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A day after Liverpool’s victory over Chelsea in the Super Cup, UEFA has revealed the three candidates for the prestigious Men’s Player of the Year award for the past 2018-19 season. The main candidates are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Virgil Van Dijk while the other candidates from the 4th-10th place are: Alisson Becker, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Eden Hazard, and...

The NFL preseason week 2 has started with the first five games taking place on Thursday night. As the new season is about to begin, the teams are testing all of their weapons before kick-off day, forming their new starting line-ups.  The most interesting match took place at State Farm Stadion in Glendale, Arizona where the improved Oakland Raiders squared off against...

One of the best Dutch players in recent history, the 34-year-old Wesley Sneijder has decided to hang up his boots and retire from professional soccer. Sneijder signed a contract with FC Utrecht, the team from his home town until the end of the season but he will not play a single match in the following season.  A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Sneijder made...

On the last day of the transfer period in the English Premier League, Manchester United’s target this summer, Iñaki Williams signed an unusual 9-year contract extension that will keep him in Athletic Bilbao until the 2028-29 season, with his buy-out price now rising to 135 million euros.  The Spanish 24-year-old offensive player spent his entire career in the Baskian giant, starting from the youth selections. He was connected with a transfer to...

Liverpool is the 2019 UEFA Super Cup winners after beating fellow Premier League rivals Chelsea in Istanbul, after having more luck at the penalty shoot-out.  Chelsea was the first team that opened the score sheet in the 36th minute through Olivier Giroud. Chelsea scored a second goal shortly after, only to be disallowed due to offside by their biggest signing this summer, the USA international Christian Pulisic.  After halftime, Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Klopp...

The French Ligue 1 season 2019-20 has rolled out this past week, marking the start of the title race in the top French football tiers. The reigning champion, Paris Saint-Germain, is the main candidate for the title, while other rivals such as Monaco and Lyon will seek for their chance to disturb the Parisians’ plans for this season.  Monaco and Lyon presented the biggest match on the...

With the transfer window closing, all of Europe’s major clubs were looking for last-minute signings. This includes Arsenal’s new center-back David Luiz, who left one of Arsenal’s rivals Chelsea for a fee of 8 million. David Luiz will once again have a chance to work with his former coach from Paris Saint-Germain, Unai Emery. With this signing, Arsenal’s defense has become...

The Premier League is considered one of the toughest European football leagues as it has one of the greatest constellations of clubs battling each other for the title. The competition is strong and the British clubs saw this weekend that a victory isn’t enough to put you up on the League’s charts.   Tottenham had a scary start in the league this weekend with their first match against Aston Villa....

The future of Joao Cancelo was hanging in the air for quite some time, with rumors connecting him to a couple of great European clubs during the last few months. The Serie A club Juventus has been trying to sell the player since the start of this transfer season as they have made some heavy acquirements so far and they really needed financial injection. A few...

Currently hosting the Rogers Cup, Toronto will be the center of the tennis world this week, with very popular names fighting for the title. So far, the competition has provided some interesting and unexpected outcomes, promising to become even more exciting in the next few days as we get nearer to the final.   The Australian Ashleigh Barty, who is currently number one in the world, suffered an unexpected defeat in the match against...