João Cancelo, 27, was assaulted during a burglary at his family home which left the Portuguese international with visible facial injuries. Cancelo was signed by City from Juventus for $71 million in 2019 and has since become an integral member of Pep Guardiola's team. In a picture posted by him on his Instagram account he is seen having a cut above and bruising around his right eye.
Manchester City said they were "shocked and appalled" to learn of Thursday's incident. After the burglar managed to take all jewellery and leave him with his face in this state, Cancelo said "The most important thing for me is my family and luckily they are all OK".
Confidential report on drug usage leaked from Cricket Australia
A confidential report on alleged drug use by a well-known player was leaked to the media. Nick Hockley, Chief Executive, Cricket Australia said they have got the police involved after the report was leaked.
The report is about a recording of a phone call between, who described herself as a high-class escort and Sean Carroll, former integrity chief of Cricket Australia. In the call she alleges that a player was using cocaine and dancing naked on the balcony with numerous women.
Hockley, however, has dubbed the allegations surrounding the former player as unsubstantiated and historical. The leak comes just over a month after Tim Paine resigned after it came to light that he was investigated for a sexting incident with a colleague in 2017.
Gujarat’s Priyank Panchal finally makes it to Team India
Skipper of the Gujarat Cricket team Priyank Panchal who had also been leading India A team, finally gets selected for the Indian National Cricket Team.
Priyank was not part of the playing team for the first test match of India with South Africa, however, Priyank says I am satisfied with the year 2021 went for him. He is also very optimistically looking forward to the year 2022. According to Priyank 2021 was about facing unprecedented challenges, not just as a cricketer but also as a human being. He says he has learnt to tackle situations instead of taking them for granted, to never give up hope and that your dreams will eventually come true if you are sincere enough.
SA wicket-keeper retires to spend time with family
The SA wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock has announced a sudden retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect.
de Kock was due to miss the second and third Tests against India on paternity leave but has decided to step away from the longest format entirely, to spend more time with his growing family. He remains available to play white-ball cricket for South Africa. de Kock, 29, began 2021 as South Africa's temporary Test captain and ended it by retiring from the format. He led South Africa in four Tests, against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, with a 50% win record. South Africa beat Sri Lanka 2-0 at home but lost in Pakistan by the same margin.
He had expressed concerns with the restrictions of bubble life in the Covid-19 pandemic and was rested from South Africa's ODIs in Sri Lanka and against Netherlands.