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Chelsea's Premier League run continues, as they moved closer to league leaders Liverpool after a battle-hardened 2-1 win over Brentford on Sunday. Marc Cucurella and Nicolas Jackson scores gave Chelsea the points and now Chelsea are just two points off the top.  The Blues held possession at the start and pushed Brentford back inside their own half. Chelsea created a few chances but they didn’t strike back until the 43rd minute. Spanish fullback Marc Cucurella run great into the box and heads in

Fireworks light up Riyadh sky as Saudis celebrate successful World Cup bid. Sparklers and drones carrying the golden World Cup trophy blasted through the air over the capital of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after Fifa confirmed the Gulf kingdom would host the 2034 edition.  Not surprising as the only candidate was Saudi Arabia last year, but on the formal announcement officials organised celebratory ceremonies to celebrate the successful bid.  In Riyadh, Saudis paraded in their new sporting splendour.  "Welcoming the World 2034" was

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was still cheerful after his side lost 2-0 at Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, continuing their dismal run.  Guardiola men languish 22nd in the Champions League standings, three points away from automatic disqualification with two matches to play.  The Premier League victors have lost just one of their last 10 games in all competitions.  "We played good, really really good," Guardiola told. "And we were down on the last pass, the last move, of course, a

Wednesday will decide who hosts the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, with Morocco, Spain and Portugal, in an alliance bid, getting the former, and Saudi Arabia acquiring the latter.  Hosting for both tournaments will be decided by a vote in a virtual Fifa Congress, but there is no mystery about which bid wins without a competition.  The 2030 World Cup will be the 100th World Cup that Uruguay hosted and it will be the South American nation to get a game as well

Blasters Football Academy (GEMS American Academy - Wukair) is the buzz word in Qatar and it delivers grass roots football training to budding youngsters. It is run under Blaster Sports Centre Qatar and it is also the licensed grassroots training ground of Kerala Blasters Football Club (KBFC), one of India’s most reputed football clubs.  Kerala Blasters FC: A History of Legendary Performance  Kerala Blasters FC or KBFC as it is also called, is a beast of Indian football. It is a club formed

Thousands of people will have been looking at the Arsenal goalless draw this weekend and scoff two points.  But for me it showed they’re a lot tougher than some make them out to be – a goal down against a Fulham side that had a lot to prove and in truly terrible English conditions around this time of year.  They played and honestly ought to have been able to win. I feel like the players will come out strong this week as a

Ruud van Nistelrooy, who is now the manager of Leicester City and formerly a striker for Manchester United, has recently revealed that he left Manchester United after a very short period of being an interim coach.  I see why the new manager, Ruben Amorim, wanted to bring in his people but that still disappoints van Nistelrooy who has known the club for years. Van Nistelrooy managed to finish at United in the shadows of Arik ten over Ten Hag's sacking, but Amorim's arrival

In spite of the fact that Saudi Arabia has yet to build most of the the stadiums it proposed to use for the tournament, the nation’s 2034 World Cup bid beat the joint one of the US, Canada and Mexico in technical evaluation of Fifa which was 2026. Fifa in an announcement made on Thursday gave a submission of its bid evaluation report and as such confirmed that the 2034 bid averaged as high as 4.2 although eight stadiums remain still to be

India ace first pink ball Test. Canberra: One-day cricket with its traditional whites, red balls and white sight screens as the bowler’s background can be imagined. Those scenes were however acted out except that the red ball was replaced by the pink one as it was on a Sunday afternoon when it was raining and briefly interrupted the game in any case.  After their match against Primer’s XI was cut short by drizzling and wet field on Saturday, the two teams resumed practice

In the case of the Spanish La Liga, Arsenal managed to pull off a severe knee injury to their star player with the second leg scheduled to commence in a couple of weeks. Manchester City’s midfield general, Rodri, expressed a strong belief in making a remarkable comeback before the conclusion of the season after undergoing surgery earlier in the year. This came months after he won the coveted Ballon d'Or last October and suffered an anterior cruciate ligament ALB injury in the words

