Manchester United is among the most looked after soccer clubs in the world, and rightly so each of its contracted players wants to retire from Old Trafford despite of his skill and aptitude to fit in one of the most talented football teams. Irish 25-year-old defender Jonny Evans, who has been with ManU since last 18 months, is keen to further extend his contract for Sir Alex Ferguson; he is looking for a term that could make him an abiding ManU player. However, his earlier spell of 18 months has already been extended for another three and a half years in December, yet he looks forward for another term for the premier league club. Actually, despite being in their site for most of the matches in last one and half year, Evans could not ensure his permanent place in its A-Team; perhaps he also had two loan spells in-between: one for Royal Antwerp and another for Sunderland. Moreover, his recent injuries also could not let him be a stable central defender along with Nemanja Vidic and Rio … [Read more...]
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers attends his son’s sexual assault trial
Football officials enjoy high status in the society whereby even a tiny change in their routine lifestyle becomes news in the media. Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool’s manager, is one such soccer personality who needs no introduction and when he was seen in the court during the proceedings of a case where his son was an accused, it became viral news in the whole world. Actually, every father is supposed to be with his son irrespective of the fact whether his son is guilty or not and looking at the prima facie evidences, his son looks to be an accused of sexually assaulting a 19 year old girl when she was unconscious. His son, Anton Rodgers, is not the only accused in the case; others who are facing the same charges along with him are his Brighton’s teammates: Lewis Dunk, George Barker, and Steve Cook. Obviously, all four accused are denying of committing such act which happened back in July 2011 in a motel room of the south-coast city of Brighton. The girl in question was apparently … [Read more...]
Ten-man Ethiopia restrict Zambia in their AFCON inauguration match
It was an eventful match where most of the actions went against of Ethiopia who was playing their first AFCON match after a gap of 31 years, yet they manage to restrict defending champion Zambia to a 1-1 draw. With this match, all Group C teams have played their first match, and more interestingly, each of them has an equal number of points. Overall, the performance of Ethiopia was much better than expected winner considering the loss of their goalie after he was red carded for a wild chest-high tackle. Moreover, Addis Ababa club also missed a penalty midway when Saladin Seid’s impeded shot was gleefully punched back by Zambia goalie Mweene depriving Ethiopia one goal. Though, Chipolopolo gained the lead right in the 24th minute when Emmanuel Emineke’s fast reaction deceived defender in taking a clever flick from Brown Ideye, but none of the Nigerian could enhance their one goal lead thereafter. Defending champion’s dreams were further shattered when Burkina Faso equalized the lead … [Read more...]
Former cyclist claims footballers take drug
A game of sport has always been a display of personal strength and stamina along with skills, but everytime a player reaches to the height of a game or even if a game becomes immensely popular, there are many accusations start leveling against it. Some of them are true while most of them just ended as a publicity stunt. Likewise, there is a stunning revelation made by none other than a retired cyclist Oscar Pereiro, 2006 Tour de France winner, who says many iconic footballers have been taking drugs or other banned substances to increases their physical strength throughout their careers. The revelation came after a cyclist Lance Armstrong who admitted recently to have taken performance enhancing drugs during his career. Oscar Pereiro is known for his 2006 Tour de France title which was awarded to him retrospectively when the original winner could not pass the dope test. Even Lance Armstrong’s admission is vital considering his achievements in cycling; perhaps he has been the winner of … [Read more...]
Wesley Sneijder heads for Istanbul after Milan accepted Galatasaray’s bid
Generally, a soccer club starts ignoring its disputed player when it wants to get rid of him, reason could be anyone; may there be a salary dispute or a disciplinary action but ignorance is the best practice being followed by every contemporary club these days. This is exactly what happened to Dutch national team captain Wesley Sneijder, who was missing the field since last two months despite his fitness and form, the reason, there was a contract dispute. Apparently, his club Inter Milan asked the footballer to accept a salary cut if he wants to play for the club, something which can never be in favor of a prestigious player. Hence, Sneijder refused to do so and faced the penalty by not playing for the club since 25 September. Now, it is confirmed that he will move to Istanbul despite his long standing wish to play for an EPL team. Anyways, something is always better than nothing; hence he is taking this opportunity as a milestone for his remaining career. Formality of his transfer … [Read more...]
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