Corey Anderson joins Somerset for Natwest T20 Blast

New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson joins Somerset for the upcoming Natwest T20 Blast, which is England's domestic T20 tournament.

The Natwest T20 Blast will begin in July in England and go on until September.

Mathews to miss tri series

CFC vs BFC (U-18)

BFC (2) bt CFC (1)

Sairaj Bahutule named Rajasthan Royals spin bowling coach

Former India spinner Sairaj Bahutule was named as the spin bowling coach of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals.

Bahutule has been the coach of Bengal Ranji side for three years now.

Sreenath Aravind announces retirement from domestic cricket

Karnataka bowler Sreenath Aravind has announced his retirement from domestic cricket after the end of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018 final. The 33-year-old medium pacer finished with 186 wickets from 56 first-class games, as well as 57 wickets from 41 List A matches.

The left-arm bowler was an integral part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL for a few seasons and was utilized to telling effect by Virat Kohli in the powerplays.

Walsh named Bangladesh's interim head coach

Courtney Walsh has been named Bangladesh's interim head coach for the Nidahas Trophy as the BCB is yet to narrow in on a replacement for Chandika Hathurusingha.

Morkel to retire from international cricket after Australia series

South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the Australia Test series. South Africa will host Australia for four Tests starting March 1 in Durban.

Ashwin to captain Kings XI Punjab

Kolkata Knight Riders also set to announce their skipper for IPL 2018 on March 4.

Rajasthan Royals announce Steven Smith as captain

India squad for T20 tri-series

Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan (vc), KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj, Rishabh Pant (wk)

The Super Sunday Preview: Manchester United vs Chelsea

It's The Red Devils vs The Blues and its Antonio Conte vs Jose Mourinho.

The match will be played at Old Trafford.

It has become the biggest rivalry in the recent few months in the Premier League.

United is Chelsea's domestic rival and Chelsea have left no stone unturned in their training schedule.

When Conte and Mourinho will face each other there will be no shortage of drama.Its quite difficult to go to the 1st pace for both the teams. So, they are fighting for the top four spots.

Chelsea Team News

David Luiz and Tiemoue Bakayoko are currently the two unavailable players for the match against Manchester United. Ross Barkley has joined the first team in its training sessions. Alvaro Morata is just two yellow cards away from accumulating eight yellow cards which leads to a two match suspension.

Probable XI

Thibaut Courtois will be the first choice goal-keeper followed by Gary Cahill, Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso. The four midfielders will be Willian, Cesc Fabregas, N'Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater. Eden Hazard and Pdero will support the lone striker Alvaro Morata. The formation played will be 3-4-2-1.

Manchester United Team News

Zlatan Ibrahimovic resumed his training ahead of the match against Chelsea. Daley Blind will miss the super clash due to a muscule injury. Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones who missed the Champions League clash against Sevilla have returned for selection against Chelsea.

Probable XI

There is no doubt that David De Gea will start the match and Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia and Matteo Darmian will start as the defenders. United would like to start up with their experienced Michael Carrick and former Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic. Romelu Lukaku is expected to start as the main striker and Paul Pogba, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard will be at the back to give him additional support.

Last Meeting

Alvaro Morata netted a goal in the 55th minute to give Chelsea full 3 points in their previous meeting against United.

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South Africa test squad vs Australia

Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Wiaan Mulder, Lungisani Ngidi, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada.

Champions League

Competition: 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16 1st leg between Chelsea and Real Madrid.

Date: Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Time: 8.45pm (Barcelona)

Date: Wednesday, February 21th, 2018

Time: 1.15am (India)

Venue: Stamford Bridge, London, England

Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)

How to watch on TV: Fox Sports 1 (USA), SONY TEN 2 (India), Artesmedia, TV3, beIN Sports Spain (Spain) and BT Sport, ITV, News UK (UK).

You can even watch it on Hotstar.

This is going to be the second biggest match in this year Champions League Round of 16 clash afterPSG vs Real Madrid.

This match has to be watched on any circumstances. Its also Morata vs Messi.