On Wednesday against Real Madrid, Manager Arne Slot expressed his peeve that Liverpool had beaten the Spanish club for the first time in 15 years but did however, maintain his composure appreciating the fact his team had made a perfect start to the tournament.  The game caught fire in the second half as Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo won the clash for the Reds as they bagged a victory against the champions league holders for the first time since 2009.  “As Liverpool

Manchester: AFC Feyenoord dashed Manchester City's hopes of narrowly winning their match 6-3 on aggregate against yesef gen Georg in the Quarterfinal of UEFA Champions league. The date on the calendar was the 25th of April 2023.  City remained totally hopeless for five more matches. Their match against this formidable Scottish side finished in a 1-1 draw. However, after a five-match streak of notably poor results, they did manage to pull one off against Kartalspor in the Turkish Cup.  There is no doubt

Premier League: Man United held at Ipswich as Amorim reign begins. After a below-par performance in his initial match with Manchester United, Ruben Amorim felt the weight of expectation for the first time as he was welcomed with the 1-1 draw against relegation fighting Ipswich. Amorim had a good run with Sporting Lisbon and joined the “never-ending” task of making this great club “great” and said in advance of kick-off “patience is required”. But it was not even the frosty atmosphere of Portman

Liverpool faced Southampton in the Premier League on Sunday and the results left Liverpool at the top of the table with an 8 point cushion against Manchester City while they still have one cut. The match witnessed a mature performance by Salah who contributed to a second-half comeback.  Towards the end of season Salah’s goal netted his tenth goal in the premier league and two goals in the second half to see the back of Southampton with a score of 3-2.  His hope

As if leading the league in passing yards after his third Pro Bowl season in 2020 wasn’t enough, Deshaun Watson still faced multiple allegations for sexual misconduct during a holdout with Houston Texans. The Cleveland Browns chose to take a risk on the quarterback, against their better judgment; a move which, according to Bill Belichick, other franchises should be wary of replicating. Cleveland was willing to trade three first round picks and two other picks for Texans QB Watson, but the deal is

On Wednesday, Sports Minister Mr. Abdurahiman V. disclosed that the Argentina football squad featuring Lionel Messi will travel to Kerala next year, November 20, 2024. The International Soccer Match set for next year will be held under the Minister's control. He spoke during a press conference. The minister has explained, “It is only the foreign players who make money and it is only the league players who spend money and there is nowhere in the world where professional players are paid at such

c The Dallas Cowboys have lost their fifth game in a row when they went down 34-10 to the Houston Texans. This does not however seem to bother some of the players like Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs who seem optimistic about their team and their season. Parsons was speaking on his podcast, The Edge with Micah Parsons on Tuesday, where he made a strong statement on the Dallas cowboys. Micah Parsons is of the opinion that, the Cowboys are a good team.

Germany finished off their Group Stage at Nations League in a 1-1 draw against Hungary where Dominik Szoboszlai scored from the spot kick in stoppage time while the Netherlands had the same score against Bosnia and Hercegovina. As the group A3 final day was concerned, there was not much on the line as Germany had qualified top, the Dutch were safely in second and Hungary was four points clear of relegated Bosnia.  According to German midfielder Robert Andrich "With a win we would

The national football team of the UAE will on Tuesday face Qatar in a World Cup qualifying match at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The match will begin at 8pm UAE time. Both teams resumed their campaigns with victories last Thursday and will be out to get another three points for a closer position to Iran and Uzbekistan in the bid for the two automatic slots which qualify for the two slots. In the opening game of this qualifier against Qatar,

Belgium has only achieved victory in two of the last ten games it attended and only managed to avoid taking the last positions of the table and top-sea relegation by virtue of superior head-to-head performance concerning the Israelis The Sunday Nations League defeat of Belgium by Israel 1 – 0 has however raised the stakes on coach Domenico Tedesco who still thinks that he is the best fit for the position Nonetheless, the replacement Domenico Tedesco thinks he knows best how to manage