The 2020-21 Bundesliga season is starting tonight!
Bayern Munich are coming off the back of a continental treble. They won the Bundesliga and German cup along with the Champions League last season.
Bayern will look to continue their terrific form as they start the new season hosting Schalke. New signing from Manchester City, Leroy Sane is expected to make his debut tonight.
On the other hand, Schalke will try to unsettle the Champions in the very first match of the new season and hope to finish higher up the table than last season.
When is the Bayern Munich vs Schalke Bundesliga match?
The Bundesliga match between Bayern Munich and Schalke will be played on 19th September 2020.
Where will be the match played?
The match will be played at Bayern Munich’s home ground, Allianz Arena.
What time does the match kick-off?
The match will kick-off at 12:00 AM IST.
Which TV channels will broadcast the Bundesliga match live in India?
Unfortunately, there are no TV channels which will broadcast the Bundesliga match in India. Star Sports has cancelled the broadcasting deal from this season.
How can you watch the live streaming of the match in India?
You can watch the live streaming of the Bayern Munich vs Schalke Bundesliga match in India on FanCode.
As it stands, the most expensive transfer of 2020 so far is Kai Havertz, who has moved from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea for the fee of £71,000,000.
Havertz’s fee is a whopping £141,000,000 LESS than the equivalent fee paid for Neymar in 2017.
Neymar will retain his title of most expensive football transfer of all time in spite of high spending in the 2020 window, according to a new study into transfer fees by financial analysis firm AskTraders.
The study used the 50 most expensive transfer fees and applied the Bank of England’s inflation calculation to reveal the true value of the transfers in today’s equivalent money.
The findings show that Neymar is the most expensive transfer of all time at an equivalent value of £211,770,527.49 (originally £199,800,000 in 2017), followed by Kylian Mbappe (PSG) and Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid).
Let’s take a look at the top 10 most expensive transfers of all time according to today’s equivalent money:
Rank
Player Name
From
To
Original Fee (GBP)
Adjusted Fee (GBP)
Year
1
Neymar
Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain
£199,800,000
£211,770,527
2017
2
Kylian Mbappé
Monaco
Paris Saint-Germain
£162,000,000
£166,156,464
2018
3
Philippe Coutinho
Liverpool
Barcelona
£131,400,000
£134,771,354
2018
4
Zinedine Zidane
Juventus
Real Madrid
£69,750,000
£116,229,596
2001
5
Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United
Real Madrid
£84,600,000
£114,335,445
2009
6
João Félix
Benfica
Atlético Madrid
£113,400,000
£113,400,000
2019
7
Antoine Griezmann
Atlético Madrid
Barcelona
£108,000,000
£108,000,000
2019
8
Gareth Bale
Tottenham Hotspur
Real Madrid
£90,000,000
£103,919,124
2013
9
Paul Pogba
Juventus
Manchester United
£94,500,000
£103,752,385
2016
10
Ousmane Dembélé
Borussia Dortmund
Barcelona
£94,500,000
£100,161,736
2017
Nigel Frith, the senior financial analyst at AskTraders, explained: “The rate of inflation is a product of many economic changes and for the most part, we don’t notice because things change incrementally.”
“Reflecting on the equivalent fees of football allows us to see what difference inflation makes and how it affects what we spend. It’s important when considering purchases and investments how inflation will affect future value.”.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is only a night’s sleep away. After the tournament was postponed, after many hindrances and altercations, the IPL will begin on September 19 in UAE.
The fact that the tournament is in UAE, will bring an interesting element to every aspect of the game. The pitches will assist a particular style of spin bowlers. However, most of the time under sub-continental conditions one thing remains constant, a free flow of runs! Therefore, the bowlers will have to be on top of their game.
Today we will be taking a look at the 10 top bowlers who have the potential to win the Purple Cap. The Purple Cap is given the bowler who has the most number of wickets in the tournament. They will also be evaluated according to the conditions in UAE where spinners who vary the pace and tend to get some assistance of the pitch. So, pace bowlers may take a backseat in this list.
Rahul Chahar (MI)
We start the list with the dark horse among the list. Chahar has been an extremely underrated leg-spinner. He has been a key asset for MI in their win last year. Chahar is also extremely brave to flight the bowl and invites a batsman to play a big shot. Also, he has a good wrong one and is difficult to read.
Kuldeep Yadav (KKR)
The Knight Riders may not have their extremely spin-friendly home ground of the Eden Gardens, but that won’t affect chinaman Kuldeep Yadav. The mystery bowler can be lethal anywhere in the world with his ability to turn the ball both ways. The economy has been an issue for him, however, he has a nag of picking wickets.
