Gini Wijnaldum will let the club know about the update on his contract soon, that is according to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio on their Here We Go podcast. The pair also mentioned in the same episode that10 days ago, Wijnaldum received a bid from Liverpool regarding the new contract but it was not the right one.
There were differences between the player and the club regarding the monetary side of things, along with possibly, regarding the duration of the new contract as well.
The player has since asked for time and is respectful towards Liverpool and before negotiating with any other club, he wants to be clear regarding communication with Liverpool.
A few weeks ago, Renato Sanches was linked with Liverpool for a possible move in the future. The Portuguese midfielder’s situation was addressed in the podcast, and the verdict was that Liverpool were not looking to sign him in January.
According to Romano and Porzio, the big deals will only take place next summer as mentioned before.
It is the end of a beautiful decade of football. The football world has witnessed some extraordinary players in this decade. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are surely at the top of that list. Both have an amazing 2020 to end this decade on a top note.
Club Goals:
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 41 goals in all competitions this year. Whereas Messi has scored 26 goals in 2020.
Club Assists:
Lionel Messi has 18 assists in his name this year and Ronaldo has only 6.
Minutes-per-goal [Club Football]:
Ronaldo scored every goal on average of 83.5 minutes. Lionel did the same on average of 150 minutes.
International Goals:
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 3 goals for Portugal this year and Messi has scored 1.
Penalty Goals:
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 17 from the spots and Messi has scored 9.
Non-Penalty Goals:
Cristiano Ronaldo has 27 non-penalty goals this year in compare to Lionel Messi’s 18.
Hat-tricks:
Both legends have one hat-trick this year.
Goals via Free-Kick:
Ronaldo has scored 2 goals from free-kicks and Messi has just 1.
Team Trophies:
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Serie A with Juventus in the 2019-20 season. On the other hand, Lionel Messi’s FC Barcelona has experienced a trophyless season this year.
Individual Trophies:
Both of them have won 3 individual trophies this season.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are at the finishing line of their career. But they still have the potential to dominate the world like their early days.
New Zealand Skipper Kane Williamson overtakes India Captain Virat Kohli and Australian skipper Steve Smith in the ICC Test ranking announced by ICC on Thursday.
Kane Williamson bagged the top spot for batsmen in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, after his ‘Player of the Match’ award in the first Test against Pakistan in Tauranga. Williamson continued his aggressive form in the longer format as he clinched his 23rd Test hundred in the first Test against Pakistan at Bay Oval.
At the end of 2015, Williamson briefly acquired this top place but Virat Kohli or Steve Smith occupied the place again. On Thursday’s year-ending ICC rankings, that includes performances from the 2nd Test between Australia and India in Melbourne and the 1st Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Centurion.
From that, Williamson has gained 13 rating points for his impressive performance of 129 and 21 to 11 points clear of Kohli and 13 ahead of Smith. Virat Kohli is on paternity leave for the last two Tests of India’s ongoing series against Australia. Meanwhile, Smith at Melbourne Cricket Ground could only get him scores of zero and eight.
Also, Ajinkya Rahane has alss advanced five places to reach the sixth position in ICC Test rankings.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja moved up 11 spots to a career best-equalling to 36th place among batsmen after a handy knock of 57 in his only innings in Melbourne and also gained four places to reach 14th place among bowlers after finishing with three wickets in the match.
New Zealand’s Ross Taylor advanced up three places to 14th.
Pakistan’s Fawad Alam’s aggressive second-innings century has helped him climb 80 places to 102nd position meanwhile wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan’s score of 71 and 60 have helped him climb 27 places to a career-best 47th position.
Pat Cummins ranked no. 1 at the ICC Test bowlers ranking. Also Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin climbed up two places to acquire the seventh spot and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is also up one place to bag the ninth position.
Meanwhile Mitchell Starc entered the top five position. Also Jason Holder climbed to seven points.
🇦🇺 Mitchell Starc enters top five 🇮🇳 R Ashwin jumps to No.7 🇮🇳 Jasprit Bumrah becomes No.9
Sony has disclosed the free PS Plus games subscribers will be given a chance to tackle in January. It looks like, players can expect three games every month going forward, two for PlayStation 4 (via backward compatibility the games can be played on PS5), and one for PlayStation 5. In the upcoming month, we get the PlayStation 5 version of the unique fantasy-historical RPG Greedfall, the dark Lara Croft adventure Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and the terrifying shark sim Maneater.