Barcelona is currently in the first position in La Liga with 62 points.Lionel Messi (20 Goals)(11 Assists) and Luis Suarez (17 Goals) are currently in a very good form.

Chelsea is currently in the fourth position in Premier League with 53 points.None of Chelsea's players are in the lost of Top 5.

Recently, Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata rejected a transfer to Barcelona for £88million.

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes that Barcelona Captain Andres Iniesta is the biggest threat for Chelsea in their Champions League clash They both will face each other on Tuesday.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has confirmed that Tiemoue Bakayoko has still not recovered from his injury and he even missed the previous FA Cup clash with Hull City.

Chelsea's David Luiz and Ross Barkley are also doubtful to play the match against Barcelona.

Chelsea will be missing their key players because the next few games are the most important for the team and the manager vs Man City, Man United and Barcelona (2 Legs).

Philippe Coutinho is not available to play in the Champions League.

Chelsea have a strong record with spanish teams at home but are currently struggling for good form in Premier League and Cup matches.

Alvaro Morata has lost his form after his recnt injury but he has to get back his form before the Champions League clash against Barcelona.

English teams are dominating quarter finals berths for the first time scine 2009.They

They last met each other in 2012, in a Champions League clash.

Both teams have scored 18 goals each.

Messi goalless in eight games against the Blues.

Chelsea has won one in four of the Champions League home games.

Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) serves suspension in first leg.

Chelsea vs Barcelona Head-2-Head in Champions League

Matches Played: 12

Chelsea Won: 4

Barcelona Won: 3

Draws: 5

Leg 1 - 20/2/2018

Leg 2 - 14/3/2018

Blues host the La Liga leaders at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, with the second leg at Camp Nou three weeks later.

Form

Barcelona - W W W D D W

Chelsea - W W D L W D

Barcelona defeated Eibar but the match against Chelsea is the real test for the La Liga table toppers.

Best Players

Chelsea
Eden Hazard
Thibaut Courtois
Cesc Fabregas

Barcelona
Lionel Messi
Luis Saurez
Gerard Pique

Predicted XI

Barcelona - Marc- Andre Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitic, Aleix Vidal, Sergio Busquets, AndresIniesta, Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez

Chelsea - Thibuat Courtious, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, Marcus Alonso, Antonio Rudiger, Cesc Fabregas, N'Golo Kante, Eden Hazard, Victor Moses, Emerson Palmieri, Alvaro Morata

Question Time

1) Should Antonio Conte play the same lineup as he played in the match against Hull City?

2) Will Messi score a goal vs Chelsea?

3) Who will win the match?
A) Chelsea
B) Barcelona
C) Draw

4) Which team do you support?

Give your answers below in the comments section.

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ICC Cricket WC Qualifiers

1) Nepal

The teams key player is none but Sandeep Lamichhane and he has picked up a couple of wickets in the Qualifier Division Two matches. (17 Wickets)

The player has also been given an IPL contract by Delhi Daredevils and he has been bought for his base price 20 Lacks.

2) UAE

This team will rely on their openers Rohan Mustafa and Ashfaq Ahmed. (420 Runs)

3) Afghanistan

Mohammad Shahzad will lead the batting unit and the bowling unit will be lead by the spin duo Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. (Also known as Mujeeb Zadran)

4) Hong Kong

They will be without Mark Chapman who has left Hong Kong for New Zealand but still the team has good batsmens. They are Babar Hayat and Anshy Rath.

5) Ireland

They are having a couple of good players who even bat and bowl well. Some of them are Willaim Porterfield and O'Brien brothers. (Niall & Kevin)

6) The Netherlands

This team is also proving that the team is having a couple of good players who have been proving in the recent years. Two of the big names are Ryan ten Doeschate and Roelof van der Merwe.

7) PNG

PNG may be the weakest side on paper and the chances of this team to qualify is very less but still they can try to end on Top 5. Assad Vala and Charles Amini will be the top two key players of the team.

8) Scotland

Scotland also has many good players but the team lacks in spin bowling.

9) West Indies

Chris Gayle is a very big name for this team but he is not in good form currently. The team also has two T20 specialists Evin Lewis and Rovman Powell. They are currently the favourites.