(PC- Cricket Yahoo)
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (SRH)
Kumar will lead probably the strongest bowling lineup of the entire IPL. He can swing the bowl in both ways during the powerplay overs. He can also bowl perfect yorkers during the death overs. Due to many tools in his arsenal, he can still be effective on spin-friendly pitches.
(PC- Sports Lounge)
Deepak Chahar (CSK)
Both the Chahar brothers make our list. Deepak Chahar has been extremely valuable for CSK. He may lack raw pace, but bowls consistently in the right areas. He is known for picking up crucial wickets in the powerplay overs.
Jasprit Bumrah (MI)
Jasprit Bumrah is hands down one of the best bowlers in the world, irrespective of the format. He will lead the diverse Mumbai Indians’ bowling attack. Bumrah is known for his skill of bowling both yorkers and slower deliveries at will. Therefore, he can be lethal in both powerplay and death overs.
(PC- Cricket Yahoo)
Ravindra Jadeja (CSK)
Jadeja is known for his speedy deliveries. He will be extremely useful in UAE pitches, especially in the absence of Harbhajan Singh. He can also bowl effectively in the powerplay overs as Tahir and Chawla will need a relatively older ball to work with.
Rashid Khan (SRH)
Rashid Khan is probably one of the best T20 spinners in the world. He is known for his speedy deliveries that can tun both ways. He will be even more dangerous on UAE pitches. He can also turn the ball both ways and is extremely difficult to read.
Yuzvendra Chahal (RCB)
Chahal has been a phenomenal limited-over bowler over the years. He will be extremely dangerous on UAE pitches. He’s probably one of the bravest spinners in the world who isn’t afraid to flight the ball.
Imran Tahir (CSK)
Imran Tahir will lead the CSK spin-bowling attack. He has been a phenomenal T20 spinner and will get some assistance from the UAE pitches. Tahir’s googly is extremely difficult to read as well.
(PC- Khaleej Times)
Sunil Narine (KKR)
Narine is one of the best spinners in the T20 format. To make it even more dangerous for batsmen, he has changed his action. He has also been varying his pace, thus adding new tools to his arsenal.
Recently Sony announced the pricing of the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition as $499 and $399, now the retail boxes of these next-gen gaming consoles have been leaked. Both the Sony PS5 consoles will be launching on November 12 in certain countries like the U.S., Japan, Canada, and others while for global availability one has to wait until November 19.
So, will you have to wait till then to get to see the retail boxes of the upcoming next-gen console? No! Thanks to @videogamedeals for sharing the images of both the normal PlayStation 5 and the Digital Edition as well.
Sony has kept things simple for both the retail boxes, while the regular Sony PS5 comes in simple white packaging, the Digital Edition comes in a black theme with their PlayStation logos that actually looks better.
Both of the Sony PS5 packagings shows the console’s 4K and 8K capabilities as well. Also there’s the signature blue-colored lines that resembles Sony’s traditional style.
Star Sports has been the exclusive broadcaster for the Bundesliga matches live in India. Star Sports and Bundesliga had been negotiating for a renewing the broadcasting deal.
But now, both Star Sports and Bundesliga have decided to part ways after they could not reach to an agreement on the commercial terms of the deal. So from the upcoming 2020-21 Bundesliga season, which starts from 19th September, Star Sports won’t be broadcasting the Bundesliga matches in India.
What’s the next destination for all the Indian Bundesliga fans?
Bundesliga has now signed a new deal with FanCode to broadcast all the live matches.
FanCode has previously live-streamed the Caribbean Premier League 2020. So from the next Bundesliga season, starting with Bayern Munich taking on Schalke at 12 am IST on 19th September, FanCode will be live streaming all the Bundesliga matches.
Talking about the fan experience, Yannick Colaco, Co-Founder of FanCode, said: “As one of the most widely followed football leagues in the world, we are looking forward to engaging and onboarding new and existing Bundesliga football fans on the platform to further build on their fandom quotient.”
Talking about the partnership, Robert Klein, CEO Bundesliga International, said: “Germany and India share a world-renowned passion for sport and we believe that the fast, high-scoring football of the Bundesliga is a perfect fit for Indian fans.”.
Along with the Bundesliga, FanCode will also live-stream the German Supercup between Bayern Munich and Borrusia Dortmund.
Qatar-based BeIN Sports was the Middle East broadcaster of the German top-flight, Bundesliga.
The broadcaster has been paying 200 million euros ($237 million) in the previous five-year deal and showing live Bundesliga games in 24 countries in the region.