Here is the full rundown of Sony’s free PS Plus games in January:
Maneater (PS5)
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas – a terrifying shark! Maneater is a single-player, open-world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where you are the shark. Starting as a small shark pup you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the ecosystem. Find the right resources and you can grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended, allowing the player to tailor the shark to their play style. Eat. Explore. Evolve.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PS4)
Fight, explore, craft and survive amid the dense and perilous jungles of South America in Lara Croft’s biggest adventure to date as you race to save the world from a Maya apocalypse. Gather resources and master the unforgiving terrain. Outgunned and outnumbered, you need to use your surroundings to your advantage; strike from the shadows and use mud to camouflage your presence. Use advanced traversal techniques to reach long-forgotten tombs and negotiate deadly puzzles.
Greedfall (PS4 game)
In this action RPG, explore uncharted new lands as you set foot on a remote island seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. You’ll have complete freedom to shape your abilities, spells and skills and decide whether to complete objectives with combat, diplomacy, deception, or stealth. Forge this new world’s destiny, as you befriend or betray companions and entire factions.
In PS4, the Maneater has faced different types of technical issues but the game will perform better in PS5. This offer of three games will not be available from 1st February 2021.
RB Leipzig’s Marcel Sabitzer is a quality player and would be perfect for the Premier League, according to Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio on their Here We Go podcast on Patreon.
The player has been scouted for months by the Tottenham scouts and is also appreciated by Jose Mourinho. A big-money deal could be on the cards for the attacking midfielder. However, Spurs have not yet made any advanced bid. Neither have they entered negotiations with the club.
All that said, there is no rush for either the player or the club to enter negotiation for a transfer. A January deal looks unlikely since Sabitzer is a significant player in Julian Nagelsmann’s squad. Furthermore, Leipzig has also managed to qualify for the Champions League’s knockout stages and are also competing for the Bundesliga title.
With all these important fixtures coming up one after the other, Leipzig will almost certainly not be interested in parting ways with the Swiss international, even for a big sum.
However, a move next summer could be on the cards.
Marten De Roon is also another name heavily linked with a move to Spurs. He is one of the key players of Atalanta and will be very important for the knockout stages of the Champions League as well. There is nothing advanced for the transfer yet, but the scouts are on it. Atalanta always sells players and are known to be a selling club, but there is nothing concrete yet.
Moises Caicedo is a name that has slowly started getting etched on the lips of football fans, particularly those of Manchester United.
The teenager was recently tipped with completing a move to Manchester United by Fabrizio Romano, with the transfer guru mentioning that while United had an advantage in the negotiations, they were still contemplating whether or not to go all-in for the youngster.
Many fans have mistakenly made the situation very similar to that of Amad Diallo, who is scheduled to join the Red side of Manchester when the winter transfer window opens. The club is allowed to register players once again.
However, speaking on the Here We Go podcast on Patreon, Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio made it clear that the club was yet to complete the signing and that they hadn’t paid up for Caicedo yet. Moreover, many big clubs in Europe are slowly starting to turn their attention to the teenage sensation.
England’s work permit situation will also play a part in the arrival of the winger from Ecuador should any Premier League club be successful in signing him. The player is reportedly keen on joining one of the world’s biggest clubs, and he has several suitors to choose from.
Romano and Porzio have promised an update in the next few days, which could see the Independiente De Valle winger possibly agree a deal to move.
This was a very long wait for STALKER 2, but finally, GSC Game World dropped good news. The teaser trailer of STALKER 2 isn’t the real gameplay; this game was developed using Unreal Engine 4 and a little hint to all gamers, that how the game mechanism and environment will give the actual feel. In the teaser, the GSC described themselves…
“[This gameplay teaser represents] how the game actually feels: fast-paced changes of scenery, ominous landscapes and the ever-present feeling of an inevitable danger accompanied by a barely-distinguishable guitar soundtrack.”
Check out the official teaser of STALKER 2 given below.
The dynamic world of the game looks so attractive with the swaying trees, the storms, the flickering fire. Do you know that the STALKER 2 was first announced way back in 2010? Many thought that the game is not going to release any more. But in 2018, the GSC Game World had announced the resuming of this game’s development.
Here is the game’s official description:
“The award-winning PC franchise loved by millions of players is making a true next-gen console debut with STALKER 2. Experience a unique blend of first-person shooter, immersive sim and horror. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is a unique, dangerous and ever-changing environment. It promises a lot — the artefacts of unbelievable value can be yours if you dare to claim them. The price you may pay, on the other hand, is no less than your own life.”
“One of the biggest open-worlds to date, filled with radiation, mutants and anomalies, is yours to explore. All the choices across the way not only define your own epic story but influence the future itself. Be mindful about what you see, do and plan, as you will have to find your way through the Zone or be forever lost to it.”
It is assumed that STALKER 2 will be launched in 2021 on Xbox Series X and PC.
