The footballing world has been quite busy with deadline-day at the transfer market! With matchday 25 over. Liverpool is still at the top of EPL, with 73 points, with a 4-0 win over Southampton. Manchester City is far off in 2nd, with 51 points, after a 2-0 loss to Mourinho’s Spurs Leicester is in 3rd […]
Shrewsbury Town rallied for a shock 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday, forcing a replay of the match to determine which team will advance. Jurgen Klopp fielded a heavily rotated starting XI for the runaway Premier League leaders, with Harvey Elliot, Divock Origi and new arrival Takumi Minamino starting upfront. Liverpool had […]
Kobe Bryant, 41, the legendary basketball star who spent 20 years with the Lakers, was killed Sunday morning when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed amid foggy conditions and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas. The helicopter, a Sikorsky S-76B built-in 1991, departed John Wayne Airport at 9:06 a.m. Sunday, according to […]
For Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool, the victories keep on coming, the records tumbling and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see their progress towards a first league title in 30 years as anything other than a foregone conclusion. Roberto Firmino made the difference on an occasion marked by dramatic plotlines, with the Brazilian’s goal towards the […]
Paris Saint-Germain stormed from two goals down with 10 minutes remaining to earn a 2-2 draw away to Real Madrid in their heavyweight Champions League group tussle on Tuesday. The visitors knew that anything but a defeat at the Bernabeu would confirm them as group winners, with both sides having been guaranteed qualification following Club […]
Tottenham Hotspur announced the hiring of Jose Mourinho as the club’s new manager on Wednesday. The move comes less than 12 hours after Tottenham sacked Mauricio Pochettino, who had been in charge of the team since 2014 and was fresh off a trip to the Champions League final in June. Mourinho and Spurs reached an […]
The defending European champions Portugal edged past Luxembourg 2-0 away from home on Sunday to qualify for Euro 2020. Bruno Fernandes broke the deadlock in the 39th minute and Cristiano Ronaldo added the second with four minutes remaining to ensure that Portugal finished second in Group B with 17 points, three ahead of Serbia who […]
Ajax vs. Chelsea on Tuesday is what you would call an instant classic. The two met at Stamford Bridge on Matchday 4 of the Champions League, and the game didn’t disappoint. The sides drew, 4-4, but that was after Ajax took what looked like a commanding 4-1 lead in the second half. The Dutch side […]
Liverpool’s 17-game Premier League winning streak is over, but the Reds’ unbeaten streak to the season is still alive. Adam Lallana came off the bench late and scored from close range to rescue a point for Liverpool at Old Trafford in a 1-1 draw against struggling Manchester United on Sunday. It was Lallana’s first goal […]
The 2019 FIFA FIFPro Men’s and Women’s Players of the Year were announced at a gala celebration held at the Teatro all Scala in Milan on Monday evening. Lionel Messi beat off competition from Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk to take the Men’s award. The FIFA Awards became a stand-alone event in […]