Bundesliga and BeIN Sports were supposed to sign a new five-year deal but now the broadcaster has pulled out of the negotiations citing piracy as the primary reason.
Richard Verow, chief sports officer at BeIN, said in a statement: “Our business plan is clear. We will only bid for rights at levels that make economic sense and have a value proposition. Piracy has crippled the market so we have made the decision not to renew with Bundesliga there.”
According to a report by Bloomberg, BeIN Sports has blamed Qatar’s regional rival Saudi Arabia, with whom it has a political and economic dispute, for supporting a rival broadcaster that it says took BeIN content illegally and sold it on to viewers who would otherwise be paying BeIN for the service. The Saudi government has denied the allegation.
Earlier, BeIN Sports also opted not to broadcast Serie A matches due to the same piracy reasons. They opted not to broadcast Torino and Parma’s 1-1 draw during the restart of the 2019-20 Serie A season.
BeIN Sports blacked out Serie A in 35 territories in an apparent protest against the Italian top-flight soccer body’s ties with Saudi Arabia, despite the country’s links to the pirate broadcaster.
Now, the same thing has happened to the German top-flight as well. In this case, the matters have been worse as BeIN Sports have completely backed out from signing a new deal to broadcast live Bundesliga matches in the middle east countries.
Although, Bundesliga and BeIN Sports still has a contract for broadcasting live matches in France and the Asia-Pacific region.
PlayStation 5 will be launched in November, with WiFi 6 support. It would be meaningless if gamers don’t have a router that will support the latest WiFi standard.
Companies like D-link and Linksys, offer great general-purpose router models. These routers offer many configuration software and security features but are not gaming routers. In the current market, WiFi 6 gaming routers have a very slim availability.
But Netgear has finally provided the gamers with a WiFi 6 router specifically made for gaming.
Netgear’s new Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR1000 WiFi 6 AX5400 router comes with the latest enhancements. The new router promises to offer gamers with more speed regardless of the device which they are using.
DumaOS has always been a regular for Netgear routers. It allows gamers access to Quality of Service (QoS). This feature allocates bandwidth by device so that the PC and Console can take priority when traffic is heavy.
Web, messaging and file-sharing can be de-prioritized while a player is busy live streaming on Twitch.
New Features of Duma OS 3.0 includes:
Bandwidth Allocation (QoS)—Prioritizes gaming devices and allocates bandwidth per device or application.
Geo-Fencing––Customizes and filters which game servers you play on for an elevated gaming experience. No longer simply a spherical aperture with the wasted area, this newly updated feature provides the capability to draw customized shapes with up to 47 angles.
Ping Heatmap— Pings your favorite game servers to display your connection quality to each server on a World Map.
Connection Benchmark — Tests your connection’s speed, ping, & performance under peak congestion.
The biggest selling points for WiFi 6 are increased throughput and lower latency, two features that are key to maintaining a smooth online gaming experience. So the XR1000 should be better thanks to its hardware alone, with speeds four times faster than older Nighthawk gaming routers and a 1.5 GHz processor keeping everything humming underneath its angular black shell. But the real appeal of the company’s first WiFi 6 gaming router is the software running the whole show, DumaOS 3.0.
DumaOS 3.0 will allow XR1000 router admins to take deeper control and adjust the bandwidth that each app and game can take up.
Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR1000 WiFi 6 AX5400 router is available for sale at select retailers as well as from Netgear at $399. Though this sounds almost as costly as any console. Considering the features, it provides the cost is justified. The price is estimated to still come down to $349.99.
Chinese tech companies have been under fire from the US government due to the ongoing scuffle between china and us. Trump administration citing the security issues of various Chinese technologies that are deployed in the US market. The US government has once again put forth its concerns regarding the data management protocols of yet one more Chinese Tech giant.
This time it’s the Chinese conglomerate Tencent who came under US government scrutiny. The company is not only just a Chinese brand. It is also one of the world’s largest video game vendors.
*TENCENT GAMING INVESTMENTS DRAW U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY SCRUTINY
• Trump administration has asked gaming companies to provide information about security protocols
• CFIUS letters sent to Epic Games, Riot Games and others to inquire about personal data security
Due to a multitude of its business, the tech giant has several operations in the US. Now the U.S government has asked Tencent’s gaming investments about the security of their data management protocols.
This move comes as a part of the US administration’s actions against technology companies that authorities believe pose a risk to the security of the United States.
How it would affect Tencent
If the US government determines that the personal data of gamers are at risk. Then Tencent could very well be facing complete removal from the US market. Not to mention other companies in which Tencent has invested like epic games and riot games, could also loose to stand their market share in the US.
