Liverpool started the 2018-19 season in sublime fashion and ended up winning the UEFA Champions League for the sixth time, more than any other English club, but failed to get their hands on the Premier League trophy as they were one point behind the defending champions Manchester City in a battle that went down to the very last matchday. Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, Liverpool have never won a league title....
Two matches have been postponed, but there are still eight games over the next three days to keep us company. When the fixtures congest like this, the better and deeper squads often jump to the forefront as clubs with less spending power struggle to piece together the same depth. So backing the best teams to separate themselves throughout these busy periods is one way to pick matches. The likes of Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea continue to roll over the rest of the field as they push for Premier League glory....
The Fan Park has quite a few thrilling activities that the registrants can get to experience – apart from watching and spurring your favourite team, of course. Saturday saw a turnout of more than 20,000. The Fan Park is at KTPO, Whitefield and with legends of the game in Alan Shearer, John Barnes, Gerry Taggart, Graham Stuart, Paul Dickov, Ronny Johnsen, Robert Pires and Shay Given to keep you company, it’s easily the biggest Premier League centric event that Bengaluru has had in some time....
Total wages in the Premier League topped €2.69 billion in 2015, with the average wage bill in England’s top flight reaching €134.5m. Ronaldo ‘shocked’ by Owen fat joke By contrast, Serie A clubs paid out a combined €1.309bn, with each team spending an average of €65.5m in wages over the course of the year. The German Bundesliga paid out €1.251bn in wages for the year at a team average of €69....
Leicester’s slump in form continued with a 2-1 defeat at Goodison Park, with Everton battling to a second Premier League win on the bounce. The Toffees enjoyed a great start, as Richarlison turned home a fine pass from youngster Anthony Gordon early on and then Gylfi Sigurdsson converted a penalty following a handball by Wilfred Ndidi. Leicester were brighter after the break once James Maddison and Kelechi Iheanacho were introduced, with the latter netting fortuitously, but Everton held on to the win and owed thanks to Michael Keane for clearing off the line following a Jordan Pickford error....
The press conference was intended to name potential former stars who would come to the state to be part of the league as icon players to give the PLS the necessary profile to establish itself as a new competitive seven week league within Indian football. The league is set for a late-February launch. Amongst those who have been confirmed are Robert Pires (France); Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria) and Portuguese duo Maniche and Sérgio Conceição with former Argentina captain Juan Pablo Sorin also said to have confirmed his participation....
#5 Rakitic to Chelsea Ivan Rakitic’s name has been linked with Chelsea for a couple days now but it seems as though the Catalans want to sell him rather than Chelsea really wanting him, at least that is what Guillem Balague claims. The Spanish journalist revealed that Barca have a problem with their ever-increasing wage bill and that they still want to bring Adrien Rabiot, which is why they will have to sell some players....
#5 Zola implores Callum Hudson-Odoi to stay English players seem to be in demand in Germany as Bayern Munich are among the latest club to have an Englishman on their radar. After the success of Jadon Sancho with Dortmund, Bayern Munich want to get their own Englishman in the form of Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi. Meanwhile, Chelsea assistant manager has acknowledged the interest of the Bavarians for the talented youngster. However, he hopes that he rejects them in favour of staying at Chelsea because he is in their long-term plans....
According to VG24/7’s source, this most definitely is not the case: At E3 this year it appears that Sony will announce a range of features for the new service, costing “less than £50 a year” (around $80). This isn’t just a new price tag for the existing service, however. Sony plans on giving all subscribers one free PSN game per month from a pre-selected group of 2-4 games. Considering that a typical PSN game costs £6-9, “you’re basically going to be breaking even,” claimed the source....
On Nov. 17, 2021, just five days after President Biden claimed a return to U.S. climate leadership at COP26, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland auctioned off 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell and other oil and gas corporations for offshore drilling. Formally referred to as Lease Sale 257, it is the largest offshore lease sale in U.S. history. There’s an obvious reason why this is wrong: We are at a critical moment in history where the U....
“We will overcome the threat of the virus,” Trump said in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House. “The action I am taking will open up access to up to $50 billion of very important and a large amount of money for states and territories and localities in our shared fight against this disease,” he added. The 1988 Stafford Act provides much of the legal basis for the Trump administration’s forthcoming emergency response, allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate the provision of federal aid to state and local governments....
After Smith succumbed to his battle with dementia at 83 on Saturday, Obama released a statement praising Smith for his dedication to his players and his community. MORE Smith: Coach K’s statement | Michael Jordan responds | Smith through the years While he was a mastermind on the hardwood, Smith also played a role in overcoming many social barriers during his time at North Carolina. His voice was heard during the Civil Rights movement when he recruited Charlie Scott to the university, making him the first black scholarship athlete to UNC....
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Because of the extra value placed on receptions, receiving backs like Duke Johnson end up rising while traditional thumpers like Marshawn Lynch fall a bit further than most are used to seeing. While it’s important not to overvalue the receiving backs – after all, TDs are still worth six – they definitely provide teams more value in PPR formats. While players at the RB position are generally grouped in similar tiers as the standard rankings, there are a lot of changes, as well....
In a series of tweets over the past few days, Karlyn Borysenko has been outlining her beliefs that people make decisions about their lives before they “choose to be born,” including when they die. While answering a number of questions on the subject, Borysenko said this includes children who “choose to be aborted” as they could “choose to be born into human form” if they wanted. Borysenko went on to suggest that even those who were killed in the Holocaust chose to do so spiritually for the “experience....
Great Britain’s Jonathan Edwards Broom won the gold medal with the best jump of 2.10m. Praveen bagged the silver medal with a jump of 2.07m. Poland’s Maciej Lepiato bagged a third-place finish to win a bronze medal with a successful jump of 2.04m. Lepiato had to settle for bronze as he failed to cross the 2.07m mark in three attempts. Praveen was placed first on the list but Great Britain’s Jonathan Edwards Broom crossed the 2....
Nyquist was the odds-on favorite before a massive bet on new shooter Stradivari made him the favorite. Nyquist is now available at plus money with Kentucky Derby runner-up Exaggerator the second betting choice. Nyquist is unbeaten in eight career races and is looking to become the second Triple Crown winner in as many years. MORE: Preakness odds, field | Preakness photos | Preakness records Get all our Preakness posts in one place below....
The 3-year-old colt is two-thirds of the way to horse racing’s Triple Crown after winning the 143rd Preakness Stakes on Saturday at foggy Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Justify, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Mike Smith, defeated seven competitors on a sloppy track as the heavy 2-5 betting favorite. MORE: Triple Crown winners | Near-misses “These great horses, they just define themselves when they get in that situation, and today, he just showed not only is he a big, beautiful, gorgeous horse, but he is all racehorse, and that’s what it took to win today,” Baffert told reporters, per The Baltimore Sun....
