According to reports, Tottenham Hotspur has made an approach to rope in Angel Di Maria on a free transfer this summer as the PSG superstar’s contract will be expiring soon at the end of this season. Many top clubs across Europe are waiting in queue to sign him as Di Maria remains one of the most highly-rated midfielders on the continent.
The Ligue 1 giants, PSG are hoping to keep hold of him after they failed in negotiations over a new deal last year, but Spurs have already made the first contact with the PSG star, as reported by L’Equipe. This move would see him reuniting with his former Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho.
It is believed that PSG boss Pochettino would like to keep him at Parc des Princes and the talks of Di Maria’s extension are already on their way. As per the reports, Di Maria has been offered a pay cut on his current deal by PSG, although he is believed to understand why it is done, seeing the current global crisis.
Although Di Maria was looking for his contract extension for two more years to finish his career in the French capital and said that he currently ‘feels good’ in the city along with his family, it continues. However, a superior offer from Spurs may tempt him to move to the Premier League.
Di Maria played under Mourhino for two seasons at the Bernabeu during a successful period for Los Blancos. The midfielder has previously talked about the impact the Portuguese boss, Mourhino had on his career.
“Mourinho made me a better player,” Maria told Diario Ole in 2013. “He showed me many things and made me grow as a footballer. He helped me to move into a different position, to sacrifice myself more for the team.”
“I’m very grateful to him. He told me that, at Real, I was a forward that could also defend and that I couldn’t rest when they were on the attack,” he further told.
“As I was performing under him for the three years he was at Madrid he put me in the starting line-up. The Di Maria playing down the middle compared to the one now is a different player, both technically and tactically,” he finally added.
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Didier Drogba is fondly remembered for Chelsea’s Champions League win. He has spent eight years with the Blues and re-signed for them in 2014 during Mourinho’s second spell at the club.
In total, Drogba scored 164 goals in 381 games over his two spells and won four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups, and the 2011-12 Champions League, where he scored the winning penalty in the final.
But former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that the Chelsea officials had doubt over the signing of Didier Drogba.
Mourinho said: “Didier Drogba came into my life in the fifth minute of a Champions League game in Marseille’s mythical Velodrome. I’d hardly sat down when that giant with the 11 on his shirt scored. He celebrated that goal like it was his last, the crowd went mad, the noise was deafening.”
“At half-time I found him in the tunnel and told him, ‘I don’t have the money to buy you, but do you have any cousins that can play like you in the Ivory Coast?’ He laughed, hugged me and said, ‘one day you’ll be in a club which can buy me.'”
Mourinho further added: “Six months later I signed for Chelsea. I had found a super powerful club which everybody wanted to negotiate with, everybody wanted to be linked to – and everybody wanted to play for.”
“I had a number of options, but I arrived and said, ‘I want Didier Drogba.’ Doubts and questions were raised by a few people: ‘Why this one?’, ‘Why not that one?’, ‘Are you sure he will adapt?’, ‘Is he really that good?'”
“‘I want Didier Drogba,’ I said. A few days passed, and I met with Didier in a private airport in London. Again, he hugged me, but this time in an unforgettable way: an embrace that showed this man’s gratitude, and the affection he feels towards people who mean a lot to him. Indescribable.”
“Then he told me: ‘Thank you. I will fight for you. You won’t regret it. I will stay loyal to you forever.’ And that’s just what he’s done…”
The Blues faithful would never forget what Drogba has won for the club. He has been a true legend for Chelsea.
Xiaomi Mi 10 is one of the popular smartphone series, which has seven smartphones till now, including Xiaomi Mi 10, Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro 5G, Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra 5G, Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G, and Xiaomi Mi 10i 5G. Now, according to a recent report, this Chinese brand is planning to add another smartphone to this series.
According to the source, the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 10 series smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC. Unfortunately, we haven’t got any other details of this upcoming handset, but it is expected that the specifications of the upcoming phone could be identical to the original Mi 10 smartphone. The source also reveals that the upcoming phone of the Xiaomi Mi 10 series could be priced around 3,500 Yuan (approx $541).
If we look at the past, then we can see that except for Mi 10T Lite and Mi 10i all Mi 10 models are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 SoC which offers a clock speed of 2.84 GHz, whereas the Snapdragon 870 SoC provides a clock speed of 3.2GHz.
According to the source, the new member of the Mi 10 series is expected to launch in China. Today, Motorola has launched the Edge S smartphone in China which is the first smartphone featuring the Snapdragon 870 SoC.
