It was a memorable weekend for Sadio Mane as he bagged his 100th goal for Liverpool and became the first Premier League footballer to score in nine consecutive matches against the same opponent. The reigning African Footballer of the Year netted in the opening half of a 3-0 triumph over Crystal Palace at Anfield. All […]
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Premier League 2020/2021 season review
With the fans finally returning to the stadiums, the COVID-19 struck season comes to an end. With a hope that football behind closed doors is going to end and we are returning towards normality. This season has proved to be a real challenge for many teams in the premiership as the games came thick and […]
Liverpool, Spurs fans call on sponsors to hand over Champions League tickets
LONDON: Liverpool and Tottenham fans are calling on sponsors to return a portion of their Champions League ticket allocations so more supporters can attend next month’s all-English final in Madrid. Both clubs have received around 16,600 tickets apiece for the June 1 meeting at the Wanda Metropolitano, which has a capacity of 63,500 for the […]
Mane double as Liverpool win but lose out on title
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s 29-year wait for a league title will continue after they had to settle for runners-up spot behind Manchester City despite Sadio Mane scoring twice in a 2-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on the final day of the Premier League season. The victory for Juergen Klopp’s side became irrelevant to the title outcome as […]
Cash or competition? What is behind England’s domination of Europe?
England’s Premier League has claimed a clean sweep of all four places in the finals of Europe’s two club competitions as the most commercially successful league in the world finally translated its financial power into success on the field. Liverpool will face Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League while in the Europa League Arsenal take […]
Liverpool’s Salah, Firmino ruled out of Barcelona game
Liverpool will be without forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino when they face Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final as they look to overturn a 3-0 deficit, manager Juergen Klopp said on Monday. Egypt international Salah was carried off the pitch with a head injury in Saturday’s 3-2 Premier League win […]
As Suarez writes himself into Barcelona history, Coutinho looks dispensable
Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho traded places as Liverpool’s talismanic figure before earning dream moves to Barcelona, but while the Uruguayan has become one of the Catalan side’s greatest strikers ever, the Brazilian is seen as an expensive flop. The South American duo will be ready to face Liverpool together for the first time in […]
Manchester United miles behind as City and Liverpool take title to the wire
The North West can claim to be the current capital of English football but while Liverpool and Manchester City head into the finale of an extraordinary Premier League title race, the biggest brand of all, Manchester United, are in crisis. City’s 2-0 win over United at Old Trafford on Wednesday not only moved Pep Guardiola’s […]
Barcelona on verge of La Liga title after beating Alaves
BARCELONA: Barcelona have one hand firmly on the La Liga title after winning 2-0 at Alaves on Tuesday, leaving them 12 points clear at the top of the table with four games to play. Should second place Atletico Madrid lose at Valencia on Wednesday or against Real Valladolid on Saturday, Barcelona will be champions before […]
Liverpool legend Ian Rush visits Lyari, appreciates local talent
Lyari’s aspiring footballers were left spellbound on Tuesday when for the first time a top-level foreign footballer, Ian Rush, visited the football-mad locality of Karachi. The former Liverpool star visited the Captain Emad Football Academy, meeting its players and offering them hope of a better footballing future in the country. “If we want to develop […]