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The new Premier League season kickstarted with Liverpool routing the newly-promoted Norwich City 4-1 at Anfield. The goal-fest can be seen as the precursor for the rest of the season, and rest assured, the season is set to hog the limelight over the next few months. Teams have been splurging money on players, and quite a few high-quality players have been roped in from other countries. Harry Maguire became the most expensive defender in the history of football after he was bought for £80 million by Manchester United....

Spurs scored freely for 49 minutes in the lunchtime game at London Stadium but were pegged back as errors crept in. Arsenal needed a late Alexandre Lacazette goal to avoid joining six other Premier League teams who lost at home on Saturday. Crystal Palace were sunk by a late goal in a 2-1 defeat to leaders Liverpool. Brighton lost to Leicester City and Everton were beaten by Norwich City, both at home by 2-0 scorelines....

Paolo Di Canio became the first managerial casualty in the Premier league this season. PDM lost everything – football games, the dressing room, fans backing and finally the board room. Sunderland chairman Ellis Short wasted no time in getting rid of the Italian who spent less than six months in charge. The 45-year-old former Swindon manager was expected to struggle after bringing in 14 new players for the start of his first full campaign at the Stadium of Light....

Brighton goalie Ryan saved all six of Burnley’s shots on target in maintaining a clean sheet for the Seagulls in a 0-0 draw at the Amex Stadium. ALLAN NYOM | WEST BROMWICH ALBION Nyom completed 89% of his passes against Manchester United, while also making four tackles - both were team highs for the Baggies. JAMES TOMKINS | CRYSTAL PALACE The Crystal Palace defender made six clearances and four interceptions in his side’s win 3-0 win at Leicester....

In case you didn’t know West Ham United has been very active in the transfer window this season with Soriano, Pablo Fornals and David Martin joining the Hammers from Espanyol, Villarreal and Millwall respectively. The Hammers had been linked with the 22-year old striker since last summer but a move failed to materialize for the striker after Celta Vigo wanted the £43.3 million release clause to be met. The heart of the matter According to Sky Sports, West Ham United has had their £29 million bid (plus add ons) for 22-year old Celta Vigo striker Maximiliano Gómez González accepted....

Even though the window to do business remains open until the end of August, many English top-flight clubs have already made their biggest moves in order to gain the strongest possible results at the beginning of their respective campaigns. But out of all the incoming transfers that have already been completed by Premier League sides, which player arrivals look like they’ve been the best piece of business so far? In this article, The Sporting News picks out the five best Premier League signings made so far this summer, though that doesn’t necessarily mean the most expensive transfers or the best quality players....

Manchester City lifted the trophy on Sunday following a 0-0 draw with Huddersfield Town at the Etihad Stadium, which puts them 17 points clear of Manchester United at the top. Guardiola won three league titles during his time in charge of both Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but endured a difficult first season in England as City came third in the league and failed to win silverware. The 47-year-old insists he never stopped believing in his footballing philosophy, though, having won a domestic double of league and EFL Cup trophies in a superb campaign....

In keeping with that notion, Ubisoft has just unveiled their latest offering, titled PowerUp Heroes. Not a very exiting game title, but certainly an exciting concept. PowerUp Heroes may be the Kinect game many purchasers have been waiting for, especially with the superhero craze taking over the summer movie season. PowerUp Heroes is developed by Longtail Studios specifically for the Kinect device and it allows players to use their entire body for a full range of control over their hero....

While there is a career mode that players can jump into, some may like to add a bit of pressure to their deep cleaning process. That is why the game has Challenge Mode with a limited number of levels. One of the challenge variants is the Time Challenge, where players need to complete the job in the shortest amount of time. While it may seem daunting, there are some strategies to try out....

Despite being based on a seemingly mundane everyday task, PowerWash Simulator has emerged as one of the most entertaining titles from the simulator genre, particularly with its selection of maps, an intriguing plot line, and other interesting mechanics. With the rising popularity, the developers had already teased that more content will be heading to PowerWash Simulator sometime back. The recent news of Tomb Raider DLC may be one of the few additions fans can expect from the title....

The former India spinner opined that it was Sourav Ganguly, who nurtured players like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, etc., who played a critical role in India’s 2011 World Cup campaign. In fact, even MS Dhoni made his international debut under Sourav Ganguly’s captaincy. On the tenth anniversary of India’s 2011 World Cup win, Pragyan Ojha emphasized the importance of the process and lauded Sourav Ganguly’s role....

The feud between the two began during Game 2 of the 2017 Western Conference finals, where the Ducks forward delivered an elbow to the side of Johansen’s head. The two didn’t shy away from the physicality throughout the 60-minute stretch, and Johansen had a strong message for Kesler after the game. “He just blows my mind. I don’t know what’s going through his head out there,” Johansen said. “His family and his friends watching him play?...

Police identified the victim as Akeila Ware, 29, from LaGrange, Georgia, who died shortly after she arrived at the hospital. Doctors then discovered that she was pregnant and found that the unborn child had also died following the shooting. Troup County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) officers have launched a homicide investigation following the shooting on Highway 18. According to a statement on the TCSO Facebook page, police and emergency services raced to the highway, near E....

The anonymous woman, known only as u/throwaway365335, posted about her situation in Reddit’s popular r/AmITheA**hole forum where it garnered nearly 12,000 upvotes and 1,600 comments, many from users calling out her husband’s actions as dehumanizing and taking away her bodily autonomy. In the post titled “AITA For Not Letting My Husband Bond With Our Unborn Baby?” the woman, 26, explained that she is five months pregnant with her and her husband’s, 31, first child....

One of those eleven from Ligue 1 to grab the headlines was the most expensive transfer from a foreign club to the Premier League in the summer, and that was Arsenal’s signing of Nicolas Pépé from LOSC Lille. The 24-year-old Ivorian international signed for the Gunners in a deal worth around £72 million, thereby smashing their transfer record. When a team breaks its transfer record for a player, the expectations increase for that player and the team as well, and there is nothing different here with Pépé and Arsenal....

The Blues were thrashed 4-0 by Manchester United at Old Trafford in their first game of the season, imploding in the second half after being the better side in the first 45 minutes Tammy Abraham and Emerson hit the woodwork in opening 45, but Chelsea was repeatedly picked apart on the counter after the break. The defeat illustrated the size of the task facing Lampard in his first season as a manager in the Premier League....

Recent form has been kind to City and United both but quality appears to be on the former’s side. Manager Pep Guardiola has spent big money wisely and developed a philosophy which has gelled his team together in a cohesive unit. United’s manager Jose Mourinho, one of the legends of the beautiful game, will be no pushover and look forward to repeating his team’s April exploits over their rivals at the same ground....

At Stamford Bridge, Everton held Chelsea to a goalless draw pushing the Blues down to the third spot in the league table. Arsenal came back from behind to draw Wolves 1-1 after a lack-lustre performance at the Emirates Stadium. Liverpool secured a 2-0 victory against Fulham at Anfield to overtake Chelsea to attain the second position in the league table. Slavisa Jokanovic is in serious trouble of being sacked after Fulham suffered their sixth consecutive defeat to stay at the bottom of the league....

The fast-paced, possession-based attacking style of play which he employed at Napoli won him several plaudits all around the globe. And despite all the success they have had in recent years, Chelsea have been criticized for their defensive style of play. By appointing Sarri, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich wanted to implement a brand of football which Stamford Bridge hopefuls were craving for all these years. The banker-turned-manager, who hails from Tuscany in Naples, had a scintillating start to his reign at Chelsea....