It’s been a while since Frank Lampard was sacked as Chelsea Head Coach, and Thomas Tuchel was appointed as the next man in charge of the Blues. In recent findings regarding the managerial contract of the Chelsea legend, the club are yet to finish paying the entirety of Lampard’s contract at the club.
A change in policy will now see the Stamford Bridge outfit payout £75,000 per week in an attempt to make up the rest of Lampard’s contract which is rumored to be around £1.8 million.
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The catch in the clause included in Lampard’s contract that he has since been released from prevents the payment from going through any further if the former Chelsea boss takes up a new job. Hence, until Lampard takes up a new job as a coach, Chelsea will pay the club legend £75,000 a week to compensate for his unemployment.
The England and Chelsea legend is expected to take a break from football for the time being. He is spending time with his family and has been under unbelievable amounts of pressure in his first few years as a manager, leading Derby County in his first season and managing the club he won the Champions League with for 18 months.
The summer transfer window of 2020 brought about the return of Gareth Bale to Tottenham Hotspur, the club where the player came under the radar of Real Madrid and eventually made a record transfer move to.
However, the almost fairy tale like return has not gone according to plan, with the Welshman having started only ten games across all competitions, with only two of them coming in the Premier League. Additionally, he has been a shadow of his former self, managing to score a goal each across all the four competitions that Spurs are participating in.
If Gareth Bale will be back to Real Madrid in the summer [as Tottenham are not happy with him right now…], he’ll be available on the market again as Isco too, another player set to leave the club. ⚪️ #RealMadrid#THFChttps://t.co/bKi3e37d5B
The general feeling around the club is not in favour of Bale, since his sky-high wages are not being justified with the performance that he is putting on right now.
His loan deal will expire at the end of the season, and should the latter half of the campaign not bring about a change in the 31-year-old’s attitude and displays on the pitch, he will return to Real Madrid with Spurs not entertaining the option of buying the player.
With his infamous history at Real Madrid, the Spanish giants will not hesitate to put him on the transfer list to get rid of him immediately.
Fellow Madrid player Isco, who has been on the bench for the majority of the season so far, is also very unhappy with Real Madrid and is rumoured to be on his way out of the club. Both Isco and Bale will be on the market in the summer of 2021 if things do not undergo a big change.
According to reports in Spain, Real Madrid has requested Sergio Ramos to take a pay cut to ease the club’s burden of paying Gareth Bale’s hefty wages. Ramos’ contract expires in the summer, and there has been no headway in discussions over a new deal.
Ramos’ departure will be a bitter blow for the Spanish giants, as he’s still comfortably the team’s best defender. Real Madrid’s precarious financial situation has not exactly helped matters, as they apparently cannot afford to continue paying Ramos his current salary.
The Covid-19 pandemic has done significant damage and is reportedly the reason why they are resigned to the fact that they will have to hand Gareth Bale his enormous €30m annual salary for another year.
Sergio Ramos told by Real Madrid to 'take a wage cut' so they can pay Gareth Bale’s wages.https://t.co/LFccOLvhH3
Bale is currently loaned to Tottenham Hotspur for the season, but Madrid will need to cover the £26m salary that they will owe him for the next year.
Last summer, Real Madrid were desperate to get rid of Gareth Bale after he was effectively frozen out of the squad by Zinedine Zidane. The club were unable to find another that was willing to take the Welshman off their hands due to his huge €650,000 per week wages.
Tottenham agreed to take Bale on loan on the condition that Real Madrid would pay half his wages. Real Madrid agreed to do so in hopes that a move back to the Premier League would see Gareth Bale rejuvenate his career, which could lead to a permanent move to either Tottenham or some other club.
Next season if Bale is still with Madrid, it could have a serious impact on the dressing room. Despite the fact that Ramos has played 668 games for the club while Bale has been injury-prone throughout his spell in the Spanish capital, they both share a similar salary.
