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Trapattoni axed by Ireland

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The 74-year-old brilliant soccer mind: Giovanni Trapattoni, who guided the Ireland national soccer team to archive some of the biggest successes, including almost reaching into the 2010 world cup final, is now a past. The Italian, who has been associated with Republic since last five years, could not halt their losing streak in world cup qualifying campaign where they are almost out now. The Football Association of Ireland informed about their over the top decision which also surprised many coz he has ever been a landmark personality in Ireland soccer. Anyway, he is not the only one who has been shown the doors as his assistant Marco Tardelli has also joined him. If we look at the track record of The Green Army, they successfully qualified for the European Championships last year but could never make any impression and almost crushed by Spain, Italy, and Croatia. Later, national selectors made several promises to come back with a visible difference by after looking at their last few … [Read more...]

Bale will not feature in Wales WC qualifier for his groin strain

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Bale is being treated as an eye candy by Wales’ national team selectors who want him in the team, but citing his security concerns, they also don’t want to feature him in their last eleven. However, he was in the team as a substitute during Friday defeat to Macedonia, yet he remained unused throughout the game, and more especially; his security breach made national selectors more vigilant about world priciest player. Earlier, it was being assumed that he will feature in the next qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium, but now, it is confirmed that he has not recovered completely from his groin strain he sustained ahead of Friday game; hence he will not feature - not even as substitute - in Wales next world cup qualifier. Though, he imparted in the training session but his scan results not favoring him to play a match at the moment, even Real do not want he worsens his strain playing any game at present. If we talk about Bale’s health, he has not played any game since July 16 coz of his … [Read more...]

Frank Lampard is confirmed to play in Tuesday Ukraine tie

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The thirty five year old legendry Chelsea midfielder is going to join 100 caps club for his nation when he features in the crucial world cup qualifier with Ukraine on Tuesday. Earlier, his selection was doubtful, but Roy Hodgson finally made it sure he will earn his much deserving centennial cap for England. Lampard first made his debut back in 1999 against Belgium under the mentorship of previous English boss Kevin Keegan and has since played 29 matches for his country that includes leading the squad for five times. Though, England is on top in its world cup qualifier group, but if it losses to Ukraine, they will be overtaken by The Yellow-Blues and then Steven Gerrard’s army will have to fight for a survival in Brazil World Cup. Looking at both the teams, Ukraine surely has an upper hand, yet Hodgson is confident to show their best by using almost the same team that defeated Moldova by 4-, however, there is one confirmed change at the moment: midfielder James Milner is replacing … [Read more...]

Barca signs first banking sponsorship deal in UAE

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If anyone is asked which club has the longest arms in terms of number of sponsors around the world; his answer would definitely be Spanish giant Barcelona, and why not, this club has a reputation of leading the soccer world since long. In fact, the La Liga champions have countless sponsorship deals in European States and cover almost every sector which is somehow allied to soccer, but this is probably the first time, it has stretched its arms outside Europe, especially for tying with a banking sector. Camp Nou club has finalized a three-year deal with one of the top UAE banking brand: United Arab Bank (UAB) on Sunday. It is actually Barca third financial partner and first in an Asian State after Spain and Andorra. The deal was announced in a shopping mall citing the lucrative details of the contract whereby 1000 UAE’s customers would be able to have hospitality seats in all the matches being played at Barca home for next three years. This could be a lifetime achievement for anyone who … [Read more...]

Blatter again talks about Qatar World Cup

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For FIFA president, world is now a smaller place hence global soccer events should be played around the world irrespective of their geographical conditions, but what about the most controversial 2022 Qatar world cup, which is in the headlines as if it is going to be played in the next year. Actually, this is one of the biggest challenges for Blatter to make everyone happy and at the same time not losing emotional sentiments attached with World Cup timings. Historically, soccer world cup has always been held during summer, but it should also be noted that summer has different means across the world; you can play comfortably outside in Europe during summer, but you cannot imagine even walking in the ground during the same period in Qatar where temperature can be as high as 50 degree Celsius. So, what are the possibilities for 2022: will it be shifted or played with an artificial cooling technology to maintain the dignity stuck to its timings, no one has the answer to this, but FIFA … [Read more...]