Manchester United Harry Maguire was fined by his teammate Nemanja Matic.
Harry Maguire has admitted that he breached the rules set by the group of players inside the squad. Harry Maguire and Nemanja Matic is a part of that group. The group keeps a close eye over proceedings at their Carrington training base. It is made to maintain discipline within the squad and hand out fines for any transgressions, including poor timekeeping.
However, Harry Maguire was accused of breaching the rules made by the group and caught by Nemanja Matic. The 27-year-old English defender was fined by the Serbian.
Maguire revealed, “I’ve been fined once which is still debatable.”
“It’s crazy but I let Nemanja do it. I took the hit and put the money in the pot.”
“When you meet in the gym before training for pre-activation you are not allowed your phone. We did pre-activation, I didn’t have my phone.”
“But then you go outside to put your boots on and you aren’t allowed to go on your phone in that period. I had my phone and carried it out with me.”
“I wasn’t on my phone because straight after training I was going to put my trainers back on and go up for a massage instead of coming all the way back.”
“I could have gone straight to a massage and Nemanja fined me for that. He’s strict with everyone so I’m happy. I can set the standard.”
It is a great initiative to maintain the discipline. Harry Maguire set a great standard by maintaining the rules.
The season is still young but it is never too early to check in on the MVP race. In the ranking of the 2020-21 Kia MVP candidates, Lakers star LeBron James is ranked No. 1.
LeBron James is arguably the greatest basketball player of all time.
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1. LeBron James
Team: Los Angeles Lakers 2020-21 season stats: 25.0 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 7.5 APG
At 36 years and his 18th year in the league, King James does not show any signs of slowing down, as he’s now notched at least 15 points, five rebounds and five assists in all 23 games to start the season. Recently, he leaped past Wilt Chamberlain for third place all-time in career field goals made (12,691). In a postgame interview, James said, “Anytime I’m in the category of some of the greats that have ever played this game is just very humbling.” “To hear me linked with the great Wilt Chamberlain is an unbelievable feat,” he added.
Joel Embiid has had a consistent few years.
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2. Joel Embiid
Team: Philadelphia 76ers 2020-21 season stats: 29.1 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 1.3 BPG, 1.2 SPG
On Thursday, Embiid scored 31 points in the first half, including 25 of his team’s 29 points in the second quarter on 8-of-11 shooting, on the way to a 37-point night. He has managed 34 or more points in six of his last seven outings. The 7-footer is averaging 28.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in 31.8 minutes. He is shooting 58.8 percent from the field, 42.3 percent from deep, and 84.3 percent on 11.2 free throws per game.
Nikola Jokic was the Western Conference Player of the Month for January.
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The reigning Western Conference Player of the Week, Jokic has produced a double-double in all 21 games, which is the longest streak to start a season since Bill Walton put on a double-double clinic for 34 straight games to begin the 1976-77 season for Portland. Jokic has appeared in all 20 of Denver’s games, and has never been prone to injury. The Serb is averaging 26.8 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 8.6 assists on 57.4 percent shooting.
Kevin Durant has been a lethal scorer his whole career.
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4. Kevin Durant
Team: Brooklyn Nets 2020-21 season stats: 30.8 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 5.2 APG
It’s no surprise that Durant came out No. 1 in early returns from the NBA All-Star voting. He is averaging 30.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 5.2 assists on 53.3 percent shooting. The Nets have a record of 4-1 whenever Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden play in the same game, and you can bet the trio’s chemistry will continue to be a force to reckon with for opponents once the postseason hits.
Kawhi Leonard had won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2015 and 2016. Image Credits: Sports Insights
5. Kawhi Leonard
Team: Los Angeles Clippers 2020-21 season stats: 26.2 PPH, 5.3 RPG, 5.3 APG, 1.9 SPG
On Tuesday after the Nets edged the Clippers, Durant called Leonard a “savant” and “Hall of Fame player”. Leonard is extremely strong and exceedingly skilled. He can punish individual matchups in the post, kill slower defenders on the perimeter, or create efficiently for teammates. He is averaging 26.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game while shooting 51.3 percent from the field and 40.4 percent from deep.
It’s been almost ten months since Real Madrid played their last match Santiago Bernabeu stadium due to a major reconstruction project at the stadium.
In a report, it has been outlined how the club has taken the decision to ease the pressure on the reconstruction process with the decision of delaying their return to Bernabeu until the 2021/22 season and will continue to play home games at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium, which is the home to their Castilla team.
The situation of Covid-19 in Spain has not improved yet and due to which no supporters are allowed to return to stadiums, and the return even might not take place this season at all.
The construction project of the Santiago Bernabeu is said to be in good progress with a good pace and has an estimated its full completion date by May-June 2022.
The reconstruction project’s idea is to make the stadium more efficient, comfortable, and more sustainable, which will also be providing greater regular income streams to the club.
In 2016, the Madrid Council, which mayor Manuela Carmena leads approved the club’s provisional plans. However, the idea of Perez’s was rejected of integrating a hotel and shopping centre into the facility, to increase the club’s revenues.
The stadium’s capacity will remain unchanged, a retractable roof will be put in place, while the arena is going to become more fan-friendly, along with car parking removed for public space.
Looking to buy a brand new 8 core CPU, but confused which new one should you buy? To help you with this, we have taken both Intel and AMD’s best 8-core CPU now, as well as compared both of them to get a fair idea.
AMD has challenged Intel in single-core tests and already lead in multi-core, but in gaming too, AMD has a clear advantage. So, comparing both of these 8 core chips will help you decide whether you should go for team Blue or team Red.
The Intel Core i7-10700K retails around Rs.32k to Rs.35k whereas the Ryzen 7 5800X is now available in ample stocks for Rs.40k, so is it worth spending a bit more on the AMD side? Let’s explore:
Specifications
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Intel Core i7-10700K
Number of Cores:
8
8
Number of Threads:
16
16
Base Clock Speed:
3.8 GHz
3.80 GHz
Boost Clock Speeds:
4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
Cache:
36MB Game Cache
16 MB Intel Smart Cache
TDP:
105 W
125 W
iGPU:
none
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Lithograpthy:
TSMC 7nm FinFET
14 nm
Socket:
AM4
LGA1200
In terms of raw specs, both look toe-to-toe with each other but in real world the performance of the new Ryzen 5000 series processors are really spectacular, especially in single-core. However, these new AMD processors are not cheap as they are indeed quite costly but worth spending if you ask me.
Test Config Specifications (AMD):
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 UD
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
RAM: 16GB 3200MHz
SSD: 240GB WD Sn550, 480GB Crucial SATA SSD
Power Supply: Cooler Master 750W
GPU: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo
CPU Cooler: Deepcool Gammaxx GTE V2
Cabinet: MSI Mag Forge 100R
Test Config Specifications (Intel):
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490m
CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K
RAM: 16GB 3000MHz
SSD: 240GB WD Sn550
Power Supply: Cooler Master 750W
GPU: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master H410R
Cabinet: MSI Mag Vampiric 100R
Productivity
This segment has always been dominated by AMD and this time too, it is dominated by the red team as the 8-core Ryzen 7 5800X crushes the Intel Core i7-10700K totally both in terms of multi-core and single-core, even the Ryzen 5 5600X gives a stiff competition to the Intel CPU:
In the benchmarks, you clearly see the Ryzen 7 5800X is the leader in all segments with absolute dominance. On an average the 5800X is 10-20% faster than the Core i7-10700K depending upon the workload and thanks to the improvement in single-core performance, AMD is able to deliver similar or better performance in applications like Photoshop, Premiere and others.
Even though it uses less TDP and lower clock speeds, the AMD CPU pulls ahead of Intel with a good margin, thanks to the IPC gains and a new cache design, justifying the increase in pricing. Be it rendering or compiling these new Ryzen 5000 series processors are great in every aspect, also with an improved availability in India, it makes it far more recommendable.
In this segment, Intel has always been the leader but AMD has snatched the crown already from the Blue Team and the Ryzen 7 5800X is an absolute gaming king. Here are benchmarks comparing both of them in latest games:
As you see in the benchmarks, in every other game the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Intel Core i7-10700K by significant margins, which is unimaginable. If you look the latest games like Cyberpunk or Watch Dogs Legion, the differences are significant!
Still at 4K things look similar in other games except Cyberpunk 2077, which literally struggles with Intel CPU as its very CPU intensive. However, in 1440p, AMD hold absolute dominance, providing you more frames per second and giving better value for the extra money you spend on the processor.
Verdict
This is the first time AMD has made things so comfortable for we reviewers as be it gaming or productivity, new Ryzen 5000 series processors are absolutely perfect. Also, the AMD CPU draws a lot less power and comes with intelligent features to keep the temps low, thanks to the 7nm process.
If you are looking for an 8-core CPU and want the absolute best, wait no more as the Ryzen 7 5800X is the best out there. However, if you are short on budget, then the Core i7-10700K still makes sense as you can get it at lot less, but as an amid gamer and content creator, I can tell you that going for AMD will be a smarter choice in the long run.
Even if you are not ready to spend Rs.35k or Rs.40k, just go for the Ryzen 5 5600X, which at Rs.27k makes more sense as it provides almost similar productivity performance when overclocked and in gaming, AMD is the leader as of now. Overall, whichever AMD CPU you end up buying, you will be delighted with the progress the company has made in a few years.
Atletico Madrid have completed their first signing of the summer, with Marcos Paulo of Brazilian club Fluminese set to join the Rojiblancos once his contract with his current club expires at the end of the ongoing season.
Madrid fended off interest from many other European clubs, mainly Inter Milan, to agree on a pre-contract agreement with the winger. The news was confirmed by transfer insiders Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio on the Here We Go podcast on Patreon.
Paulo has agreed to sign a 5 year deal with the Spanish side, and the general feeling surrounding the deal is a very positive one, with many claiming the signing for free to be an absolute steal in the modern transfer window.
The youngster is valued at €9 million and is one of the top ten highest valued players in the Brazilian league. He has managed to rack up 3 each of goals and assists in 24 games in the Brazilian Serie A.
Atletico Madrid have really stepped up their recruiting process, having signed the likes of João Felix, Kieran Trippier, Moussa Dembele and Luis Suarez in the last couple of years.
While Diego Simeone’s position at the Wanda Metropolitano was questionable at the beginning of the season, the tactician has managed to turn things around for himself completely. His team currently find themselves at the top of the La Liga table, seven points clear of rivals Real, with two games in hand.
Rishabh Pant’s with 91 runs and Cheteshwar Pujara with 73 runs helped India to make a quick come back from 73 for 4 but couldn’t continue to hold it up as England reduced India to 257 for 6 with Dom Bess’ 4 wickets for 55 runs as at the end 257/6, and is still trailing by 321 runs in this match.
Rishabh Pant’s magnificent batting smashed five towering sixes in the space between long-on and deep mid-wicket against left-arm spinner Jack Leach. Still, it came to an end with his now customary incaution, putting India under pressure and criticized by the supremely confident England bagging victory at the end of the third day in the opening Test in Chennai on Sunday.
That's Stumps on Day 3 of the first @Paytm#INDvENG Test!
Washington Sundar with 33 runs of 68 balls, which essentially is a batsman, and was converted into specialist off-spinner, was trying to adapt and adjust for his poor performance with the ball along with Ravichandran Ashwin, who scored 8 runs of 54 balls, and also who is never tired of a great on-field scrap.
The Pant-Pujara Partnership worked extremely well because the senior player sent off those boundary balls during their 119-run stand in only over 24 overs. But Virat Kohli, who looked dejected at the end, wouldn’t mind if Pant had sent his shot into the stands.
Bess easily influenced as he got a spin ball that worked for him while sending Virat Kohli back, who scored 11 runs, who was caught at forward short leg.
Ajinkya Rahane was brilliantly caught by Joe Root for only 1 run when a full toss plunged on him at the final moment. Rohit Sharma went off with only 6 runs, and Shubman Gill with 29 runs off 28 balls, and both were dismissed by Jofra Archer (16-3-52-2).
One of the more surprising unsuccessful transfer rumours thrown around during January transfer window was that of Eder Militao being on the radar of Premier League outfit Tottenham Hotspur.
Speaking on the rumour on the Here We Go podcast on Patreon, Fabrizio Romano and Francesco Porzio essentially confirmed that the London club was actually interested in the centre-back. Daniel Levy and co. proposed a loan deal for the player with an option to buy.
The key point is that Spurs were willing to reserve their right to choose whether or not they would have made Militao’s move permanent or not. This is different from an obligation to buy, where the club will have to pay up for the player regardless of how they perform.
However, Real Madrid did not have many fit centre-back options at the time which made it essential for Los Merengues to keep the Brazilian at the club.
Spurs, on the other hand, were looking to offload Davidson Sanchez during the mid-season transfer window. Sanchez’s former club, Ajax, was reportedly interested in him, but the defender stayed in London.
While Militao’s fate for the rest of the season has effectively been sealed, a move during the summer transfer window could be beckoning given that he isn’t getting enough game time in the Spanish capital right now.
The 5G smartphones are in demand as people are aware that it is the technology that is going to rule the future. Today, we are to compare two such smartphones, one is Realme X7 and the other is Samsung Galaxy A32. Let’s see which one is better.
Display
Realme X7 5G offers a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED punch-hole panel with a screen resolution of 2520 x 1080 pixels. Samsung Galaxy A32 5G showcase a 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V display. Both smartphones have a refresh rate of 60 Hz. Both the displays are pleasant in their way and it is hard to separate between the two.