Apart from the above information, we haven’t got any other information regarding the upcoming Mi 10 series smartphone. Hope the company will disclose all the mystery soon. According to the rumors in the upcoming days Oppo, Vivo and OnePlus are also planning to launch smartphones with Snapdragon 870 SoC.
Ivorian Rugby Union referee honoured with SportsPlus Award in recognition of her #Unstoppable efforts to promote and advance women’s rugby in her country
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 26, 2021/ — Paule Ella Guei has had to overcome many challenges on her journey to becoming a referee for the Ivorian Rugby Union (FIR). Laughed at for officiating men’s games, she had to develop a thick skin – and was rewarded for her efforts by being selected as a Rugby Africa ambassador, and one of 12 Unstoppables on the continent.
Now, Guei has an even greater accolade to her name, with the distinction of an Ivorian Sports Awards Sports+ recognising her efforts to develop rugby in Côte d’Ivoire.
“This award is the proof of the hard work we put in every day for the promotion of gender through rugby,” says Guei. “It is a symbol of the recognition of women’s rugby as a discipline to be supported and included into all athletic activities and events. With this award, we have succeeded in positioning women’s rugby, which used to go unnoticed, into the list of sports that are worth keeping an eye on in Ivory Coast.”
Breaking down barriers
The award marks the end of a challenging but triumphant year for the dedicated ambassador who refused to let even the disruption of a global pandemic put a stop to her mission to break down stereotypes.
When lockdown restrictions relegated sporting activities to online and personal training programs, Guei also used the opportunity to advance and prepare for a groundbreaking national “Break Down Barriers, Experience the World of Rugby” tour.
The tour, initiated in collaboration with the Ivorian Rugby Federation, is an extension of the highly successful Ivory Coast Rugby Project, which promotes the development of women rugby players in Ivory Coast.
The ‘Break Down Barriers’ tour has several objectives that include and go beyond promoting and supporting women’s rugby, with a focus on advancing the conditions that will allow the women and girls to indulge their passion for the sport. These include recognising and responding to the challenges experienced by the various clubs, providing guidance and creating a climate of trust to stimulate social interactions.
“This tour definitely has had a considerable impact on the girls, because many of them have been able to better deal with the gender stereotypes women in rugby face every day,” affirms Guei. The success of the tour, she adds, is evident in the increase in the number of registered players and the girls’ expressed desire to meet with officials again. “In their eyes, we are a source of inspiration, motivation and self-esteem. Their feedback has truly moved us and pushes us to work harder, and to devote ourselves to the project even more. What a great victory!” she enthuses.
Raising profiles, platforms and possibilities
Guei believes her drive and commitment is accelerated by being an Unstoppable, which has considerably raised her profile and platform. “Being an Unstoppable and an ambassador for women’s rugby allowed me to figure out what I was really capable of and how far I could go. It is truly wonderful to realise that we can do things beyond what we think or even begin to imagine,” she explains.
“Moreover, our voice is now heard and taken more seriously, not only when it comes to decisions related to the women’s commission at the FIR, but also with our professional activities and in our community. We are also constantly getting approached by the media, which allowed us to gain more visibility as we strive to promote gender through rugby.”
Guei’s voice will no doubt be further amplified in 2021, following the mid-January announcement that she has been co-opted on the Communication & Public Relations sub-committee of Rugby Africa’s Women’s Advisory Committee.
This, along with the Sports+ Award, will help magnify and enhance her union’s visibility in 2021 and beyond, she believes. “We will experience a major breakthrough as we are now attracting a lot of attention, especially with the Ivory Coast Rugby project, which really highlights women’s rugby. And I believe that anything positive that is spoken or written about women’s rugby will bring us more visibility and will be beneficial, as we hope to further accelerate our growth.”
Unlimited ambitions
“Break Down Barriers, Experience the World of Rugby” kicked off in Abidjan in November, and completed the fifth phase in northern Korhogo on January 16.
Guei is not only committed to continuing the tour in 2021, she also has ambitious plans to advance the cause of women’s rugby in her country with a number of enterprising initiatives.
These include:
Creating an association that will bring together all female rugby fans and enthusiasts
Encouraging the practice of women’s rugby in schools (Elementary, middle, and high school)
Supporting and offering expertise to major projects being carried out by the FIR: the organisation of the women’s national championship, the establishment of the Ivoire Seven League (girls will be treated equally to men), the Medi’Sept campaign (a R7 tournament coupled with a health campaign), as well as our involvement in the women’s national selection for international tournaments
Increasing the visibility of FIR initiatives on social media
Her primary source of motivation is love and passion for the sport, she says. “It unites and empowers us all; there is also this shared purpose to build something great at the service of others, especially women.”