Manchester United, who were linked with Ramos in the past, could reignite their interest in the Spain captain if he leaves Madrid, coming summer.
In the second Test, Team India crushed England as England was packed up at 134 runs on day two on Sunday after India built up a substantial lead of 249 runs on day 1. The brilliance of Team England was quickly replaced by the Men in blues on the same Chennai so that India can level up the series. Although the ground was the same, the pitch conditions were different because those home situations were increased by extreme surface, so blatantly and very under-prepared which will suit the spinners that it is unfit for Test matches.
Ravichandran Ashwin crossed Harbhajan Singh’s record of bagging 265 wickets on the home soil, except Anil Kumble, ahead with 350 wickets. But also, nine wickets left for Ashwin to claim 400 Test wickets for an Indian in the longest format to join the elite list with Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, and Kapil Dev. Also, Ashwin claimed five wickets to conclude England’s first innings. Also, he took a five-wicket haul and his 29th in 76 Tests.
Source-Daily Mail.co.in
“When I was watching the 2001 series where Bhajju Pa (Harbhajan) was playing, I didn’t even imagine that I would go out and become an off-spinner for the country. “I was still a batsman for my state, trying to accelerate a career towards batting and playing for the country, I wasn’t sure whether I would go on and become a player for the Indian team,” Ashwin stated at a virtual post-day press conference.
“Lot of my teammates from that age, from that generation, you know, used to make fun of me, because I used to bowl like Bhajju Pa, my action, I used to try and bowl like him and all that,” he further added.
“So, from there on to come one and actually break the record of something that he possesses, has to be incredibly special. I didn’t know of it, now that I do know of it, I feel happy. Sorry, Bhajju Pa…,” Ashwin finally conclude.
England’s Foakes scored an unbeaten 42 off 107 balls, The visitors crashed at an early 39 runs in a dramatic session with the falling of 8 wickets, and by handing the home team, a 195 runs lead to India in their first innings.
India continued their score of 300 runs for six and managed to stretch it to 329 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium by losing the remaining four wickets quite quickly. But Rohit Sharma looked in good form again as he finished with 25, not out the day. But unfortunately, Jack Leach dismissed Shubman Gill by LBW, India losing the only wicket in the second innings.
Disney+ Hotstar revenues have shot up in 2020 thanks to the Covid-19 impact, and IPL 2020 led push.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been the cause for a huge loss for cinema halls and public events, streaming platforms have seen an exponential rise in the number of users. Novo Digital Entertainment, Disney+Hotstar’s parent company, has seen a surge in revenue for the financial year of 2020. Additionally, the company’s net losses have also narrowed during this time.
Novi Digital’s revenue shot up from Rs 1123 crore in the previous year to Rs 1628 crore in 2020, per Tofler, a business intelligence platform. Also, the loss narrowed from Rs 554.38 crore to Rs 361.8 crore despite the company’s expenses growing from Rs 1677 crore in 2019 to Rs 1990 crore.
According to Star Sports’ Head Sanjog Gupta, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season witnessed record viewership. The Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar provided the live telecast and live streaming respectively of the IPL 2020 season. Numerous fans took to the video-on-demand platform to catch live action from the T20 tournament, aiding to the profits of the company. During the IPL cricket season, the platform added about 7.5 million paid subscribers.
Additionally, with Disney+ launching in India in collaboration with Hotstar, the subscribers also increased. The increase in the subscriber base also reflected in revenue that shot up to Rs 618.79 crore from Rs 466.64 crore in 2019. The company’s expenses were mostly in licensing fees that leapfrogged from Rs 493.84 crore to Rs 722.53 crore in 2020. As a result, total operating cost increased from Rs 969.63 crore to Rs 1383.30 crore in 2020.
With over 400 million downloads from Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store, Disney+Hostar continues to be one of the most popular apps in India. The 2021 IPL auction live streaming will also be made available on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.
AMOLED displays are widely popular in the smartphone market, which is a display technology and stands for Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Today, we take time out and cover the 10 smartphones which feature AMOLED display.
