Mourinho mind games hide Chelsea title ambitions
February 4, 2014 John Welsh
Chelsea, Football, Premier League, UEFABy beating Manchester City 1-0 on Monday evening, Chelsea became only the second team to win beat Manuel Pellegrini’s outfit at the Etihad Stadium this season, the other being European and World Club champions Bayern Munich. For manager Jose Mourinho, the Premier League title race is now becoming as much about mind games as the […]
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Atletico Madrid displaying genuine title credentials under Simeone
February 3, 2014 John Welsh
Atletico Madrid, Diego Simeone, Football, La Liga, RonaldoOn a weekend in Spanish football during which Barcelona lost at Nou Camp for the first time since April 2012, Atletico Madrid assumed the leadership of La Liga and who would bet against them upsetting both Real Madrid and Barcelona by claiming the league title at the end of the season. Under the management Diego […]
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Racing Santander players show the other extreme of Spanish football
January 31, 2014 John Welsh
La Liga, Racing Santander, Real Madrid, Real SociedadWhile Barcelona, Real and Atletico Madrid continue to contest honours on both the domestic and international stage, it appears that there may be an undercurrent of more disturbing issues aside from the glitz and panache so much in evidence with the giants of Spanish football. The refusal of the Racing Santander players to participate in […]
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From Abject Poverty to Super-Stardom – That is 2013 Ballon d’Or Winner CR7 for You
January 30, 2014 R K Gupta
CR7, Football, RonaldoMadeira Island is the richest Portuguese region after Lisbon, with higher per capita GDP than the overall European average. In a poor neighborhood of Madeira’s capital Funchal, lived José Dinis Aveiro. He was employed as a municipal gardener and his wife Maria Dolores worked as a cook in the homes of well-to-do. The couple had […]
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Does Arsenal require recruiting Julian Draxler for this season?
January 29, 2014 Krishna Chandra
Arsenal, Football, Julian Draxler, Transfer newsThe January transfer window certainly provides the chance for teams to add to their squads, strengthen their weak points, and in effect, sustain their challenge for the targets of the season. However, it is not always a good thing to bring in new players to the team in the middle of the season, as it […]
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Cabaye departure will be unwelcome news for Newcastle fans ahead of Tyne and Wear derby
January 27, 2014 John Welsh
Football, Newcastle, PSG, Transfer newsNews that Yohan Cabaye is likely to be playing for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the weekend is not particularly welcoming news for fans of Newcastle United especially with the impending Tyne and Wear derby against Sunderland looming on Saturday. It had been expected that Cabaye would be the subject of a lucrative move during the […]
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Sunderland can upset the odds in Capital One Cup Final
January 23, 2014 John Welsh
Capital One Cup, England Football, Football, SunderlandThe final of this season’s Capital One Cup Final at Wembley will pitch Premier League title challengers Manchester City against relegation threatened Sunderland in a match already being described as an almost certain victory for City. Bookmakers have installed Manuel Pellegrini’s team as overwhelming favourites but cup finals are never decided by the form book […]
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Champagne’s orange card proposal should spark serious FIFA debate
January 21, 2014 John Welsh
FIFA, FootballIn announcing his bid to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA President in 2015, Jerome Champagne has provoked much discussion with his idea of introducing orange cards as an extra disciplinary measure for offending footballers. He has suggested that the card could be introduced for ‘in-between heat-of-the-moment fouls’ immediately following a yellow card, which would also […]
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Barclays Premier League’s Top-5 Strikers
January 19, 2014 Paranjoy Goswami
EPL, Football, Luis Suarez, Premier LeagueThese are the top-5 strikers in the English Premier League for 2013/14 season (as of 05/01/2014). The ratings are accumulated by the Player Performance Index (PPI) powered by EA Sports – the official player-rating system of the Barclays Premier League. 5) Romelu Lukaku (Everton) PPI Rating: 411 points After enjoying two excellent seasons with his […]
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11 Premier League teams set to face engrossing relegation battle
January 14, 2014 John Welsh
Premier League, Premier League 2013With only six points separating tenth placed Hull City from the foot of the Premier League and just 17 matches remaining, there is little doubt that the forthcoming couple of weeks will feature some frenzied transfer activity until the window closes at the end of the month. With so many teams now involved in the […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |