Abhishek Nandwani's blog from IBNLive.com http://ibnlive.in.com/index.html Wed, 8 May 2013 17:09:44 +0530 IBNLive.com IBNLive.com en-us http://ibnlive.in.com/pix/common/ibnlogo.jpg http://ibnlive.in.com/index.html Feed provided by IBNLive. http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/64556/a-tribute-to-alex-ferguson-the-legend.html When Sir Alex Ferguson first arrived at Manchester United in 1986, it was a very different club, one tempered by low morale and struggling performances. Now, 13 English Premier League editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 08 May 2013 03:58:49 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/64517/manchester-united-finally-get-their-trophy-back.html Love them or hate them but one thing is certain - you cannot deny that this Manchester United team was cut above the rest and that they deserve the English editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:37:12 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/64408/english-premier-league-teams-not-in-decline-in-europe-yet.html For the first time in 17 years there will be no English Premier League side involved in the Champions League quarter-finals following Arsenal's exit from the tournament on Wednesday. Does editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:03:28 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/64299/manchester-uniteds-busby-babes--never-forgotten.html February 6, 1958, 3:04 p.m. a day and time no Manchester United supporter or any football lover will forget. This was the day when Manchester United stopped being just another editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:40:32 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/64088/stamford-bridge-is-falling-down-falling-down-falling-down.html The inevitable has happened again. What's common between Luiz Felipe Scolari, Andre Villas Boas and Roberto Di Matteo? The answer is that none of them were able to complete even editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:27:06 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/64073/top-january-transfer-targets-for-top-clubs.html With the January transfer window soon approaching, clubs scouts have already started submitting their reports to various football managers across the world. With each passing day, top players are being editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:03:58 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63932/epl-top-teams-yet-to-hit-top-gear.html The English Premier League has just started, but the table is already beginning to have a unfamiliar look about it compared to last season, with the likes of Everton and editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:49:16 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63829/its-van-pursei-not-van-persie.html Gear up for one of the most controversial summer transfers. Robin van Persie to Manchester United is the highest profile transfer in world football since Luis Figo left Barcelona for editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:35:12 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63787/the-beautiful-game-is-now-all-about-money.html "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death; I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that," said editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:30:45 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63535/rising-stars-who-can-be-hot-properties-after-euro-2012.html With Euro 2012 around the corner and international squads being announced, managers around the world and scouts from top clubs will be on the lookout for the next big thing editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 24 May 2012 01:23:49 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63332/time-for-arsenal-to-pull-up-their-socks.html Arsenal suffered a hugely damaging defeat away to relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers that threw the race for the last two English Premier League spots and berths for the Champions League editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:31:43 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63287/champions-league-exciting-times-ahead.html With the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals upon us, there are many intriguing matchups. AC Milan vs Barcelona will be the match to look forward to for the next round. The editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:37:54 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63238/in-sacking-villasboas-chelsea-show-lack-of-guts.html It cost Roman Abramovich around 28 million Pounds to sack Carlo Ancelotti and hire Andrew Villas-Boas. Seven months later, history has repeated itself at Stamford Bridge. Abramovich's appointment and sacking editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:18:44 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63226/who-really-wants-the-fourth-spot-in-the-epl.html Did anyone have a better weekend than Arsene Wenger? After being thrashed 4-0 at the hands of Milan in the Champions League, Arsenal boss Wenger was looking for a response. editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:43:30 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/63156/man-united-vs-liverpool-its-all-about-rivalry.html The Manchester United-Liverpool rivalry is legendary among football enthusiasts. The fixture is, put simply, one of the most iconic club matches in world football. And it is watched as avidly editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:04:50 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62984/el-clasico-the-fight-for-the-worlds-best-club.html It would be deja vu all over again in regards to Saturday's clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona. After all, the much-awaited weekend's El Clasico is the seventh to take editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:26:56 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62941/step-aside-barca-its-real-time-for-glory.html Step aside Barcelona, your time at the top is surely going to be over this season. You are getting too predictable and people are getting bored of your tiki-taka. No, editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:38:29 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62876/fergusons-fairy-tale-at-man-utd.html When Sir Alex Ferguson first arrived at Manchester United in 1986, it was a very different club, one tempered by low morale and struggling performances. Now, 12 English Premier League editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:42:16 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62839/manchester-united-never-write-them-off.html Fifteen years ago this month, United lost 5-0 to Newcastle. Can you guess which of those two teams have dominated Premier League titles since? In 1995-96, Tottenham Hotspur thrashed United editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:48:51 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62755/city-vs-tevez-whos-playing-hard-ball.html Few would have expected Carlos Tevez to make the headlines following Manchester City's Champions League loss to Bayern Munich, even fewer would have thought he would have done so without editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:25:05 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62730/inter-milan-living-in-shadow-of-mourinho.html With cruel inevitability, Inter Milan has fired its third head coach in just over a year. Gian Piero Gasperini took over the haunted role in the summer, after the Brazilian editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:41:06 