Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) thrashed Clermont Foot 5-0 at the Stade Gabriel Montpied on Saturday, in the match that brought the two teams to the first round of the French League. It took only nine minutes for them to get in front as Messi brilliantly flicked the ball into the path of Neymar, who finished an excellent move, as he smacked in a low drive to beat Mory Diaw. Pablo Sarabia's cross was deflected by Lionel Messi's deft touch that paved the way for the Brazilian. While the Brazilian star made the second and third goals were scored by Ashraf Hakimi in the 26th minute and Marquinhos in the 38th minute. In the second half, Neymar continued his magic and made the fourth scored by Argentine legend Lionel Messi in the 80th minute, to return the flea and score his second goal in the 86th minute to lead the Paris team to a 5-0 victory. Achraf Hakimi doubled PSG's advantage close to the half-hour mark as he smashed one into the roof of the net after receiving the ball from Neymar. Marquinhos headed one past Diaw from a Neymar free-kick for PSG's third of the night close to the half-time mark. The Parisians continued their onslaught following the restart as well. Lionel Messi tapped one in from close range following some selfless work from Neymar. Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain begin their bid for a record 12th Ligue 1 title at modest Clermont in a season, collecting the first three points of the season, towards defending the title. Paris Saint-Germain's line-up was as follows:  Goalkeeper: Donnarumma 

  The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy announced the launch of the 100 Days To Go celebration of the start of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The committee stated on its official Twitter account: “Join the celebrations across Qatar and win tickets to the Opening Match! 32 Teams.13 August marks 100 Days To Go to the world Event”.  “Only a few days from the countdown moment when the football champions will enter the pitch, fans in the stand Cheerleading Chants will raise and outside the stadiums, everyone's welcome world in Qatar. The statement wrote:” Fans in Qatar can join the celebrations from 11-13 August for the chance to win category 1 tickets to the Opening Match at Al Bayt Stadium – Qatar v Ecuador! Bring your friends and family and test your football skills while enjoying fun games, shows and performances: • Doha Festival City: 11-13 August (1-10 PM)  • Place Vendome: 11-13 August (12-10.PM) 

Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Firm has issued a brand new e-book “Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change”. The newly-published e-book gives an in-depth evaluation of the State of Qatar’s function as a key companion in making historical past with its internet hosting of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The e-book presents the primary full tutorial evaluation for political, social, cultural, and financial points surrounding the first-ever world cup championship to be held within the Center East, whether or not from a nationwide or worldwide perspective. The e-book gives an insightful imaginative and prescient and transparent evaluation of the social and political significance of the world cup event being held for the primary time within the Center East in addition to analyzing the politics of nice occasions on a bigger scale. Authors of the e-book, Dr. Danyel Reiche, a Visiting Affiliate Professor at Georgetown College Qatar, and Dr. Paul Michael Brannagan, a Senior Lecturer in Manchester Metropolitan College, Manchester current an insightful understanding of Qatar’s motivations and its sports activities diplomacy methods to realize its nationwide growth and international coverage goals. Additionally, the e-book tackles the continued function performed by large sporting occasions to fulfill the post-2022 growth ambitions in Qatar.

      Liverpool continues their dominance as the most prominent nominated in the Premier League by securing yet another title and will be looking forward to the new season 2022-2023, which begins on Friday against Arsenal and Crystal Palace. The global Opta Network stated that the expectations given by the Supercomputer predicts using artificial intelligence to the Premier League champions for the new season put Liverpool in the lead. Opta added that the supercomputer predicts could see another close battle between Liverpool and Manchester City in 2022-23, as Jurgen Klopp's team outperformed Pep Guardiola's team in the title struggle. Via OptaJoe, the computer has predicted Liverpool becoming champions this season with a 49.7% chance of winning the title, ahead of Manchester City, who got just 47%. Opta pointed out that this means Liverpool won the second title in the Premier League era after lifting the Cup without their fans at Anfield in the 2019-20 season, but more importantly, winning the 20th English Premier League title in history, which makes it equal with Manchester United, the record holder for the most crowning.

Italian press reports revealed on Thursday that AC Milan agreed with Chilean Alexis Sanchez to terminate his contract by mutual consent between the two parties during the current summer transfer period. Sanchez has reportedly terminated his contract with Inter Milan by mutual consent and is now expected to sign for Marseille. The newspaper added that the recent reports have suggested that French Olympique Marseille is the likeliest destination and that he is willing to agree to the termination of his Inter deal with severance pay in order to join the French side starting from next season. However, as of yet, no official agreement has come on the termination of Sanchez’s deal, nor has he taken any decisive steps to join Marseille. The 33-year-old Alexis Sanchez joined Inter Milan on loan for the season from Manchester United in 2019, then moved on a permanent deal a year later for free, as he appeared in 108 games in all competitions in the Nerazzurri shirt, scored 20 goals, and provided 23 assists.

The Egyptian star, Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool player, is just one of the iconic African players to have graced the football pitch, which makes us wonder why only a few African players have won the prestigious Ballon d'Or trophy till now. Salah has topped the most valuable African players in the world in various international leagues, according to the current marketing value of the players. Mohamed Salah is considered the most valuable African player in the world at the present time, with a marketing value of about 90 million euros, followed by Senegalese star Sadio Mane, with a value of up to 70 million, and then Nigerian Victor Osimhen, who has 65 million euros, equal to Moroccan star Ashraf Hakimi. The most valuable African player, with a total value of about 550 million euros, was as follows:

Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe seeks to be at the top of the list of players with the most goals scored in the history of the French capital club. Since making his Champions League debut at the age of 17, Mbappe has scored 171 goals in 217 games in the competition for Paris Saint-Germain, with an average of 0.79 goals per game from 2017 until now. Mbappe is second in the list of Paris Saint-Germain's top scorers in history, behind Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, who leads with 200 goals scored in 301 games. The young French star needs to score 29 goals with Paris Saint-Germain in various tournaments during the new season in order to top the list of historical scorers. Paris Saint-Germain's top goalscorers in all competitions:

  Press reports revealed on Thursday that  Chelsea could be looking to bring Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang back to the Premier League this summer to strengthen their attack, it is clear that Tuchel is still looking to add to his squad in that area. Chelsea is targeting Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the current Barcelona striker, and the former Arsenal star, during the current summer transfers. Fabrizio Romano Claims Chelsea said is 'Considering' Signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. "Chelsea is now considering signing Aubameyang as a potential new striker," said Fabrizio Romano, a famous Sky Sports journalist and expert in the transfer market, on his account on "Twitter". "Discussions started from Chelsea with the player's side, but so far there is no offer made to FC Barcelona." He continued, "Aubameyang is one of the names targeted in Chelsea's list after Benjamin Cisco and other goals this summer."

Senegal and Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly confirmed that his dream is to win all titles with the Blues after joining the club in the current summer transfer window from Napoli."My dream is to win everything with Chelsea, but everything will come at the right time," Coulibaly said in comments published by the English newspaper "Mirror". “I have to take my time to be ready, to observe everything here in England, to observe my team, to give what they need, and I will try to give what they need. I hope everybody will be happy at the end of the season." Koulibaly added. "It was my dream to play in the Premier League since I was a child," he says. "I knew one day it would happen. I had to wait; I had to show a lot of patience. But I’m happy to be here." He continued his statement by saying, "I am really motivated and excited. I want to start on Saturday [against Everton] I don’t come with arrogant behavior, I come with a lot of respect for everybody."