Guei’s message to women interested in rugby? “We urge them to break away and dismiss gender stereotypes, come and experience this sport because it is filled with so many amazing values that will allow them to face whatever life brings their way. Women deserve the same rights as men. Define your goals and give yourself the means to achieve them.
The South Korean giant has already made headlines with its new Exynos 2100 mobile SoC that has quite rightfully challenged the Snapdragon 888 chipset. However, it lacks by small amount against the Adreno GPU inside it, so they’ve already started working with AMD a year earlier.
The new rumor that has kept flooding around everywhere is that this unknown Exynos chip with AMD Radeon graphics might be coming sooner than expected, as in, in 2021 itself. A recent report from ITHome does indeed prove that Samsung doesn’t want to be late in unveiling a flagship mobile SoC, which can be a great competitor to Apple and Qualcomm.
Samsung has already made good CPU improvement with Exynos 2100 compared with Snapdragon 888 or Apple A14 Bionic. However, it is leagues behind in GPU, which AMD, who is best known for making great integrated graphics, could indeed help them.
We already know how powerful AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture is and how competitive are they against NVIDIA, so the same graphics is set to feature on upcoming Exynos chips. ITHome has managed to get the initial on-screen GFXBench data for the new chip, and the early comparisons look great, honestly:
Exynos chipset with AMD RDNA 2 graphics
Manhattan 3.1 – 181.8FPS.
Aztek Normal — 138.25FPS
Aztek High School – 58FPS
iPhone 12 Pro with A14 Bionic
Manhattan 3.1 – 146.4FPS
Aztek Normal – 79.8FPS
Aztek High School – 30.5FPS
via Wccftech
As you see in preliminary comparisons, the Exynos chipset is leagues ahead of the already powerful A14 Bionic. In Aztec Ruins high preset benchmark, the A14 Bionic only manages to score 79.8 FPS, whereas the Exynos chipset hits 138.25FPS.
In the Manhattan 3.1 benchmark, the Exynos chipset is far ahead of Apple, but as ITHome also points out, the main problem lies in power consumption, and Apple is very efficient.
Samsung has a lot of ambitions to target its biggest competitor Apple with AMD’s help, and it will be interesting to finally see what it can do with the next Exynos chipset, which is said to be announced in the first or second quarter of 2021.
Goalkeepers are the last man of defense and the first man of attack.
In modern games, goalkeepers need more athleticism and more courage to come off their lines to keep the ball out of the danger zone. A goalkeeper should be as good as with both his hands and feet.
In this article, we will discuss about the most valuable goalkeeper of the world right now:
1. Jan Oblak
Club: Atletico Madrid
Nationality: Slovenia
Price: €90m
Jan Oblak is now the most valuable goalkeeper in the world. The 28-year-old is so consistent in his performance in the last 3 years for both club and country.
Atletico Madrid are now top of the La Liga table. The Roji Blancos need the best of Oblak in the remainder of the season to win the league.
2. Alisson Becker
Club: Liverpool FC
Nationality: Brazil
Price: €80m
Alisson was in the FIFA World XI in 2020. He was an instrumental part of Liverpool’s recent success.
Liverpool has faced some difficulties this season as all of their first choice centre backs are out with injury. The defending Premier League champion needs the best of the Brazilian goalkeeper in the remainder of the season to achieve some good result.
3. Thibaut Courtois
Club: Real Madrid
Nationality: Belgium
Price: €75m
The 28-year-old has emerged as one of the most valuable players for the Spanish giant. Though the Belgian international has struggled this season. But he was excellent last season and helped Real Madrid to win La Liga.
4. Marc-Andre ter Stegan
Club: FC Barcelona
Natinality: Germany
Price: €75m
Marc-Andre ter Stegan is as important as Lionel Messi in FC Barcelona squad. Barcelona has faced a lot of defensive issues recently. But ter Stegan has always risen to the occasion and won the game for FC Barcelona.
5. Gianluigi Donnarumma
Club: AC Milan
Nationality: Italy
Price: €60m
Donnarumma is one of the best young goalkeepers in the world right now. He is so consistent with the Italian side in the last few seasons.
AC Milan is now a title contender this season and Donnarumma is a big part of that success.
Dixon Technologies is a renowned contract manufacturer of electronic goods. Most of the established smartphone companies signed partnerships with Dixon to get more advanced and improved electronic goods. On Monday, Dixon Technologies (subsidiary Padget Electronics) has signed an agreement with HMD India to manufacture upcoming Nokia smartphones.