Three Chinese smartphone companies, Xiaomi, Vivo, and Oppo are going head to head with their flagship devices. Let’s break it down here and compare so that you can make an easy judgment.
Credit: Playfulfroid
Display
Xiaomi Mi 11 has 6.81-inch 2K WQHD (1,440×3,200 pixels) AMOLED display. It comes with 1500 nits of peak brightness and a 5000000:1 contrast ratio. It has a refresh rate of 120Hz.
Vivo X60 Pro has 6.56-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,376 pixels) AMOLED display. It also has a refresh rate of 120Hz.
On the other hand, Oppo Reno 5Pro+ possesses 6.55-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) AMOLED display. The phone has a refresh rate of 90Hz.
Thus, we can see that Mi 11 and Vivo X60 Pro beats Oppo Reno 5Pro+ on the refresh rate as the last one is slower than the starting two. A 120Hz refresh rate means you can refresh 120 times every second! The first spot will be taken by Xiaomi Mi 11 because of its superior quality in the display thanks to the WQHD display.
Xiaomi Mi 11
Camera
In terms of optics, it’s a great battle between the three Chinese OEMs. Xiaomi Mi 11 houses the amazing 108-megapixel primary sensor. None of the other two smartphones gives you 108-megapixels. Other than that, a 13-megapixel secondary sensor and a 5-megapixel tertiary camera sensor are also present which improves the picture quality.
Vivo X60 Pro offers 48-megapixel primary sensor and a 32-megapixel front camera. It also has a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle shooter, a 13-megapixel portrait shooter, and an 8-megapixel periscope shooter.
Oppo Reno 5Pro+ features 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 primary sensor. It also hosts a 16-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, a 13-megapixel telephoto shooter, and a 2-megapixel macro shooter. Both Oppo Reno 5Pro+ and Vivo X60 Pro come with a 32-megapixel front camera which is way better than the 20-megapixel front camera offered by Xiaomi Mi 11.
Even after that, beating Mi 11 won’t be easy because of its complete dominance in the rear-camera domain. Vivo X60 Pro’s periscope shooter offers 5x optical zoom and 60x superzoom. But on the other hand, Xiaomi Mi 11 has a proprietary feature that enables you to shoot quality videos even in low-light conditions.
Vivo X60 and Vivo X60 Pro
Processor
Mi 11 has Qualcomm’s latest octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC whereas Vivo X60 Pro comes with Exynos 1080. Oppo Reno 5Pro+ again lags behind Mi 11 as the former holds Snapdragon 865 which is the older version of what is present in Mi 11.
Storage
This is the only criteria where this is not much to separate between the three smartphones. Xiaomi Mi 11, Vivo X60 Pro, and Oppo Reno 5Pro+ all come in 128GB and 256GB variants.
Battery
Xiaomi Mi 11 comes with a 4,600mAh battery pack whereas Vivo X60 Pro and Oppo Reno 5Pro+ have 4,200mAh battery 4,500mAh battery pack respectively. Mi 11 and Oppo Reno 5PRO+ will comfortably beat Vivo X60 Pro in this aspect.
Oppo Reno 5 Pro+
Charging
Xiaomi Mi 11 supports 55W fast charging. This is less than Oppo Reno 5PRO+’s 65W fast charging but a lot more than Vivo X60 Pro’s 33W fast charging. This shows how weak Vivo X60 Pro is when it comes to charging. Definitely, Oppo Reno 5PRO+ beats out the other two smartphones in this category.
Price
Mi 11 starts with a price range of 3,999 Yuan. Oppo Reno 5PRO+ will cost you the same. Vivo X60 Pro is the most expensive as it comes for 4,498 Yuan. The processor of a smartphone is one of the most important aspects to judge. Mi 11 is powered by a better version of Snapdragon thus it should get priority on a price basis.
There are only two companies ruling the world of displays, one of them is the LG Display and the other one is Samsung Display. For a longer period of time, LG Display has been reportedly working on its transparent OLED panels, and now, the company is aiming to use it as a “Smart Bed” concept by which a 55-inch transparent screen that would function as a TV that can turn invisible when not in use. Basically, LG is about to make TVs having transparent displays.
During the CES 2021 show of LG, it had introduced the “Smart Bed” concept and it works something like this, a transparent display will be there on the foot of the bed, or even at other positions inside your home. You just have to simply press a button by which the transparent will rise from the base for your viewing. This device will not require any external speaker, credit goes to its Cinematic Soun to output audio.
