Manchester City have more financial muscle than any other club in world football – according to the Soccerex Football Finance 100 for 2018. This ground-breaking new annual report by Soccerex, which has produced many ‘eye-catching’ results, uses a bespoke methodology to evaluate and rank the top 100 clubs across the …
Read More »Major League Soccer: Nashville awarded MLS expansion club!
Major League Soccer is headed to the Music City as the league made the news official at a Wednesday, December 20 afternoon event at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame. Nashville is the first of 12 cities that submitted formal bids in January to be awarded one of four available …
Read More »The Nike Mercurial Puro Fenomeno Pays Homage to Ronaldo and Neymar Jr!
Brazilian icon, Ronaldo, also known as “O Fenômeno,” debuted the first Nike Mercurial almost twenty years ago. The boots, unlike anything that had come before them, “changed the game in football,” he says Ronaldo. “I was part of the development of Mercurial since its beginning and that boot was at …
Read More »FIFA Appeal Committee reduces the sanction imposed on Peru’s Paolo Guerrero to a six-month suspension!
On Wednesday, December 20, 2017, the FIFA Appeal Committee decided to partially uphold the appeal lodged by the Peruvian international player Paolo Guerrero. The decision rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on December 7 suspending the player for one year was therefore partially set aside and the initial period of …
Read More »UMBRO pens a deal with the Jamaica Football Federation!
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has announced a four-year, US$4 million partnership with UMBRO which will result in the world famous Reggae Boyz wearing the iconic English sportswear brand. The deal kicks off in 2018 for the Jamaican men’s and women’s teams with a focus of the men’s side to …
Read More »VIDEO – XtraTime: Maradona enthrals crowds and footballers in Barasat!
On Day Two of his visit to Kolkata, Argentinian legend Diego Maradona visited Barasat to coach kids and be there for the Diego Maradona vs Sourav Ganguly charity match. Watch XtraTime footage of Diego Maradona’s time in Barasat!
Read More »VIDEO – ETV Bangla: Diego Maradona’s date with Barasat!
On Day Two of his visit to Kolkata, Argentinian legend Diego Maradona visited Barasat to interact with kids and be there for the Diego Maradona vs Sourav Ganguly charity match. Watch ETV Bangla footage of Diego Maradona’s date with Barasat!
Read More »BBC: Maradona statue in Kolkata – When football sculptures go wrong!
While Kolkata is celebrating the visit of Argentinian legend Diego Maradona, the statue of the former No.10 which was unveiled in the city of joy yesterday has become global ridicule with people asking, why do statues of footballers have to go so wrong. The sad part is that such a …
Read More »VIDEO – XtraTime: Argentina legend Diego Maradona at his trophy unveiling!
Argentinian legend Diego Armando Maradona was at the Sreebhumi Sporting Club in Kolkata on Monday, where he was greeted with love, aura, emotion and elegance. A 12 feet statue of Diego Maradona’s World Cup winning moment of 1986 was unveiled by the legend himself.
Read More »VIDEO – HT: Statue of Diego Maradona unveiled in Kolkata!
After the recent debacle over Cristiano Ronaldo’s odd-looking statue earlier this year, it seems that another football legend has received similar treatment. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was immortalised in bronze in Kolkata on Monday. Although the likeness to the 1986 World Cup hero was…questionable at best. Maradona was given …
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