Jamie Vardy has been in sensational form for Leicester City this season as the club that struggled to stave off relegation last season, comfortably sits atop the Premier League standings in what has so far been one of the most open title races in recent memory. Vardy’s knack for scoring goals saw him break Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of netting ...
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Match Preview: ISL semi-final Chennaiyin v Kolkata [1st leg]
The second semi-final of the 2015 Indian Super League will be contested between Chennaiyin FC and Atletico de Kolkata. The first leg is scheduled to be played at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium on Saturday before the second leg goes underway at the imposing Salt Lake Stadium the following week. Atletico Kolkata are the defending champions and have ...
Read More »Match Preview: ISL semi-final Delhi Dynamos vs FC Goa [1st leg]
The first round of the Indian Super League 2015 is over and Goa have topped the standings with their haul of 25 points from 14 games to book their passage to the last four. They will be up against Delhi Dynamos in their semi-final encounter, the first leg of which will be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday. ...
Read More »Records broken by Messi, Suarez, Neymar trio since the summer of 2014
Neymar joined Barcelona in the summer of 2013 and took his time to settle in the Spanish league, having spent his entire career until then in the Brazilian league. The youngster’s introduction into European football was not a failure by any means, as he notched 15 goals and as many assists from his 41 appearances across all competitions for the ...
Read More »Greatest Football Records of Liverpool of the 70s and 80s
Liverpool have been one of the traditional powerhouses in world football. They have been European champions five times, tied with Barcelona, and Bayern Munich, and are only behind Real Madrid and AC Milan. Although they have fallen behind some of the European giants in the past two decades, their place in the pantheon of the greatest football side is undisputed. ...
Read More »Great football records set by Alfredo Di Stefano’s Real Madrid
Football history is littered with stories of exceptional teams that defined a whole era with their qualities. Some teams were renowned for their innovative tactics like Budapest Honved of Hungary, while others were renowned for their impressive trophy hauls like Liverpool during the 1970s and 80s and Ajax Amsterdam of 1970s etc. Then there were some who wowed the world ...
Read More »Top 5 Players in ISL 2015 so far
The second edition of the Indian Super League has seen some of the players from the last season continuing their upward trajectory, while some have failed to live up to the expectations. There are still others who have made their debut in the ISL this term and have done well to be remembered among the best players of the current ...
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