The Reds kept their Champions League dream alive following a superb 4-2 victory at Old Trafford on Thursday, while the Baggies’ 3-1 defeat to Arsenal last weekend saw them return to the Championship immediately. As the race for the top four heats up, Liverpool take on an already relegated WBA at The Hawthorns on Sunday. Even hiring Sam Allardyce mid-season couldn’t save West Brom from going down. Heading onto their last four league fixtures, they needed all twelve possible points to save themselves from demotion, but a 3-1 loss in north London was their undoing as the Midlands club will…
Author: Sheersho Neogi
Sheersho Neogi
As a kid, Sheersho Neogi dreamt of being an athlete. As an adult, he writes about it.
Two arrested as hundreds of Man Utd fans protest against Glazers before Liverpool clash United’s home fixture against The Reds came under the spotlight after thousands of fans gathered outside the stadium demanding Glazers’ acquittal and later broke into the arena, injuring a police officer in the process. https://twitter.com/UgoIfeanyi8/status/1392900166638833668 The angry fans had once again arranged a protest before last night’s fixture, and like last week, the Red Devils faithful set off flares while chanting and demanding the Glazer family to sell the club after years of mismanagement. Although the massive police force outside the stadium did manage to restrain…
The Hammers continue chasing their Champions League dream and would look to bag three easy points when they face Brighton on Saturday. David Moyes’ side are six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, while the Seagulls occupy the 17th spot in the table – having managed to secure another year in the Premier League. Just four points separate 17th-placed Brighton from 13th-placed Crystal Palace as Graham Potter and his men remain keen to move a place or two up the ladder over the next three games. But the Seagulls’ subpar performance throughout the season has left them with 8 wins, 13 draws…
Andrea Pirlo’s fate could be sealed on Saturday when Juve face Inter in the 176th Derby d’Italia at the Allianz Stadium. The Bianconeri are in stiff competition for a berth in the Champions League and sit on fifth at the table with just two games remaining. The Nerazzurri’s head to Piedmontese capital, having captured the Scudetto from their bitter rivals after a decade. Antonio Conte’s men easily overcame Juventus 2-0 in the reverse fixture and will certainly be adding another as Inter look poised to end the season on a high note. Juventus are in serious danger of missing out…
In April, twelve European elite clubs declared themselves as the ‘founding members’ of the controversial breakaway tournament – supposed to rival the Champions League, but mass protests and condemnation from multiple footballing bodies led to the postponement of the competition just 48 hours after its announcement. The six Premier League clubs were the first ones to walk out amid the backlash, while AC Milan, Inter and Atletico Madrid soon followed suit. A few weeks later, UEFA reintegrated these nine clubs but handed financial sanctions for their participation. The clubs have since accepted the punishment and confirmed their commitment to UEFA…
Veteran shot-stopper Gianluigi Buffon has decided to leave Juventus for the last time but is yet to comment on his retirement from the beautiful game. After 683 appearances for the Bianconeri, the 43-year-old revealed that he would not extend his stay when his contract expires next month. Arguably one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, Buffon’s twenty-year love story with the ‘Old Lady’ – earned him 21 trophies in two separate spells with the club. Signed from Parma in 2001 for a then world-record fee for a goalkeeper of €52 million, Buffon left Turin and joined Paris Saint Germain…
Hari Mohan Bangur, the Managing Director of Shree Cement, has voiced his concern for SC East Bengal’s future – criticising the club officials’ for their lacklustre attitude in honouring the agreement between the two organisations. After months of uncertainty, the Kolkata giants roped in Shree Cements as their primary investor earlier in 2020, at the behest of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The cash influx allowed the Red and Golds to participate in the 2020/21 Indian Super League season, but Bangur claims that the club officials are yet to sign the final agreement and that the team-building process has…
European football’s governing body have handed financial sanctions to nine of the twelve European Super League clubs, including the top-six Premier League teams. The clubs have accepted the punishment and confirmed their commitment to UEFA – renouncing their plans to create a breakaway league earlier last month. However, the three remaining sides, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, declined the reunion and would face “appropriate action” under UEFA’s disciplinary process. 48 hours after the competition was formally announced, nine of its members withdrew their names following mass protests and threats from multiple football associations. And soon enough, the nine clubs in…
Juventus head coach Andrea Pirlo has no intention to leave the club after the Bianconeri suffered a heavy blow to their hopes of Champions League football next year — a miserable 3-0 defeat to Milan at home on Sunday. The Bianconeri already lost their Serie A crown to bitter rivals Inter Milan. Sunday’s defeat to the Rossoneri threw them down to the fifth spot in the table, one point behind fourth-placed Napoli. Brahim Diaz scored the opener seconds before half-time, and the lead was further strengthened by Ante Rebic and Chelsea loanee Fikayo Tomori’s late strike – sealing all three…
Bengaluru’s AFC Cup playoff fixture against Eagles FC in the Maldives has been postponed after the Indian outfit players and staff broke the protocol set by the Health Protection Agency of the Maldives, which requires the squad to be confined within the team hotel. On Sunday, Channel News Maldives photographed midfielder Erik Paartalu and two other members in the streets of Male and Ahmed Mahloof, the Minister of Youth, Sports & Community Empowerment, asked the Blues to leave the country immediately. https://twitter.com/AhmedMahloof/status/1391115943669944321 In response, Bengaluru FC owner Parth Jindal apologised for the infraction and promised “strictest action” against the accused, “On behalf of…