Spurs forward Harry Kane has been named Premier League’s Player of the Month for March 2022. In doing so, the England international has reached level with ex-Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero for most wins in this particular competition – both strikers currently have seven awards to their name. Kane scored four times in March and provided two assists, which was enough for the panel to pick him ahead of the likes of Kai Havertz (Chelsea) and Bukayo Saka (Arsenal). Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah, Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson, Aston Villa’s Matty Cash, Brentford’s Ivan Toney, and Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski were also nominated for the same award but lost to Kane. Meanwhile, with three wins from their four league…
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The top-tier English championship had reverted to three substitutions for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons despite the rest of Europe doing otherwise. The league, in a statement, confirmed it will reintroduce the five substitutions rule moving forward from the next season. The rule initially came into being during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, when football resumed across Europe despite the threat of the infection still looming large in the background. International Football Association Board, the organization in charge of producing and changing the rules of the sport, recommended that the rule be made permanent starting from the 2020/21…
Cesar Azpilicueta has extended his Chelsea contract by another year after reaching a predetermined milestone of appearances this season. The Athletic says the defender automatically triggered a one-year extension to his deal that was expiring at the end of the current season after appearing in a certain number of games throughout the campaign. However, this doesn’t mean that the Chelsea captain won’t be allowed to leave the club, that too for free, at the end of the season; the Blues, similarly, extended Olivier Giroud’s contract by another year before the start of the 2021/22 season but allowed him to leave for AC Milan on…
Premier League have given Manchester City permission to allow the 23-year-old attacking midfielder to train with the club. City have opened their doors to Ukrainian international Andrii Kravchuk to train with the club in light of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The move has been completed with the consent of the Premier League. It was City full-back – and Kravchuk’s compatriot – Oleksandr Zinchenko who first initiated the matter. Zinchenko, who has been with City for nearly six years now, knows Kravchuk from the time the duo played together at the youth level for Shakhtar Donetsk. When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February…
Josep Bartomeu’s time as Barcelona chairman was widely marked by corruption scandals and financial ruin. In an interview with Spanish media outlet Sport, the club’s veteran Gerard Pique has criticised the former president for lying to the players about several important matters. Bartomeu’s reign as Barcelona president (2014-2020) brought about widespread financial ruin for the club, the consequences of which it is still suffering. The new board, led by Joan Laporta, has been toiling hard to secure new sources of revenue and lines of credit to assuage the financial crisis. The Blaugrana even had to part ways with Lionel Messi in the summer…
Bruno Fernandes has penned a new contract with Manchester United until June 30, 2026, with the option to extend it by another year. While his new deal adds only a year – potentially two – to his previous one, Fernandes has earned a massive pay hike, making him one of the highest earners in the Manchester United squad. As per journalist Fabrizio Romano, the Portugal international will be one of the squad’s three highest-paid players moving forward. Also read 👉 Cristiano leading Man Utd quartet in Premier League wages charts The 27-year-old spoke of the “special relationship” he has with the…
The two-year qualification process for the 2022 World Cup is complete, with all but three slots filled. As teams await the result of the group stage draw on April 1, the pots for the process have been revealed. The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification process is complete, and the pots are set for Friday, when the draw for the group stage will take place in Doha. Italy remained the only major nation from UEFA to miss out on the finals, following their playoff semifinal loss against North Macedonia, who, in turn, lost to Portugal in the final. Poland, meanwhile, joined the already qualified group winners…
13-time Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk has asked for the removal of the Russian Football Federation’s membership from UEFA and FIFA. One of the biggest clubs in Ukraine, Shakhtar have won four of the last five national league titles and are a regular feature in the UEFA Champions League. The club’s CEO Serhiy Palkin has recently asked for Russia to be removed from FIFA and UEFA’s membership. Speaking to Reuters, he suggested that Russia be removed in the same manner as apartheid-era South Africa. Russian clubs and teams are already completely suspended from participating in international tournaments, but the Russian Football Union continues to be a…
Manchester United great Ruud van Nistelrooy will replace head coach Roger Schmidt at his former club PSV Eindhoven starting next season. The Dutchman will take his first steps into senior management after the conclusion of the current season. The 45-year-old, who has been coaching the reserve side since 2021, was announced as the first team’s next manager, replacing the outgoing Roger Schmidt in the role – starting next season. “I was convinced I could pursue a professional coaching career and originally thought I needed one more year to gain experience. But sometimes things do go their way and you find out…
England all-rounder Sam Curran has been watching the Indian Premier League action from his home. A stress injury has ruled the 23-year-old out for this season, and he rues the opportunity of not participating this time around. Curran is familiar with the highs and lows as well as the glitz and glam of IPL. He had been an important member of the Chennai Super Kings side over the last couple of seasons, in which they went from not qualifying to the playoffs in 2020 to winning their fourth title in 2021. However, a stress fracture on his lower back during the second…