Oppo F17 showcases a 6.44-inch Super AMOLED display and offers you a modest 60Hz refresh rate. It comes with a screen resolution of 1,080 x 2,400 pixels. Talking about the camera, it has a 16MP primary sensor, 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and two other sensors of 2MP. In terms of power, the smartphone houses a 4,000mAh battery capacity with a 30W VOOC Flash Charge. The device is priced at Rs 18,490 in India for the 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM variant while the 6GB RAM variant is priced at Rs.16,990 on Amazon.
Realme 7 Pro features a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display and is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 720G 8nm. It has a screen resolution of 1,080 x 2,400 pixels. For snaps, it a 32 mp selfie shooter. Talking about the backside, the primary camera of 64 mp, the ultra-wide-angle camera of 12-megapixel, 5 mp macro, and 2 mp depth sensor. The price of the device starts from Rs 19,999.
Realme X2 attributes a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED screen with a screen resolution of 1080×2340 pixels. The price is Rs 17,999. It features Snapdragon 730G. It features a 64MP primary Samsung GW1 sensor, 2MP depth sensor, and a 2MP sensor for 4cm macro shots. Realme X2 packs a 4,000mAh battery that supports 30W VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge technology.
Vivo S1 Pro features a 6.38-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC. The camera comes along a 48-megapixel camera sensor with an 8-megapixel secondary sensor with an ultra-wide lens, a 2-megapixel macro sensor, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It houses a 4,500mAh battery with 18W Dual-Engine fast charge support. The price of this device is Rs 18,865.
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5. Samsung Galaxy M31
Samsung M31 Prime comes with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display. It will be powered by the Exynos 9611 SoC. The device sport a quad-rear camera module which includes a 64MP (f/1.8) primary sensor, 8MP (f/2.4) ultra-wide angle sensor, a 5MP (f/2.4) macro sensor, and a 5MP (f/2.2) depth sensor. It offers a battery capacity of 6,000mAh. The current price is Rs 15,999.
F62 features a 6.7-inch AMOLED panel and has a resolution of 1080 X 2340 pixels. The camera comprising a 64MP Primary Camera, an 8MP Ultra-Wide Angle Lens, a 5MP, Macro Shooter and 2MP, Depth Camera. It supports a humungous 7,000mAH battery cell. The device is expected to launch on February 15th, 2021.
Samsung Galaxy M31s showcases a 6.5-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-O Display. Its quad-camera setup at back includes a 64MP primary Sony IMX682 sensor with an f/1.8 lens, a 12MP secondary sensor, a 5MP depth sensor, and a 5MP macro shooter. It will be powered by Exynos 9611 SoC. The current price is Rs. 19,499.
Vivo V19 features a 6.44” Super AMOLED FHD+ display. On the backside, it features a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, and two similar 2MP lenses. It houses a 4500mAh battery cell. The device is powered by Snapdragon 712 SoC. To capture better selfies, it offers a 32MP + 8MP front camera.
Realme XT attributes a 6.4-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 SoC. The device packs a 4000mAh battery with 20W VOOC 3.0 fast charging. The camera system includes an 8-megapixel wide-range camera; a 2-megapixel macro camera and a 2-megapixel depth camera.
Samsung Galaxy F41 features a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display. Its triple camera setup at the back features a 48 MP primary sensor, 8 MP ultrawide, and 5 MP depth sensor. It has a massive 6,000mAh battery paired with a 15W fast charging. The device is run by Exynos 9611 SoC. The price of the device is Rs 16,999.
It has just been 2 months since the IPL 2020 final on 10th November where Mumbai Indians clinched their 5th IPL title, and here we are already talking about the 14th edition of IPL.
The IPL 2021 will be as per regular schedule, i.e. it will start in March-April like all the previous years. Before the commencement of the tournament, they will be having a mini-auction for the 8 franchises.
It has now been officially declared that the IPL 2021 Player Auction will be held on 18th February in Chennai.
