Spanish league La Liga is getting more interesting as it is reaching to its end, perhaps, in reality, there is no one to stop Barcelona winning La Liga title this season, but its arch rival Real Madrid did a splendid job to beat Barca two times in five days in two different leagues. Though, Madrid is still on the third position, but its margin is narrowed significantly from both Barca as well as second place holder Atletico. Its latest 2-1 victory over Barca proved what Tito Vilanova’s team is missing. On the other hand, this victory will surely boost the confidence level of Jose Mourinho’s men, especially ahead of their Champions league clash with Manchester United. Messi put some resistance to save his team but nothing could work in his favor, though he scored one goal. It is also a wake up call for Barcelona coz it has lost last few matches on a surprising note, like two consecutive victories to Madrid and a 2-0 loss to AC Milan in the Champions League. Actually, absence of its head … [Read more...]
David Beckham could stay at Parc des Princes beyond June
David Beckham, the former England captain, has recently signed a short term deal with French club PSG, and just on last Wednesday, he could play his first match for them. While looking at the wide applauded response from stadium crowd, he is extremely impressed and his preference in the match was also descent enough to keep him at Parc des Princes for a longer period of time than expected. Even, Beckham also wants to stay there, though he denied having any formal understandings over the matter. PSG defeated Marseille by 2-0 on Wednesday and Beckham remained on the field for a good 86 minutes and also assisted Zlatan Ibrahimovic in scoring a goal. The Galaxy star showed no signs of missing the field for so long, perhaps he was looking as fine as any other player, though, he admitted that he was tired by the second half but never let his exhaustion overtake him. Even since he has been in the France, he is getting immensely positive response all over, recently, when he took part in a … [Read more...]
2022 Qatar World Cup can be moved to winter
Soccer is the sport of stamina; perhaps strength that players show playing in the outdoors. FIFA world cup has ever been the biggest soccer event; hence every player wants to make it sure that he misses nothing of it. Ever since FIFA has allowed Qatar to host 2022 world cup, there have been consistence demands from every part of the world to make sure it is played in winters there, coz in this part of the world; there is an extremely high temperature outside which could be dangerous for players. Until now, FIFA did not show any response on these demands, but now, it has made it clear that if it belongs to players’ health and temperature is really that high there, it can think of postponing the tournament to winters. Likewise, emirate has asked the governing body to make a call to shift the mega event. According to FIFA General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, executive committee could soon decide about this coz as per historical data maximum temperature there would be 104 which could lead to … [Read more...]
FIFA approves fourth goal-line technology
In a bid to make coming World Cup full of technology rich, FIFA is working overnight to empanel as many Goal-line providers as it can so that they could have a variety of options when it comes to choosing one of the best goal line technologies. Until now, there were three providers who were licensed to offer their systems for FIFA matches including coming world cup and now FIFA has added one more provider under its licensed list of goal line technology providers. The newest goal-line licensee is called as GoalControl 4D system which is a German based provider and works on the basis of 14 high speed cameras to capture every frame of the moment and determines if ball has crossed the line or not. Hawkeye and GoalRef were the first approved technologies which were also used in Club World Cup in Japan last year. This time, it is evident that only one system will be used in upcoming Confederations Cup and next year’s FIFA World Cup; hence a best one of the available options will be … [Read more...]
39-year old Ryan Giggs extends his Old Trafford stay until June 2014
Normally, a thirty plus player is pronounced as ‘former’ player but Ryan Giggs is not among those kinds of players coz he is the one who has just signed another deal with his long playing club Manchester United at an age of 39 years. According to his new deal, he will be with them for one more year, i.e., until June 2014. Notably, coming season would be his 23rd season playing for the Ferguson club; he started playing for them back in 1991 and has made a record 931 league appearances with United’s A-team. He also scored 168 goals during his long running tenure. Besides leagues, he has also played significant number of matches for his national team, including leading English soccer team during London Olympics. He has contributed in more than twenty title wins for his clubs, including 12 premium league titles, four FA cups along with two Championship Leagues trophies and three league cups. Moreover, he has been good on the field as well coz he scored in each of his last played 23 league … [Read more...]
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