Here is Sportzwiki’s daily global sports round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 30th January 2018. All the news from sporting events like cricket, football and other which took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts.
Ambati Rayudu gets two-match ban for breaching BCCI Code of Conduct:
Out-of-favour India batsman and Hyderabad skipper Ambati Rayudu has been handed a two-match suspension by the BCCI for breaching the Code of Conduct during his side’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Karnataka on January 11.
“Mr Rayudu is barred from participating in the first two matches for Hyderabad in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy,” a BCCI release said.
“The charge was levelled by on-field umpires Mr Abhijit Deshmukh, Mr Ulhas Vithalrao Gandhe, and third umpire Mr Anil Dandekar. The BCCI is further looking into the role of Hyderabad Team Manager in this untoward incident,” it added.
Rayudu is charged for leading the protest after his team’s loss. Hyderabad players were demanding a super over after they finished two runs less than Karnataka’s total.
However, Karnataka was awarded two extra runs at the end of their innings after the on-field umpires failed to judge that fielder Mehdi Hasan had touched the boundary rope while fielding. The umpires had signalled two instead of four.
AB de Villiers to miss first three ODIs:
South Africa’s star batsman AB de Villiers has been ruled out of the first three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) of the upcoming series against India due to a finger injury.
However, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) has not named a replacement for the batsman and are hopeful that their former skipper would be fit for the last three games in the six-match series.
De Villiers had suffered the injury while taking Indian captain Virat Kohli’s catch in the first innings of the Johannesburg Test which concluded on January 27 after India clinched the match on penultimate day by 63 runs.
Swansea stun Arsenal, Liverpool back to winning ways:
Arsenal’s top-four hopes took a huge blow after they suffered a humiliating 3-1 loss at the hands of Swansea. The Gunners had taken the lead through Nacho Monreal but it did not last long as Clucas levelled for Swansea within a minute at the Liberty Stadium. Andre Ayew and Clucas then went on to score to fire their team out of the relegation zone.
Arsenal is now eight points shy of the fourth-placed Liverpool who thrashed Huddersfield 3-0 – to get back to winning ways after the shocking loss against Swansea in the league and West Brom Albion in the FA Cup.
Chelsea sign Emerson Palmieri from AS Roma:
Chelsea has secured the services of AS Roma’s Brazilian left-back Emerson Palmieri for the next four-and-a-half-year, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
The Stamford Bridge-outfit had to pay a reported fee of 17.6 million pounds ($24.9 million) to bring the left back who will offer manager Antonio Conte an alternative to Marcos Alonso.
Juan Mata extends stay at Old Trafford:
Manchester United handed their Spanish midfielder Juan Mata a one-year contract extension on Tuesday, tying the playmaker to the club until June 2019.
The Spain international had joined the 20-time Premier League champions from Chelsea in 2014 and has established himself as a key member of the squad under Jose Mourinho.
Manchester City signs defender Aymeric Laporte for club-record $80 million
Premier League leaders Manchester City coughed up a club-record fee of $80 million to sign Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday. The club’s previous record fee was the £55m paid for Kevin de Bruyne in 2015. The 23-year-old came close to joining Manchester City in 2016 but the move eventually did not materialize.
The former France Under-21 International’s arrival takes City manager Pep Guardiola’s spending on defenders and a goalkeeper since the end of last season to a whopping £215.5m.