Also Read: Top Contenders for the La Liga Golden Boot - April 2019 April was a moderately fruitful month for most players in the race and the rankings have seen some significant changes. With just a handful of games left, it is highly unlikely that the final list will have too many changes from the one that we see at the start of May. Read on to find out the top contenders for La Liga Golden Boot at the start of May 2019....
If the first defeat was considered as just a blip in an otherwise smooth campaign till now, the second defeat makes it kind of customary that we suggest Barca is in a crisis and is dearly missing Messi/ is a one-man team/ needs a defender or blame the new manager. But first let us look at the big picture. The defeat against Ajax was a match of not much significance, having already qualified for the next round in the Champions League, although the first place in the group is still up for grabs....
Week six has come and gone and the biggest news was the flurry of controversial refereeing decisions made by Belgian-born La liga referee, César Muñiz Fernández in the game involving Elche and Real Madrid at the Martínez Valero. Barcelona and Atleti keep their 100 percent record while Espanyol record their first loss of the season. For us at La liga Blog, it’s time to once again reward the top performers of the Matchday....
In case you didn’t know… The arrival of Paco Alcacer last season saw the Isak’s chances of breaking into the first team at BVB decrease. The 19-year old who joined Borussia Dortmund in 2017 from Sweden side AIK failed to breakthrough into Die Borussen’s first team and spent the second half of the season on loan at Eredivisie side Willem II. He is touted as the next Zlatan Ibrahimovic due to his physical as well as his technical traits....
The head of the U.S. Department of Labor said the $600 a week in federally enhanced unemployment benefits was not created through “careful science” when Congress passed it in March. Scalia said the extra money in individual Americans’ hands was more necessary as part of the CARES Act, but now that the economy is reopening, he said it’s more about fulfilling Democrats’ plans to raise the minimum wage. The labor secretary said 70 percent of people who collected unemployment during the pandemic were earning more money than they did in their jobs....
In the video titled “Everyday is a spa day for Nutmeg!”, Nutmeg the yellow Labrador can be seen paddling in ankle-deep bath water, while the text reads “If I run the bath and forget to close the door:”. Diane Marker, owner of Nutmeg and her sister Paprika - also a Labrador, regularly posts videos of the duo, with nearly 2 million views across her posts. One user commented, “She looks like she’s enjoying herself,” to which Marker replied, “She loves the water!...
First-half goals from Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez secured Arsenal’s first triumph over their local rivals in the last seven Premier League meetings. Spurs struggled badly to cope with the home side’s front three, as Ozil combined brilliantly with fellow forwards Sanchez and Alexandre Lacazette to torment the top flight’s tightest defence. “Today, our aim was to do everything and at the end of the game we won. We are really happy,” Ozil told Sky Sports....
Long-standing rumors about pop star Lady Gaga coming to Fortnite Chapter 3 as a skin will probably come true. Fans can also expect skins inspired by legendary rapper 2Pac as well as hip-hop stars Lil Uzi Vert and 21 Savage. Most new surveys sent out by Epic Games include collaborations with movies, series, and artists. The developer plans to use these surveys to shortlist all possible associations for Fortnite Chapter 3....
The Northern Ireland international has inked a two-year deal and could go straight into Steven Gerrard’s squad for Thursday’s clash with Russian side Ufa. Lafferty, 30, began his career at Burnley before joining Rangers for the first time in 2008. He won three league titles in four seasons prior to spells with Sion, Palermo and Norwich City. Hearts brought the striker back to Scotland at the start of last season and he found form with 19 competitive goals in 41 appearances....
1950s Educated at a Jesuit boarding school 1962 Enters university to study physics 1966 Joins the Social Democratic Party (SPD) just as it abandons Marxism. Had not been politically active in college. 1970 Lafontaine wins a seat on Saarland’s state legislature 1974 Elected deputy mayor of Saarbrocken, capital of Saarland. Becomes mayor in 1976–at the time the youngest chief executive of a large West German city. Continues to advance within the SPD....