So far the US officials have claimed that the game developers’ equipment will fall under China’s controversial National Intelligence Law. This law binds the Chinese companies to share their assets with the Chinese security should the need arise.
This inquiry is a fresh statement in the ongoing scuffle between the US and China. it also serves as a driving force for Trump’s upcoming presidential election.
As of now, concerns have only been made regarding the security of user data. If the gaming giant will suffer from the same fate as Softbank’s TikTok is hard to predict.
Edin Dzeko is on the verge of joining Juventus from AS Roma. The Italian champions have already agreed to personal terms with the striker. The deal will be finalized very soon. AS Roma has also signed Dzeko’s replacement in the form of Arkadiusz Milik from Napoli.
The Bosnia and Herzegovina skipper joined AS Roma in 2015 after spending 5 seasons in Premier League with Manchester City. He had won 2 Premier League titles in his time at Manchester.
Edin Dzeko to Juventus and Arkadiusz Milik to Roma, here we go! Total agreement has been reached between the three clubs involved [Napoli just sold Milik to Roma] and also personal terms have been completed. Medicals soon. *No* Luis Suarez for Juventus. 🤝🚨 @SkySport#Juve#Roma
In 222 games for AS Roma, he has scored 106 goals. He won the ‘Golden Boot’ of Serie-A in the 2016-17 season. Now he wants to leave the Italian capital for Turin.
The 34-year-old will sign a two-year deal worth €7.5 million (£7m/$9m) per year, while Juventus will pay AS Roma around €16m (£15m/$19m) for his services.
Juventus were linked with Luis Suarez from the start of this transfer window. But the response from the Uruguayan Striker and his club FC Barcelona was not so entertaining to the Serie A champions. According to some recent reports, he is going to join Atletico Madrid.
So, Juventus turned their interest on the Roma Striker and agreed to personal terms. The only thing remaining is the paperwork, which will be done in the next few days.
Dzeko will be a great replacement for Gonzalo Higuain who left the club this summer for MLS side Inter Miami. Everyone is eager to see Dzeko’s partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo from next season.
Jio has launched an exciting reward for its prepaid users. Users recharging with Jio cricket plans will be getting a 1 year Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription and shall stand a chance to win a cricket ball autographed by cricketing stars.
Jio has launched a number of Jio Cricket Plans which comes bundled with 1 year Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription to enable the users to view LIVE IPL matches.
₹401 Monthly Plan – This pack has a validity of 30 days and offers a total of 90 GB data along with unlimited Jio to Jio voice calling. It includes Jio to Non-Jio FUP of 1000 minutes and a complimentary subscription to Jio apps.
₹ 598 Plan: Provides 2 GB data/day with unlimited voice and 1 year Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription. Rs 598 plan has a validity of 56 days
₹777 Quarterly Plan – This 4G prepaid plan offers a total of 131 GB data and has a validity of 84 days. You will get 1.5GB/day with added 5 GB. It also includes unlimited Jio to Jio voice calling and Jio to non-Jio FUP of 3000 minutes. Along with access to all the Jio apps.
₹2,599 Yearly Plan – This prepaid plan offers a total of 740GB data and has a validity of 12 months. You will get 2GB/day with added 10GB data. It includes unlimited Jio to Jio voice calling and Jio to non-Jio FUP of 3000 minutes. Along with complimentary access to all the Jio apps.
Additionally, there are a number of data addons also available which bundle 1 year Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription:
₹499 Cricket Pack – This is a data add on the pack which gives 1.5GB/day data for 56 days which actually covers the entire IPL 2020 season. As mentioned this is a data add on pack hence does not include voice and SMS benefits. However, you can enjoy complimentary apps by Reliance Jio.
₹612 Plan – If you have an existing plan you can recharge with this plan to get the free Disney+Hotstar VIP subscription. This prepaid plan includes twelve vouchers of ₹51 and a total of 6GB data. This pack will have the validity of the existing plan. The voice benefits will include Jio to Jio Unlimited and Jio to Non-Jio FUP of 500 minutes.
Other 4G Data Add On Packs – The data add on pack of worth ₹1,004 have a validity of 120 days and offers 200GB data. Other data add on 4G plans are worth ₹1206 and ₹1208 which has a validity of 180 days and 240 days respectively and each plan offers a total of 240 GB data. All these data add on packs offer complimentary Jio apps and does not include any voice benefits.
Jio prepaid users recharging with any of the above Jio Cricket Plans stand a chance to get rewarded a cricket ball autographed by an Indian cricketing star. Jio users who have within the last four months availed these Jio Cricket Plans will not be left out from this reward as well.