LG has shown so many other applications of this 55-inch transparent panel. For example, if this transparent OLED screen being used in restaurants, customers can easily see the preparation of their meals by the chef. Apart from it, subway trains can use this technology as well offering a view of the outside. LG claims that this 55-inch transparent OLED panel is capable to offer a high 40 percent transparency level comparing with the 10 percent found in LCD screens. In the future, LG will surely share something more about its invisible OLED TVs.
Sports has the power of thrill, entertain, and also help to keep our mind stress free. If you are a sports fan you have some keen interest to know about the life of the players. A sports documentary is the best way to know about the life, struggle, passion, and dedication of the player. It helps you to come closer to the player whom you admire most.
Amazon prime video is one of the best platforms to watch sports documentaries. It has an awesome collection of sports documentaries. Here are the top 10 sports documentaries available on amazon prime video.
10. Fernando
Fernando is a sports documentary which is based on Formula 1 world champion, and also Spain’s most successful sports stars, Fernando Alonso. This document will show his life on and off the racing track as he faces both ups and downs. It will show Alonso’s passion and dedication to competing at the highest level and also his extreme desire to win.
9. Andy Murray: Resurfacing
Andy Murray is one of the greatest tennis players in Britain. This documentary is based on the painful, long, and emotional journey of his career. It explores the darkest years of the Scotsman’s career and tells about his come back from his career-threatening injury.
8. All or Nothing: Arizona Cardinals
Amazon and NFL Films have presented a fantastic sports documentary that is based on the lives of coaches, players, and owners of a franchise. It explores the operations, practices, and competitions of teams and also the journey on the field, off the field, and the entire thing in between.
7. All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur
After Manchester City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur has become the latest British football team among the clubs. All or nothing franchise has also access to the Tottenham dressing room, star players Dele Alli and Harry Kane, and the manager Jose Mourinho has created a mark in the history of football. It is one of the renowned football teams in the British football team.
6. All or Nothing: Manchester City
All or Nothing franchise got permission to a Premier League Football team’s dressing rooms. In this documentary, we will know about the inner workings of this global sports club. It is an amazing sports documentary where we know about the player’s lives off the pitch and also the legendary coach Pep Guardiola.
5. El Corazon de Sergio Ramos
El Corazon de Sergio Ramos, a Real Madrid’s midfield magicians and an active forward in Spanish teams has some tremendous record in the last decade. This man has four La Liga Triumphs, four champions League victories, two European Championships, and a World Cup winner’s medal. Hope this documentary will be a remarkable series that creates a response in people.
4. Tyson
This documentary is about the most controversial boxing stars Mike Tyson. He is a legendary boxer who own honest words. In this series we know about his rough childhood to entering into heavyweight boxing, it shows the struggle of the legendary boxer.
3. Becoming Zlatan
It is a fantastic documentary about all-time controversial player Zlatan Ibrahimovic. This documentary covers from his first debut at Malmo conflicts at Ajax and an eventual breakthrough at Juventus. Football fans should watch this ridiculous documentary.
2. This Is Football
It is an incredible documentary series, which explains the true spirit of this beautiful game and shows the magic of a sport that unites people. This series shows the role of football in rebuilding Rwanda after the genocide, Lionel Messi secret, and the spirit of Iceland’s football Vikings. This is Football is worth a watch for a football fan.
1. All or Nothing: Brazil National Team
It’s not easy to win the 2019 Copa America. From Neymar’s injury to a lack of fan morale it shows the mentality to cope in International football.
Also to watch out for:
Pink Panther (Son of the soil)
This sports documentary is produced by BBC Studios India, nowadays Kabaddi becomes more popular with the rise of the Pro Kabaddi League. This documentary series depicts the incredible journey of a pro kabaddi team named Jaipur Pink Panthers in the seventh season of the pro kabaddi league. This series also explores the struggle, passion, dedication, and hard work of the players to this indigenous sport across India.
Leeds United
This incredible sports documentary is based on English football’s ‘fallen giant’ Leeds United. It shows the strategy of the new owner Andrea Radrizzani who has bought a world-class coach, Marcelo Bielsa, to lead their team in a renowned position. This is one of the best dramatic seasons in club history.
Steven Gerrard (Make us dream)
This documentary is based on the life of the Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard. It also shows the ups and downs which he has faced in his entire career. It also explores the childhood of the Liverpool captain. His footballing is story is like a rise-to-fame fairytale. This documentary shows the number of ups of the player in the Anfield and also the number of downs in that ground.
The Test
This documentary series is an entertaining series about the Australian men’s Cricket team who are trying to find a new identity under a new coach Justin Langer. He has appointed after the Australian ball-tampering scandal. In this documentary, Langer is the center of this documentary series. This is an eight-episode series. It explores the passion, hard work, and dedication of the players and also the coach to Australian cricket. They are proud of their new cricket game.
