Legendary Premier League referee Mike Dean is set to quit at the end of the 2021/22 season, although he may still be around the game as a full-time video assistant referee (VAR). The veteran was supposed to retire at the end of last season but made a u-turn after the pandemic forced many games to be played behind closed doors.
The 2022 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) draws for the three UEFA competition was held today, Friday 18 March 20222, and it host a lot of exciting fixtures. Among such fixtures is Chelsea vs Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and RB Leipzig vs Atalanta in the UEFA Europa League (UEL).
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has now scored 807 goals for club and country after his hat-trick heroics against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford. The 37-year-old 12th-minute opener helped him equal the record of Austro-Czech Josef Bican who netted 805 goals between 1931 and '55.
Manchester city Manage, Pep Guardiola has hinted Bernardo Silver of Mancity that he needs to be active on social media to make it to Ballon d’Or. The Midfielder, 27 is on both Instagram and Twitter has a combined followership of 3.4 million fans. The Portugal international in the last season has made 37 appearances in all for his Man city club, scoring ten goals and four assists.
FIFA has confirmed that Russia has been suspended from the 2022 World cup qualifying series.
Russian Billionaire, Roman Abramovich has demanded that any new company that wishes to buy Chelsea football club to continue to invest in the club with a promise to develop Stamford Bridge. Sky Sports News reports that the Russian investor since last week has flagged up the Chelsea club for sale, though said he was doing that in the best interest of the club.