Here we take a look at SIX new rules that the 8 IPL franchises have to keep in mind during the mini-auction on 18th February:
1. Player purse
IPL Governing Council has capped the player purse of each franchise at INR 85 crores. All the 8 IPL franchises have already submitted the list of the retained players, which is the deciding factor of the remaining player purse going into the IPL 2021 mini-auction.
The franchises will have no “Right to Match” card as this will be a mini-auction. The RTM card enables a franchise to match to retain its former player by matching the highest bid made for the player, but it is only made available during mega-auction.
3. Squad strength
Each IPL franchise must have a minimum of 18 players in their squad and the upper limit is set at 25 players.
4. Minimum Indian players
Each IPL franchise must have a minimum of 17 and a maximum of 25 Indian players in their squad, including both capped and uncapped players.
5. Maximum international players
Each IPL franchise can have a maximum of eight International players in their squad.
6. Minimum 75% of the player purse to be spent
In IPL, all the franchises were given INR 85 crores to build a team. Now they are directed by BCCI to spend a minimum of INR 63.75 crores on buying the players. If any team spend less than this amount, then BCCI will take the deficit as the penalty. No franchise will now be able to play MONEYBALL like strategy.
Gone are the days of LCD and LED TVs as now every one of us prefers to buy Smart TVs. Smart TVs are the way forward and redefine the term “Television”. From seeing your favourite Youtube video to your favourite web series on the OTT apps, the Smart TVs can do everything at ease along with broadcasting all the channels of an ordinary TV.
Here we have made a list of the bestseller Smart TVs on Amazon in 2021 to help you know which of them is trending among the buyers and finalize the Smart TV you want to buy. So let’s have a look:
1. OnePlus Y Series 80 cm (32 inches) HD Ready LED Smart Android TV 32Y1 (Black) (2020 Model)
Price: Rs 15,999
Resolution: HD Ready (1366×768) | Refresh Rate: 60 hertz
Connectivity: 2 HDMI ports to connect set top box, Blu Ray players, gaming console | 2 USB ports to connect hard drives and other USB devices
Sound : 20 Watts Output | Dolby Audio
Smart TV Features: Android TV 9.0 | OnePlus Connect | Google Assistant | Play Store | Chromecast | Shared Album | Supported Apps : Netflix, YouTube, Prime video | Content Calendar | OxygenPlay
2. OnePlus Y Series 108 cm (43 inches) Full HD LED Smart Android TV 43Y1 (Black) (2020 Model)
Price: Rs 25,999
Resolution: Full HD (1920×1080) | Refresh Rate: 60 hertz
Connectivity: 2 HDMI ports to connect set top box, Blu Ray players, gaming console | 2 USB ports to connect hard drives and other USB devices
Sound : 20 Watts Output | Dolby Audio
Smart TV Features: Android TV 9.0 | OnePlus Connect | Google Assistant | Play Store | Chromecast | Shared Album | Supported Apps : Netflix, YouTube, Prime video | Content Calendar | OxygenPlay
7. Samsung 80 cm (32 inches) Wondertainment Series HD Ready LED Smart TV UA32TE40AAKBXL (Titan Gray) (2021 model)
Price: Rs 16,799
Resolution: HD Ready (1366×768) | Refresh Rate: 60 hertz
Connectivity: 2 HDMI ports to connect set top box, Blu Ray players, gaming console | 1 USB ports to connect hard drives and other USB devices
Sound : 20 Watts Output | Dolby Digital Plus
Smart TV Features : Voice Assistants | SmartThings App | Personal Computer | Home Cloud | Live Cast | Screen Share | Music System |Alexa Built-in: Voice control your TV and your day. Just ask Alexa to search for movies, play music, control smart home devices, get sports updates and more
Display : LED Panel | Mega Contrast | PurColor | HD Picture Quality | Slim & Stylish Design
9. Samsung 138 cm (55 inches)Wondertainment Series Ultra HD LED Smart TV UA55TUE60AKBXL (Titan Gray) (2021 model)
Price: Rs 49,999
Resolution: 4K Ultra HD (3840X2160) | Refresh Rate: 60 hertz
Connectivity: 3 HDMI ports to connect set top box, Blu Ray players, gaming console | 2 USB ports to connect hard drives and other USB devices
Sound : 20 Watts Output | Dolby Digital Plus | Adaptive Sound
Smart TV Features : Voice Assistants | SmartThings App | Personal Computer | Home Cloud | Live Cast | Screen Share | Music System | Supported Apps : Netflix , Prime Video, Apple TV, Sony Liv, Zee5, Hotstar, Youtube| Alexa Built-in: Voice control your TV and your day. Just ask Alexa to search for movies, play music, control smart home devices, get sports updates and more. Non Android OS.
