Frank Lampard’s Chelsea succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, mounting even more pressure on the shoulders of the Chelsea boss.
Recent performances have left Lampard’s position at Chelsea up in the air, with fans calling out the coach’s inexperience. The former England international is only in his third year as a coach, and has only had managerial experience with Derby County in the Championship before joining his former club as a manager.
1.67 – Frank Lampard's points per game average of 1.67 is the 4th lowest of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League, with the 1.35 goals per game conceded under his reign the worst at the club. Frank.
We look back at last night's action in our rolling midweek blog.
While it is fair to succumb to a team that were better on the pitch on a given day, it is the manner of the performances put on by Chelsea that is the most concerning for fans of the club.
The Blues suffered defeats at the hands of Wolves, Everton and Arsenal on the road before getting hammered by Manchester City at home, in a humiliating 3-1 defeat, in which the scoreline could easily have been worse.
Chelsea have won ZERO games against the current PL top eight this season.
Fans all over the internet have been left with a bitter taste in their mouth due to the dismal showing from Chelsea. One of the most disturbing things about the way the Blues have been playing is the resurgence of back-passing.
Leicester sat deep yesterday, and there was little Chelsea could do to break the lines open and involve their forwards. Most of their possession saw the players pass the ball between the defense and the midfield, and passing to the wingers being the only method of getting the ball anywhere forward.
🗣 "We looked at Chelsea and we knew they switch off sometimes from set pieces." 🗣 "@Carra23 said he needs to get his numbers up if he wants to be a top player."
James Maddison speaks to Sky Sports about Leicester's win that sends them top of the Premier League. pic.twitter.com/yYjV31xHX5
The over-reliance on the “Cross and Inshallah” philosophy has also been lamented by many, with no real creativity from linear play in the midfield becoming a real cause for concern. Chelsea’s defensive problems have now resurfaced horribly, and the absence of N’Golo Kante in midfield is not making things any easier for Chelsea either.
The Stamford Bridge outfit host Wolves at home in their next match, and should performances not improve by then, or at least till the game after against Burnley, we could be seeing Thomas Tuchel or Max Allegri as the new Chelsea boss.
In 2020 though many laptops were released there were pretty limited options in terms of having a laptop with a powerful discrete graphical processor. The OEMs were expected to release a laptop coupled with a powerful CPU and discrete GPU but what we got were a bunch of machines coming out with underperforming intel processors and the underachieving GeForce RTX 2060.
But the PC experts have been wondering that with the availability of AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series CPU powered laptops, the availability of the limited graphic of the notebooks was surprising. But the folks at PurePC.pl have done some digging and are now claiming that Intel and Nvidia appear to somehow be responsible for the limited dGPU options on last year’s Ryzen 4000 laptops.
The investigations conducted by the Polish team led them to believe that the explanations regarding the limited number of lanes on the Renoir-based laptops were nothing more than a “smokescreen.” But according to sources, one OEM which is to be unnamed came forward and secretly acknowledged that the actual reason for those limitations was an internal agreement between Intel and Nvidia. According to the agreement, only the top Comet Lake-H CPUs were to be coupled with high-end NVIDIA GPUs. It is dirty intel.
2020 has definitely been a year with ebbs and flows with all sporting events coming to a halt but, as soon as the sporting events resumed with first the German soccer league, Bundesliga, then La Liga, and then English Premier League followed by the UEFA Champions League.
In India, the sporting events resumed with the Indian Premier League but unfortunately, the conditions were not suitable in India, it was shifted to Dubai and concluded with another successful edition, followed by the domestic cricket and India Tour of Australia, other sporting events like football also resumed. The Indian Super League and I-league also started and most importantly, all these sporting events are organized with proper COVID measures and safety of the teams.
But, amidst all these, last year has seen the rise of many new and young talents and who has a promising future. In India, the Indian Premier League along with domestic cricket has provided a perfect stage for many young and new talents to show their brilliance and to be the future of the Indian Cricket Team.
Let’s have a look at those shinning stars:
Shubman Gill
The star player, who was the vice-captain of the India U-19 and won the Under-19 World Cup in 2018, where he played a key role in winning the matches as an opener. He was picked up by the Kolkata Giants, KKR, and then there was no turning back. Shubman has been consistent with his performance since 2018 and has only got better playing a key role for KKR now.
