Well, despite being a super power as a nation, China has also great prospects when it comes to football. Recent news has claimed that a club in the Chinese league is focusing on bringing the Manchester United and England skipper Wayne Rooney. They are ready to cash out the Red Devils require for their captain as well as more than willing to make Rooney one of the best football income earners. The departure of Rooney may see Fulham’s Moussa Dembele or Leed’s Lewis Cook wearing the Manchester United jersey.

Steve McClaren is faced by a tough time as the Head coach of Newcastle United after a disappointing start of the campaign. This week he travels to London to face Crystal Palace, a team mentored by former Newcastle boss Allan Pardew. If he fails to deliver, then there is a high possibility of being fired with Clarence Seedorf being a possible replacement.

Sunderland on the other hand is on the verge of signing Auxerre winger Nils Bouekou in summer. However, they face a stiff competition from league rival Tottenham Hotspurs.

Last year’s FIFA Balloon d’or winner Cristiano Ronaldo has been on the spot with many having different dimensions about his career. Many still think that he will eventually go back to Manchester United. Others claim that he has dedicated his life at the Bernabeu and would see his carrer there. Some still have the notion that he will join French power house Paris Saint-Germain.

Arsene Wenger on the other hand has been keen to bring in a central midfielder to his squad. Two names including long time admirer William Carvalho and Lars Bender have been on the spot light. However, Mathieu Flamini and Francis Coquelin will have to build their trust on Wenger by performing beyond doubts. Wenger also opts to bring another striker and interested candidate for the position is Inter’s Mauro Icardi.

Liverpool and Chelsea are in search of new strikers and possible candidates have been Empoli’s Riccardo Saponara and Jonathan Calleri of Boca Juniors respectively.

If by any chance Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez leaves Santiago Bernabeu, the club will have to recruit their former coach Carlo Ancelotti who has been jobless since he left the stint.

Ex-England and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard will be accorded with the OBE award. The main sponsors of the award; the Duke of Cambridge claimed that they would award Lampard the honor after his tireless services in the world of football.

Lampard has a strong football base which has cemented his career as well being a role model not only to English upcoming football stars but also global talents. He started his football career back in 1995 in London side West Ham united. This was the same club where his late farther Frank Lampard Snr. Played his trade. Four years later, he won his senior England cup in 1999. He has since been capped by his team over 100 times and held the armband on several occasions.

From Westham, Lampard caught an eye by London rivals Chelsea who would signhim later on. It was at Chelsea that he played alongside longtime friends and national team mates John Terry and Ashley Cole.He won his first English Premier League trophy in 2004/05 season under the mighty Jose Mourinho. He went on to utilize his ability at Chelsea and even led the team at Munich when they scooped the European most prestigious award; the European Champions League in 2012.

Lampard remains a legend at Chelsea having topped the list with most goals in the club’s history (211). He switched to Manchester City in a one year spell in 2014/15 season. Later he went abroad to America where he plays for MLS side New York City.

Other lucky winners who will be honored at the Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony includes Chiwetel Ejiofor for his services in the drama category. He will be accorded with the CBE award having already acquired the OBE in the past. He co-stars in a new Ridley Scott blockbuster The Martian alongside Matt Damon.He also achieved an Oscars Nomination and went on to win the Bafta awards for his role in the movie; 12 Years A Slave.

The CBE honor also goes to Michael Bond for his writing role of stories which are very amusing to children. Also OBE for public and political service will be awarded to Duwayne Brooks.

This weekend provided bookmakers with well convinced profits from football betting. This comes as many home teams were faced by various losses and hence implicating losses to bettors and in turn awarding bookmakers with substantial profits.

According to AccaTracker a mobile app that was launched by Team FA to check on the user’s bets, a third of the ten matches that people bet on claimed home wins with five recording away wins with two ending in draws.

Over the weekend in the English Premier league, Manchester City were lucky to escape their first league defeat after second half goals from Sterling and Fernadinho were enough to take three points from Watford. However, defending champions Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the season and the second ever defeat at home under Jose Mourinho I 100 games when they went down 2-1 to London rivals Crystal Palace. On the other hand, drama unfolded in Liverpool when the Merseyside team went down 3-0 to Westham at Anfield.

The two away wins gave punters a shock while bookies were smiling all the way.In fact in a multi bet of 20 teams, only five home teams that thrived with the most convincing one being the crucial win for Swansea against Manchester United.

Team FA Marketing Director Tim Pindar claimed that it was a good day for bookmakers as it was only Manchester City and narrowly arsenal that took home the three points. The defeat of Manchester United by Swansea would change the mind of many punters when placing a multi bet.

Here is a list of various matches that bettors selected and their outcomes:

This will be the second time that Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea but he hopes coming back on a different capacity. His game with Chelsea against Sunderland is his last with the team. He will not be retiring from football but he will be leaving Stamford Bridge in pursuit of his playing career.

He resumed to Chelsea last summer on a year’s deal and during his term, he has assisted in getting the club a 4^th Premier League title. Drogba believes that he needs to play for another more season but this would feel good for him if he played on a different team.

The 37-year old striker said that he has had dialogue with his manager and the board where they agreed to let him leave since it was up to him to enjoy the pitch more as he wishes. He is happy to know that the club wants him back and be part of the future team in Chelsea and he is pleased of the way they came up with the solution.

Previously, Drogba was in West London where he spent eight years from 2004 to 2012. He won 12 trophies and made one of the best scores against Bayern Munich in The Champions league of 2012.

Before he came back for the second time to Chelsea, he was playing in Turkey and China.

In a statement, Chelsea said that they are happy of Drogba’s participation and that they would always be pleased to have him back in Stamford Bridge.

Drogba first played for Chelsea in 2004 where he scored 157 goals in 341 appearances, prior to leaving in the dawn of the club’s Champions League victory. He collected 3 Premier League titles, 4 FA cups and 2 league cups in his first stint in London.

Drogba has played in 39 matched across all kinds of competitions in this term and has scored 7 times and helped his fellow team players in securing a Premier League and League Cup double.

CEO to Chelsea said that Drogba was a legend in Chelsea and that he will always be a part of the family. Ron Gourlay says that he will be leaving to higher grounds and that his big contribution to Chelsea’s success is huge and contributed a lot to the team’s success.