It seems Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale is ruling the award ceremonies these days that is why he added another award to his recently won two PFA awards. He is now chosen for the prestigious Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award for current season for his brilliant performance throughout the season that includes 24 goals in total, including 19 EPL goals out of 29 played games. Over 53% of the total voting was cast in Bale’s favor while last year’s winner Manchester United's Robin van Persie ended on the second place along with Chelsea's Juan Mata. Record wise, he is the first Welshman to win this award after goalkeeper Neville Southall who won this award back in 1985. Likewise, he is the second Spurs player to win the trophy after David Ginola who won this title in 1999. Actually, his performance has been consistent throughout the season that helped his club’s march to the quarter-finals of the Europa League along with standing a good chance to finish on a top-four … [Read more...]
Sheikh Salman Joins FIFA executive committee
In one of the dramatic turnarounds in Asian football, Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa is elected as the president of Asian Football confederation beating his two rivals UAE’s Yousef Al Serkal and Thailand`s Worawi Makudi in the first round of voting. He required two third of the votes to be elected in the prestigious FIFA executive committee and he got as many as 33 votes out of 46 leaving Youssef Al-Serkal of the United Arab Emirates in the third place with six votes - just one behind to Worawi Makudi of Thailand. The margin of win is too much which is coz of the downfall in the popularity of current president Mohamed Bin Hammam who is facing a life ban after naming in the bribe scandal off late. Other two contestants were considered closed to Hammam and that is why they faced the heat of rejection from everywhere. Actually, Sheikh Salman also stood against Hammam in the same presidential election back in 2009 and then lost by a narrowed margin, but this time he was at … [Read more...]
Jose Mourinho to part his ways from Real Madrid
Nothing could be worst for a coach than leaving his club with bitter memories. European cup is almost reached to its final stoppage and Real Madrid journey has been halted at the semifinal stage – early than expected. This is the point where both Madrid and Mourinho seem to be parting their ways despite the fact that Mourinho did take them to the third successive semifinal of the European league. Now, when Madrid is out of the league, speculations have started that he will be axed after this season or probably he would return to England after facing some humiliating comments over their performance in the league. The 50 year old ‘The Special One’ would love to join a club ‘where people love me to be’. Ex Chelsea manager has not hinted any particular team he would love to join, but indications are that he would be back to his old club Chelsea after Madrid ended their Champion League campaign when lost to Borussia Dortmund with 4-3 margin in aggregate. Probably, he would remain at his … [Read more...]
Harry Redknapp to remain QPR manager: Tony
We have seen several times in the past that how high profile managers were thrown out when they did not deliver as expected. As the current EPL season is concluding, there are many clubs who are preparing their firing line to make sure they do perform well hereinafter. English professional football based in the White City: QPR has ended its EPL session on the 19th place of the leaderboard, and that is why its manager Harry Redknapp was expected to be shown the door after his miserable performance in the league. But on the contrary, QPR boss Tony Fernandes has said that he is looking forward to continue after they were relegated after Sunday’s 0-0 draw with the bottom placed Reading. He also said that there is no question of replacing his manager, coz he did well throughout the tournament, however, the way players lacked the desire to win is surprising to him. He revealed his confidence in him after a long meeting and said that he and his manager are ready to take on the next … [Read more...]
PFA faces the heat on Suarez issue
Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez is in the news these days for his noble act of shame when he bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at Anfield. Though, he got a ten matches’ ban for his shameful act on the field, yet fans are not willing to spare him in any way. Player of the year awards were honored last night at the Grosvenor Hotel in Mayfair, central London. During the ceremony, Suarez name was hooted not once but twice and this incident captured media attention more than who won what. PFA actually included his name in the EPL team of the year, and for that reason, PFA was widely criticized when it refused to minus his name. The ceremony was filled with soccer’s notable professionals from around the world and if during such a gathering Suarez name is being hooted, it means a lot. More importantly, he is not only in the EPL team of the year, but he is also the runner up for player of the year title after Gareth Bale who won the title this year in both player of the year and young … [Read more...]
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