He was selected for the Test squad in the India Tour of Australia when given a chance after the two Tests. He proved that he is the best suite for that position with his impressive performance, playing brilliant shots in a very calm way and on the final day of the decisive match against India. His 91 runs helped India to a great extent finally winning the, though he, unfortunately, missed his deserving ton. But he definitely has a very promising future ensuring the future of Indian Cricket.
T. Natarajan
T. Natarajan has been one of the biggest discovery of this IPL with one of the highest wicket talking points after bagging 16 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2020. The Tamil Nadu pacer was picked up for the India tour of Australia. Due to Navdeep Saini’s injury, he made a debut in the One-Day International and went on to play the third ODI with an impressive performance by dismissing Marnus Labuschagne and Ashton Agar. Natarajan also made his debut in the T20 International series against Australia where he has 6 wickets to his name. He also made his debut in the Test series against Australia as the replacement of Umesh Yadav and displayed a magnificent performance.
Shardul Thakur
Source-IndiaToday
Shardul Thakur who is associated with the three-times IPL winners Chennai Super Kings for the past few years has been showing consistent impressive performance. In domestic cricket plays for Mumbai Cricket Team. He made his India debut in a One-Day International Match against Sri-lanka in 2017. He made his T20 International debut against South Africa in 2018.
In 2018, he was selected to play the Nidhas Trophy, where he brought back the match in India’s favour with 6 wickets from 5 matches with an average of 29.33 and ended up winning the Man of the Match award. He made his Test debut against West Indies in 2018 but unfortunately after he delivering only 10 balls he got injured. In January 2021 during the India Tour of Australia, he scored his maiden test fifty, a crucial one, in the first innings of the fourth test match at Brisbane against Australia and also played a key role as a bowler.
Mohammed Siraj
Source-GulfNews
Mohammed Siraj, who plays for the Hyderabad Cricket Team in domestic and Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL has been shinning bright with his performance with RCB and The Indian Cricket Team. Siraj was first bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017 and 2018, he was bought by Royal Challengers where he has been showing up some brilliant performances. Also, In 2020, he became the first bowler in the history of the IPL to bowl two maiden overs in a single match.
He made his T20 International debut against New Zealand in 2017, finishing with figures of 1 wicket for 53 runs from four overs. In 2019, he made his One-Day Internationals against Australia at The Adelaide. In 2020, Siraj was named in the squad for the India tour of Australia, where he was picked up for the Test after Mohd. Shami’s injury, where he opened up his list with the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne. During the fourth Test against Australia, he took his first five-wicket haul in the Test cricket.
Kartik Tyagi
Source- Sports Cafe
The prodigious right arm fast from Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur was a part of the India U19 squad of 2020 which team India lost against Bangladesh in the finals. Kartik was later on picked by the inaugural IPL winners, Rajasthan Royals for a whopping sum of Rs 1.3 crores, where he showed an extremely impressive performance with a wicket on his debut and bagging 9 wickets in 10 matches including the important wickets of Watson, Quiton de Cock and Steve Smith.
The talented right arm-fast was first seen by Suresh Raina in the nets for the domestic cricket in the junior level, who later on calls him for the Uttar Pradesh senior team after seeing his impressive bowling. Tyagi was called up as an additional bowler for the India Tour of Australia in 2021.
Devdutt Padikkal
Source-DNAINDIA.com
Devdutt Padikkal, who plays for Karnataka and was picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018. He was also a part of the India U-19 Team. He represented Karnataka in the under-16 and under-19 age categories. He was selected by Bellary Tuskers in the Karnataka Premier League in 2017.
Padikkal became the first player in IPL history to score three fifties in his first four matches. He scored 473 runs in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in his debut IPL season in 2020 and also won the emerging player of the tournament. In 2019, he was also called up for the India-A squad for the 2019-2020 Deodhar Trophy. He is also called up for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 and has shown an impressive performance in it.
Abdul Samad
Source-New Indian Express
The Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder, from being just another rookie youngster from Jammu and Kashmir to becoming one of the most talked-about cricketers in the IPL 2020 has proved to be an amazing year for him. Samad entered IPL after emerging as the top-scorer for Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy with 592 runs and Sunrisers signed him for 20 lakh, being the fourth cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to earn an IPL contract. He is a potential game-changer and has the makings of a genuine all-rounder. He scored 111 runs and bagged a wicket in the IPL 2020.
