Author: Anuraag Peesara

 After completing the Saudi-backed consortium’s takeover in the first week of October, Newcastle have made their first acquisition in footballing duties. They have officially announced Eddie Howe as the new manager of the club, and he was present at the Amex Stadium on Saturday watching the Magpies take one point against Brighton. Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Newcastle United FC (@nufc) The former Bournemouth boss was confirmed as the boss Monday evening, a couple of weeks after the sacking of former manager Steve Bruce. The 43-year-old expressed that it is a proud day for him and his family to be joining…

After putting an end to Daniel Farke’s 4-year stint as the manager, Norwich are now considering ex-Chelsea captain and manager Frank Lampard to take up the duties. Football Insider has reported that the Canaries have opened talks with the former England international and are keen on recruiting him before the international break ends. Lampard won 44 out of the 84 games in charge of Chelsea as manager. He guided The Blues to an FA Cup final and took them into the round of 16 in Champions League before Thomas Tuchel took over at Stamford Bridge. Lampard is accredited for doing a fantastic job with the club…

To prepare for AFC Women’s Asia Cup, which will be hosted in India, the Indian women’s unit will be touring Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. They will be camping in Manaus, where an international tournament starting in the final week of November will involve these four teams. The first game of this tournament will be played between India and Brazil, on November 25. India’s following games will be against Chile on November 28, and Venezuela on December 1. The AIFF is yet to announce the Indian unit’s departure date to Brazil, but said in the announcement that the aim is to give this team the best possible…

Former AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko is back in Italy, and has taken up the managerial duties at Genoa. Having established himself as one of the finest of his times during his spell at AC Milan, Shevchenko is back in Italy after a loan spell at Milan in 2008-09. “Genoa CFC and 777 Partners warmly welcome Mr Shevchenko and wish him success at the helm of the oldest club in Italy,”an official announcement from the club said. https://twitter.com/GenoaCFC/status/1457324460286033936 Having picked up just 1 win in Serie A this season, Genoa are 17th in the table and are one of the…

Table-toppers Chelsea dropped points at home, whilst Manchester City ran past Manchester United in a 2-0 win, which so easily could’ve been far more. Norwich got their first win of the league season whilst Southampton continue to fight against the tide to keep themselves in the top tier. United were off to a horrible start, with Joao Cancelo’s fizzed-in cross taking a deflection of Eric Bailly, straight past David de Gea. Towards the final few minutes of the first half, once again it was a Cancelo cross that trouble the United backline, with Bernardo Silva sneaking past a ball-watching defense with a brilliant run and squeezing a second…

Despite announcing Xavi Hernandez as their next manager before the start of the game, Barcelona failed to provide an impressive result in match week 13 of the La Liga season. Big wins for Alaves and Cadiz pulled them away from the relegation zone, and plenty of other action in Spain on an entertaining Saturday. The game hogging all attention was Barcelona’s 3-3 draw against Celta Vigo. It seemed for a while like the Catalans have regained their form with early goals. But an unreal come back from the hosts pulled the paper away from the cracks, and exposed the bigger problems at Barca…

Easily the greatest ever player to don the Napoli jersey, Diego Maradona passed away in November 2020, and towards the end of this month, it’ll be one year for his demise. Just a few days ago, it was his birth anniversary, and the Naples club decided to pay a special tribute to one of their very own. The club have designed a special jersey, which they will be wearing across the three league games they’ll play in November. The jersey has a carving of the great man’s picture just under the sponsor’s name, and it has received great plaudits from the…

Since the inception of the ISL, Indian football has started to make further connection with European top-flight clubs to collaborate and take the country’s system forward. Despite being an under-achiever in this sport, there are efforts being made to ensure the Indian national side starts taking strides towards a change. The same was affirmed by Spanish giants Villarreal’s president Fernando Roig, who has noted that India has taken massive steps towards a change and acknowledged that the growth is happening at spectacular pace. Credit: ISL The club president noted that India is turning out to be a great investment for the future, and…

If one drama evades Barcelona, another arrives within a split second. Having sacked Ronald Koeman just under a fortnight ago, the Catalan club have been looking for a new manager and are currently fixated on one of their own in the former captain Xavi Hernandez to return and reincarnate its lost glory. However, Xavi’s current employers, the Qatari club Al Sadd, are unwilling to let the man leave. The Spaniard has been in Qatar since quitting the Blaugrana in 2015. Having represented the club for four years as a player, he took the managerial role in 2019. He has won seven…

On November 3, Indian captain Sunil Chhetri became the first football player to win the Major Dhyanchand Khen Ratna award a few days ago. The third highest goal-scorer in international football among active players had a stellar career that spanned 16 years, including multiple individual and team accolades. The striker played a crucial role in bringing attention towards Indian football with his social media activity. He made his debut against Pakistan in 2005, and went on to represent the Indian national side 125 times since then, scoring 80 goals. At the club level, he had a stellar career at Bengaluru FC, having made…