Display : Ultra HD (4k) LED Panel | 3 Side Bezel-less Design | HDR 10+ | UHD Dimming | Purcolor | Contrast Enhancer
FC Barcelona has to pay another extra €5m to Dortmund as part of Dembele deal as the Frenchman made his 100th appearances against Deportivo Alaves for the Spanish side.
FC Barcelona thrashed Deportivo Alaves by 5-1 last night. Ousmane Dembele came on as a substitute. Ousmane Dembele joined FC Barcelona in 2017 from Borussia Dortmund for 105 million euros.
When FC Barcelona went to sign Dembele in the summer of 2017, they found that his price had gone up after the Catalan club’s sell Neymar for 222 million euros. To seal the deal, Barca needed to offer some additional fees. As a Marca report, FC Barcelona needs to pay an extra €5m for every 25 games the Frenchman plays for the club.
However, the final sum could go as high as €135m. Out of that additional €30m comes through Dembele’s 100 appearances. The final €10m will be a bit more difficult to achieve. FC Barcelona will have to pay that €10m once they won the UEFA Champions League.
In his 100 appearances for the Spanish giant, the French winger has scored just 25 times. His injury issues have affected him in his career. Last summer FC Barcelona also wanted to sell him. Manchester United and some other club were interested in signing him on loan, but FC Barcelona wanted a permanent deal for the young winger.
Dembele only has 1 year left in his contract with FC Barcelona. He does not want to renew his contract with FC Barcelona. His contract will end in 2022. FC Barcelona is searching for a new buyer of the Frenchman.
In today’s world, money makes all the talking. There are very few players right now who have spent numerous seasons at a specific club. So a loyal player is hard to find nowadays.
When we think of the current players who are playing for a long time at a particular club, Barcelona captain Lionel Messi comes instantly to our mind. But he not the No 1 in the most loyal football players list.
So here we take a look at the top 10 most loyal players in the top 10 leagues, according to Transfermarkt:
10. Sammy Bossut
Club: Zulte Waregem (Belgium) Period of stay: 14 years, 2 months, 4 days
9. Sergio Ramos
Club: Real Madrid (Spain) Period of stay: 15 years, 4 days
8. Giorgio Chiellini
Club: Juventus (Italy) Period of stay: 15 years, 2 months, 4 days
7. Francesco Magnanelli
Club: Sassuolo (Italy) Period of stay: 15 years, 2 months, 4 days
6. Jessy Moulin
Club: Saint-Etienne (France) Period of stay: 15 years, 2 months, 4 days
5. Oier
Club: Osasuna (Spain) Period of stay: 15 years, 2 months, 4 days
4. Sergio Alvarez
Club: Celta de Vigo (Spain) Period of stay: 16 years, 2 months, 4 days
3. Mark Noble
Club: West Ham United (England) Period of stay: 16 years, 8 months, 3 days
2. Lionel Messi
Club: Barcelona (Spain) Period of stay: 16 years, 8 months, 3 days
1. Igor Akinfeev
Club: CSKA Moscow (Russia) Period of stay: 17 years, 8 months, 3 days
