The 10 Oldest Players in the English Premier League

The 10 Oldest Players in the English Premier League

 December 9, 2013   Paranjoy Goswami

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On 30th November Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs celebrated his 40th birthday which adds another milestone to his glittering career. Giggs has the highest number of Premier League appearances having featured for the Red Devils in every season since its inception in the 1992. But is he the oldest player in the Premier League? To find […]

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Glamour and Glitterati of the World Cup Draw

 December 8, 2013   R K Gupta

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Two days ago, Kridangan.com’s specialist football writer, John Welsh presented a realistic analysis about the strengths of participants after the final draw, which was the first major event of the FIFA World Cup 2014. It was a glittering ceremony, held in the picturesque resort of Costa do Sauípe, Bahia on December 6, 2013. This article […]

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World Cup draws not so kind to Brazil but England should progress

 December 7, 2013   John Welsh

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Those first few glances at the 2014 World Cup draw would seem to suggest that Brazil, Argentina, France and Germany have drawn fairly winnable groups while Italy and England face much greater challenges in their opening matches. A more analytical study indicates that for some teams, all may not be as straightforward as first appears, […]

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Arsenal

Gunning for Glory

 December 6, 2013   Paranjoy Goswami

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The month of December has always been a very crucial period in the English Premier League.  With a busy schedule building up to the midway-point of the season, this month has often provided a strong indication of how both halves of the league-table may come to look at the end of the season. Being the […]

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Vincent Enyeama

Vincent Enyeama enjoying cult hero status with Lille supporters

 December 5, 2013   John Welsh

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With Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) already installed as firm favourites to retain their Ligue 1 title this season, Monaco are still expected to mount the strongest challenge to Laurent Blanc’s formidable team. Yet Lille are the team currently offering the most direct threat to PSG ambitions by occupying  second place and having conceded only four league […]

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Real Madrid-Bale

Bale Hat-Trick Livens up Proceedings at Bernabeu on Saturday

 December 2, 2013   R K Gupta

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The 85000 capacity Bernabeu stadium in Madrid came alive on November 30 as fans forgot their favorite footballer and Real Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for 90 minutes. The occasion was Real’s home game against Valladolid on Saturday night and what a game it turned out to be for the locals. On display that day was Real’s […]

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Leverkusen defeat highlights Premier League strength in depth

 November 29, 2013   John Welsh

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Among the fixtures completed in the Champions League this past week, it had been expected that Bayer Leverkusen would offer a serious threat to Manchester United as both teams strived to book their places in the knock-out phase. The German team entered the match with an unbeaten home record this season and occupying second position […]

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Zinedine Zidane’s infamous act

Zinedine Zidane – An Intriguing Footballer of His Time

 November 25, 2013   R K Gupta

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Football lovers watching the Italy-France World Cup final in Berlin on July 9, 2006, were witness to a sad spectacle, when Frenchman Zinedine Zidane forcefully rammed his head on Italian Marco Materazzi’s chest, felling him on the ground. Zidane was promptly red-carded and his football career came to a sour end. The match went to […]

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World Cup-2014 Brasil

With Qualifiers Over, All 32 Teams Decided for Brazil World Cup

 November 24, 2013   R K Gupta

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A bit of what follows in these lines has already been reported by Kridangan’s most celebrated football writer, John Welsh in his yesterday’s post. But the FIFA World Cup is such an exhilarating sporting event that avid sports readers keep looking for every scrape of football news, as long as it is relevant to the […]

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Robbie Kruse

Major Highlights of Bundesliga 2013-14 Season

 November 18, 2013   R K Gupta

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The German Bundesliga has traditionally been among the top five European Football Leagues, along with the English Premier League, Spain’s Primera Division or the la Liga, the Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1. While the English Premier League, by far, is the most talked about and full of highly competitive teams, Bundesliga scores over […]

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