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2020 FWA Footballer of the Year award – Jordan Henderson

July 27, 2020
Jordan Henderson
  • 2020 FWA Footballer of the Year award conferred to Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson. The 30-year-old Henderson has played in 30 of Liverpool’s league matches so far.

Liverpool first time wins 2019-20 English Premier League title

June 26, 2020
Liverpool
  • Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on 25th June 2020, Liverpool won the 2019-20 English Premier League season with 7 games still left in the season.  This is the first time that Liverpool has grabbed the English Premier League title.

Australia and New Zealand are designated hosts for 2023 Women’s football World Cup

June 26, 2020
Women’s football World Cup
  • Australia and New Zealand were given the liberty to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup football tournament by a satisfactory margin after a vote by the FIFA Council on 25th June.

Spanish football player Aritz Aduriz declares retirement

May 25, 2020
Aritz Aduriz
  • Spanish football player and Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz has declared his retirement citing medical reasons.
  • He has won 13 caps for Spain and also grown as Spain’s oldest goalscorer in 2016, scoring at the age of 35 years and 275 days.

Former Indian footballer Ashok Chatterjee passes away

February 23, 2020
Ashok Chatterjee

Former Indian footballer Ashok Chatterjee passed away. He made his international debut when he came on as a second-half substitute for PK Banerjee against Japan in the Merdeka Cup in 1965.

Bala Devi to become 1st Indian professional woman footballer

February 1, 2020
Ngangom Bala Devi

Indian women’s football star Ngangom Bala Devi has become the first Indian woman to earn a professional football contract abroad after signing for Scottish giant Rangers FC.