10) Zimbabwe

The team will be happy by the comeback of Brendon Taylor and also spinner Graeme Creamer will be the crucial bowler of the team.

The four teams who will fight for the Top 2 spots are Zimbabwe, West Indies, Ireland and Afghanistan.

Whom do you think will qualify?

Give your answers below in the comments section.

ICC World Cup Qualifiers

Nepal and The United Arab Emirates have qualified for the World Cup Qualifiers.

The first match is on March 4.

The ten teams are divided into 2 groups.

Group A

PNG
UAE
Ireland
The Netherlands
West Indies

Group B
Zimbabwe
Nepal
Afghanistan
Scotland
Hong Kong

Here we look at the ten teams and their key players.

David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham, is an English former professional footballer. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England National Football Team. He was even the captain of England National Football Team. He has played a total of 834 matches scoring 146 goals.He has even won a vast majority of awards.

While Beckham was playing for Manchester United

"It changed my life. The ball seemed to be in the air for hours and it all went quiet. Then, the ball went in and it just erupted. I was on cloud nine. I just wanted to shake everybody's hand and be out on the pitch for an hour."

—Beckham on the goal from the half-way line against Wimbledon in August 1996 that made him a household name.

While Beckham was going to join LA Galaxy

Beckham became LA Galaxy captain immediately upon joining the team.

I'm coming there not to be a superstar. I'm coming there to be part of the team, to work hard and to hopefully win things. With me, it's about football. I'm coming there to make a difference. I'm coming there to play football. I'm not saying me coming over to the States is going to make soccer the biggest sport in America. That would be difficult to achieve. Baseball, basketball, American football, they've been around. But I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think I could make a difference.

Retirement

On 16 May 2013, Beckham announced that he would retire from professional football at the end of that year's French football season.

England National Football Team

Beckham made his first appearance for the England national team on 1 September 1996, in a World Cup qualifying match against Moldova.

Beckham became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in January 2005.

What managers say about Beckham

"David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he trains with a relentless application that is gifted to him." - Sir Alex Ferguson

More about Beckham

He has done a lot of charitable work and he has also appeared in films.Beckham had more than 40 tattoos.

Quotes

Nothing amazes me anymore.

As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

Tom Cruise, he is a lot more famous than me.

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Squads of the 8 teams

Who will lift the trophy this year?

CSK
MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Asif K M, Lungisani Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Singh, Chaitanya Bishnoi.

RR
Ben Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, K Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Rahul Tripathi, D'Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet Singh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Steve Smith (C).

MI
Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendorff, Jean-Paul Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Rohit Shamra (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya.

SRH
David Warner (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal.

DD
Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jaso nRoy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh,Gautam Gambhir (c), Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada.

RCB
Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Brendon Mccullum, Chris Woakes, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Quinton De Kock, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Mandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohammed Siraj, Anirudha Joshi, Parthiv Patel, Tim Southee, Pavan Deshpande.

KXIP
Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, David Miller, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Rana, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Mujeeb Zadran, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshus, Pradeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Chris Gayle, Manzoor Dar.

KKR
Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi

New Zeland squad vs England

Kane Williamson (capt), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor

The first ODI against England will be played in Hamilton on Sunday.

Billy Stanlake joins Yorkshire for T20 Blast

Yorkshire have signed fast bowler Billy Stanlake as an overseas player for the T20 Blast.

Alfonso Thomas named West Indies bowling coach

West Indies has appointed former South African fast bowler Alfonso Thomas as the bowling coach of the senior men's team. 

Idrissa Gueye renews contract with Everton until 2022

English Premier League club Everton announced that it has extended the contract of midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye until 2022.

The 28-year-old Senegal international joined Everton from Aston Villa in August 2016 and has appeared in 64 matches, scoring three goals.

Pietersen to end cricket career after PSL

England's Kevin Pietersen will end his professional cricket career after the Pakistan Super League’s third edition, which begins in Dubai on Thursday.Pietersen will represent Quetta Gladiators in the PSL.