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62636/listen-arsenal-fans-in-arsene-you-rust.html "I will pay 30 million pounds, I will even pay 40 million if I find the right players. But it's not a question of money, it's a question of quality editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:26:04 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62573/liverpool-can-finally-win-epl-this-season.html As the beginning of the new season draws closer, Liverpool fans have been filled with a belief that finally it can be their year to taste glory. Being a editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:27:16 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62495/can-villasboas-lead-chelsea-to-glory.html He's been likened to Chelsea great Jose Mourinho and is touted as the 'Next Special One', but just who is new Blues manager Andre Villas-Boas? When Mourinho arrived, he editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:21:33 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62478/no-matter-what-united-should-go-for-sneijder.html The transfer window is always full of rumours and speculations and 2011 is no different, especially when you are Manchester United. The Red Devils have made a number editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:22:28 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62446/a-tribute-to-scholes-the-legend.html Sooner or later it was a day we all knew was coming. With the retirement of Paul Scholes on Tuesday, one of the finest attacking midfield players of the Premier editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:30:03 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62412/manchester-united-not-arrogant-just-better.html Manchester United and Liverpool have exchanged championships since the early 1900s. The rivalry has intensified in modern times and with it the desire to beat the rivals from down the editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 16 May 2011 03:21:11 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62397/19th-around-the-corner-finally.html In his first ever press conference in November 1986, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson cited "knocking Liverpool off their perch" as his greatest challenge and come May 8, 2011 editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 09 May 2011 11:51:15 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62386/el-clasico-or-hell-clasico-barca-were-the-better-team.html There are sighs of relief all around as the over-hyped 'El Clasico', or you can call them 'Hell Clasico', have come to an end. There was no shortage of drama, editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 05 May 2011 04:49:51 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62347/four-el-clasicos-time-for-fantasy-football.html Following the progression of both Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League this week, the stage is now set for four 'El Clasicos' in just 19 days. It is editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:05:41 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62298/will-united-make-fergies-dream-come-true.html Manchester United's legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson has always had the dream to emulate one of the United's historic managers Sir Matt Busby by winning the biggest prize in world editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:15:32 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62180/mesmerising-messi-or-ruthless-ronaldo.html Forget Rooney, forget Kaka and forget Sneijder, for there can be no doubting that Messi and Ronaldo are the only two men who can rightfully lay claim to the title editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:03:54 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62145/mourinho-the-best-man-to-replace-ferguson.html Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the finest managers the football world has ever seen. His outstanding record at Manchester United is just impeccable and can hardly be matched by editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:19:24 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62073/wengers-unreasonable-anger.html "At a young age, winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence," Arsene Wenger seemed to have taken editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:17:47 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62051/fergies-silence-is-not-golden-for-rooney.html For all the richness of his language and the passion and commitment in his voice for Manchester United, the time to worry about Sir Alex Ferguson is when he says editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:21:41 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/62001/rooneys-battle-for-survival.html Some England footballers regularly tend to get dragged across the newspaper front pages for all the wrong reasons. John Terry and Ashley Cole are the prime examples of editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:09:44 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61993/special-one-key-to-madrids-title-hope.html Real Madrid target Jose Mourinho is a few steps away from becoming the Spanish giants "Special One." The former Chelsea boss has always put up one of the best shows editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:48:38 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61975/putting-money-on-man-utd-wont-be-a-howler.html One month on from the World Cup and I was beginning to miss the football action. It now returns with the start of the English Premier League matches this weekend editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:01:48 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61922/old-stars-fade-new-stars-shine.html In every edition of the World Cup, you hope to discover someone who'll make it to the first team but in World Cup 2010, many unknown players, who can rightly editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:52:57 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61905/this-french-team-is-a-disgrace.html Before I start, I should make it very clear, I hate France and it won't be wrong to say that in first instance they never deserved to qualify for the editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:21:27 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61886/argentina-in-messimerising-form.html Argentina have showed that they are an attacking football team that is able to fight off even the best of opponents throughout their time in the World Cup. The two-time editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:08:31 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61864/can-ronaldo-do-a-maradona.html Like Pele, Maradona wrote his name among the legends of the game on the most demanding stage of all, the World Cup. The 1986 finals in Mexico, where he editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:53:47 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61855/my-money-still-on-samba-magic.html With the first ever FIFA World Cup in Africa set to unfold, Brazil are once again seen as one of the strongest contenders to win the greatest prize in football. editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:27:25 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/abhisheknandwani/2684/61832/can-england-repeat-1966-glory.html The league season is over and the focus now shifts to the mother of all sporting events -- the football World Cup. England will be one of the teams that editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 31 May 2010 01:12:20 +0530