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Chelsea did salvage a point against Tottenham Hotspur in their latest Premier League fixture but match referee Anthony Taylor’s questionable handling of some of the events during the game left the Blue fans simply annoyed. After the match, fans even decided to file an online petition demanding Taylor be banned from taking charge of Chelsea matches in the future. More than one lakh people have already signed the petition, and it has also been categorically supported by Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel. ALSO READ| Cincinnati Masters: Andy Murray Defeats Stan Wawrinka To Win Opening Round The petition states, “Anthony Taylor has continued to make big decisions against Chelsea over the years in big matches. Taylor has an agenda against Chelsea and should not be allowed to referee a game involving the club again.” The petitioners listed a series of allegations against Taylor. The online petition also has some of the controversial decisions made by the United Kingdom-born referee. … [Read more...] about Chelsea Fans Call for Referee Anthony Taylor’s ban after Tottenham Row

Virgil van Dijk said new Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez must learn to “control himself” after being sent off for a reckless headbutt during Monday’s 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace. The 23-year-old Uruguayan, who signed from Benfica in June, was shown a straight red card in the 57th minute at Anfield for his foul on Joachim Andersen and will serve a three-match ban. ALSO READ| Darwin Nunez’s Red Card Puts Liverpool Manager Juergen Klopp in Crisis Ahead of Manchester United Clash Colombia’s Luis Diaz scored a brilliant equaliser after Liverpool were reduced to 10 men to cancel out Wilfried Zaha’s first-half opener. But the draw meant more dropped points for Jurgen Klopp’s team, who have just two points after their first two matches of the Premier League season. Klopp is already short of attacking options, Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino were absent from the squad for the Palace game and Nunez will now miss games against Manchester United, Bournemouth and Newcastle. Van … [Read more...] about Darwin Nunez Must Learn to Control Himself, Says Virgil Van Dijk

Liverpool forward Luis Diaz scored a splendid solo goal to cancel out Wilfried Zaha’s opener for Crystal Palace as they drew 1-1 in the Premier League at Anfield on Monday, with Reds striker Darwin Nunez sent off on his home debut. Liverpool dominated the opening half but it was Zaha who broke the deadlock, stunning the home crowd with a brilliant finish to a counter-attack in the 32nd minute. ALSO READ| FIFA Suspends Indian Football Federation Over Third-party Influences It marked the sixth league game in a row in which Liverpool had conceded the first goal and things went from bad to worse in the second half when new Uruguayan signing Nunez got a straight red card for an apparent head-butt on Joachim Andersen. The sending off inspired Luis Diaz to grab the game by the scruff on the neck in the 61st minute as the Colombian cut in from the left beat several players and curled the ball beyond the despairing dive of Vicente Guaita to put the hosts level. Liverpool continued … [Read more...] about Liverpool Held to 1-1 Home Draw by Crystal Palace as Darwin Nunez Sees Red

In a stunning announcement on Wednesday, Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has said he’s going to buy Premier League football club Manchester United “I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,” Musk said in a tweet. Also Read: Ryan Giggs Admits to Lifelong Infidelity in Court Testimony However, Musk has a history of making irreverent tweets, and it was not immediately clear whether he planned to pursue a deal. Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022 Manchester United, controlled by the American Glazer family, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The football club had a market capitalization of $2.08 billion, as of Tuesday’s close. Manchester United fans have in recent years protested against the Glazers, who bought the club for 790 million pounds ($955.51 million) in 2005, due to the team’s struggles on the pitch. The anti-Glazer movement gained momentum last year after United were involved in … [Read more...] about ‘I’m Buying Manchester United’: Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Announcement Sends Twitter Into Meltdown

Wolverhampton Wanderers have agreed on a deal to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder Matheus Nunes for a club-record fee of around 38 million pounds ($45.75 million), British media reported on Tuesday. According to the reports, Wolves could pay Sporting a further 4.2 million pounds in add-ons for the 23-year-old. ALSO READ| Transfer News: Manchester City Sign Spanish Full Back Sergio Gomez From Anderlecht The transfer fee would surpass the 35 million pounds Wolves paid for forward Fabio Silva in 2020. Nunes made 50 appearances for Sporting in all competitions last season as they finished second in Portugal’s Primeira Liga. He made his senior debut for Portugal in 2021 and has earned eight caps, scoring one goal. After a defeat and a draw in their first two games of the new Premier League season, Wolves next travel to face Tottenham Hotspur. Read the Latest News and Breaking News here … [Read more...] about Wolves Agree Club-record Fee for Portugal Midfielder Matheus Nunes, Say Reports

