Manchester United again proved its worth in front of the world by selling naming rights of its training kit as a part of its sponsorship deal with insurance firm Aon. Though, nothing has been officially declared by any of the two parties, but according to media reports, deal price is expected to be around $230 million. Recently, ManU has managed to make lots of money by signing various sponsorship deals outside its primary gaming activities and this one just shows how professional this club has become in past few years. The agreement is said to be for eight years term that starts from July and it empowers Aon to have its logo appeared on ManU’s training kits. Notably, same insurance firm also has a deal with Old Trafford club to imprint its logo on its official match kits, though that deal has recently been taken over by General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet for an astonishing $559 million that starts from 2014-15 season. According to other reports, ManU is also seeking partners for a new … [Read more...]
Barcelona minus Messi scores ten on ten
It has always been unbelievable to see Barcelona without Messi, but the record breaker got a hamstring recently and could not play in the Saturday’s clash with Real Mallorca. This game was perhaps the first for Camp Nou club without Messi in the squad since 2010-11 seasons, and if this match was a test for rest of the teammates, they passed it with a ten on ten. Barca crushed their opponent with a 5-0 in the match and main contributor to its victory was Spanish footballer Cesc Fabregas who scored a brilliant hat trick to make it sure his team will comprehensively be ahead of other teams in the league. Actually, the absence of Messi worked well for other players, coz now they played without pressure of being underdog in front of Messi. So, this is being considered as a best discovery for Barca to prepare its second line of strikers alongside Messi. With a 5-0 humiliating victory, Barca maintained its 13-points lead over second placeholder Real Madrid and having eight games in the hand. … [Read more...]
Fiorentina shrinks Milan’s chances for a second place Serie A finish
Nothing could be worse than watching your two goals lead equalized by a team having just ten players on the field. This is something that happened with AC Milan who gained two goals initial lead yet they could not earn full points coz their host successfully followed their lead and ended the game in a 2-2- draw. Milan was hoping to earn full points just for making it sure they will end up their Serie A campaign with a second place, but Fiorentina capitalized their two late penalties and equalized the game. Milan was on target right from the beginning when former Viola midfielder Riccardo Montolivo scored first goal of the game in the 14th minutes. Their initial lead also cemented by a red card to Nenad Tomovic in the 39th minute and reduced their opponent’s strength significantly. Within one hour, Frenchman Mathieu Flamini enhanced their lead by another goal; now things were very much in Rossoneri control until Adem Ljajic and David Pizarro could manage to equalize their edge in the … [Read more...]
Spurs chased Basel lead but Bale injured
There could never be a happy ending than successfully chasing a two goals’ lead even though it cost you your star player’s injury. Tottenham successfully chased Basel’s two goals lead and kept its hopes alive to reach into the Europa League semi-finals. The match began with Swiss champions known form of attacking play and that is why they could manage to score two initial goals. Stocker scored in the 30th minute while F Frei scored just five minutes later. It was a dominated show by Basel until Adebayor could lessen their lead by one goal and Sigurdsson did rest of the job by scoring one more goal in the post lunch session. There was one major loss for Yids as their star striker Gareth Bale sustained an ankle injury, his injury looked a serious one when he was being taken off the field on a stretcher, but post scanning, it was found he can recover earlier than expected. Notably, Wales international Bale has been the most successful player for Tottenham by finding the net for a good 22 … [Read more...]
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez to serve community for 250 hours
If there is one thing that football stars are more popular for apart from football, it would certainly be their driving bans. There have been many cases in the past when many famous footballers slapped with a ban or imprisonment for their overdriving or unlawful driving habits and Manchester City’s striker Carlos Tevez is the next in the list. He was caught driving his white Porsche away from Mottram Hall Hotel and Golf Club despite his driving ban. He was sentenced with a six months driving ban by a Manchester Magistrates’ Court back in January when he failed to furnish information about several incidents his Hummer vehicle was involved in and since he is also missing a British passport (coz he could not clear his theory test citing language barrier), Macclesfield Magistrates court offered him a unique sentence, wherein he would have to serve the community for a good 250 hours. This is along with a £1,145 monetary fine out of his £196,000 weekly salary. Earlier, it was expected … [Read more...]
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