John Terry’s Legacy: Ex-England captain and Chelsea legend had announced earlier this week that he was going to retire from International football. He divides opinion among fans and is probably one of the most hated players in England. As a player he was always a great defender for England and has 78 caps to his [...]
This is my column for ManipalBlog and as the name suggests it is related to football, the beautiful game. Here I shall be discussing the results, controversies, tactics etc. of the previous week in Europe‘s top leagues and the Champions League. The Handshake gate: In recent times the pre-match ritual of handshakes has been blown [...]
Title contenders, the teams that affect the most important part of the table, the top 4. As it is said, each team deserves its position after the end of a season. So to finish top of the table of the best league in the world is making history. Let’s look at the 4 possible title [...]
Champions league is the biggest club football competition and every footballer’s dream to play in and win. Now we look at those teams who are in with a shout for Champions league qualification spots or those who’d settle for Europa League. Everton: David Moyes’s Everton had earned the bragging rights of Merseyside after they finished [...]
After the article on teams in the relegation battle, we now look forward for the small matter of those clubs who win nothing and lose nothing. Hence called the mid table obscurity. Fulham: After Mark Hughes left the club, Fulham have finished at a very respectable 9th last season under Martin Jol. After players like [...]
As the new Premier League season starts, we here at ManipalBlog begin a series of posts previewing the possibilities. The first of them is about teams involved (or as we believe, will be involved) in the relegation battle. Aston Villa: Norwich City’s Paul Lambert replaces Alex McLeish after the latter’s disastrous first season at Villa [...]
After the small matter of country football now we are entering into the new season of club football. Last season in the Premier League was arguably the best season in recent memory with the title race going down till the last minute and Tottenham hotspur missing out on Champions League football this season thanks to [...]
In all genres of movies, we have similar elements associated to each genre. The ways the characters tend to react in different situations though are different. For example, in horror movies, a minor character is deeply troubled by a pseudo-force and is killed because of the cowardliness of that character. Whereas another character (usually the [...]
They say, “Form is temporary, Class is permanent“. And I’d be willing to add to that, “Legends are immortal“. Period. Every sport has its own ‘legends’, players who have contributed immaculately to the sport, be it Sachin Tendulkar in Cricket, Michael Schumacher in Formula One, Muhammad Ali in Boxing, to name a few, and not [...]
“You don’t win the silver, you lose the gold” 012: Final – Italy vs Spain Venue: Olympic Stadium, Kiev Date: Sunday, 1 July Kick-off: 19:45 BST Introduction: “There’s no use going to Rome and not seeing the Pope. We want to go home with this cup.” – said a certain Andrea Pirlo whose [...]
