Sunaadh Sagar

3 weeks ago | espn.in | Aaditya Narayan |Sunaadh Sagar

The Pro Kabaddi League [PKL] player auction for Season 12 concluded on Sunday with a huge shakeup of the league's star names, as Mohammadreza Shadloui went for a Rs 2+ crore fee once again, as Gujarat Giants secured his services. The focus was on raiders as Devank Dalal (Rs 2.205 crore to Bengal Warriorz), Ashu Malik (Rs 1.90 crore retained by Dabang Delhi) and Arjun Deshwal (Rs 1.405 crore to Tamil Thalaivas) meant quality was spread across the league.

3 weeks ago | espn.in | Sunaadh Sagar

Luis Enrique had been here before. His team... had not. The UEFA Champions League final was a novelty to every member of his Paris Saint-Germain starting XI, barring Marquinhos, who still carried the pain of the 0-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the 2019-20 UCL final. Billions had been spent, the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Zlatan Ibrahimovic all recruited in the hopes of winning club football's ultimate prize.

1 month ago | espn.in | Sunaadh Sagar

The business end of the football season saw more pivotal clashes, as Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 4-3 in the fourth clasico of this season to strengthen their grip on the LaLiga title race. Atletico Madrid hammered Real Sociedad to seal their UEFA Champions League spot, but that wasn't the case for Arsenal in the Premier League, who drew 2-2 away to champions Liverpool.

1 month ago | espn.in | Sunaadh Sagar

A random room deep in the bowels of the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. What should have been a fine culmination of the 2024-25 Indian football season as FC Goa celebrated their 2025 Kalinga Super Cup victory turned out to be an absolute farce as Manolo Marquez's side received their medals and the trophy indoors in a nondescript room. The reason? The scores of dignitaries that flood every Indian football trophy presentation didn't want to get their clothes wet.

1 month ago | espn.in | Sunaadh Sagar

He'd tried it hundreds of times in Manchester red - it had only occasionally come off. With confidence (and happiness) gradually seeping away, he tried it less often... and then he stopped doing it. Now clad in the green of Real Betis, Antony's resurgence in Spain only needed this type of goal to underline his comeback. The fact that he decided to do it in the 91st minute of a game with Betis' dreams of a UEFA Champions League spot slowly dying... it's safe to say that Antony is back.