The man whose name is on the lips of every football fan across the globe, Erling Haaland is being linked with a transfer to every big club in Europe. The Norwegian has a release clause worth €75 million that kicks in starting from 2022, and it is likely that every club that will be able to pay that fee will be in the race for the striker.
According to ESPN, the Borussia Dortmund star wants to play in every one of Europe’s top five leagues. He has already made his mark in the German Bundesliga, and broke through in the Austrian Bundesliga with RB Salzburg before sealing the move to the Westfalenstadion.
Clubs like Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Barcelona are all reportedly interested in joining the race for the player. It is well worth noting that no advancements have been reached in talks between any clubs, and that potential suitors are simply exploring the situation.
Haaland’s situation is also dictated by Dortmund’s ability to secure Champions League football at the end of the season. A talent like the 20-year-old will want to, and deserves to compete at the highest level. Hence, Dortmund might have to accept bids for the player this summer which have no relation to the release clause if they fail to finish in the top four.
The player is understood to be very happy with Dortmund, and was awarded the man of the match trophy in both of Dortmund’s Champions League matches against Sevilla where he became the youngest player to score 20 Champions League goals in the second leg.
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder is set to leave the club today, after weeks of disagreements and arguments with the board following the objectives and the recruitment process next season.
The most telling sign that Wilder will leave the club comes from the club cancelling the press conference on Friday, citing ‘circumstances beyond their control’ as the reason behind the decision.
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND – JULY 02: Lys Mousset of Sheffield United celebrates with Oliver McBurnie and Jack Robinson after scoring his team’s second goal during the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur at Bramall Lane on July 02, 2020 in Sheffield, England. Football Stadiums around Europe remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in all fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Jason Cairnduff/Pool via Getty Images)
While it isn’t a complete assurance of the fact, it is increasingly likely that the Blades boss will depart the club. That is also more amplified by the fact that they are at the bottom of the table right now, and are the favourites to be relegated at the end of the season, which depletes the club’s stock a lot. Moreover, their stock has dropped massively considering they were on the verge of qualifying for Europe at one point last season.
Wilder has been in charge of Sheffield United for about five years, having joined the club in 2016. The recent heat between the manager and the board was incited due to the manager reportedly downplaying the worth of his squad and pushing for signings that the board did not agree on. The higher authorities wanted Wilder to concentrate more on managing the team instead of signing more players.
BREAKING: Chris Wilder is set to leave his role as manager of Sheffield United. 🚨
The fact that no loan signings were made during January is also something that Wilder was vocal about during his conversations with the upper management.
Sheffield United will face Leicester this weekend in the Premier League, and in all likelihood, they could have a new face at the touchline on Sunday.
Apps Ka Baap: A made in India all in one social app for every user
New Delhi, 11th March 2021:
We love our phones and more than the social apps are the lifeline to our everyday chores, reminders and entertainment. In simple words, for every action we have an equal and complicated application! What if all of our favourite apps were merged into ONE, wouldn’t that make our lives less complicated? It would surely save us from multiple app updates.
Coming from the house of Bestone India, this very dearth of a centralised App platform was identified and had been working on the model of an app for that since months, that goes beyond the bar and raises it at the same time especially when it comes to socialising, communicating, creating content, entertainment and even monetising all in ONE app.
After an elaborate brain stirring research, data collection and curation of a smooth UI, the Bestone family is all set to launch Apps Ka Baap – a virtual platform that has something for everyone. Be it content creation, from short videos to instant chatting messenger, it’s got it all. Available on Google Playstore, the app’s UI is not just user friendly, it is user-loving in so many ways. It is a revolutionary alternative to socialise, share and connect with individuals in your list. Made in India, while you wait until you get to the name for it, calling it Apps Ka Baap is pretty apt.
It has been crafted to encapsulate every social need that we have created and created a separate app for it within it. Connectivity remains the backbone as it brings people from across different geographies and ideologies all on one platform together.
They intend to unveil this Apps ka baap to the world of social media and at large by the 18th of March, and have roped in the celebrity host Jay Bhanushali already for its launch event.
Coming from the family of Bestone, the group has been known for taking the paths unknown, and making them landmarks. they question norms, listen carefully and anticipate trends. They invest in new markets and take calculated risks to deliver more for the consumers, shareholders, employees and industry.
Another wing for the same is now, the upcoming Apps Ka Baap.
