spanish midfielder Sergio Gómez. The fee will be more than €10m and closer to €15m and will be signed soon. Sergio has a good chance to be part of the City squad. In case he doesn’t, he will be loaned out to La Liga side Girona. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1557456837456306177?s=20&t=iOo4TEmEeEqrjvk4yjGVPA Manchester City has been very aggressive in the transfer window this summer. They added Norwegian striker Erling Haaland…