Pacific Palisades (US), Feb 17 (PTI) Anirban Lahiri set himself up for a good finish after two late birdies saw him card two-under 70 in the weather-hit second round to lie tied 26th at the Genesis Open golf tournament here today. Lahiri, who was even-par at the 15th, holed two brilliant 30-footers in his three remaining holes to zoom up the leaderboard. Trying to make up for numerous missed putts earlier in the week, Lahiri started the day at even par after the 15 holes he had played on Friday before darkness stopped play....
Playing his first WGC event since the 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Lahiri registered his first ever Top-10 in a WGC event and it put him in the right frame for next week’s PGA Championships, where he was T-5th in 2015. Other Indian in fray, Shubhankar Sharma shot his best round of the week at even par 70 and finished 69th at 13-over. Justin Thomas never let anyone closer than two shots and turned in a one-under 69 to win his third PGA TOUR title this season as the final WGC at Firestone lacked drama yesterday....
So near, yet so far - will the trend change in Bhubaneswar? With just over three minutes to go in the Champions Trophy final against Australia with the scores tied at 1-1, SV Sunil charged in from the right, cutting across a couple of Aussie defenders and delivered a peach of an assist to Manpreet who was positioned to the right of goalkeeper Tyler Lovell. Lovell had the near post covered anticipating a possible shot from Sunil, and all Manpreet had to do was to tap the ball in at the far post - but with a split-second to react, the ace Indian midfielder failed to latch on to the ball, seeming to lose balance at the goalmouth....
This is not a normal bear-market sob story. According to a swamp of constantly shifting federal regulations, Nagaraj and his colleagues must now either return to India or find another job in a tight labor market and hope that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) allows them to transfer their visa to the new company. And the law doesn’t allow them to earn a paycheck until all the paperwork winds its way through the INS bureacracy....
In case you didn’t know… LaVar Ball recently made comments about the Lakers head coach, Luke Walton, saying that he had lost the confidence of his players. The heart of the matter… According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, some of the people in the Lakers organization are concerned about the fact that the 20-year-old rookie has to answer some of the antics of his father and the toll that is taking on Lonzo....
Guard D’Angelo Russell, the No. 2 overall pick of the 2015 NBA Draft, exited Tuesday night’s exhibition after trying to stop a layup by Jazz center Rudy Gobert. MORE: Best all-time Lakers | Russell sees Kobe as mentor to young Lakers Russell was forced to go to the locker room after that hard landing. Fortunately for Lakers fans, it appears as if the injury wasn’t that bad, though he will not return to the game....
Lakers executive vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss told ESPN Friday that the team has already begun talks with the star guard's representative on a potential contract extension, and he expects a deal to be completed before Bryant becomes a free agent. MORE: Summer of 2014 overrated? | Top 15 names in NBA free agency | Lakers preview "I want to put an end to any speculation that we would allow Kobe to become a free agent," Buss told ESPNLosAngeles....
To welcome them to the NBA, Jordan Clarkson and Tarik Black have been ordered to bring baby dolls to every Lakers home game. The two have been spotted waltzing into the locker room, wheeling their dolls in front of them, and Clarkson has even given his a name: ‘Ri-ri.’ MORE: 7-foot-7 Bol bobblehead | Kobe blames passing for injury | Thompson’s wild scoring record According to NBC Sports, the brains behind the operation is none other than head coach Byron Scott....
Lakshya struggled to adjust with the drift in the first game. Numerous errors resulted in him losing the first game 17-21. But the second game was one-way traffic as his control in the rallies was unmatched by his opponent. The third game started on a very tight note as both players were eager to take the lead. But eventually, it was Lakshya’s brilliant attacking game that helped him to win the game 21-12....
Nothing went right for the Bears in the game against the Patriots. Lamarr Houston couldn’t even celebrate correctly. There wasn’t much to celebrate for the Bears in this game but if Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch taught us anything it’s that celebrations are sometimes tricky. MORE: Sammy Watkins’ premature celebration | Reggie Wayne inactive vs. Steelers | Now or never for Saints Houston had to be carted off after that. Why not just celebrate like normal people?...