Manchester City have completed the signing of Spanish left-back Sergio Gomez from Belgian club Anderlecht, the Premier League champions said on Tuesday. ALSO READ| Timeline of Events From Praful Patel’s Departure to FIFA’s Ban on Indian Football The 21-year-old, a product of Barcelona’s youth system, played under former City captain Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht last season. An attacking fullback, Gomez is likely to be back-up to Joao Cancelo, replacing Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko who was sold to Arsenal last month. Gomez is City’s fourth signing during this transfer window following the arrival of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, England midfielder Kalvin Phillips and German goalkeeper Stefan Ortega. Read the Latest News and Breaking News here … [Read more...] about Transfer News: Manchester City Sign Spanish Full Back Sergio Gomez From Anderlecht

Serena Williams fell to 0-2 in matches since announcing “the countdown has begun” on her career, losing 6-4, 6-0 to U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Tuesday night. Williams, 40, said last week in a Vogue magazine essay and an Instagram post that her career was winding down, although she did not explicitly say the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 29 in New York, would be her last tournament. The Cincinnati event was the second U.S. Open tuneup for Williams, and the next time she takes the court will be at Flushing Meadows. She lost to Belinda Bencic in straight sets last week in Toronto. A day before the announcement, Williams beat Nuria Parrizas-Diaz for her first match win since the 2021 French Open. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, briskly left the court after the 1-hour, 5-minute match against Raducanu, waving to the crowd as she exited. Earlier Tuesday, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was eliminated by Shuai … [Read more...] about Sports digest: Emma Raducanu tops Serena Williams in latter’s farewell tour

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp was left facing a striker crisis following a straight card for new signing Darwin Nunez in a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Monday, with fellow forwards Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota already missing through injury. Starting his first Premier League game since arriving from Benfica in the close season, the red mist descended on Nunez in the second half and he appeared to head-butt defender Joachim Andersen, which resulted in a dismissal and three-match ban. ALSO READ| Cincinnati Masters: Andy Murray Defeats Stan Wawrinka To Win Opening Round That leaves Klopp short of striking talent ahead of the visit to Old Trafford next Monday to face Manchester United. “It’s really tricky in a moment with injuries and players with little things and how you manage them and all those kinds of things,” Klopp told Sky Sports. “We have to use the next week to maybe bring one or two back. I’m not sure if we can do that. But now we lost Darwin today. That … [Read more...] about Darwin Nunez’ Red Card Puts Liverpool Manager Juergen Klopp in Crisis Ahead of Manchester United Clash

American star women’s basketball player and Olympic champion Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian authorities after being charged with possession of drugs. She has also been asked to pay USD16,300 as fine for the reported offence, said a report in insidethegames.biz. The 6’8″ tall Griner, an eight-time All-Star with Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) side Phoenix Mercury, was reportedly held at an airport near Moscow in February shortly before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She reportedly had cannabis oil vape canisters in her luggage. ALSO READ: FIFA Suspends Indian Football Federation Over Third-party Influences The 31-year-old Griner, who was part of the gold-winning team at the 2016 Rio Olympics and in Tokyo five years later, was in the country to play for Russian Premier League side UMMC Ekaterinburg. She has been playing for the club since 2014. US President Joe Biden has termed the arrest unacceptable and called for her … [Read more...] about US Olympic Gold Medallist and WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced To 9 Years in Russian Prison

Our aim is to create 20 lakh jobs: Nitish Kumar A day before his government’s Cabinet expansion , Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while delivering Independence Day speech on August 15, announced that his government aimed to create 20 lakh jobs — within and outside the government — in the State. Chinese hi-tech vessel to dock at Hambantota China on Monday said Sri Lanka has allowed its satellite and missile tracking ship to berth at the Hambantota port on August 16, but declined to reveal details of talks with Colombo leading to the bankrupt island’s government reversing its earlier stand to defer the high-tech vessel’s entry . FIFA suspends Indian football federation over ‘third-party influences’ FIFA on August 15 suspended the Indian football federation with “immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties”, jeopardising the country’s staging of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in October. World football’s governing body called the infraction a … [Read more...] about Morning Digest | Bihar Cabinet expansion today; Chinese hi-tech vessel to dock at Hambantota port, and more