· Price Band fixed at ₹1,100 to ₹1,101 per equity share
· Offer to remain open from Wednesday, March 17, 2021 to Friday, March 19, 2021
Mumbai, 12, 2021: Nazara Technologies Limited (the “Company’), the leading India based diversified gaming and sports media platform with presence in India and across emerging and developed global markets such as Africa and North America, and offerings across the interactive gaming, eSports and gamified early learning ecosystems including World Cricket Championship (WCC) and CarromClash in mobile games, Kiddopia in gamified early learning, Nodwin and Sportskeeda in eSports and eSports media, and Halaplay and Qunami in skill-based, fantasy and trivia games, will open the initial public offer of equity shares of face value of ₹4 each (“Equity Shares” and such initial public offer, the “Offer”) on March 17, 2021. The Offer will close on March 19, 2021. The Price Band of the Offer has been fixed at ₹1,100 to ₹1,101 per Equity Share.
Risks to Investors:· The Four Book Running Lead Managers associated with the Offer have handled 29 public issues in the past three years out of which 10 closed below the issue price on listing date.· The Price/Earnings of Nifty Fifty as on March 10, 2021 is 41.33. The Price/Earnings Ratio of the company cannot be computed as both basic and diluted EPS for the financial year ended for March 31, 2020 are negative.· Average Cost of acquisition of Equity Shares by the Selling Shareholders ranges from ₹ Nil to ₹730.95.· Weighted Average Return on Net Worth for Fiscals 2020, 2019 and 2018 is 1.30%.
The Offer comprises initial public offering of up to 5,294,392 equity shares of face value of ₹4 each (“Equity Shares”) of Nazara Technologies Limited (“Company” or “Issuer”), through an offer for sale of by the selling shareholders, comprising of up to 1,267,435 equity shares by IIFL Special Opportunities Fund, up to 1,036,286 equity shares by IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 4, up to 873,989 equity shares by IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 5, up to 816,804 equity shares by IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 2, up to 691,900 equity shares by Mitter Infotech LLP (the “Promoter Selling Shareholder”), up to 393,349 equity shares by IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 3, (IIFL Special Opportunities Fund, IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 4, IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 5, IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 2 and IIFL Special Opportunities Fund – Series 3 together, referred to as the “Investor Selling Shareholders”), up to 150,000 equity shares by Good Game Investment Trust, up to 25,000 equity shares by Seedfund 2 International, up to 23,725 equity shares by Porush Jain, up to 14,959 equity shares by Azimuth Investments Limited and up to 945 equity shares by Seedfund 2 India (Good Game Investment Trust, Seedfund 2 International, Porush Jain, Azimuth Investments Limited and Seedfund 2 India together, referred to as the “Other Selling Shareholders, and together with the Promoter Selling Shareholder and the Investor Selling Shareholders, referred to as the “Selling Shareholders”). This offer includes a reservation aggregating up to ₹20 million for purchase by eligible employees (the “Employee Reservation Portion”). The offer less the employee reservation portion is hereinafter referred to as the “Net Offer”. The Company, the Promoter Selling Shareholder and the Investor Selling Shareholders in consultation with the BRLMs, may offer a discount of up to 10.00% to the Offer Price (₹110 per share) to Eligible Employees Bidding in the Employee Reservation Portion (“Employee Discount”).
Bids can be made for a minimum of 13 Equity Shares and in multiples of 13 Equity Shares thereafter.
The Offer is being made through the Book Building Process, in terms of Rule 19(2)(b) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, as amended (“SCRR”) read with Regulation 31 of the SEBI ICDR Regulations and in compliance with Regulation 6(2) of the SEBI ICDR Regulations wherein not less than 75% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers (“QIBs”) (the “QIB Portion”), provided that our Company, the Promoter Selling Shareholder and the Investor Selling Shareholders in consultation with the BRLMs may allocate up to 60% of the QIB Portion to Anchor Investors on a discretionary basis. In the event of under-subscription, or non-allocation in the Anchor Investor Portion, the balance Equity Shares shall be added to the QIB Portion. One-third of the Anchor Investor Portion shall be reserved for domestic Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received from the domestic Mutual Funds at or above the Anchor Investor Allocation
Manish Agarwal, CEO, Nazara Technologies
Nitish Mitterain, Joint MD, Nazara Technologies
Price. 5% of the QIB Portion (excluding the Anchor Investor Portion) shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only, and the remainder of the QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIB Bidders (other than Anchor Investors), including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received at or above the Offer Price. However, if the aggregate demand from Mutual Funds is less than 5% of the QIB Portion, the balance Equity Shares available for allocation in the Mutual Fund Portion will be added to the remaining QIB Portion for proportionate allocation to QIBs.
Further, not more than 15% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Bidders and not more than 10% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation to RIBs in accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price. Further, Equity Shares will be allocated on a proportionate basis to Eligible Employees applying under the Employee Reservation Portion, subject to valid Bids received from them at or above the Offer Price. All Bidders (except Anchor Investors) are required to mandatorily utilise the Application Supported by Blocked Amount (“ASBA”) process providing details of their respective bank account (including UPI ID for RIBs using UPI Mechanism), in which the corresponding Bid Amounts will be blocked by the SCSBs or the Sponsor Bank, as applicable. Anchor Investors are not permitted to participate in the Offer through the ASBA process.
