EURO2016 FRA-RUM

Euro 2016 : France kick off tournament

 June 10, 2016   kridangan

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France won the first match of the Euro 2016 with superb winning goal by their best player Payet. Final score France 2- 1 Romania Dimitri Payet, This time last year it didn’t even look like he’d be picked for the tournament, now it looks like he’s won the opening match with a sumptuous goal!   […]

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Euro 2016

It is Now Time for a 31-Day Football Excitement as Euro 2016 Gets Underway in France

 June 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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What is common to Albania, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Wales? These teams are the first-time participants of a UEFA European Championship Finals, clearly benefitting from the organizers’ decision to enhance the number of teams from 16 to 24 for the Euro 2016 football extravaganza. The grand event unfolds on Friday June 10, 2016 in […]

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Guardiola and Mourinho to go Head-to-Head Once More

Guardiola and Mourinho to go Head-to-Head Once More

 June 4, 2016   kridangan

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The fractious relationship between Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola often reached boiling point during their time at Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively. They had three seasons going toe-to-toe in La Liga, during which there was never a dull moment. Usually, it was Mourinho deploying the mind games, and more often than not Guardiola rebuttals were […]

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Louis Van Gaal

Louis Van Gaal Gets the Axe for Manchester United’s Poor Performance

 May 25, 2016   R K Gupta

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The hottest news doing the rounds in football circles is the premature sacking of Louis Van Gaal. The Dutchman lost his job, a year ahead of his three-year contract with Manchester United. The once formidable English Premier League side has been plagued with one problem after another for the last few seasons and it is […]

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Rafael Benitez

Bravo Rafael Benitz! Will Real Madrid’s Loss Could Prove a Gain for Newcastle United?

 May 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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Real Madrid is arguably the most high-profile side in European football stuffed with world’s top players beginning with the great Cristiano Ronaldo. If a team could afford to keep World Cup hero James Rodrigues to sit on the bench for many matches, it only means the Club is brimming with talent. Somehow, Real Madrid have […]

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Unstoppable Suárez

Unstoppable Suárez guides Barça to La Liga win

 May 20, 2016   Abhishek Das

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It’s been a long time since anybody at Barça came close to replicating Messi’s contribution purely in terms of goals and assists. Even on an European level, only Cristiano Ronaldo competed against Messi and it seemed it would be forever before anybody came to gatecrash their party. And in came Luis Suárez. Born in Uruguay […]

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Barca transfer news

Barca transfer news: Latest transfer rumours

 May 15, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Barcelona are officially champions of Spain this season by beating Granada 3-0 courtesy of a hattrick from the man-in-form Luis Suárez. With this victory Barça edged out as the winners with a one point lead over rivals Real Madrid thereby resulting in another Matchday laced with uncertainties. Away from all these are talks of a […]

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Sunderland 2016

Sunderland survive, Newcastle, Norwich relegated in EPL

 May 14, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Sunderland secured their English Premier League place and relegated Norwich and Newcastle United after beating Everton 3-0 at home. Patrick van Aaanholt scored with a 25-metre free-kick and added two more to give Sunderland an insurmountable four point lead over both Newcastle and Norwich with just one game left to play on Wednesday. Sunderland’s survival […]

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A Tale of Two Lucky Wins Make it an all-Madrid UEFA Champions League Final in Milan

 May 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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If it was an away-goal advantage for Atletico Madrid in the first of the two second-leg semifinals on May 3, Real Madrid found the winning goal in the other semifinal from a chance deflection on May 4. Playing at home, Bayern Munich looked certain of going into the UEFA Champions League final after three consecutive […]

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First-Leg Champions League

No Ronaldo No Goal in a Lively First-Leg Champions League Semifinal Between City & Real

 April 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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With his thigh muscles tightly knotted, Real Madrid star striker Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t even have the option of sitting on the benches. He watched the game like others from the sidelines with a pair of headphones tucked into his ears. Ronaldo’s replacement, Lucas Vázquez looked ineffective for most part. The Portuguese superstar came out briefly […]

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