The difference between good and star players is thin and narrow; while good players, most of the time, search for the better opportunities, star players are those who convert every available opportunity into the biggest one and former Liverpool forward Luis Suarez is the perfect example of this. When the whole world is censuring FIFA for its harsh verdict against the Uruguayan international, Player of the Year is taking it as a blessing in disguise. Yes, the first reaction ever since Barca star landed in the Switzerland for the hearing of his second appeal in front of final appellant authority: CAS has now come after getting some relaxation from the international arbitrator. He says, “(I’m) happy to be with his teammates and feel like a footballer again.” This is now a world known fact that Suarez bit Italian player Giorgio Chiellini during a world cup game and later FIFA disciplinary committee found him guilty of breaching the mortal code of conduct on third occasion in two years … [Read more...]

Uruguayan international Suarez is in the news right from the moment he bit Italian player in the world cup game and now ever after CAS’s dismissal to his second appeal, he remains in the top list of media hungry peoples, in fact each of his fans wants to know about every moment of his professional life. The once Liverpool star is now being missed at the Anfield. Yes, this is revealed by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers when he put his ego aside and praised his star headliner. Admiring their most controversial forward he says he is capable to come back with a bang after four months. Notably, Barcelona signed Uruguayan forward at an impressive 75 million pounds figure last month after FIFA issued a nine international games ban along with debarring him from any football related activity for four long months, though, CAS has now relaxed his sanction by only including the official matches. Actually, Rodgers spent some two years with serial biter and in these years his relations with him have … [Read more...]

Slapping another hand on the face of the Uruguayan international Luis Suarez, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected his appeal to reconsider his four months ban issued by the FIFA disciplinary committee during the world cup for his biting act to Italian player Giorgio Chiellini. His first appeal to reconsider the decision had already been rejected by the FIFA itself in June and CAS was his last hope, but unfortunately, even this tribunal found his mistake worthy enough to exile him from the game. Importantly, his ban had until disallowed him to even travel with his club team, but giving some relief to the Barcelona forward, CAS has granted him permission to train with his club. The verdict is strange not because it is being upheld by the supreme sports arbitration authority but because both Suarez and his battery of lawyers were confident his sanction would surely be reduced since pressure was building up on the judge for giving him some kind of relief. The good news is … [Read more...]

Real Madrid, especially Ronaldo, is back in form as he answered to all his critics and proved he is still the most dangerous player out there. He scored both the goals against Sevilla in UEFA Super Cup to amazingly end their preseason tourney with a bang. The memorable moment of the match was its man of the match ceremony when Ronaldo’s former mentor at Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson honored him man of the match award at Cardiff City Stadium in front of thirty thousand odd fans shouting, whistling, and chanting every single moment. Former priciest player scored in both the halves and Real kept its grip tight over full ninety minutes. Alex seemed to be highly impressed with his former teammate and said Ronaldo made it easy for him to decide who is the best player of the game. After the match, Ronaldo acknowledged everyone for helping him in recovering from his prolonged injury and welcomed new entrants to his team of world class players, especially Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez … [Read more...]

Upcoming Spanish season would be the first time world’s priciest player Gareth Bale is going to impart in La Liga right from the beginning. In other words, it would be a perfect platform for the former Southampton midfielder to prove that world record fee paid by Real Madrid justifies his skills truly. Indeed, upcoming domestic leagues across the world would be different from last few coz of the world cup where many players shined like the stars and every eye would be centered over them and players from high ranked sides like Germany, Coast Rica, Argentina, and Columbia would be on radar coz of their show in Brazil. It puts additional pressure over last year’s superstar to perform even better to justify mounting salary he is getting. To show the eagerness, Bale has exaggeratedly said, he wants Real win six major events this season which indeed is nothing but a regular statement being made by every highly priced player or official before the beginning of a season – remember what Moyes … [Read more...]