Paris Saint-Germain traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel, for the ceremonial season opener of the French domestic season – the Trophee des Champions. In the Bloomfield Stadium, the Parisians faced fellow Ligue 1 outfit and last season’s winners of the Coupe de France, Nantes, whom they beat 4-0 courtesy of goals from Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Sergio Ramos. Messi opened the scoring on the night with a sensational solo effort. The Argentinian did not enjoy the best of debut seasons last time around, but it didn’t take him long to get up and running for the new campaign, rounding the goalkeeper…
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A day after the first team beat Manchester City 3-1 to lift the FA Community Shield, a much-changed Liverpool were thrashed 3-0 at home by Ligue 1 outfit RC Strasbourg. Jurgen Klopp gave a run out to first-teamers Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez, James Milner, Fabio Carvalho, and Harvey Elliott, while the rest of the line-up consisted of academy talents. The French side took the lead in the fourth minute after a defensive lapse. Konate let the ball run through to the far post, where Adrien Thomasson stole it ahead of right-back Isaac Mabaya and lobbed it over the goalkeeper. Carvalho hit the side netting…
Chloe Kelly’s 110th-minute goal helped the England women’s team beat rivals Germany in a closely-fought final of the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro. By winning the tournament, the Lionesses brought England its first piece of silverware in 56 years. A year after the Men’s team suffered heartbreak at the pitches of Wembley, the England team brought the nation its first piece of international silverware since the FIFA World Cup in 1966. The Lionesses beat rivals Germany 2-1 in front of almost 90,000 spectators inside the stadium, a 110th-minute goal from Manchester City’s Kelly the difference between the two. Backed by raucous…
Reigning Indian Super League champions Hyderabad have completed the transfer of versatile Spanish player Borja Herrera. Having spent the last six months in Spanish fourth-tier side Tamaraceite, the 29-year-old arrives on a one-year contract and is excited for a new challenge in India. “This is a very good opportunity for me. Hyderabad FC is a great project with great fans and are currently the Champions. I cannot wait to take on this new challenge,”he said in his first interview. Born and raised in Las Palmas, Borja began his career at the Canary Islands Academy. He was a member of Manuel Marquez’s squad…
Ex-India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel feels that Ravichandran Ashwin will not receive a call-up from the national selectors for the upcoming T20 World Cup. After an eight-month absence, Ashwin rejoined the Indian T20 squad for the ongoing West Indies series. The off-spinner had a good IPL 2020 campaign for Rajasthan Royals, where he was useful with the bat and economical with the ball in hand. The 35-year-old had a good outing in the first T20I against West Indies on July 29, taking two wickets in four overs while conceding only 22 runs. Patel believes Ashwin may not make the World Cup squad. According to…
Kerala Blasters and Bengaluru FC managed to grab the fourth spot in their respective groups of the recently concluded Next Gen Cup 2022 that took place in England as part of the cooperation between the Premier League and the Indian Super League. A few days after losing 7-0 to Tottenham Hotspur’s youth side, Kerala had another tough outing against Crystal Palace, losing 4-1 to the young Eagles. There were some positives to take out for the Blasters, though, who made Palace work hard for their opportunities. Meanwhile, South African side Stellenbosch were crowned champions of the tournament after a 7-2 victory over Leicester…
The FA Community Shield blows the whistle to kickstart the English footballing season, and if what we saw on Saturday was any indication of the future, we are in for a sensational footballing campaign in 2022/23. Manchester City, who claimed their fourth Premier League crown under Pep Guardiola by the skin of their teeth last season, did not look at their best in this fixture, and the score line was no aberration of their haplessness. All eyes were on the two big forwards who joined City and Liverpool, Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez. It may not be the indication of what’s to come,…
Sevilla sporting director Monchi has confirmed that Chelsea did indeed fail in their pursuit to land Jules Kounde, who was unveiled as the latest FC Barcelona signing this past week. The Blues were gazumped by Barcelona in the transfer market again. Having already beaten the Blues to Raphinha and stealing Andreas Christensen off of them, the Catalans swept in to sign Sevilla centre-back Jules Kounde. Barcelona paid the Andalusians a fee of 50 million euros for the France international, with an additional 10 million wrapped up in add-ons. Reports indicated that the Blaugrana’s final offer was less than Chelsea’s, who, according to Monchi, had all but agreed…
Timo Werner could leave Chelsea this summer with RB Leipzig and Juventus among his suitors. Furthermore, an exit is also on the cards for Kepa Arrizabalaga, who is the subject of interest from Napoli. Chelsea will hold a firesale in the next weeks of the summer transfer window, as per multiple reports. The Blues are in talks with several parties over the temporary and permanent departures of some of their fringe players, including Werner, Arrizabalaga, Ross Barkley, and Michy Batshuayi. As per BILD, Werner has agreed to slash his wages by half to facilitate a transfer back to RB Leipzig. Things haven’t worked out…
Arsenal have announced that midfielder Martin Odegaard will lead the club for the foreseeable future. The Norwegian is set to take on captaincy duties following the departure of Alexandre Lacazette to Olympique Lyon. The Norweigan held the armband for the Gunners at times last season, deputizing for Lacazette when the Frenchman was injured or dropped from the squad. In addition to the Norway national team, the 23-year-old Odegaard will now hold the captaincy for the North London outfit. The club confirmed the same through a statement on their website. “The 23-year-old has made a huge impact since arriving at Emirates…