Emirates Airline has been a strategic partner for Arsenal’s sponsorship revenues since 2004, when it signed a deal with Dubai based Airline Company. According to that contract, Emirates retained the right to name Arsenal’s home ground as Emirates Stadium until 2012 along with T-shirt sponsorship beginning from 2006. Now, the said deal has been extended for another period, i.e., the reds will now wear T-shirts bearing Emirates’ logo alongwith stadium’s extended naming rights until 2028. The stunning part of this extension is a whopping £150m amount which could be a cause of wariness for its arch rivals. This deal suppresses Liverpool’s record £80m four-year T-shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered too. Until now, Barcelona’s deal with Qatar Foundation, worth 30m euros per year, was the biggest. That included Barca’s kits featuring Qatar Foundation’s logo for the first time. Another similar agreement was entered earlier this year when ManU allowed bearing Chevrolet’s logo on its … [Read more...]
Mark Hughes Sacked after Humblest EPL Performance
Another coach faced the anger of his boss after worst performance in EPL. Now, QPR took this bold step and fired its manager Mark Hughes when he could not prove his gaming excellence on the field. No matter if he was just ten months old. This EPL season has been the worst for QPR, coz it could only find itself on bottom place after playing twelve matches, and according to QPR owner Tony Fernandes, Hughes could not prove what he was hired for. Though, openly, Fernandes never stated his lacking confidence over his manager, but his strategic mind could have found him guilty of QPR’s wrong doings. According to insiders, Harry Redknapp has now been roped in as his replacement with immediate effect though he will take official charge on Sunday only. Mark Hughes took over the top QPR position from Neil Warnock back in January 2012; his initial few matches were not so fruitful, but he then promised a better performance in the rest of the season. But, despite pouring tons of money in hiring top … [Read more...]
No Change in ‘action man style’ for Phil Jones
Phil Jones, a twenty year old England’s youngster who is known for his attacking style of play, has suffered many injuries in a recent past. Despite risking his body vulnerable to a probable major injury, Phil Jones is in no mood to change his style of play irrespective of the fact that it can cost him a major blow someday. Manchester United’s rising young star has had a nightmare season since the beginning of this year; perhaps he could only play his first match against Galatasaray last Tuesday. Jones has had many injuries that made him sidelined for most part of the season; including his back injury and knee problem that cost him miss preseason and most of the training sessions. The English starlet made his impressive impact when he showcased his all-round performance as both defender and midfielder. Moreover, his high mounting £16m price tag also pressurizes him to be made available for the Reds. Recently, he seems to be joining a Jim to recover from his injuries faster, and rightly … [Read more...]
BBC Revealed its ‘African Footballer of the Year 2012’ shortlist
BBC has announced its top five shortlisted candidates’ list for 2012 African Footballer of the year award, and this list is made public via its web portal on Thursday. These five players include two Ivory Coast’s team-mates Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba; perhaps Toure has made it into the list for second consecutive time. Other players in the list are: Senegal's national teammate Demba Ba, Moroccan international Younes Belhanda, and Zambian national team’s skipper Christopher Katongo. Winner will be announced after almost twenty days, i.e., 1830 GMT on Thursday, 13 December 2012. For now, BBC has asked its listeners to vote for their favorite star in a prescribed format either online or via SMS. Fans using SMS have to send a text massage containing - Text 1 for Demba Ba, - Text 2 for Younes Belhanda, - Text 3 for Didier Drogba, - Text 4 for Christopher Katongo, and - Text 5 for Yaya Toure to +44 7786 20 50 75. These SMSs are chargeable with standard international SMS … [Read more...]
Drogba looks for FIFA permission for his loan move to Chelsea
Chelsea’s ex player, who is Shanghai Shenhua’s current forward, is looking for FIFA’s approval for a move to his ex-club. Since, he is in contract with a Chinese professional football club, his transfer will be on loan, moreover; coz it is being happened outside official transfer window, he needs FIFA’s sanction. Historically, FIFA do not allow players to move in-between official transfer windows, but since he has good reasons to support his request; it is very much likely that he will get governing body’s approval. He cited his fitness as a major cause of his transfer, coz Chinese league season has already completed this month, so he can only maintain his fitness if he continues playing matches for another club, like Chelsea. On the other side, Chelsea is not doing well in Champions league; perhaps it is virtually out of the league if it losses another match, so it also needs a striker like Drogba to improve its chance to survive in the league. Drogba told to Sport-Ivoire about all … [Read more...]
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