`We are in trouble`

Manchester City are grappling with a deepening injury crisis following their 2-1 League Cup defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, with winger Savinho and defender Manuel Akanji the latest to join an already lengthy list of sidelined players.   Savinho stretchered off Savinho was taken off on a stretcher in the 62nd minute with a suspected ankle…

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United hit high five in life post-Ten Hag era

Ruud van Nistelrooy enjoyed a winning start to his caretaker spell in charge of Manchester United to reach the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday as Leicester were beaten 5-2 at Old Trafford Arsenal and Liverpool were among the other sides to book their place in the last eight, but Chelsea were beaten 2-0 at Newcastle….

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India eye a `batter` show at Wankhede!

Bat time. Bat sessions. Bat long. Bat big. These are the tenets around which had based his batting. Much of that stemmed from a strong defensive set-up. It’s precisely the significance of having a trustworthy defence that has been the messaging from the head coach to his wards over the last couple of weeks. It’s…

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Can India stem the rot in the final Test?

Forty-five years ago, in the first week of November 1979, India under were primed to win the country’s first-ever series against Australia since 1947-48. The venue of the historic series win was the same Wankhede Stadium, where India face New Zealand today, in an effort to duck the ignominy of enduring the country’s first-ever home…

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