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Kerala Blasters are on a dismal run of form as the Kochi-based club is still searching for a win since their opening day 2-1 victory against ATK. The Blasters will take some positives from their last ISL encounter as they came back from a two-goal deficit. Chennaiyin were held to a 1-1 draw by Jamshedpur in their last match and are winless in two games.
Juventus on their social media shared various memes of Cristiano’s jump, captioning it ‘CR7Airline took a flight last night’. This goal was one for the highlight reel as the Portuguese superstar jumped over a Sampdoria player to head the ball past Audero in the Blucerchiati net. The 34-year-old was 8ft 5in (2.56 meters) in the air when the connected the ball with his head.
Wenger, who himself has an experience of managing superstars of his own was impressed by the evolution of the Egyptian in recent seasons and has compared him to the Argentine great Lionel Messi by saying ‘I see shades of Messi in him’
Mumbai Indians bought Chris Lynn for INR 2 crore and Australian bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile for INR 8 crore. MI were outstanding last season as they went on to win the title and while doing that became the most successful franchise in IPL history. The defending champions released players like Adam Milne, Alzarri Joseph and Ben Cutting ahead of this year’s auction.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians started the auction in a positive way as they managed to get hold of Australian power hitter Chris Lynn for a base price of INR 2CR. England captain Eoin Morgan was the next to be sold as he was bought by KKR for INR 5.25 CR and Robin Uthappa was bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 3 CR.
Pat Cummins has become the second most expensive player in IPL history after Yuvraj Singh, who was bought for INR 16 crore by Delhi in IPL 2015. Stokes was the most expensive foreign player in IPL 2017, attracting a bid of INR 14.5 crore by Rising Pune Super Giants. Here is the list of the most expensive foreign players in IPL.
Maxwell is returning from a break due to mental-health reasons and although he does not have great numbers to show for in the tournament -- 1397 runs at 22.90 in 69 matches -- his game-changing ability is expected to pull franchises.
Jamshedpur FC will take on high-flying Mumbai City FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20 encounter on December 19, 2019 (Thursday) at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur. The teams have met each other four times in ISL, in head-to-head records in those games Jamshedpur have three victories to their name while one match has ended in a draw.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a gravity-defying header against Sampdoria to give his side a crucial win in the Serie A 2019-20 encounter. The Portuguese star’s monstrous headed goal ultimately proved to be the winner as Gianluca Caprari canceled out an early strike by Paulo Dybala. With this header, Cristiano has taken his tally to 10 goals in 14 Serie A games this season.
Jamshedpur FC (JFC) will host Mumbai City FC (MCFC) in match 41 of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20. MCFC vs JFC match will be played at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur on December 19, 2019 (Thursday). The visitors come into this match on the back a spectacular 3-2 win against Bengaluru where they ended their 19-game unbeaten home run.
Catalan Ultras clashed with the Spanish police outside the Camp Nou stadium during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid on December 18, 2019 (Wednesday). Thousands of fans inside Nou Camp held up banners of ‘Spain Sit and Talk’ and ‘Freedom’ urging the Spanish government to have a dialogue about Catalan independence.
The first El Clasico of the season ended in a goalless draw as neither Barcelona nor Real Madrid were able to break the deadlock in this La Liga 2019-20 encounter. Fans were not happy with the approach from both the teams and labeled it as one of the worst Clasicio’s of all time.
FC Barcelona (BAR) will host arch-rivals Real Madrid (RM) in the first El Clasico of the season. BAR vs RM match will be played at Camp Nou on December 18, 2019 (Wednesday). The match was originally scheduled to take place on October 27, 2019 but was rescheduled due to some political unrest in Catalonia. Both teams were held to a draw in their last La Liga encounter.
NorthEast United will host Bengaluru FC in Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20 with hopes of bouncing back from a disappointing defeat. The match will be played at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati. Due to the ongoing unrest in Guwahati, the clash was first decided to be played behind closed doors but now it has been made open to the spectators.
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul have given India a fantastic head-start in the second ODI match in Vizag as both the batsmen have stitched up an opening partnership of 100-runs. This is the fourth time that the partnership between the two for the first wicket has gone past the century mark.
NorthEast United (NEUFC) will take on Bengaluru FC (BFC) in match 40 of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20. BFC vs NEUFC match will be played at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium on December 18, 2019 (Wednesday). The Highlanders will be looking to take advantage of a wounded Bengaluru side as the defending champions lost to Mumbai City in their last ISL encounter.
The first El Clasico of the season will be played at the Nou Camp as Real Madrid will travel to the home of their arch-rivals Barcelona with hopes of moving to the top of the table. The teams are locked on the same points in the standings. Ahead of El Clasico 2019, we take a look at some key battles that could ultimately decide the match.
Current Manchester City Assistant coach Mikel Arteta has been heavily linked with Arsenal to take the reins as their next manager. Freddie Ljungberg is the current interim manager but Arteta has been termed as the next Arsenal head coach and hopefully a solution to all of their ongoing woes. Here are some reasons why Mikel Arteta will be a success at Arsenal.
Valencia vs Real Madrid, La Liga 2019 Free Live Streaming Online & Match Time in IST: Real Madrid will travel to Valencia for La Liga 2019-230 match with the hopes of moving to the top of the table. The match will be played late on December 15 (Sunday) at the Mestalla stadium.
FC Barcelona are annoyed with VAR for denying them a penalty during the final minutes of the game against Real Sociedad and have decided to file a complaint to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Barcelona center-back Gerard Pique was brought down inside the penalty box by La Real defender Diego Llorente but the referee decided to ignore Barca’s penalty claim