Realme X7 5G
Samsung Galaxy A32 5G
Processor
Realme X7 is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 800U chipset. On the other hand, Samsung A32 is run by the MediaTek Dimensity 720 SoC. The MediaTek Dimensity 800 features Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores which clocks at a speed of 2.4GHz and 2.0GHz and the MediaTek Dimensity 720 SoC gives you Cortex-A76 cores and Cortex-A55 cores but they clock a slower speed of up to 2 GHz.
In terms of optics, Realme X7 5G promises you a triple rear camera setup that includes 64MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, and a 2MP macro lens. In comparison, Samsung A32 5G offers 48MP primary sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide sensor, a 5MP macro, and a 2MP depth sensor.
Realme X7 5G
Talking about the front camera, Realme X7 5G has a better selfie snapper of 16 MP lens as compared to Samsung Galaxy A32 5G’s 13 MP sensor.
Battery
Samsung takes the lead in this aspect when we talk about the battery cell. Galaxy A32 features a powerful 5,000 mAh battery cell. It is much better than the 4,300 mAh battery which is packed in Realme X7.
But when we look at the fast charging equipment, Realme X7 betters Galaxy A32 by offering 50W charging rather than the latter’s 15W fast-charging.
Price
Realme X7 comes for $274 or approximately Rs 19,999. Samsung Galaxy A32 is offered at $ 337 or approximately at Rs 24,560.
Conclusion
In terms of processor and camera, we can say the Realme X7 comfortably defeats Samsung A32. The Realme device has a better primary camera and selfie lens. Thus, offering better picture quality to users. In terms of price, as well, you will get Realme X7 at almost Rs 4500 discount when compared to Galaxy A32.
Another benefit that goes in favor of Realme X7. Even though Realme X7 offers a fast charger, we cannot ignore the strength of the battery cell of the Samsung A32. This domain surely goes in Samsung’s favor. Thus, taking note of all the aspects, we can say that Realme X7 comes out as a better option.
On Chinese social media, a financial blogger has shared some images of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series laptops are being used for cryptocurrency mining. The image shows, dozens of these gaming laptops are stacked up just for hunting down those increasingly valuable Ethereum. Even RTX 3060 laptops which costs US$1,000 are visible in the setup.
A Weibo blogger shared this image where you can see the setup, they have made with the gaming laptops with one of the new RTX 30 series chips to make some crypto profits, where Ethereum seems to be one of the likely candidates for mass mobile mining attempts.
A content creator from China has described how the process becomes so easy when an RTX 3060 powered laptop is used to mine Ethereum by casually earning sufficient money in a coffee shop to pay for their beverage. One of the images shows clearly multiple devices from the Chinese OEM Hasee, which has the RTX 3060 gaming laptops for sale between 6,499 to 7,899 yuan (US$1,005 to US$1,211).
At the moment Ethereum is on a major rise: The altcoin had an apparent value of nearly US$600 in early December and after some time it was around US$1,600-US$1,700. Dozens of gaming laptops are arranged together as a setup to utilize their GeForce RTX 30 series parts for crypto mining will definitely anger the gaming world, especially those who have already suffered through a stock shortage of desktop graphics cards and price hikes for the same reason.
Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo just turned 36 years on 5th February.
In 1997, he went for a 3 days trial with Sporting CP. He then joined the Sporting CP youth academy. But one year later he was diagnosed with racing heart disease, a condition that could have forced him to give up playing football. He was forced to undergo heart surgery. He had a great determination to be back in the field, and he did that quite efficiently. He defied all the odds as he still now continuing in top form.
Cristiano Ronaldo is arguably the best player in history. He has won the Ballon d’Or 5 times in his career. He won the FIFA Best Player Award two times as well. He was part of FIFA FIFPro World XI for a record 14 times.
Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 300th goal since turning 30.
Usually, a player slows down as he reaches the higher side of 30. But Cristiano Ronaldo is not any ordinary player. As he is ageing, he is becoming more lethal in front of goals. He has now scored 300 goals after turning 30 years, which is quite incredible.
The more stunning stat is that Cristiano Ronaldo scored 463 goals in 718 games before turning 30. Since turning 30, he has now scored 300 goals in just 326 games.
Ronaldo before turning 30: —463 goals in 718 games
The Portuguese captain has won all the trophies on offer both on individual, club and country level except the FIFA World Cup. The 2022 Qatar World Cup would most probably be his last shot at winning the most coveted trophy.
This time Portugal has many world-class talents in their team other than Ronaldo. They have Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Jota and Joao Felix among many others. Cristiano Ronaldo has a very realistic chance of ending his international career with a World Cup win as he himself is in a great run of form.
