Sumedh Sengaonkar

Of all the promising talents like Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Mohamed Salah and Eden Hazard, it was the 33-year old Croatian Luka Modric who broke the decade-long monopoly of the Balon d’Or. Sharing 10 Ballon d’Or trophies amongst them, Ronaldo and Messi’s dominance was stopped by Luka Modric. The World Cup Golden Ball winner had an eventful season but was left upset by record Ballon d’Or holders for skipping his ceremony. Luka Modric won his first Ballon d’or in Paris earlier this month, and

A 16-time World Champion and the face of almost all of WWE’s flagship events, there’s nothing more than John Cena could have achieved himself or offered more to his fans. But ever since his hiatus from the World Wrestling Entertainment and a successful stint in his acting career, Cena lost touch with his former profession. Awarded the 2018 Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award for his leadership as a philanthropist. Cena was quite upfront about his future in wrestling. “It's a giant relay

It has been some journey for Aymeric Laporte in the Premier League. Initially signed on as merely a back-up and replacement for Vincent Kompany, the former Bilbao player has cemented his place in the Manchester City lineup. However, Laporte was snubbed from the France World Cup winning squad and the UEFA Nation’s League as well. And the central defender feels that the fact might be some ‘personal’ issue that Didier Deschamps might have with him. Signed in the January transfer window last season,

Liverpool paceman and goalscoring machine Mohamed Salah had a breath-taking debut season with the Kop in Premier League. And the Egyptian ‘Messi’ capped it off with yet another award, the BBC African Footballer of the year. It was nearly the perfect season for Mohamed Salah in individual terms, smashing a record 32 goals for Liverpool and winning the PFA Player of the Year 2018 award. Salah also went on to score two crucial goals for Egypt that sent the African nation into the

April 2019 might be just four months away but rumors on the biggest fight in World Wrestling Entertainment’s WrestleMania 35 are doing the rounds from quite a while. Originally, it all spurred up with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson squaring up against Roman Reigns. But with the latter having taken aback with his leukemia diagnosis, it was soon shut down. But now, two pairs are highly anticipated to be squaring off at the main event. Brock Lesnar taking on Seth Rollins and Randy Orton

Tottenham’s mid-week Champions League draw against Barcelona sealed a Round of 16 spot for them. But the crucial away game also meant that Mauricio Pochettino made another mark on his managerial career in North London. A mark that will garner heavy interest from his potential future suitors Real Madrid and Manchester United. And Spurs are bracing themselves to sustain any offers that may lure away the Argentine from White Hart Lane. It is quite open of the interest Real Madrid have in him.

Things didn’t go down much as planned for Dires Mertens and Napoli as the Italian giants bowed out of Champions League. Paris-Saint Germain and Liverpool proved too much for them in the ‘Group of Death’ as Napoli fell down into the Europa League. However, this didn’t stop their forward Dries Mertens to hint at a possible reunion with former boss Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea. Chelsea are already playing in the Europa League this season, and Maurizio Sarri could possibly face his former side

The ‘Beast Incarnate’ might be the WWE Universal Champion for now, but another WWE star Seth Rollins isn’t very pleased with the way the World Wrestling Entertainment is handling Brock Lesnar. While on Monday night RAW, Rollins suggested that he isn’t a fan of how Brock Lesnar keeps the company on ransom when it comes to his dates and appearances. With WWE facing a significant setback due to Roman Reigns withdrawing from the league due to his battle with Leukemia, the company had

While football in India is just starting to gather some momentum, the frontrunner of Indian football, Sunil Chhetri still feels there’s a long way to go. Still going strong even at 34 years of age, Chhetri is a man on a mission. A mission to make a mark on the world with the Indian football team. And his perfect opportunity; the upcoming AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates. In an interview with FIFA.com, Sunil Chhetri explained his aims ahead of the

Rumors of a possible comeback for Dwayne Johnson aka former WWE star The Rock have been doing rounds from quite a while now. But reports suggest that this could be a reality as soon as April during the most coveted WrestleMania 35. Roman Reigns battle with leukemia has put a serious dent on who will feature against Brock Lesnar in WrestleMania 35. The Rock is the latest name to surface as his competition. Last month, it was suggested that Seth Rollins will be

