Author: Naman Suri

It was an eventful Thursday night for the supporters of Red in Manchester and White in Madrid as young guns from both teams stepped up to save what could have been a disastrous evening for two of the biggest clubs in Europe. First, Amad Diallo scored a 12-minute hat-trick against Southampton for Manchester United in the Premier League, and then the Brazilian teenage sensation Endrick scored an extra-time brace for Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey. Manchester United, who have been struggling to keep up even in the race for a spot in next season’s European club competitions, were…

Commemorating 50 years of one of India’s iconic cricketing venues, the Wankhede Stadium, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Wednesday honoured the members of its first team to play a Ranji match at this ground in 1974. The class of ‘74, who won the Ranji Trophy that year, were all presented with a substantial award of ₹10 lakh each. The eight surviving recipients included icons such as Sunil Gavaskar, Farokh Engineer, Karsan Ghavri, Ajit Pai, Padmalkar Shivalkar, Milind Rege, Abdul Ismail, and Rakesh Tandon. During the ceremony, five of these legends, including Ghavri, Pai, Shivalkar (who attended in a wheelchair),…