ICICI Securities Limited, IIFL Securities Limited (in compliance with the proviso to Regulation 21A of the SEBI (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992, IIFL Securities Limited will be involved only in marketing of the Offer), Jefferies India Private Limited and Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Private Limited are the Book Running Lead Managers to the Offer.
Only a week left before the launch of AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and the sources are revealing a list of gaming and raytracing performance benchmarks for the upcoming RDNA 2 graphics card. The results containing different AAA gaming titles which were tested at 1440p which the card initially being positioned at.
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 series lineup including the RX 6700 and RX 6600 XT will be the one, that most of the gamers will buy for their gaming PCs. They could have an MSRP of less than $500 US but it is said that the custom models could appear on sale for $600 US.
That amount is still less than the $1000 US+ prices for the RX 6900 and RX 6800 series graphics cards that you are paying. If it comes with decent availability, then even having the insane price, players who have been waiting to buy new graphics cards for months will purchase them definitely.
The benchmark has two charts that show the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. These cards are the main competitors of the RX 6700 XT. The RTX 3060 Ti costs around $399 US while the RTX 3070 has a price tag of $499 US.
The RTX 6700 XT loses against the RTX 3060 Ti when it comes to raytracing performance while only showing some gains in games that are optimized around the RDNA 2 architecture such as Fortnite, Godfall, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, and Dirt 5.
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT features the Navi 22 XT GPU which has 40 compute units that are equivalent to 2560 stream processors. The cores run at a clock speed of 2581 MHz boost, 2321 MHz base, and 2424 MHz Game.
The graphics card offers a 12 GB GDDR6 memory buffer along with a 192-bit bus interface. AMD is using 16 Gbps dies which would net total bandwidth around 384 Gbps for the cards. The GPU features Infinity Cache of 96 MB.
AMD has informed that the Radeon RX 6700 XT is going to be launched on 18th March in both custom and reference flavors.
The Premier League has helped to clamp down on an illegal streaming platform known as Modbro that was being used by around 43 million users across the globe to illegally stream not only Premier League matches but also movies and TV shows in various languages.
One individual has been arrested by the police for the illegal app, and are in the process of questioning three more people. The app could be used to stream a variety of content on smart TVs, tablets, smartphones and ‘illicit streaming devices.’
Tottenham Hotspur’s English striker Harry Kane (L) celebrates scoring the opening goal with Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (R) during the English Premier League football match between West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur at The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, central England, on November 8, 2020. (Photo by PETER POWELL / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by PETER POWELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Modbro was cracked down on earlier this month, and reports indicate that the people behind the illegal app made about €5 million before their platform was shut down.
Premier League Director of Legal Services Kevin Plumb said: ‘Mobdro’s criminal enterprise amounted to long-running and large-scale theft.
‘These raids show we and our colleagues at ACE are committed to taking action against piracy, regardless of location.
‘The protection of our copyright is hugely important to the Premier League and our broadcast partners, as well as the future health of English football.’
The Premier League is known to have one of the most comprehensive anti-piracy policies in the world. And it works extensively to prevent free and illegal streaming of their games.
With the coronavirus pandemic protocols ruling out fans from attending matches for what has been a complete year now, all games are being broadcasted on British media. This has also caused an increased number of illegal sites streaming the vast number of games being held every weekend.
Zinedine Zidane has been an excellent servant to Real Madrid both as a player and a manager. He won the Champions League by a stunning volley in the final as a player and later on guided the team to 3 consecutive Champions League final as a manager.
Zidane had a very good relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo during their Champions League winning days. Ronaldo has failed with Juventus in each season since moving in 2018. After getting knocked out by Porto this season, there have been talks of Ronaldo returning to Real Madrid.
The Real Madrid manager commented on the rumours: “Well, you know what Cristiano [Ronaldo] means to Madrid, what he has done, the affection we all have for him and what he has done here is magnificent.”
“But now he is a Juventus player and he is doing very well there. I can’t tell you anything, many things are said but you have to respect these things.”
Another important thing on hand for Real Madrid is the contract extension of their captain. Ramos’ contract ends this summer but there is a positive feeling between both the player and the club. Zidane said on the matter: “That is already a good intention, and he has said it.”
“Every year he will see how he is feeling and he stays like he is now, then he can play until he is 40. The most important thing is how he feels.”