With five Balon d’Or awards apiece and numerous other individual and team recognition awards, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are no more at top of the pile. In fact, they are way ahead in a legendary pile. And while their rivalry in Spain lasted just a year short of a decade, Ronaldo has openly invited Lionel Messi to continue that rivalry. Cristiano Ronaldo joined Serie A front-runners Juventus in summer for $114 mn after spending nine trophy-laden seasons at Real Madrid. But what

Although the World Wrestling Entertainment worries about a dip in their fan engagement and viewing, it still remains one of the top platforms for wrestling talent. With Roman Reigns out due to his battle with Leukemia and Braun Strowman recovering from an elbow injury, it is a great opportunity for some talent to take up the ranks. And WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle didn’t hesitate to name a few future showrunners in his recent Facebook QnA session. Barring some elite names like

On a day where Maurizio Sarri provided a tactical masterclass over the unbeaten Manchester City, it was some other news that grabbed the headline. Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling faced alleged racist slurs from Chelsea fans as the Blues from London defeated the blues from Manchester by a 2-0 margin. N’golo Kante’s first-half strike and David Luiz’s second-half winner proved decisive for Chelsea in a game marred by racist allegation on Chelsea fans. The Metropolitan Police and Chelsea are investigating an incident happened

Results and points may be hard to find for Manchester United recently, but Jose Mourinho will remain at the helm of the club. Or that is at least what the Portuguese manager’s agent Jorge Mendes believes. One of European football’s super-agent, Jorge Mendes insists that Jose Mourinho is “very happy” at Manchester United and remains “fully committed” to the club amid his links to Real Madrid. Earlier reports suggested that Jose Mourinho is looking out to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez to take

Just days after World Wrestling Entertainment faced outrage over publicizing Roman Reigns leukemia battle, seems like the star has made a shock return. According to multiple reports, Roman Reigns is soon to feature in a WWE show after recent photos suggested him shooting a segment with WWE. Roman Reigns had a dream career at a considerably young age, which was halted by his leukemia diagnosis. The former champion is out of action since October and is set to make his first appearance since

The Blues from West London are not having the best of times currently. Tottenham Hotspurs handed the Sarri-ball its first defeat of the season, and just a game after it, Chelsea bowed down again. Wolverhampton edged past Chelsea 2-1 mid-week citing concerns with the squad. And reports have emerged that former Napoli boss is looking to his ex-player Elseid Hysaj, to strengthen his current Chelsea squad. Speaking to Radio Crc about the reported interest from Chelsea, Hysaj’s agent Mario Giuffredi said Chelsea manager

Bringing in a real-life battle of WWE star Roman Reigns might have just backfired for the World Wrestling Entertainment. The league is forced to make some creative changes following massive fan outrage over using Roman Reigns leukemia battle as a publicity promo in their recent feature. Back in November on Raw, Dean Ambrose mentioned Roman Reigns‘ recent Leukemia diagnosis and stated that he was getting what he deserved. This stunt was in a promo aimed at Seth Rollins, and the fans were disturbed

While ambitious players move away to different clubs to come out of his shade, Lionel Messi was shrugged off by all-time football great Pele. The Brazilian icon seemed to not be a great fan of the five-time Balon d’Or winner, citing he only had one skill. Despite clinching the La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Pichichi trophy last season, Lionel Messi astonishingly finished 5th on the Balon d’Or list behind the winner Luka Modric followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian

Third season syndrome: The term is a quite popular analogy associated with Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho, mainly because he seems to lose all track of his team by the third term of his management. At United, he is currently facing his worst ever start to a Premier League campaign, just managing to stay in the top ten, and the only team alongside Brighton to have a negative goal difference in the top half. However, Jose Mourinho seems confident that of receiving a call-up

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is seemingly unconcerned by UEFA’s latest inquiry into the Premier League champions. The manager has instead welcomed the decision and wants swift action to be taken on the issue, so the club can entirely focus on football. Manchester City were alleged to use sponsorship deals to circumvent Financial Fair Play regulations, something similar to what Paris-Saint Germain were accused of in the previous year. The investigation will be carried out for irregularities in Manchester City’s spending in 2014,