Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as the interim first-team manager on a six-month deal. The German will take a consultancy role with the club at the end of his stint for the next two years. The German tactician will replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – who was sacked last week – in the dugout for the next six months, following which he will join the backroom in a consultancy role for two further years. Rangnick was working with Lokomotiv Moscow in a similar consultant role when Manchester United came calling. Credited with influencing several modern football coaches,…
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24-year-old Ashique Kuruniyan scored at both ends of the pitch in Bengaluru FC’s draw against Kerala Blasters. The youngster’s first in the 84th minute rewarded Bengaluru for their dominance while his second, unfortunately at his end, four minutes later, rescued a point for Kerala. Kerala started the game brightly with Vincy Barretto and Adrian Luna picking up where they left off. Luna attempted to pick out Barretto with a ball over the top of the opposition defence in the ninth minute, but custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu read the danger well and got to the ball ahead of the youngster. At the other end, Harman Khabra kept a close…
Chelsea star Jorginho had a hand in both the goals – one at each end – in the Blues’ 1-1 draw against Manchester United. The Italian central midfielder’s error allowed Jadon Sancho to open the scoring at Stamford Bridge with his first league goal for Manchester United. However, the 29-year-old later scored from the spot to rescue a well-deserved point for Thomas Tuchel’s side. Callum Hudson-Odoi nearly scored for the home side after just four minutes. The youngster capitalized on a poor attempted clearance from Victor Lindelof to dash into the penalty box with the ball. But, his attempt to curl it past David…
Arturo Vidal’s house in Italy was mobbed by a few thieves, who entered and stole plenty of valuable possessions of the Inter Milan midfielder. The incident reportedly took place on November 7, where the Nerrazzuri and AC Milan played out a 1-1 draw in the Serie A clash. Vidal lives in Villaggio del Sole on the residential hill of San Fermo, in the Como area, which is situated around 25 km away from the San Siro in the southern part of Milan. La Provincia de Como reported that the robbery took place on the day of the game. The trespassers managed to…
The tug of war between both India and New Zealand seems to be tilting slightly in favour of the Indians after a spirited batting performance on Sunday. The Kiwi bowlers romped through the top order, but the middle order came to India’s rescue, and it puts them in a commanding position heading into the final day. Kyle Jamieson was off to a poor start, conceding two boundaries in the first over of the day, but it didn’t take long for him to find his rhythm. He dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara with a well-directed short delivery, which Pujara tried to leave at the very final second and…
There wasn’t anything incredibly dramatic happening on Saturday in Spain, but there were a few good games, which kept the side moving. Whilst Athletic Club and Granada played out a thrilling draw, Celta Vigo clinched a superb 2-1 with a 70th-minute goal coming from Iago Aspas. Alaves were desperate to steer themselves away from the relegation zone, and in such a tricky situation, they travelled to the Mendizorroza. Santi Mina responded according to need of the hour, and scored just 11 minutes into the game. It took Celta less than 10 minutes to find an equalizer, as Luis Rioja set Joselu up nicely to make it 1-1…
The defending champions of the Indian Super League had a bit of a shocker on Saturday as they bowed to Hyderabad FC in a rather strange way. Despite producing a stellar performance in their opening fixture against Goa (3-0), they had no answer to the blistering counter-attacking brilliance of the young guns in Hyderabad FC, which eventually proved to be decisive. Hyderabad started on a positive note, winning a corner with the very first play after kick-off, and kept the pressure in the opening few minutes. But once Mumbai City got the ball, they moved it beautifully and with a…
Steven Gerrard seems to be loving life back in the Premier League, whilst Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal continued to gather crucial on an action-packed Saturday in the world of Premier League football. Once again, Liverpool came up trumps in their fixture against Southampton quite ruthlessly to keep themselves within Chelsea’s touching distance. A struggling Southampton unit who are climbing mountains and trees for each point in the league found themselves in the red hot Anfield crucible, which was too much to handle eventually. It took less than two minutes for Diogo Jota to open the scoring. Andrew Robertson, whose attacking output has been under scrutiny these…
Serie A continues to be the one-stop destination of club football drama in Europe right now, and it produced another set of stunning results on Saturday. Atalanta handed Juventus yet another defeat whilst Sampdoria and Empoli registered much-needed wins. All eyes in Italy were feasted on the hot-cake fixture of the weekend, Atalanta traveling to Turin to face the Old Lady. The record-Italian champions found it difficult to streamline their passages of play and kept giving the ball away in crucial areas. A Berat Djimitsi pass around the half-hour mark opened Juventus’ backline and he found Duvan Zapata in space. The 30-year-old Columbian fired…
Leicester City’s home fixture against Legia Warsaw saw five fans charged for causing disorder at the King Power Stadium. The incident took place during the first half, where the fans clashed with the police while attempting to breach the segregated lines at the away stand. There were a number of flares let off in the crowd, which caused a little disruption among the fans. This little chaos saw 14 officers on match day duty in the crowd assaulted and injured with two of them requiring hospital treatment (one for concussion and while others sustained a wrist fracture). Five men were charged with public order…