In a regulatory filling, the company said, “Dixon’s wholly-owned subsidiary – Padget Electronics, has entered into an agreement with HMD India for manufacturing of Nokia smartphones. The smartphones will be manufactured at Padget’s manufacturing facility situated at Noida, Uttar Pradesh,”
“..we have partnered with HMD Global as manufacturers of Nokia smartphones in India, which is an iconic brand. They have established a strong and trusted foothold globally thanks to their advanced technology”, Atul B. Lall, Dixon Vice Chairman, and Managing Director said.
He also added, “We are sure that with their vision and stringent industry-leading processes, combined with our expertise in manufacturing, we will be able to bring a range of Nokia smartphones to customers.”
Dixon Technologies had also announced in December last year that Padget Electronics Pvt Ltd has signed an agreement with Motorola Mobility LLC for manufacturing smartphones.
Catalan giants, FC Barcelona, are financially struggling with €820m of gross debt and €1.4billion of liabilities.
The financial struggles at the heart of Barcelona news are increasingly alarming. In a report by El Mundo, it is given that more context to the numbers, claiming that the club is on the edge of bankruptcy as the club is €1,173m in debt, in addition with €730m of that sum due in the short term while €266m is owed to the banks by 30 June, of which €90m is owed to Goldman Sachs.
Financial analysis from SwissRamble shows the real trouble faced by the Catalan giants having financially soaring levels of debt and liabilities owed. It is also traced that how the gross debt at the club has risen by a huge 48 percent in the financial year and now it stands as €820m.
The club’s total sum of money owed which also includes that of the players, tax authorities, suppliers and the bank, it overall stands at a significant amount of €1.4 billion.
Thread on #FCBarcelona financial results for the 2019/20 season, when they reported a £128m pre-tax loss, as revenue dropped 14% from €852m to €729m and profit on player sales fell from €101m to €73m. Gross debt (including transfers) up 48% to €820m https://t.co/4s75a8Sobx
This directly follows a report from La Vanguardia the previous week which showed how the Catalan giants must repay €420m in debt this year or face insolvency and huge problems.
Midst the club’s first-team squad wage has been slimmed down this year reported with a reported €80m off from the wage bill but there is still a fretting financial perspective for the club.
Total liabilities including amounts owed to players, tax authorities and suppliers are a cool €1.4 billion….. pic.twitter.com/JvTg3akP7h
Interim club president, Carlos Tusquets gave an extensive interview to the Catalan radio station RAC1, with quotes carried in full by Marca, claiming that the club was unable to pay players for their pre-agreed January salary.
But it is also claimed that the Catalan giants have asked companies- Goldman Sachs, Allianz, Barings, Amundi, and Prudential to delay their outstanding amount of debts so that the club can avoid potential insolvency.
Also according to the reports, the club is said to have requested the banks and investment funds a dispensation for failing to comply financially, which would mean that there has been a non-payment of €200m. Barcelona are also said to have a negative working capital of €601.8m and have huge debts of €300m, which they have requested to be delayed.
Apple iPhone 12 series and Samsung Galaxy S21 series are the two best flagship lineups this time in the smartphone market. The main comparison between them is basically standing on their chipsets: A14 Bionic chip of Apple and Exynos 2100 chipset of Samsung. We’ve drawn out the latest performance comparison between the top models of both the series: Apple iPhone 12 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. The result shows that the iPhone 12 Pro easily gets an upper hand against the Galaxy S21 Ultra in terms of device performance. As per the result, the iPhone 12 Pro dominated the Galaxy S21 Ultra in every aspect, such as in single-core, multi-core, and GPU tests.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra has two variants of it in terms of processors: one is powered by the Exynos 2100 chipset whereas the other one gets power from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. For comparison, the Exynos variant had the upper hand in CPU-only tests but faltered in terms of the GPU. So, it looks that the 5nm based Exynos 2100 chipset performs slightly better than that of the Snapdragon 888. But in front of the Apple’s A14 Bionic, every other becomes devastated. That means, there is still no match for the A14 Bionic.
Recently, Samsung has shared a report saying that the company is in the works of making a new Exynos chipset which will finally beat the A14 Bionic chip of Apple. As of now, we have not got any further news regarding the upcoming Exynos chipset of Samsung, but it looks like Samsung is finally about to find a true answer for the A14 chipset and it is expected to be launched during the second or third quarter of 2021.