As mentioned earlier, Redmi has already confirmed that they are willing to launch a flagship smartphone powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G processor. As mentioned by the officials it will be 20% more efficient than its previous generation. This makes it more capable of delivering better gaming performance, and this has been backed up by Lu Weibing when he hinted about Redmi’s future professional gaming phone. This makes it almost clear that the company is working on its first gaming smartphone.
As per Digital Chat Station, the company is willing to launch its first e-sport gaming smartphone that will be powered by the recently launched MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G processor. Both Lu and Digital Chat Station have asked about the desired parameters of this upcoming gaming smartphone and as of now, we have no proper news about its parameters. We can only guess that it will be equipped with the top of line features that will enhance the company’s first gaming smartphone.
The Dimensity 1200 is a 6nm chipset with four Cortex-A78 cores and four Cortex-A55 cores, with a prime Cortex-A78 core that is clocked at 3.0GHz. It also has a Mali-G77 MC9 GPU which should be able to handle any game thrown at it. The main feature of this phone is expected to have a FHD+ AMOLED 144Hz display along with better cooling system. It will also be paired with 8/12GB RAM and 128/256GB storage along with huge battery and fast charging.
Xiaomi had announced its Mi 11 flagship smartphone a few weeks ago. Now, the company is getting ready to launch the elder sibling of Mi 11, the Mi 11 Pro. Recently, a report has come out regarding the upcoming Mi 11 Pro, saying that this phone will arrive with the support for 120x zoom through its rear camera setup. However, we’ve got a number of rumors previously about this 120x zoom support.
Mi 11 came with a triple rear camera setup whereas for a difference, the Pro variant will feature a quad-rear camera module and it is likely to be a rectangular 2×2 grid designed setup supported by an LED flash. The specifications of the camera sensors are still unknown to us. The front camera is expected to hold the same specifications as the Mi 11.
Regarding other specifications, the Mi 11 Pro will feature the same 6.81-inch 2K curved display as the Mi 11. It supports a 120Hz refresh rate, 515PPI pixel density, and a peak brightness of 1500nits. Two interesting features are also expected to be there in the Mi 11 Pro: support for MEMC and SDR to HDR conversion.
Similar to the Mi 11, the Mi 11 Pro will run MIUI based on the Android 11 OS and will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 flagship chipset. As per the RAM and memory configuration, there are expected to be multiple versions of the phone. At about mid-February, after the Spring Festival in China, we can expect to get some more information about the Mi 11 Pro. So, we’re looking forward to it.
UEFA has been announcing the Men’s Team of the Year for quite some time now, but they have made history by announcing the Women’s Team of the Year for the very first time this year.
The Women’s Team of the Year 2020 is headed by six players from Champions League winners Lyon. Lucy Bronze, who won the Best FIFA Women’s player 2020 is the only player from England to be included in the TOTY.
As we head towards India’s 72nd Republic Day, Amazon has come up with the Great Republic Day Sale. The mega event has started from today, 20th January and will continue till 23rd January, so do not miss the great deals Amazon is giving these few days.
Here we take a look at the blockbuster deals on AVITA laptops on Amazon’s Great Republic Day Sale:
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UEFA has finally announced the Men’s Team of the Year 2020 after almost 6 billion votes were casted for choosing the final team.
Last year, German side Bayern Munich won the continental treble including the UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga and the German Super Cup. It is quite obvious that the UEFA Men’s Team of the Year 2020 would be filled mostly by Bayern players. They have 5 players in the TOTY.
🎇 UEFA Men's Team of the Year 2020 🎇
Almost 6 million votes! 🤯 Thanks for taking part 🙌
CM – Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München/Liverpool FC & Spain)
CM – Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City FC & Belgium)
RW – Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus & Portugal)
CAM – Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona & Argentina)
LW – Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain & Brazil)
ST – Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München & Poland)
The front four of Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Lewandowski is definitely the best attacking four of the last few years with Ramos and Van Dijk pairing up in defence to inflict fear on any opponent.
What’s your opinion of the UEFA Men’s Team of the Year 2020? Let us know in the comments below.
Amazon Business users can get the Apple MacBook Air with 10th Gen Intel CPUs for just ₹ 73,694
Looking for a MacBook that is really cheap and affordable? Obviously, the M1 powered MacBook Air is the one everyone wants but did you know that Apple has slashed the prices of its Intel powered Macs?
