The community of Rio Doce celebrated the official opening of a Field in a Box pitch in Olinda on Thursday as part of a collaborative social responsibility programme by FedEx Express, the UEFA Foundation for Children and streetfootballworld. This ambitious project aims to use football to deliver positive change in …
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Nike & AS Roma’s 2018-19 Away Kit Celebrates the Capitoline Wolf!
The founding story of Rome goes that brothers Romulus and Remus were raised by a she-wolf. That creature, a vital symbol for Roma, inspired the Giallorossi’s 2018-19 change kit. “This kit is quite simply a color story inspired by the wolf,” explains Pete Hoppins, Nike Football Apparel Senior Design Director. …
Read More »VIDEO – XtraTime: Mohun Bagan’s new foreign recruit Henry Kisekka arrives in Kolkata!
As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, city giants Mohun Bagan’s new foreign recruit Henry Kisekka from Uganda has arrived in the City of Joy.
Read More »RC Lens & Macron: The reveal of the new third jersey!
Italian kit maker Macron and French Ligue 2 side Racing Club de Lens have presented the 2018/19 third kit of the club. The shirt is of white colour with red and yellow applications on collar and sleeves.
Read More »VIDEO – 442oons: 2018 FIFA World Cup – Messi (Argentina) & CR7 (Portugal) out (Parody)!
I just love to watch the 442oons and their funny take on football and its matches! In the 442oons of the day its about the elimination of Lionel Messi’s Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the pre-quarterfinals at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia on Saturday.
Read More »122nd U-19 IFA Shield to kick-off in Kolkata on July 5!
The 122nd edition of the Under-19 IFA Shield will be played from July 5 to 19 across three venues in Kolkata. The IFA Shield is organised by the Indian Football Association (West Bengal) and for the last few years since 2015 as a youth tournament. Group A will feature defending …
Read More »2018 FIFA World Cup – PQF: Croatia overcome Denmark on penalties!
The 2018 FIFA World Cup continued on Sunday, July 1 evening with Croatia overcoming a better Denmark on penalties at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. The match kicked-off spectacularly with two goals within four minutes. First the underdogs from Denmark went ahead in the 2nd minute when a Jonas Knudsen long …
Read More »FIFA Foundation Festival shows power of football to change lives!
For some people, playing football completes them. Just ask 16-year-old Abu Sesey from Freetown who tragically lost his right leg when he was five years old during a conflict in his native Sierra Leone, “Football is what I love. When I’m playing, I feel complete. I feel like I have …
Read More »2018 FIFA World Cup – PQF: Hosts Russia upset Spain on penalties!
The 2018 FIFA World Cup continued on Sunday, July 1 afternoon with the hosts Russia upsetting former champions Spain in dramatic fashion on penalties at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Spain after a below par performance in the group stage were the favourites to move past the hosts Russia and …
Read More »Away from Home, Inter Milan & Nike re-imagines Iconic Symbol!
On the FC Internazionale Milano latest home kit by Nike, il Biscione (a grass snake and powerful Milanese symbol intrinsic to local identity) is represented by a serpent-like pattern rising up the club’s quintessential stripes. That pattern appears again on the Nerazzurri’s new away shirt. The jersey is a crisp, …
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