Raphael Varane has also been linked to various top European clubs. His contract ends in the summer of 2022. If he doesn’t sign a contract extension now, Real Madrid may decide to cash-in on him this summer. Zidane added: “I don’t think he is thinking about leaving.”
“He has always said this, he is very happy here. I see him [staying] here.”
Real Madrid’s recent marquee signing Eden Hazard has been nursing multiple injuries and is far from his best. Madrid fans are concerned that he is going to be the new Gareth Bale. But Zidane is still confident that Hazard will be back to his best.
Zidane said: “He has had a long injury that he’s never had before, so it’s natural he will feel some discomfort.”
“He has a long contract with us and when he gets fit, he will play like a beast.”
“I’m very positive and I’d like to speak to our fans and say that when you aren’t 100 percent things feel very complicated, but Hazard will do very well here.”
RABAT, Morocco, March 12, 2021/ — FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stressed the importance of “team spirit” to project African football to the top of the world in his address to the 43rd CAF Ordinary and Elective General Assembly that took place today in Rabat.
“We know the values of football, but the most important value is team spirit. This is the team spirit that we have witnessed these days in Africa”.
Referring to the future of African football, the FIFA President said: “I have already said it, and I say it again. We must stop saying that it is necessary to develop African football. It is about projecting it to the summit of world football.
“The time for talking has stopped. We must move on, and we must move on as a team: as a CAF team and a FIFA team that also includes all the confederations and associations from all over the world. You are CAF. You are FIFA.”
In relation to Patrice Motsepe, who was today elected as the new CAF President, the FIFA President commented: “I want to wish all the very best for the next four years, to the new leading team of CAF, of African football, and to Patrice Motsepe, to all those who have been involved, to Augustin, Ahmed, Jacques and everyone. I want to assure you that FIFA is not at your side. FIFA is together with you.”
The full speech of FIFA President Gianni Infantino at today’s 43rd CAF Ordinary and Elective General Assembly is available here.
As the OEMs have already started presenting their custom AMD 6700 graphics cards and also that the company’s Ryzen 5000 series is an absolute beast, we expect more laptop makers to adopt the company’s chips into their machines. But our hopes have been severely crushed because AMD is suffering from supply constraint, as it has become a global crisis for the chip industry.
According to recent sources, a well-known data-miner, APISAK, has recently shared the information about the new Dell G5 15 SE Gaming notebook, which was announced to get a refresh this year. The laptop is reportedly being powered by the Ryzen 5000 series processor and AMD’s Radeon RX 6600M GPU, which is a member of the mobile range of SKUs from the Radeon RX 6000 series.
The Radeon RX 6600M will be based on RDNA 2 microarchitecture and will be targeted at those who want a midrange GPU in their laptop. It includes 28 compute units (1,792 cores) and a range of TDPs from 50 W to 100 W. reports indicate that the processor used in the machine is the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U.
This is not the first time we hear about the AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U, as the processor has also been revealed to be a part of the HP EliteBook 845 G8 laptop and the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 notebook. But, both the machines left graphics processing to the APU’s integrated GPU.
So, if Dell offers Ryzen 5000 processor and a gaming-handy RX 6600M in its machine, then the laptop will surely be welcomed by gamers with open arms.
Intel and AMD have been at each other’s throats for a while now, with team red currently leading in the multi-core segment. However, intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake is expected to get AMD’s best in single-core performance. As to whether the Rocket Lake provides worth remains to be seen.
In recent news, a YouTube channel called Moore’s Law Is Dead posted an intriguing rumour, suggesting that Intel has a mega APU in the works to try to “leapfrog” AMD. It states that team blue is done catching up to its competitor and secretly developing its weapon to surpass its rival.
However, if one is to assume how intel might accomplish this, we can state that it could release a Sapphire Rapids Xeon APU. Being an APU would mean that the chip would also possess an iGPU, and it seems there would be some room for a Samsung HBME2 Flashbolt memory solution.
According to the YouTube channel, a skunkworks project inside Intel involves a team working on such an APU for the Sapphire Rapids series, which is expected to make an appearance in 2022 or 2023. The SKUs have up to 56-core and involve a four-chipset design.
Integrating Intel’s Xe iGPU in such a mega APU would likely offer up to the dGPU-level performance. The channel also points out that AMD should be worried about such a project, especially as Intel has an engineer as CEO (Pat Gelsinger).
But because AMD’s new Zen-4 architecture is the beast in all sense, you have to accept the fact that AMD will not be easily taken down. On the server-side, Zen 3 EPYC Milan has been dominating, and Zen 4 EPYC Genoa is already shaping up to be devastating with a 96-core monster in its ranks and the presence of PCIe gen 5/DDR5 support.
It’s possible that with the release of Intel’s new surprise APU, we might see a mega battle ahead of us.