Well, Amazon is the place where you can get one for yourself at really cheap prices provided you are an Amazon Business user. So, if you are one, you can get the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch for as low as ₹ 73,694 for the Gold variant.
Packed with Intel goodness and without the problem of apps on Apple Silicon, a discounted Apple MacBook Air makes sense for many who needs a reliable everyday usage laptop.
Specifications
Display
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Processor
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Graphics and Video Support
Intel Iris Plus Graphics, Support for Thunderbolt 3–enabled external graphics processors (eGPUs)
Charging and Expansion
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13-inch MacBook Air, 30W USB-C Power Adapter, USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)
January 20th, 2021, Mumbai: Amateur Riders’ Club (ARC) today announced the commencement of its fifth polo tournament of the season– Sternhagen Cup (10 goal tournament).
The tournament will take place between 4 teams and will be held from 19th January to 24th January 2021. Teams taking part in the tournament would be Dynamix Achievers, V Polo, Los Polistas and Piramal / ASC.
The first two matches took place today between Team V Polo and Team Dynamix Achievers where Dynamix Achievers won with 6 goals. The second match was a neck to neck competition between Los Polistas and Piramal / ASC where Los Polistas won with 5 goals.
This tournament comes after the conclusion of the earlier tournament titled – Southern Command Cup (8 Goal Tournament) where Team Piramal / ASC claimed the trophy. These tournaments have marked the return of polo season in Mumbai after the pandemic put a hold to activities.
While the game goes on, ARC has made sure to keep precise security measures in place, including sanitsation of the facility, social distancing of limited and exclusive audience and much more. Currently, the audience limit for the matches are capped at 100, with the people being exclusively allowed for either being members of the club or family and friends of the players.
Today’s match score below:
Match 1 : V Polo vs. Dynamix Achievers
Scores: 3 – 6
Team – V POLO
Handicap
Goals
Total Goals
Team – DYNAMIX ACHIEVERS
Handicap
Goals
Total Goals
Monique Van Haarst
-2
3
Qais Dalal
-1
6
Nimit Mehta
0
Kuldeep Singh
+2
1
Santiago Oubina
+3
Siddhant Sharma
+4
3
Simran Shergill
+6
1
Daniel Otamendi
+5
2
Winners – DYNAMIX ACHIEVERS
Match 2 : Los Polistas vs. Piramal / ASC
Scores: 5 – 4
Team – LOS POLISTAS
Handicap
Goals
Total Goals
Team – PIRAMAL / ASC
Handicap
Goals
Total Goals
Shyam Mehta
0
1
5
Harsh Piramal
0
1
4
Rahul Dwarkadas
0
Sunny Patel
+2
Syed Shamsheer Ali
+4
4
Lt. Col. Vishal Chauhan
+4
1
Manuel Llorente Fernandez
+6
Dhurvpal Godara
+4
2
Winners – LOS POLISTAS
Winning team Los Polistas
About Amateur Riders’ Club:
Established in 1942, The Amateur Riders’ Club (ARC) is one of the oldest and largest private civilian horse riding clubs in India. This non-governmental (NGO) and non-profit organization (NPO) located at the Mahalaxmi Race Course, Mumbai, offers riding throughout the year to members as well as non-members. The club provides professional training in all disciplines of equestrian sport like Polo, Show Jumping and Dressage as well as houses about 150 horses. It has been the driving force for the growth of equestrian sport for over 75 years. From known Bollywood actors, businessmen to royals, all have trained at ARC.
ARC is the only facility in Mumbai providing exclusive stables with world-class horse care and trained grooms to its members to house their thoroughbred And warmblood horses. It also has 4 horse riding arenas including an international standard all-weather riding arena and a floodlit polo arena, as well as a polo field. Every year it hosts the Annual Mumbai Horse Show featuring acclaimed Polo Tournaments like The Maharaj Prem Singh Trophy, Aditya Birla Memorial Cup, Southern Command Cup and Show jumping and Dressage competitions like the FEI World Show Jumping, the Mumbai Equestrian League, etc. It takes pride in providing well-trained horses with top-class coaches from across the world and India. It also takes pride to have offered training facilities to India’s show jumpers in the Asian Games.
The committee members led by President, Shyam Mehta preside over the various activities at ARC. While all of them are busy with their daily professions, they take out time to run and manage the club and to ensure it offers the best to its members. Today, ARC continues to be the leader in horse riding and equestrian sports training and is recognized as one of the most prestigious clubs in the country.
